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Legislation Enacted
Acts on General Legislation approved In 2003
| Act | Enact. Date | Bill | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
May 8 |
SB 532 | Liquor Code - sales by Pennsylvania Liquor Stores and liquor licensees, retail dispensers' restrictions and unlawful acts (effective IMMEDIATELY) |
| 2 |
May 19 |
SB 582 | Capital Budget Project Itemization Act for 2002-2003 - enactment (effective IMMEDIATELY) |
| 3 |
Jun 10 |
HB 266 | Controlled Substance, Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act - prohibited acts and penalties (effective IMMEDIATELY) |
| 4 |
Jun 10 |
HB 267 | Crimes Code (18 Pa.C.S.) - drug trafficking, sentencing and penalties (effective IMMEDIATELY) |
| 5 |
Jun 17 |
HB 235 | Game Code (34 Pa.C.S.) - age of holder of falconry permits and disabled person permits (effective JULY 1, 2003) |
| 6 |
Jun 17 |
HB 331 | Game Code (34 Pa.C.S.) - disabled person permits for bow and arrow or crossbow (effective IMMEDIATELY) |
| 7 |
Jun 30 |
HB 1406 | Medicare Hospital Service Payment Designation Act - enactment (effective IMMEDIATELY) |
| 8 |
Jun 30 |
HB 1105 | Military and Veterans Code (51 Pa.C.S.) - composition and expiration of Pennsylvania Veterans' Memorial Commission and administration of Pennsylvania Veterans' Memorial Trust Fund (effective IMMEDIATELY WITH EXCEPTIONS) |
| 9 |
Jul 6 |
SB 340 | Samuel E. Hayes, Jr., Livestock Evaluation Center - designation (effective IMMEDIATELY) |
| 10 |
Jul 6 |
SB 259 | Vehicle Code (75 Pa.C.S.) - protective equipment for motorcycle riders (effective 60 DAYS) |
| 11 |
Jul 6 |
HB 651 | Township State Highway Law - adding Piketown Road, West Hanover Township, Dauphin County, and Colebrook Road, East Donegal Township, Lancaster County, to the State highway system (effective IMMEDIATELY WITH EXCEPTIONS) |
| 12 |
Jul 17 |
SB 44 | Conveyance - Commonwealth property in Dauphin and Philadelphia Counties (effective IMMEDIATELY) |
| 13 |
Jul 17 |
SB 277 | Third class cities - residency requirements for firemen, fire alarm operators and fire box inspectors (effective 60 DAYS) |
| 14 |
Jul 17 |
SB 387 | Health Care Cost Containment Act - powers and duties of council, submission, collection and dissemination of data, mandated health benefits, access to council data, enforcement and penalty and expiration (effective IMMEDIATELY) |
| 15 |
Jul 17 |
HB 782 | Liquor Code - omnibus amendments (effective IMMEDIATELY WITH EXCEPTIONS) |
| 16 |
Jul 31 |
HB 745 | Conveyance - Commonwealth property in Warren County (effective IMMEDIATELY) |
| 17 |
Jul 31 |
HB 8 | Volunteer Fire Company and Volunteer Ambulance Service Grant Act - enactment (effective IMMEDIATELY) |
| 18 |
Aug 5 |
SB 506 | Conveyance - Commonwealth property in Washington County (effective IMMEDIATELY) |
| 19 |
Aug 5 |
SB 201 | Walter J. Dealtrey Memorial Highway, Charles R. McDevitt Highway and Farrell Jackson Exit - designations (effective 60 DAYS) |
| 20 |
Aug 14 |
SB 442 | Municipal Claim and Tax Lien Law - omnibus amendments (effective IMMEDIATELY) |
| 21 |
Aug 14 |
SB 521 | Judicial Code (42 Pa.C.S.) - assessment and commitment of certain sexually violent persons (effective 180 DAYS) |
| 22 |
Sep 12 |
HB 276 | Telemarketer Registration Act - unwanted telephone solicitation calls (effective IMMEDIATELY) |
| 23 |
Sep 24 |
HB 1148 | General Local Government Code (53 Pa.C.S.) - scope of unfunded debt, number of interest rates, treatment of debt costs upon refunding and interest rate risk and interest cost management (effective IMMEDIATELY) |
| 24 |
Sep 30 |
SB 8 | Crimes Code (18 Pa.C.S.), Judicial Code (42 Pa.C.S.) and Vehicle Code (75 Pa.C.S.) - impairment due to alcohol or controlled substances, Department of Transportation records and investigation by police officers (effective SEPTEMBER 30, 2003 WITH EXCEPTIONS) |
| 25 |
Sep 30 |
HB 297 | Public Welfare Code - nursing facility assessments and Kinship Care Program (effective IMMEDIATELY WITH EXCEPTIONS) |
| 26 |
Oct 3 |
HB 89 | Probate, Estates and Fiduciaries Code (20 Pa.C.S.) - share of surviving spouse (effective IMMEDIATELY) |
| 27 |
Oct 3 |
HB 318 | Repeal - obsolete law relating to spread of rabies, authorization to quarantine, restrain, confine or muzzle dogs during outbreaks of rabies and powers of State Live Stock Sanitary Board (effective 60 DAYS) |
| 28 |
Oct 3 |
SB 265 | Consumers' Continuity of Care Act - enactment (effective 90 DAYS) |
| 29 |
Oct 23 |
HB 77 | General Local Government Code (53 Pa.C.S.) - initiative of electors seeking consolidation or merger without home rule or with new home rule charter, conduct of referenda and consolidation or merger agreement (effective 60 DAYS) |
| 30 |
Oct 23 |
SB 846 | Project 70 lands - Willistown Township, Chester County, release and imposition or restrictions (effective IMMEDIATELY) |
| 31 |
Oct 31 |
SB 164 | Judicial Code (42 Pa.C.S.) - court authority upon petition to remove child from foster parent and criminal victim aid good samaritan civil immunity (effective 60 DAYS) |
| 32 |
Nov 6 |
SB 461 | Walters Drive - designation (effective IMMEDIATELY) |
| 33 |
Nov 6 |
HB 1549 | Transportation (74 Pa.C.S.) - designation of Governor Robert P. Casey Highway and State Route 120 as scenic byways (effective 60 DAYS) |
| 34 |
Nov 6 |
HB 538 | Job Enhancement Act - Technology Work Experience Internship Program (effective JULY 1, 2003) |
| 35 |
Nov 25 |
HB 106 | Engineer, Land Surveyor and Geologist Registration Law - licensing (effective 60 DAYS) |
| 36 |
Nov 25 |
HB 786 | Probate, Estates and Fiduciaries Code (20 Pa.C.S.) - powers of attorney (effective 60 DAYS) |
| 37 |
Nov 26 |
HB 888 | State Lottery Law - omnibus amendments (effective IMMEDIATELY WITH EXCEPTIONS) |
| 38 |
Nov 26 |
SB 68 | Capital Budget Act of 2003-2004 - enactment (effective IMMEDIATELY) |
| 39 |
Dec 2 |
HB 1854 | General County Assessment Law, The - valuation of property (effective IMMEDIATELY) |
| 40 |
Dec 10 |
HB 85 | Education (24 Pa.C.S.) and State Government (71 Pa.C.S.) - actuarial cost method and class of service for bail commissioners (effective IMMEDIATELY WITH EXCEPTIONS) |
| 41 |
Dec 16 |
HB 46 | Crimes Code (18 Pa.C.S.) - desecration or sale of venerated objects (effective 60 DAYS) |
| 42 |
Dec 16 |
HB 1580 | Health Care Facilities Act - employment of health care practitioners (effective 60 DAYS) |
| 43 |
Dec 16 |
HB 545 | County Pension Law - vesting rights and additional class options (effective IMMEDIATELY) |
| 44 |
Dec 23 |
HB 44 | Public Welfare Code - exempting certain persons from Federal law relating to public assistance and establishing the Health Care Provider Retention Account and the Health Care Provider Retention (effective IMMEDIATELY WITH EXCEPTIONS) |
| 45 |
Dec 23 |
HB 1133 | Fiscal Code - providing for property held by financial institutions, for escheat of property held by insurers, for property held by courts, public officers and agencies, for miscellaneous property held for or owing to another and for depositing funds relating to abandoned and unclaimed property (effective IMMEDIATELY WITH EXCEPTIONS) |
| 46 |
Dec 23 |
HB 200 | Tax Reform Code of 1971 - omnibus amendments (effective IMMEDIATELY WITH EXCEPTIONS) |
| 47 |
Dec 23 |
HB 172 | Administrative Code of 1929 - omnibus amendments (effective IMMEDIATELY WITH EXCEPTIONS) |
| 48 |
Dec 23 |
SB 80 | Public School Code of 1949 - omnibus amendments (effective IMMEDIATELY) |
| 49 |
Dec 23 |
SB 870 | Capital Facilities Debt Enabling Act - increasing limitation on redevelopment assistance capital projects (effective IMMEDIATELY) |
| 50 |
Dec 23 |
SB 483 | Insurance Company Law of 1929 - providing for life insurance applications and extending expiration date of provisions relating to health care insurance individual accessibility (effective IMMEDIATELY WITH EXCEPTIONS) |
| 51 |
Dec 23 |
HB 521 | Keystone opportunity Zone and Keystone Opportunity Expansion Zone Act - omnibus amendments (effective IMMEDIATELY) |
| 52 |
Dec 23 |
SB 850 | Project 70 lands - Commonwealth property in Lackawanna County (effective IMMEDIATELY) |
| 53 |
Dec 23 |
HB 88 | Workers' Compensation Act - schedule of compensation (effective 60 DAYS) |
| 54 |
Dec 30 |
HB 66 | Conveyance - Commonwealth property in Warren County and release and imposition of restrictions (effective IMMEDIATELY) |
| 55 |
Dec 30 |
HB 1718 | Tobacco Settlement Act - limits on supersedeas bond requirements (effective IMMEDIATELY) |
| 56 |
Dec 30 |
HB 1018 | Public Safety Emergency Telephone Act - Statewide integrated wireless E-911 State plan, Wireless E-911 Emergency Services Fund, collection of E-911 surcharge from wireless customers and annual reporting, etc. (effective 90 DAYS WITH EXCEPTIONS) |
| 57 |
Dec 30 |
HB 51 | General Local Government Code (53 Pa.C.S.) powers and duties of authorities (effective IMMEDIATELY WITH EXCEPTIONS) |
| 58 |
Dec 30 |
HB 1000 | Real Estate Licensing and Registration Act - licensing requirements and penalties (effective 60 DAYS) |
| 59 |
Dec 30 |
HB 1279 | Liquor Code - powers and duties of Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board, wine marketing, sales on Saint Patrick's Day and wine purchased for consumption at a restaurant (effective IMMEDIATELY) |
| 60 |
Dec 30 |
HB 1674 | Conveyance - Commonwealth property in City and County of Philadelphia (effective IMMEDIATELY) |
| 61 |
Dec 30 |
HB 485 | Judicial Code (42 Pa.C.S.) - municipal corporation portion of fines and immunity of State parole officers and county probation officers (effective 60 DAYS) |
| 62 |
Dec 30 |
HB 999 | Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome Education Act - enactment (effective 60 DAYS) |
| 63 |
Dec 30 |
SB 586 | Game Code (34 Pa.C.S.) - jurisdiction and penalties, suspension of licenses, unlawful taking or possession of game or wildlife, denial or revocation of license and license costs and fees (effective 60 DAYS WITH EXCEPTIONS) |
| 64 |
Dec 30 |
SB 924 | Tobacco Product Manufacturer Directory Act - enactment (effective IMMEDIATELY WITH EXCEPTIONS) |
| 65 |
Dec 30 |
SB 145 | General Local Government Code (53 Pa.C.S.) - municipal police education and training and reimbursement (effective IMMEDIATELY WITH EXCEPTIONS) |
| 66 |
Dec 30 |
SB 271 | Greater Hazleton Chamber of Commerce Beltway - designation (effective IMMEDIATELY WITH EXCEPTIONS) |
| 67 |
Dec 30 |
SB 970 | General Local Government Code (53 Pa.C.S.) - revival of expired authority (effective IMMEDIATELY) |