Legislation Enacted

Acts on General Legislation approved In 2020

Act	Enact. Date	Bill	Subject
1	Feb 5	SB 60	Crimes Code (18 Pa.C.S.) and Judicial Code (42 Pa.C.S.) - offense of trafficking in individuals, offense of patronizing a victim of sexual servitude and asset forfeiture (effective 60 DAYS)
2	Feb 5	SB 690	Incorporated Towns Contracts Regulated - power to convey (effective 60 DAYS)
3	Feb 5	SB 691	Second Class Township Code - real property (effective 60 DAYS)
4	Feb 5	SB 692	Boroughs and Incorporated Towns (8 Pa.C.S.) and Cities (11 Pa.C.S.) - real property and city property and affairs (effective 60 DAYS)
5	Feb 12	HB 330	Taxpayer Relief Act - editorial changes to incorrect references (effective 60 DAYS)
6	Feb 12	HB 427	Fair Access to Cancer Treatment Act - enactment (effective 60 DAYS)
7	Feb 12	HB 1001	Keystone Mothers' Milk Bank Act - enactment (effective IMMEDIATELY WITH EXCEPTIONS)
8	Feb 12	SB 432	Achieving Better Care by Monitoring All Prescriptions Program (ABC-MAP) Act - access to prescription information (effective IMMEDIATELY WITH EXCEPTIONS)
9	Mar 27	HB 68	Unemployment Compensation Law - unemployment compensation notification by employers, relief from charges and emergency provisions related to COVID-19 (effective IMMEDIATELY WITH EXCEPTIONS)
10	Mar 27	HB 1232	Fiscal Code - emergency finance and tax provisions, COVID-19 response transfers, Enhanced Revenue Collection Account and Department of Revenue (effective IMMEDIATELY WITH EXCEPTIONS)
11	Mar 27	HB 1578	Real and Personal Property (68 Pa.C.S.) - omnibus amendments (effective 60 DAYS)
12	Mar 27	SB 422	Pennsylvania Election Code - omnibus amendments (effective IMMEDIATELY)
13	Mar 27	SB 751	Public School Code of 1949 - rating system, persons to be suspended, revised rating system and Pandemic of 2020 (effective IMMEDIATELY)
14	Apr 17	HB 775	State Lottery Law - income verification (effective 60 DAYS)
15	Apr 20	SB 841	Health and Safety (35 Pa.C.S.) and Judicial Code (42 Pa.C.S.) - omnibus amendments (effective IMMEDIATELY )
16	Apr 29	HB 752	Game and Wildlife Code (34 Pa.C.S.) - price paid for acquisitions and improvements (effective 60 DAYS)
17	Apr 29	HB 1869	Health and Safety (35 Pa.C.S.) - COVID-19 enforcement officer disability benefits, COVID-19 benefits for members of Pennsylvania National Guard and basic life support ambulances (effective IMMEDIATELY WITH EXCEPTIONS)
18	May 8	HB 360	Domestic Relations (23 Pa.C.S.) - restrictions on issuance of license and for oral examination and for pandemic of 2020 (effective IMMEDIATELY WITH EXCEPTIONS)
19	May 8	SB 67	Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact Act - enactment (effective 60 DAYS)
20	May 19	HB 1076	Taxpayer Relief Act - filing of claim and authorizing public school districts to implement a senior tax reduction incentive volunteer exchange program (effective IMMEDIATELY)
21	May 21	HB 327	Liquor Code - prepared beverages and mixed drinks for off-premises consumption during disaster emergency and local option (effective IMMEDIATELY)
22	May 21	HB 1522	Child Labor Act - minors serving in volunteer emergency service organizations (effective 60 DAYS)
23	May 29	HB 1083	Fiscal Code - omnibus amendments (effective IMMEDIATELY WITH EXCEPTIONS)
24	May 29	HB 2510	Fiscal Code - omnibus amendments (effective IMMEDIATELY)
25	May 29	SB 166	Capital Budget Act of 2019-2020 - enactment (effective JULY 1, 2020)
26	May 29	SB 1122	Health and Safety (35 Pa.C.S.) - funds and COVID-19 Crisis Fire Company and Emergency Medical Services Grant Program (effective IMMEDIATELY)
27	Jun 5	HB 102	Game and Wildlife Code (34 Pa.C.S.) - eligibility for license (effective 60 DAYS )
28	Jun 5	HB 1036	Boroughs and Incorporated Towns (8 Pa.C.S.) - judicial adjustment, decrease in number of members of council and specific powers (effective 60 DAYS)
29	Jun 5	HB 1048	Liquor Code - omnibus amendments (effective 60 DAYS)
30	Jun 5	HB 1210	Public School Code of 1949 - omnibus amendments (effective IMMEDIATELY WITH EXCEPTIONS)
31	Jun 5	HB 1907	Senator Hal Mowery Memorial Bridge - designation (effective 60 DAYS)
32	Jun 5	SB 275	Crimes Code (18 Pa.C.S.), Domestic Relations (23 Pa.C.S.) and Judicial Code (42 Pa.C.S.) - omnibus amendments (effective 60 DAYS)
33	Jun 5	SB 863	Lodging and Housing (48 Pa.C.S.) - omnibus amendments (effective 60 DAYS)
34	Jun 5	SB 1030	Pennsylvania Sewage Facilities Act - official plans (effective 60 DAYS)
35	Jun 17	HB 2502	Administrative Code of 1929 - report on implementation of 2020 general primary election (effective IMMEDIATELY)
36	Jul 1	SB 905	Capital Budget Project Itemization Act of 2019-2020 - enactment (effective IMMEDIATELY)
37	Jun 30	HB 2418	Administrative Code of 1929 - State Geospatial Coordinating Board, additional duties and COVID-19 debt cost reduction review (effective IMMEDIATELY)
38	Jul 1	HB 364	Vehicle Code (75 Pa.C.S.) - enforcement of failure to stop for school bus with flashing red lights and visual signals on authorized vehicles (effective 60 DAYS)
39	Jul 1	HB 1003	Fish (30 Pa.C.S.) - marking of dams (effective 60 DAYS)
40	Jul 1	HB 1185	Fish (30 Pa.C.S.) - omnibus amendments (effective 60 DAYS)
41	Jul 1	HB 1188	Game (34 Pa.C.S.) - unlawful devices and methods (effective 60 DAYS)
42	Jul 1	HB 1379	Sunday Polo Act - repealed (effective 60 DAYS)
43	Jul 1	HB 1405	Sunday Tennis Act - repealed (effective 60 DAYS)
44	Jul 1	HB 1457	Insurance Company Law of 1921 - mastectomy and breast cancer reconstruction (effective 60 DAYS)
45	Jul 1	HB 1510	Multiple designations in multiple counties - designation (effective 60 DAYS)
46	Jul 1	HB 1564	Municipalities (53 Pa.C.S.) - subjects of local taxation, assessment of mobile homes and house trailers, special provisions relating to countywide revisions of assessments and regulations and training of boards (effective IMMEDIATELY WITH EXCEPTIONS)
47	Jul 1	HB 1597	Multiple designations in multiple counties - designation (effective 60 DAYS)
48	Jul 1	HB 1710	Vehicle Code (75 Pa.C.S.) - USA semiquincentennial registration plates (effective 120 DAYS)
49	Jul 1	HB 2018	Conveyance - Commonwealth property in Plymouth Borough, Luzerne County (effective 60 DAYS)
50	Jul 1	HB 2171	Public School Code of 1949 - omnibus amendments (effective IMMEDIATELY)
51	Jul 1	SB 351	Crimes Code (18 Pa.C.S.) - offense of aggravated assault (effective 60 DAYS)
52	Jul 1	SB 595	Insurance Company Law of 1921 - coverage for mammographic examinations (effective 60 DAYS)
53	Jul 1	SB 637	Crimes Code (18 Pa.C.S.) and Professions and Occupations (63 Pa.C.S.) - use of records by licensing agencies, preliminary provisions and Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs (effective IMMEDIATELY WITH EXCEPTIONS)
54	Jul 1	SB 842	Health Care Facilities Act - photo identification tag regulations (effective 60 DAYS)
55	Jul 1	SB 997	State Government (71 Pa.C.S.) - election to purchase nonintervening military service and construction of part (effective IMMEDIATELY)
56	Jul 10	HB 808	Fish (30 Pa.C.S.) - omnibus amendments (effective IMMEDIATELY)
57	Jul 14	HB 1841	Law and Justice (44 Pa.C.S.) - law enforcement background investigations and employment information (effective IMMEDIATELY WITH EXCEPTIONS)
58	Jul 14	HB 1860	Urban Redevelopment Law - formation of authorities, dissolution of city authorities and eminent domain (effective 60 DAYS)
59	Jul 14	HB 1910	Judicial Code (42 Pa.C.S.), Law and Justice (44 Pa.C.S.) and Municipalities (53 Pa.C.S.) - continuing education requirements, mental health evaluations and powers and duties of commission (effective IMMEDIATELY WITH EXCEPTIONS)
60	Jul 14	HB 2045	Conveyance - Commonwealth Property in Ohiopyle Borough, Fayette County (effective IMMEDIATELY)
61	Jul 14	SB 352	Tax Exemption and Mixed-Use Incentive Program Act - enactment (effective 60 DAYS)
62	Jul 14	SB 934	Human Services Code - right to enter and inspect (effective 120 DAYS)
63	Jul 23	HB 256	Crimes Code (18 Pa.C.S.) and Judicial Code (42 Pa.C.S.) - offense of assault by prisoner, offense of institutional sexual assault and sexual offenses and tier system (effective 60 DAYS)
64	Jul 23	HB 632	Vehicle Code (75 Pa.C.S.) - application for certificate of title by agent and odometer disclosure requirements (effective IMMEDIATELY WITH EXCEPTIONS)
65	Jul 23	HB 672	Allowing Minors to Consent to Medical Care - mental health treatment and release of medical records (effective 60 DAYS)
66	Jul 23	HB 732	Tax Reform Code of 1971 - excluded transactions and local resource manufacturing tax credit (effective IMMEDIATELY WITH EXCEPTIONS)
67	Jul 23	HB 943	Consumer Prescription Drug Pricing and Freedom Disclosure Act - enactment (effective IMMEDIATELY)
68	Jul 23	HB 1437	Tax Reform Code of 1971 - omnibus amendments (effective IMMEDIATELY WITH EXCEPTIONS)
69	Jul 23	HB 1459	Health and Safety (35 Pa.C.S.) - omnibus amendments (effective IMMEDIATELY WITH EXCEPTIONS)
70	Jul 23	HB 2455	Administrative Code of 1929 - COVID-19 emergency testing plan, reporting and water and sewer authorities in cities of the second class (effective IMMEDIATELY)
71	Jul 23	HB 2484	Corporations and Unincorporated Associations (15 Pa.C.S.) and Decedents, Estates and Fiduciaries (20 Pa.C.S.) - investment of trust funds, nonjudicial settlement agreement and charitable trusts (effective IMMEDIATELY)
72	Jul 23	SB 320	Decedents, Estates and Fiduciaries (20 Pa.C.S.) - omnibus amendments (effective 180 DAYS)
73	Jul 23	SB 836	Public School Code of 1949 - sudden cardiac arrest and electrocardiogram testing (effective 60 DAYS)
74	Jul 23	SB 927	Vehicle Code (75 Pa.C.S.) - issuance and content of driver's license (effective 60 DAYS)
75	Jul 23	SB 1125	Local Tax Collection Law - application of act, discounts, penalties and notice (effective IMMEDIATELY)
76	Jul 23	SB 1188	Local Tax Enabling Act - delegation of taxing powers and restrictions thereon and tax limitations (effective 60 DAYS)
77	Jul 27	HB 2463	Administrative Code of 1929 - access to public records during disaster declaration (effective IMMEDIATELY)
78	Sep 28	SB 902	County Code - filling of vacancies (effective 60 DAYS)
79	Oct 16	HB 2487	Public Official Compensation Law - omnibus amendments (effective IMMEDIATELY)
80	Oct 29	HB 81	Central Service Technician and Surgical Technologist Regulation Act - enactment (effective 60 DAYS)
81	Oct 29	HB 86	Allowing the Governor to Regulate the Flying of the U.S. Flag - display of the official POW/MIA flag on Commonwealth grounds or buildings (effective 60 DAYS)
82	Oct 29	HB 375	State Lottery Law - further providing for definitions (effective IMMEDIATELY)
83	Oct 29	HB 440	Crimes Code (18 Pa.C.S.) and Judicial Code (42 Pa.C.S.) - expungement, petition for limited access, clean slate limited access, effects of expunged records and records subject to limited access and attachment and summary punishment for contempts (effective 60 DAYS)
84	Oct 29	HB 703	Public School Code of 1949 - publication of e-mail addresses for school directors, publication of e-mail addresses for board of trustees and applicability (effective 60 DAYS)
85	Oct 29	HB 716	Administative Code of 1929 - Joint Task Force on Misclassification of Employes (effective 60 DAYS)
86	Oct 29	HB 885	Public Works Contractors' Bond Law of 1967 - duty of prime contractor to provide financial security in certain contracts involving public works and public improvements (effective 60 DAYS)
87	Oct 29	HB 1032	Real Estate Appraisers Certification Act - State Board of Certified Real Estate Appraisers (effective 60 DAYS)
88	Oct 29	HB 1033	Assessors Certification Act - omnibus amendments (effective IMMEDIATELY WITH EXCEPTIONS)
89	Oct 29	HB 1439	Insurance (40 Pa.C.S) - mental health parity and access to addiction treatment (effective IMMEDIATELY)
90	Oct 29	HB 1584	Fish and Boat Code (30 Pa.C.S.) - waterways patrolmen and employees (effective 60 DAYS)
91	Oct 29	HB 1673	Health and Safety (35 Pa.C.S.) - omnibus amendments (effective IMMEDIATELY WITH EXCEPTIONS)
92	Oct 29	HB 1696	Insurance Company Law of 1921 - definitions, adoption of Federal acts, annual attestation by insurers and insurer analysis and disclosure information (effective IMMEDIATELY)
93	Oct 29	HB 1838	Health and Safety (35 Pa.C.S.) and Vehicle Code (75 Pa.C.S.) - support of emergency medical services, EMS costs and Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition (effective 120 DAYS)
94	Oct 29	HB 1961	State Government (71 Pa.C.S.) - omnibus amendments (effective IMMEDIATELY WITH EXCEPTIONS)
95	Oct 29	HB 1984	Domestic Relations Code (23 Pa.C.S.) - petition for involuntary termination and special provisions when child conceived as a result of rape or incest (effective 60 DAYS)
96	Oct 29	HB 2073	First Class Township Code - omnibus amendments (effective 60 DAYS)
97	Oct 29	HB 2370	Notaries Public (57 Pa.C.S.) - authority to perform notarial act, notarial act performed for remotely located individual, notification regarding performance of notarial act on electronic record and selection of technology (effective IMMEDIATELY)
98	Oct 29	HB 2438	Real and Personal Property (68 Pa.C.S.) - broadband services (effective 60 DAYS)
99	Oct 29	HB 2561	Optometric Practice and Licensure Act - definitions, approval of drugs, exemptions and exceptions and violations and penalties (effective 60 DAYS)
100	Oct 29	SB 273	Community-Based Health Care Act - Community-Based Health Care Program (effective 60 DAYS)
101	Oct 29	SB 940	Municipality Condemnation Order Act - enactment (effective 60 DAYS)
102	Oct 29	SB 952	Military and Veterans Code (51 Pa.C.S.) - omnibus amendments (effective 60 DAYS)
103	Oct 29	SB 995	Vehicle Code (75 Pa.C.S.) - further defining the definition of "multipurpose agricultural vehicle" (effective 60 DAYS)
104	Oct 29	SB 1076	Military and Veterans Code (51 Pa.C.S.) - military family relief assistance (effective IMMEDIATELY)
105	Oct 29	SB 1281	Vehicle Code (75 Pa.C.S.) - schedule of convictions and points, duty of driver in emergency response areas, homicide by vehicle and aggravated assault by vehicle (effective 180 DAYS)
106	Nov 1	SB 1199	Vehicle Code (75 Pa.C.S.) - personal delivery devices and making editorial changes (effective 90 DAYS)
107	Nov 3	SB 30	Tax Reform Code of 1971 - reports, restrictions and Pennsylvania Housing Tax Credit (effective IMMEDIATELY)
108	Nov 3	SB 94	Workers' Compensation Act - further defining the definition of "employe" and making editorial changes (effective IMMEDIATELY)
109	Nov 3	SB 395	Allowing the Governor to Regulate the Flying of the U.S. Flag - display of flag (effective 60 DAYS)
110	Nov 3	SB 530	Public School Code of 1949 - students convicted or adjudicated delinquent of sexual assault, safe schools advocate in school districts of the first class and school participation in program (effective 60 DAYS)
111	Nov 3	SB 976	Judicial Code (42 Pa.C.S.) - Commerce Court Program, problem-solving courts and commerce courts (effective 60 DAYS)
112	Nov 3	SB 1110	Disease Prevention and Control Law of 1955 - definitions, reports, confidentiality of reports and records and confidentiality provisions during disaster emergency (effective IMMEDIATELY)
113	Nov 3	SB 1195	Insurance Company Law of 1921 - omnibus amendments (effective IMMEDIATELY)
114	Nov 23	HB 2536	Fiscal Code - omnibus amendments (effective IMMEDIATELY)
115	Nov 25	HB 30	Decedents, Estates and Fiduciaries Code (20 Pa.C.S.) - The Governor Robert P. Casey Memorial Organ and Tissue Donation Awareness Trust Fund contributions (effective 90 DAYS)
116	Nov 25	HB 64	An act empowering the General Counsel or his designee to issue subpoenas for certain licensing board activities - civil penalties (effective 60 DAYS)
117	Nov 25	HB 616	Controlled Substance, Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act - schedules of controlled substances (effective IMMEDIATELY)
118	Nov 25	HB 777	Local Option Small Games of Chance Act - report and distribution of proceeds (effective IMMEDIATELY)
119	Nov 25	HB 862	Physical Therapy Licensure Compact Act - enactment (effective IMMEDIATELY)
120	Nov 25	HB 941	Human Services Code - medical assistance pharmacy services and prescription drug pricing study (effective 60 DAYS)
121	Nov 25	HB 942	Human Services Code - pharmaceutical and therapeutics committee (effective 60 DAYS)
122	Nov 25	HB 1342	Public School Code of 1949 - health services and vision screening and examinations (effective 60 DAYS)
123	Nov 25	HB 1534	Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law - definitions and unlawful acts or practices and exclusions (effective IMMEDIATELY)
124	Nov 25	HB 1538	Prisons and Parole Code (61 Pa.C.S.) - parole procedure (effective IMMEDIATELY)
125	Nov 25	HB 1617	Liquor Code - definitions, interlocking business prohibited, brand registration, limiting number of retail licenses to be issued in each county and unlawful acts relative to liquor, malt and brewed beverages and licensees (effective 60 DAYS)
126	Nov 25	HB 1662	Methadone Death and Incident Review Act - title of act, short title, definitions, establishment of Methadone Death and Incident Review Team, team duties, duties of coroner and medical examiner, review procedures and confidentiality (effective 90 DAYS)
127	Nov 25	HB 1808	Solid Waste Management Act - definitions and editorial changes (effective 60 DAYS)
128	Nov 25	HB 1962	Education (24 Pa.C.S.) and State Government (71 Pa.C.S.) - Public School Employees' Retirement Board, administrative duties of board, stress test of system, the State Employees' Retirement Board, administrative duties of board and stress test of system (effective IMMEDIATELY WITH EXCEPTIONS)
129	Nov 25	HB 2233	Vehicle Code (75 Pa.C.S.) - political subdivision and volunteer service use of tax-free motor fuels and examination of records and equipment (effective IMMEDIATELY)
130	Nov 25	HB 2293	Public Utility Code (66 Pa.C.S.) - emergency response plans (effective 60 DAYS)
131	Nov 25	HB 2296	Vehicle Code (75 Pa.C.S.) - omnibus amendments (effective IMMEDIATELY WITH EXCEPTIONS)
132	Nov 25	SB 835	Unserved High-Speed Broadband Funding Program Act - enactment (effective IMMEDIATELY)
133	Nov 25	SB 983	Newborn Child Testing Act - definitions, Newborn Child Screening and Follow-up Program and mandated screening and follow-up (effective 180 DAYS)
134	Nov 25	SB 1193	Law and Justice (44 Pa.C.S.) - codifying provisions relating to sheriffs and deputy sheriffs, sheriff training requirement, Sheriff and Deputy Sheriff Education and Training Account, editorial changes and repeal (effective JANUARY 1, 2021)
135	Nov 25	SB 1214	Conveyance - multiple conveyances in multiple counties (effective IMMEDIATELY WITH EXCEPTIONS)
136	Nov 25	SB 1216	Public School Code of 1949 - omnibus amendments (effective IMMEDIATELY WITH EXCEPTIONS)
137	Nov 25	SB 1241	Administrative Code of 1929 - report of State facilities owned or leased (effective ONE YEAR)
138	Nov 25	SB 1268	Nurse Aide Resident Abuse Prevention Training Act - findings, definitions, certification of COVID-19 temporary nurse aides and an editorial change (effective IMMEDIATELY)
139	Nov 25	SB 1309	Conveyance - Manheim Township, Lancaster County (effective 60 DAYS)
140	Nov 30	HB 770	Pharmacy Act - definitions, pharmacy technician and pharmacy technician trainee registration, qualifications and supervision, pharmacy technician data entry and laboratory waiver (effective IMMEDIATELY WITH EXCEPTIONS)