Legislation Enacted

Acts on General Legislation approved In 2013

Act	Enact. Date	Bill	Subject
1	Feb 20	SB 187	Institution of Higher Education Monetary Penalty Endowment Act - enactment (effective IMMEDIATELY )
2	Apr 18	SB 66	Community and Economic Development Enhancement Act - omnibus amendments (effective IMMEDIATELY)
3	Apr 25	HB 2	Public School Code of 1949 - omnibus amendments (effective IMMEDIATELY)
4	May 6	SB 808	The County Code - abolishment of jury commissioner (effective IMMEDIATELY )
5	May 15	SB 302	Military and Veterans Code (51 Pa.C.S.) - county directors of veterans' affairs (effective 60 DAYS)
6	May 15	SB 436	Pennsylvania Election Code - Voting Standards Development Board (effective IMMEDIATELY )
7	May 15	SB 623	Game and Wildlife Code (34 Pa.C.S.) - license requirements and unlawful acts concerning licenses (effective 60 DAYS)
8	May 21	HB 124	Industrialized Housing Act - omnibus amendments (effective IMMEDIATELY)
9	May 21	HB 583	Health and Safety (35 Pa.C.S.) - powers and duties of Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency and disbursement of fund amounts by agency (effective IMMEDIATELY)
10	May 21	SB 5	Community-Based Health Care Act - enactment (effective 90 DAYS)
11	May 23	HB 349	William Raymond Prom Memorial Bridge - designation (effective 60 DAYS)
12	Jun 10	HB 1029	Rates of pilotage for the Port of Philadelphia (effective 60 DAYS)
13	Jun 17	HB 818	Insurance (40 Pa.C.S.) - compliance with Federal health care legislation (effective 60 DAYS)
14	Jun 18	HB 492	Crime Victims Act - petitions to deny parole upon expiration of minimum sentence (effective SEPT 1, 2013)
15	Jun 19	HB 40	CPA Law - certificate requirements, equivalency practice for individuals and equivalency practice for firms and entities (effective 60 DAYS )
16	Jun 19	SB 196	Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment Authority Act - definitions, financial assistance and annual report (effective IMMEDIATELY )
17	Jun 19	SB 334	Judicial Code (42 Pa.C.S.) - omnibus amendments (effective IMMEDIATELY)
18	Jun 19	SB 679	Lieutenant Colonel B.D. "Buzz" Wagner Memorial Highway - designation (effective IMMEDIATELY )
19	Jun 24	HB 84	Agricultural Area Security Law - purchase of agricultural conservation easements and abrogating regulations (effective IMMEDIATELY)
20	Jun 24	HB 293	Specialist Kenneth Wayne Lampman, Sr., Memorial Bridge, Specialist Gerald Duane Stonemetz Memorial Bridge, Specialist Clark Robert Douglas Memorial Bridge and Private First Class Berwyn Gaylord Cole Memorial Bridge - designations (effective 60 DAYS )
21	Jun 24	HB 987	George E. Logue, Sr., Memorial Bridge - designation (effective IMMEDITELY)
22	Jun 24	SB 194	Medical Care Availability and Reduction of Error (Mcare) Act - repealing provisions relating to reports to commissioner and claims information (effective IMMEDIATELY)
23	Jun 24	SB 371	Savings Association Code of 1967 - repealed (effective IMMEDIATELY WITH EXCEPTIONS)
24	Jun 24	SB 419	Extending the date for validation of certain conveyances and other instruments (effective JAN 1, 2014)
25	Jun 24	SB 644	Agriculture Code (3 Pa.C.S.) and Game and Wildlife Code (34 Pa.C.S.) - swine hunting preserves and further providing for the definition of "wild animals" (effective 60 DAYS)
26	Jun 24	SB 865	The Controlled Substance, Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act - penalties involving liquefied ammonia gas, precursors and chemicals (effective 60 DAYS)
27	Jun 27	HB 326	County Code - governing board of the convention center authority (effective IMMEDIATELY)
28	Jun 27	HB 571	SFC Sidney N. Hamer Memorial Bridge - designation (effective 60 DAYS )
29	Jun 27	HB 891	Game and Wildlife Code (34 Pa.C.S.) - violations (effective 60 DAYS )
30	Jun 27	SB 381	Uniform Commercial Code (13 Pa.C.S.), Fish and Boat Code (30 Pa.C.S.) and Vehicle Code (75 Pa.C.S.) - omnibus amendments (effective JULY 1, 2013)
31	Jun 27	SB 526	Agriculture Code (3 Pa.C.S.) - definitions and sanitation standards (effective IMMEDIATELY )
32	Jul 1	SB 797	Education (24 Pa.C.S.) and Military and Veterans Code (51 Pa.C.S.) - calculation of military members' Public School Employees Retirement System benefits (effective IMMEDIATELY WITH EXCEPTIONS)
33	Jul 1	SB 798	Public School Code of 1949 - rights preserved during leave of absence (effective IMMEDIATELY WITH EXCEPTIONS)
34	Jul 2	HB 26	Unemployment Compensation Law - contributions by employees, Service and Infrastructure Improvement Fund and Unemployment Compensation Fund (effective IMMEDIATELY)
35	Jul 2	HB 513	Probate, Estates and Fiduciaries Code (20 Pa.C.S.) - payments to family and funeral directors, settlement of small estates on petition and estates not exceeding $25,000 (effective 60 DAYS)
36	Jul 2	HB 515	Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code - definitions and mailed notice in certain proceedings (effective 60 DAYS)
37	Jul 2	HB 1122	Real and Personal Property (68 Pa.C.S.) - declarant's obligation to complete and restore, contents of declaration for all planned communities, contents of declaration for flexible planned communities and amendment of declaration (effective IMMEDIATELY)
38	Jul 2	HB 1124	Banks and Banking (7 Pa.C.S.) - omnibus amendments (effective 60 DAYS )
39	Jul 2	HB 1172	Local Tax Enabling Act - limitations on rates of specific taxes (effective IMMEDIATELY )
40	Jul 2	HB 1217	Controlled Substance, Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act - schedules of controlled substances (effective IMMEDIATELY )
41	Jul 2	HB 1325	Pennsylvania Sewage Facilities Act - definitions, official plans and permits (effective IMMEDIATELY)
42	Jul 2	SB 492	Liquid Fuels Tax Municipal Allocation Law - allocated money (effective 60 DAYS)
43	Jul 2	SB 579	Administrative Code of 1929 - Pennsylvania State Police and repealing an act relating to limitation on complement of the Pennsylvania State Police (effective 60 DAYS )
44	Jul 2	SB 583	Economic Development Financing Law - competition in award of contracts (effective IMMEDIATELY )
45	Jul 2	SB 586	Probate, Estates and Fiduciaries Code (20 Pa.C.S.) - right to dispose of a decedent's remains (effective 60 DAYS)
46	Jul 2	SB 914	Insurance Regulation and Oversight Fund Act - enactment (effective IMMEDIATELY )
47	Jul 2	SB 963	Conveyance - Commonwealth property in East Hanover Township, Lebanon County (effective IMMEDIATELY)
48	Jul 2	SB 964	Conveyance - Commonwealth property in East Hanover Township, Lebanon County (effective IMMEDIATELY)
49	Jul 9	HB 22	Uniform Commercial Code (13 Pa.C.S.) - exclusion of consumer transactions governed by Federal law (effective 60 DAYS)
50	Jul 9	HB 82	Costs of Care of Seized Animals Act - enactment (effective 60 DAYS)
51	Jul 9	HB 163	County Code - how offices to be held (effective 60 DAYS )
52	Jul 9	HB 465	Tax Reform Code of 1971 - omnibus amendments (effective IMMEDIATELY WITH EXCEPTIONS)
53	Jul 9	HB 602	Controlled Substance, Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act - prohibited acts and penalties and ephedrine and pseudoephedrine and electronic tracking (effective 270 DAYS)
54	Jul 9	HB 784	Development Permit Extension Act - enactment (effective IMMEDIATELY)
55	Jul 9	HB 1075	Public Welfare Code - omnibus amendments (effective IMMEDIATELY WITH EXCEPTIONS)
56	Jul 9	HB 1112	Conveyances - Commonwealth property in multiple counties (effective IMMEDIATELY )
57	Jul 9	HB 1119	Conveyance - Commonwealth property in West Chester Borough, Chester County (effective IMMEDIATELY )
58	Jul 9	HB 1121	Sheriffs Forrest B. Sebring and Todd A. Martin Bridge - designation (effective 60 DAYS )
59	Jul 9	HB 1141	Public School Code of 1949 - omnibus amendments (effective IMMEDIATELY WITH EXCEPTIONS)
60	Jul 9	HB 1190	Health Care Facilities Act - omnibus amendments (effective 180 DAYS )
61	Jul 9	HB 1359	Commonwealth-owned lands, annual charge for tax-exempt lands (effective 60 DAYS )
62	Jul 9	HB 1478	Conveyances - Commonwealth property in multiple counties (effective IMMEDIATELY )
63	Jul 9	HB 1482	Conveyances - Commonwealth property in multiple counties (effective IMMEDIATELY WITH EXCEPTIONS)
64	Jul 9	HB 1490	General Local Government Code (53 Pa.C.S.) - omnibus amendments (effective IMMEDIATELY )
65	Jul 9	SB 155	Rabies Prevention and Control in Domestic Animals and Wildlife Act - omnibus amendments (effective IMMEDIATELY WITH EXCEPTIONS)
66	Jul 9	SB 259	Oil and Gas Lease Act - payment information to interest owners for accumulation of proceeds from production, apportionment and conflicts (effective 60 DAYS)
67	Jul 9	SB 304	Associations Code (15 Pa.C.S.) and Names (54 Pa.C.S.) - omnibus amendments (effective IMMEDIATELY WITH EXCEPTIONS)
68	Jul 9	SB 351	General Local Government Code (53 Pa.C.S.) - purposes and powers of municipal authorities (effective 60 DAYS )
69	Jul 9	SB 1002	Capital Budget Act of 2013-2014 - enactment (effective IMMEDIATELY )
70	Jul 18	SB 10	Public School Code of 1949 - Office for Safe Schools and allocation of certain appropriated funds (effective IMMEDIATELY )
71	Jul 18	SB 591	Fiscal Code - omnibus amendments (effective IMMEDIATELY WITH EXCEPTIONS)
72	Jul 18	SB 700	Second Class County Port Authority Act - membership of the authority and Department of Transportation Regionalization and Privatization Study (effective IMMEDIATELY)
73	Oct 9	HB 25	Judicial Code (42 Pa.C.S.) and Notaries Public (57 Pa.C.S.) - uniform laws on attestation in the areas of unsworn foreign declarations and notarial acts (effective IMMEDIATELY WITH EXCEPTIONS)
74	Oct 16	HB 108	Insurance Company Law of 1921 - definitions, children's health care and expiration (effective IMMEDIATELY)
75	Oct 23	HB 421	Unemployment Compensation Law - omnibus amendments (effective IMMEDIATELY WITH EXCEPTIONS)
76	Oct 25	HB 1483	Portable Electronics Insurance Act - authority of vendors of portable electronics and termination of portable electronics insurance (effective 60 DAYS)
77	Oct 25	HB 493	Capital Facilities Debt Enabling Act - omnibus amendments (effective IMMEDIATELY)
78	Oct 25	HB 1481	Insurance Company Law of 1921 - electronic delivery of information and posting of policies and endorsements and risk management and own risk solvency assessment (effective IMMEDIATELY WITH EXCEPTIONS)
79	Oct 25	SB 379	Benevolent Gesture Medical Professional Liability Act - enactment (effective 60 DAYS)
80	Nov 1	HB 88	Military and Veterans Code (51 Pa.C.S.) - leaves of absence for certain government employees (effective IMMEDIATELY)
81	Nov 1	HB 925	AMVETS Memorial Bridge, Chief Warrant Officer 2 Jarett M. Yoder Highway, Sergeant Michael Todd May Interchange and Lance Corporal Ryan J. Kovacicek, USMC, Exit - designations (effective IMMEDIATELY WITH EXCEPTIONS)
82	Nov 1	SB 277	Vehicle Code (75 Pa.C.S.) - commercial driver's license qualification standards (effective 60 DAYS)
83	Nov 1	SB 648	Game and Wildlife Code (34 Pa.C.S.) - liability for actions of others (effective IMMEDIATELY)
84	Nov 1	SB 732	Board of Vehicles Act - reimbursement for parts and service and unlawful acts by manufacturers or distributors (effective 60 DAYS )
85	Nov 1	SB 680	Capital Budget Project Itemization Act of 2013-2014 - enactment (effective IMMEDIATELY)
86	Nov 1	SB 358	Breast Density Notification Act - enactment (effective 90 DAYS )
87	Nov 20	SB 546	Lieutenant General William M. Keys Bridge - designation (effective 60 DAYS)
88	Nov 20	SB 851	Thaddeus Stevens Bridge - designation (effective 60 DAYS)
89	Nov 25	HB 1060	Transportation (74 Pa.C.S.) and Vehicle Code (75 Pa.C.S.) - omnibus amendments (effective IMMEDIATELY WITH EXCEPTIONS)
90	Nov 27	HB 1098	Local Option Small Games of Chance Act - omnibus amendments (effective IMMEDIATELY WITH EXCEPTIONS)
91	Nov 27	HB 27	Crimes Code (18 Pa.C.S.) - offense of harrassment (effective 60 DAYS )
92	Nov 27	HB 290	Local Option Small Games of Chance Act - omnibus amendments (effective 60 DAYS )
93	Nov 27	HB 388	Municipal Claim and Tax Lien Law - municipal and tax claims and liens (effective 60 DAYS)
94	Nov 27	HB 390	First and Second Class County Property Tax Relief Act - conditions of deferral or exemption (effective IMMEDIATELY )
95	Nov 27	HB 668	Second Class Township Code - letting contracts (effective 60 DAYS)
96	Nov 27	HB 669	First Class Township Code - general regulations concerning contracts (effective 60 DAYS)
97	Nov 27	HB 714	Crimes Code (18 Pa.C.S.) - identity theft (effective 60 DAYS )
98	Nov 27	HB 1128	Commerce and Trade (12 Pa.C.S.) - Motor Vehicle Sales Finance Act, Goods and Services Installment Sales Act (effective 1 YEAR)
99	Nov 27	HB 1193	First Class Township Code - removals and appointment, compensation and training of police officers (effective IMMEDIATELY )
100	Nov 27	HB 1348	Medical Practice Act of 1985 - physician assistants (effective 60 DAYS )
101	Nov 27	HB 1351	Osteopathic Medical Practice Act - physician assistants (effective 60 DAYS)
102	Nov 27	HB 1356	Crimes Code (18 Pa.C.S.) - expiration of chapter 57, relating to wiretapping and electronic surveillance (effective IMMEDIATELY )
103	Nov 27	SB 763	Game and Wildlife Code (34 Pa.C.S.) - roster of parties hunting big game (effective 60 DAYS)
104	Nov 27	SB 802	Boiler and Unfired Pressure Vessel Law - omnibus amendments (effective 180 DAYS WITH EXCEPTIONS)
105	Dec 18	HB 321	Crimes Code (18 Pa.C.S.) and Judicial Code (42 Pa.C.S.) - sexual abuse of children and sentencing for offenses involving sexual abuse of children (effective JAN. 1, 2014)
106	Dec 18	HB 391	General Local Government Code (53 Pa.C.S.) - installment payments, limitations and confidentiality of tax information in cities and counties of the first class (effective 60 DAYS)
107	Dec 18	HB 414	Domestic Relations Code (23 Pa.C.S.) and Judicial Code (42 Pa.C.S.) - omnibus amendments (effective JAN. 1, 2014)
108	Dec 18	HB 726	Domestic Relations Code (23 Pa.C.S.) - exclusions from child abuse, disposition of founded and indicated reports, amendment or expunction of information, investigation of reports and evidence in court proceedings (effective DEC. 31, 2014)
109	Dec 18	HB 1201	Judicial Code (42 Pa.C.S.) - declaration of policy, victims of sexual or physical abuse and report by district attorney (effective 60 DAYS)
110	Dec 18	HB 1225	Legal Notices (45 Pa.C.S.) - electronic publication of municipal codes (effective NOV 30, 2014)
111	Dec 18	HB 1247	Project 70 lands - release and imposition of restrictions (effective IMMEDIATELY)
112	Dec 18	HB 1274	Judicial Code (42 Pa.C.S.) - criminal laboratory user fee (effective 60 DAYS)
113	Dec 18	HB 1425	Higher Education Eligibility Act - enactment (effective IMMEDIATELY)
114	Dec 18	HB 1439	General Local Government Code (53 Pa.C.S.) - subjects of local taxation (effective 60 DAYS)
115	Dec 18	HB 1523	Local taxing options (effective IMMEDIATELY)
116	Dec 18	HB 1594	Crimes Code (18 Pa.C.S.) - luring a child into a motor vehicle or structure (effective 60 DAYS)
117	Dec 18	SB 23	Domestic Relations Code (23 Pa.C.S.) - expunction of information of perpetrator who was under 18 years of age when child abuse was committed (effective DEC 31, 2014)
118	Dec 18	SB 28	Crimes Code (18 Pa.C.S.) - simple assault, aggravated assault, false reports of child abuse and intimidation or retaliation in child abuse cases (effective JAN 1, 2014)
119	Dec 18	SB 30	Domestic Relations Code (23 Pa.C.S.) - immunity from liability, establishment of pending complaint file, Statewide central register and file of unfounded reports and amendment or expunction of information (effective JULY 1, 2014 WITH EXCEPTIONS)
120	Dec 18	SB 34	Professional Educator Discipline Act - omnibus amendments (effective 60 DAYS)
121	Dec 18	SB 607	Carbon Monoxide Alarm Standards Act - enactment (effective IMMEDIATELY)
122	Dec 18	SB 1042	Clinical Laboratory Act - inspection, unlawful conduct and penalty (effective IMMEDIATELY)
123	Dec 18	SB 1116	Domestic Relations Code (23 Pa.C.S.) - services for prevention, investigation and treatment of child abuse and investigation of reports (effective 90 DAYS)
124	Dec 18	SB 1131	Agriculture Code (3 Pa.C.S.) - potatoes (effective 60 DAYS)
125	Dec 23	HB 546	Second Class County Code - retirement board, tax qualification, employees eligible for retirement allowances and amount of retirement allowances (effective 60 DAYS)
126	Dec 23	HB 892	Vehicle Code (75 Pa.C.S.) - learners' permits and obedience to traffic-control devices (effective IMMEDIATELY WITH EXCEPTIONS)
127	Dec 23	HB 1410	Staff Sergeant Glen H. Stivison, Jr., Memorial Interchange - designation (effective IMMEDIATELY )
128	Dec 23	HB 1644	General Local Government Code (53 Pa.C.S.) - purposes and powers of municipal authorities (effective 60 DAYS)
129	Dec 23	HB 1706	Health and Safety (35 Pa.C.S.) - changing implementing authority from the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency to Office of the State Fire Commissioner, assistance to volunteer fire companies, ambulance service and rescue squads and powers and duties (effective 60 DAYS)
130	Dec 23	SB 638	General County Assessment Law - subjects of taxation enumerated (effective 60 DAYS )
131	Dec 23	SB 731	Crimes Code (18 Pa.C.S.) - burglary, robbery, grading of theft offenses and retail theft (effective 60 DAYS )
132	Dec 23	SB 1040	Vehicle Code (75 Pa.C.S.) - manner of providing proof of financial responsibility, required financial responsibility and availability of uninsured, underinsured, bodily injury liability and property damage coverages and mandatory deductibles (effective 60 DAYS)
133	Dec 23	SB 1046	Second Class Township Code - operating reserve fund (effective 60 DAYS )