Legislation Enacted

Acts on General Legislation approved In 2015

Act	Enact. Date	Bill	Subject
1	May 13	HB 152	Emergency and Law Enforcement Personnel Death Benefits Act - futher providing for the payment of death benefits (effective IMMEDIATELY)
2	May 13	HB 159	Insurance (40 Pa.C.S.) - omnibus amendments (effective 60 DAYS)
3	May 13	HB 178	Various designations in various counties (effective 60 DAYS)
4	May 13	SB 79	Designations - further providing for Officer Robb McCray Memorial Bridge (effective IMMEDIATELY)
6	Jun 19	HB 341	Real and Personal Property (68 Pa.C.S.) - disclosure form (effective IMMEDIATELY)
7	Jun 19	SB 293	Navigator and Exchange Assister Accessibility and Regulation Act - enactment (effective FEB.15, 2016 WITH EXCEPTIONS)
8	Jun 26	HB 182	Pharmacy Act - authority to administer injectable medications, biologicals and immunizations (effective 60 DAYS)
9	Jun 26	HB 863	Bellefonte Veterans Bridge - designation (effective 60 DAYS)
10	Jun 26	SB 485	Crimes Code (18 Pa.C.S.) - impersonating a notary public or a holder of a professional or occupational license (effective 60 DAYS)
11	Jun 29	HB 131	Military Personnel - Residency Status for Students Act - attendance at State-related and State-owned institutions of higher learning and community colleges, applicability and eligibility (effective IMMEDIATELY WITH EXCEPTIONS)
12	Jun 29	HB 911	Health and Safety (35 Pa.C.S) - emergency telephone service and establishing the 911 Fund (effective IMMEDIATELY WITH EXCEPTIONS)
13	Jun 30	SB 622	Elimination of certain reporting duties of the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee (effective IMMEDIATELY)
14	Jun 30	SB 699	Project 70 lands - release of restrictions in Plymouth Township, Luzerne County (effective IMMEDIATELY)
15	Jul 1	HB 1276	Domestic Relations Code (23 Pa.C.S.) - omnibus amendments (effective IMMEDIATELY)
16	Jul 2	SB 397	Judicial Code (42 Pa.C.S.) - professional bondsmen, authorization to conduct business within each county, forfeited undertaking, private cause of action and third party sureties (effective 120 DAYS)
17	Jul 8	SB 284	Vehicle Code (75 Pa.C.S.) - special motorcycle plates for veterans (effective 90 DAYS)
18	Jul 8	SB 285	Military and Veterans Code (51 Pa.C.S.) - Veterans' Trust Fund (effective 60 DAYS)
19	Jul 8	SB 438	Lance Corporal Joseph E. Roble Memorial Bridge - designation (effective 60 DAYS)
20	Jul 10	HB 73	Judicial Code (42 Pa.C.S.) - counseling of sexually violent predators (effective 60 DAYS)
21	Jul 10	HB 88	Multiple highway, road and interchange designations (effective 60 DAYS)
22	Jul 10	HB 140	Ridesharing Arrangements Act - enactment (effective 30 DAYS)
23	Jul 10	HB 157	Military and Veterans Code (51 Pa.C.S.) - professional and occupational licenses, definitions and retention and certification (effective 60 DAYS)
24	Jul 10	HB 164	Crimes Code (18 Pa.C.S.) - offense of cruelty to animals (effective 60 DAYS)
25	Jul 10	HB 221	Judicial Code (42 Pa.C.S) and Municipalitites Code (53 Pa.C.S.) - continuing education requirements, powers and duties of Municipal Police Officers' Education and Training Commission (effective 60 DAYS)
26	Jul 10	HB 229	Crimes Code (18 Pa.C.S.) - offense of harrassment (effective 60 DAYS)
27	Jul 10	HB 272	Sexual Assault Testing and Evidence Collection Act - title, definitions and for sexual assault evidence collection program, and for rights of sexual assault victims (effective 60 DAYS)
28	Jul 10	HB 329	Corporal John S. Valent Memorial Highway - designation (effective 60 DAYS)
29	Jul 10	HB 501	Multiple bridge designations in multiple counties (effective 60 DAYS)
30	Jul 10	HB 972	The Insurance Company Law of 1921 - life and endowment insurance and annuities, and policy delivery (effective 60 DAYS)
31	Jul 10	HB 1071	Development Permit Extension Act - definition of "approval" and existing approval (effective 60 DAYS)
32	Jul 10	SB 42	Vehicle Code (75 Pa.C.S.) - issuance and content of driver's license (effective 60 DAYS)
33	Jul 10	SB 329	Public School Code of 1949 - establishing the Ready to Succeed Scholarship Program, conferring powers and imposing duties on the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency and the Department of Education (effective IMMEDIATELY)
34	Jul 10	SB 330	Crimes Code (18 Pa.C.S.) and Municipalities Code (53 Pa.C.S.) - repealing municipal housing code avoidance, neighborhood blight reclamation and revitalization, and failure to comply with a code requirement (effective 60 DAYS)
35	Jul 10	SB 405	Corporal Bryon K. Dickson, II, Exit - designation (effective 60 DAYS)
36	Jul 10	SB 620	Project 70 lands - release of restrictions of land in the Borough of Carlisle, Cumberland County (effective IMMEDIATELY)
37	Jul 10	SB 687	Real and Personal Property Code (68 Pa.C.S) - planned communities, applicability of local ordinances, regulations and building codes (effective 60 DAYS)
38	Jul 10	SB 688	Real and Personal Property Code (68 Pa.C.S.) - condominiums, applicability of local ordinances, regulations and building codes (effective 60 DAYS)
39	Jul 31	SB 487	Insurance Company Law of 1921 - limits on copayments for insured medical services provided by a physical therapist, chiropractor and occupational therapist (effective 60 DAYS)
40	Oct 1	SB 663	Domestic Relations (23 Pa.C.S.) - liability for support and consideration of criminal conviction (effective 60 DAYS)
41	Oct 1	SB 678	Public School Code of 1949 - further providing for defintions (effective 60 DAYS)
42	Oct 7	HB 33	Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code - appointment, term and vacancy of planning commission members and conduct of business of planning commission (effective 60 DAYS)
43	Oct 7	HB 75	Pharmacy Act - nonresident pharmacies (effective 60 DAYS)
44	Oct 7	HB 315	Child Labor Act - occupations and establishments (effective 60 DAYS)
45	Oct 7	SB 513	Solid Waste Management Act - transportation of residual waste and abrogating a regulation (effective 60 DAYS)
46	Oct 7	SB 897	Conveyance - Commonwealth property in Whitpain Township, Montgomery County (effective IMMEDIATELY)
47	Oct 8	SB 875	Treated Mine Water Act - enactment (effective 60 DAYS)
48	Oct 22	HB 823	Local Tax Collection Law - bonds of tax collectors, permanent basic and continuing education programs for tax collectors, criminal history record information and deputy tax collectors (effective IMMEDIATELY WITH EXCEPTIONS)
49	Oct 22	SB 925	Vehicle Code (75 Pa.C.S.) - qualification for school bus driver endorsement, employer responsibilities, commercial driver's license qualification standards, nonresident CDL, commerical driver's license and disqualification (effective 60 DAYS)
50	Oct 30	HB 175	Persian Gulf Conflict Veterans' Benefit Act - application for compensation, Commonwealth indebtness and reports (effective IMMEDIATELY)
51	Oct 30	HB 904	First Class Township Code - powers of board of township commissioners as to building and housing regulations and inspectors, Uniform Construction Code, property maintenance code and reserved powers. (effective 60 DAYS)
52	Oct 30	HB 906	First Class Township Code - failure of officer to perform duties (effective 60 DAYS)
53	Oct 30	HB 910	Incorporated town councils to declare certain offices vacant - removal of town officers and vacancies (effective 60 DAYS)
54	Oct 30	SB 210	Judicial Code (42 Pa.C.S.) - exemptions from jury duty (effective 60 DAYS)
55	Oct 30	SB 748	Vehicle Code (75 Pa.C.S.) - omnibus amendments (effective 60 DAYS)
56	Oct 30	SB 890	Colonel Frank Duffy Memorial Bridge - designation (effective 60 DAYS)
57	Nov 4	HB 138	Health and Safety (35 Pa.C.S.) - soliciting by first responder organizations (effective 60 DAYS)
58	Nov 4	HB 792	Housing Finance Agency Law - Interfund transfers from Housing Affordability and Rehabilitation Enhancement Fund (effective 90 DAYS)
59	Nov 4	HB 874	Crimes Code (18 Pa.C.S.) - offenses of harassment, stalking and threat to use weapons of mass destruction (effective 60 DAYS)
60	Nov 4	HB 1275	Dental Law - public health dental hygiene practitioner and restricted faculty license (effective 60 DAYS)
61	Nov 4	SB 765	Vehicle Code (75 Pa.C.S.) - duty of driver in emergency response areas (effective 60 DAYS)
62	Nov 24	HB 89	Judicial Code (42 Pa.C.S.) - automatic retirement on age (effective IMMEDIATELY WITH EXCEPTIONS)
63	Nov 24	HB 239	County Pension Law - further providing for supplemental benefits (effective 60 DAYS)
64	Nov 24	HB 753	Pennsylvania Long-term Care Council Act - enactment (effective SIX MONTHS)
65	Nov 24	SB 77	Game and Wildlife Code (34 Pa.C.S.) - dog training areas (effective 60 DAYS)
66	Nov 24	SB 609	Prostate Cancer Surveillance, Education, Detection and Treatment Act - enactment (effective IMMEDIATELY)
67	Nov 24	SB 775	Cities (11 Pa.C.S.) - omnibus amendments (effective 60 DAYS)
68	Nov 24	SB 791	Second Class Township Code - removal for failure to perform duties (effective 60 DAYS)
69	Nov 24	SB 793	Second Class Township Code - building and housing regulations, building and housing inspectors, Uniform Construction Code, property maintenance code and reserved powers (effective 60 DAYS)
70	Nov 24	SB 887	Vehicle Code (75 Pa.C.S.) - duty of driver in construction and maintenance areas or on highway safety corridors and duty of driver in emergency response areas (effective SIX MONTHS)
71	Dec 4	HB 735	Private Warren Snyder Memorial Bridge - designation (effective 60 DAYS)
72	Dec 4	SB 130	Judicial Code (42 Pa.C.S.) - sentence of community service (effective 60 DAYS)
73	Dec 6	SB 685	Medical Practice Act of 1985 - visiting team physician (effective 60 DAYS)
74	Dec 6	SB 686	Osteopathic Medical Practice Act - visiting team physician (effective 60 DAYS)
75	Dec 10	HB 477	Activities and Experiences for Children in Out-of-Home Placements Act - enactment (effective IMMEDIATELY)
76	Dec 10	HB 698	Game and Wildlife Code (34 Pa.C.S.) - unlawful devices and methods and permits for individuals with disabilities (effective 60 DAYS)
77	Dec 17	HB 909	Real Estate Tax Law - additional costs for rehabilitation and maintenance (effective IMMEDIATELY)
78	Dec 17	HB 1161	Board of Vehicles Act - license to engage in business (effective 60 DAYS )
79	Dec 17	SB 398	Probate, Estates and Fiduciaries Code (20 Pa.C.S.) - use of driver's license or identification card to indicate organ or tissue donation (effective 60 DAYS)
80	Dec 17	SB 524	Prisons and Parole Code (61 Pa.C.S.) - establishing the Nonnarcotic Medication Assisted Substance Abuse Treatment Grant Pilot Program and imposing powers and duties on the Department of Corrections (effective 60 DAYS)
81	Dec 17	SB 756	Public Authorities and Quasi-Public Corporations (64 Pa.C.S.) - First Industries Program expiration provision (effective IMMEDIATELY)
82	Dec 17	SB 1045	Military and Veterans Code (51 Pa.C.S.) - character of discharge (effective 60 DAYS)
83	Dec 17	SB 1046	Military and Veterans Code (51 Pa.C.S.) - retired Pennsylvania National Guard personnel (effective 60 DAYS)
84	Dec 20	HB 857	Insurance Company Law of 1921 - emergency service system billing, coverage obligations of loaner vehicles and expiration (effective IMMEDIATELY WITH EXCEPTIONS)
85	Dec 20	HB 907	Real Estate Tax Sale Law - further providing for definitions (effective 180 DAYS)
86	Dec 20	HB 1195	Vehicle Code (75 Pa.C.S.) - duration of perfection (effective 180 DAYS)
87	Dec 20	HB 1279	Designations - omnibus designations (effective 60 DAYS)
88	Dec 20	HB 1411	Eminent Domain Code (26 Pa.C.S.) - moving and related expenses of displaced persons, for replacement housing for homeowners and for replacement housing for tenants and others (effective IMMEDIATELY)
89	Dec 20	HB 1579	Lt. Col. Michael McLaughlin/AMVETS Post 113 Memorial Bridge - designation (effective 60 DAYS)
90	Dec 20	SB 442	Taxpayer-Funded Advertising Transparency Act - enactment (effective 30 DAYS)
91	Dec 28	HB 777	State Lottery Law - determination of eligibility relating to PACE or PACENET program (effective IMMEDIATELY)
92	Dec 28	HB 1322	Public Welfare Code - omnibus amendments (effective IMMEDIATELY WITH EXCEPTIONS)
93	Dec 28	HB 1332	Education (24 Pa.C.S.) and State Employees' Retirement Code (71 Pa.C.S.) - omnibus amendments (effective IMMEDIATELY)
94	Dec 28	HB 1603	Domestic Relations Code (23 Pa.C.S.) and Judicial Code (42 Pa.C.S.) - omnibus amendments (effective IMMEDIATELY WITH EXCEPTIONS)
95	Dec 28	HB 1735	Tobacco Product Manufacturer Directory Act - further providing for definitions (effective IMMEDIATELY WITH EXCEPTIONS)
96	Dec 28	HB 1736	Tobacco Settlement Agreement Act - further providing for definitions (effective IMMEDIATELY WITH EXCEPTIONS)