Sponsored Legislation
An Act amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929, in Commonwealth budget procedures, providing for essential service payments during budget impasse.
Establishes a state bar apprenticeship as an alternative to law school, letting graduates sit the ND bar after a 4-year degree and 2,000 hours of supervised engagement.
House Discharge Resolution discharging Committee on Education from further consideration of House Bill No. 158.
H.R. 362 is a ceremonial House resolution praising the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry on its 50th anniversary; symbolic, with no regulatory or fiscal effect.
An Act providing for sport activities in public institutions of higher education and public school entities to be expressly designated male, female or coed; and creating causes of action for harms suffered by designation.
HB 158 would mandate life imprisonment for anyone convicted of trafficking minors, aiming for the strictest penalty; the bill died in committee.
An Act amending Titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses), 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) and 61 (Prisons and Parole) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in authorized disposition of offenders, further providing for sentence for murder, murder of unborn child and murder of law enforcement officer; in arson, criminal mischief and other property destruction, further providing for the offense of arson and related offenses; in jurisdiction of appellate courts, further providing for direct appeals from courts of common pleas; in post-trial matters, further providing for postconviction DNA testing and for disposition and appeal; in sentencing, further providing for sentencing procedure for murder of the first degree; and, in execution procedure and method, repealing provisions relating to issuance of warrant.
One-time $1,000,000 grant from the General Fund to DHHS, directed to NCCHWA, to mobilize, train, and certify community health workers in 2025–26; no ongoing funding.