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SR132 - Observing June 19, 2023, as "Juneteenth National Freedom Day" in Pennsylvania.
Sharif T. Street, Nikil Saval, Judy L. Schwank
Last updated over 1 year ago
19 Co-Sponsors
A Resolution observing June 19, 2023, as "Juneteenth National Freedom Day" in Pennsylvania.
STATUS
Introduced
SB12 - Further providing for definitions and for minimum wages; providing for gratuities; further providing for enforcement and rules and regulations, for penalties and for civil actions; repealing provisions relating to preemption; and providing for local option and for taxpayer savings and reinvestment.
Christine M. Tartaglione, John I. Kane, Timothy P. Kearney
Last updated over 1 year ago
14 Co-Sponsors
An Act amending the act of January 17, 1968 (P.L.11, No.5), known as The Minimum Wage Act of 1968, further providing for definitions and for minimum wages; providing for gratuities; further providing for enforcement and rules and regulations, for penalties and for civil actions; repealing provisions relating to preemption; and providing for local option and for taxpayer savings and reinvestment.
STATUS
Introduced
SR137 - Observing June 19, 2023, as "Juneteenth National Freedom Day" in Pennsylvania.
Sharif T. Street, Nikil Saval, Judy L. Schwank
Last updated over 1 year ago
19 Co-Sponsors
A Resolution observing June 19, 2023, as "Juneteenth National Freedom Day" in Pennsylvania.
STATUS
Passed
SB774 - In city administrator, further providing for appointment of city administrator, for employment agreement, for residency and elective city office and for powers and duties; and, in accounts and finances, further providing for powers and duties of chief fiscal officer.
Scott E. Hutchinson, Cris Dush, Rosemary M. Brown
Last updated over 1 year ago
5 Co-Sponsors
An Act amending Title 11 (Cities) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in city administrator, further providing for appointment of city administrator, for employment agreement, for residency and elective city office and for powers and duties; and, in accounts and finances, further providing for powers and duties of chief fiscal officer.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB791 - In limitation of time, further providing for six months limitation; in matters affecting government units, further providing for exceptions to sovereign immunity, for limitations on damages and for exceptions to governmental immunity and providing for claims for compensation for wrongful conviction; in general administration, providing for services after wrongful conviction; and, in Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole, further providing for powers and duties of department.
Vincent J. Hughes, Arthur L. Haywood, Wayne D. Fontana
Last updated over 1 year ago
13 Co-Sponsors
An Act amending Titles 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) and 61 (Prisons and Parole) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in limitation of time, further providing for six months limitation; in matters affecting government units, further providing for exceptions to sovereign immunity, for limitations on damages and for exceptions to governmental immunity and providing for claims for compensation for wrongful conviction; in general administration, providing for services after wrongful conviction; and, in Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole, further providing for powers and duties of department.
STATUS
Introduced
SB846 - Providing for adult use cannabis; regulating the personal use and possession of cannabis; establishing the Cannabis Regulatory Control Board; providing for powers and duties of the Cannabis Regulatory Control Board; establishing the Cannabis Business Development Fund; providing for social and economic equity, for regulation of cannabis business establishments, for enforcement and immunities, for laboratory testing, for advertising, marketing, packaging and labeling and for preparation, destruction and regulation of cannabis and cannabis-infused edible and nonedible products; imposing a sales tax and excise tax on cannabis and cannabis-infused edible and nonedible products; establishing the Cannabis Regulation Fund; providing for cannabis clean slate and for miscellaneous provisions; imposing penalties; consolidating provisions relating to medical marijuana; transferring certain powers and duties of the Department of Health to the Cannabis Regulatory Control Board; in driving after imbibing alcohol or utilizing drugs, further providing for driving under influence of alcohol or controlled substance and for authorized use not a defense; and making repeals.
Daniel J. Laughlin, Sharif T. Street, Timothy P. Kearney
Last updated over 1 year ago
6 Co-Sponsors
An Act amending Titles 35 (Health and Safety) and 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for adult use cannabis; regulating the personal use and possession of cannabis; establishing the Cannabis Regulatory Control Board; providing for powers and duties of the Cannabis Regulatory Control Board; establishing the Cannabis Business Development Fund; providing for social and economic equity, for regulation of cannabis business establishments, for enforcement and immunities, for laboratory testing, for advertising, marketing, packaging and labeling and for preparation, destruction and regulation of cannabis and cannabis-infused edible and nonedible products; imposing a sales tax and excise tax on cannabis and cannabis-infused edible and nonedible products; establishing the Cannabis Regulation Fund; providing for cannabis clean slate and for miscellaneous provisions; imposing penalties; consolidating provisions relating to medical marijuana; transferring certain powers and duties of the Department of Health to the Cannabis Regulatory Control Board; in driving after imbibing alcohol or utilizing drugs, further providing for driving under influence of alcohol or controlled substance and for authorized use not a defense; and making repeals.
STATUS
Introduced
SR146 - Urging all agencies of the Commonwealth to have the ability to use diacritical marks on names on all Commonwealth-issued documents by July 1, 2025.
Arthur L. Haywood, James Dillon, Steven J. Santarsiero
Last updated over 1 year ago
9 Co-Sponsors
A Resolution urging all agencies of the Commonwealth to have the ability to use diacritical marks on names on all Commonwealth-issued documents by July 1, 2025.
STATUS
Introduced
SB867 - Providing for city classification; making a repeal; and making editorial changes.
Timothy P. Kearney, Scott E. Hutchinson, Cris Dush
Last updated 18 days ago
5 Co-Sponsors
An Act amending Title 11 (Cities) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for city classification; making a repeal; and making editorial changes.
STATUS
Passed
SB848 - In personal income tax, providing for alternative special tax provisions for poverty.
Lynda J. Schlegel Culver, Judy L. Schwank, Tracy Elizabeth Pennycuick
Last updated over 1 year ago
6 Co-Sponsors
An Act amending the act of March 4, 1971 (P.L.6, No.2), known as the Tax Reform Code of 1971, in personal income tax, providing for alternative special tax provisions for poverty.
STATUS
Introduced
SB857 - In voting by qualified absentee electors, further providing for voting by absentee electors and for canvassing of official absentee ballots and mail-in ballots; and, in voting by qualified mail-in electors, further providing for voting by mail-in electors.
James R. Brewster, Timothy P. Kearney, Sharif T. Street
Last updated over 1 year ago
10 Co-Sponsors
An Act amending the act of June 3, 1937 (P.L.1333, No.320), known as the Pennsylvania Election Code, in voting by qualified absentee electors, further providing for voting by absentee electors and for canvassing of official absentee ballots and mail-in ballots; and, in voting by qualified mail-in electors, further providing for voting by mail-in electors.
STATUS
Introduced
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