PRINTER'S NO. 195
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
226
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY ROBINSON, JANUARY 31, 2023
REFERRED TO LABOR AND INDUSTRY, JANUARY 31, 2023
AN ACT
Amending the act of April 27, 1927 (P.L.465, No.299), entitled
"An act to provide for the safety of persons employed,
housed, or assembled in certain buildings and structures by
requiring certain construction and ways of egress, equipment,
and maintenance; providing for the licensing of
projectionists, except in cities of the first class and
second class; requiring the submission of plans for
examination and approval; providing for the promulgation of
rules and regulations for the enforcement of this act;
providing for the enforcement of this act by the Department
of Labor and Industry, the Department of Health, boards of
school directors and, in certain cases, by the chiefs of fire
departments in cities of the third class; providing penalties
for violations of the provisions of this act; and repealing
certain acts," further providing for standards for Class VI
buildings.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 3.6(f)(1)(i) of the act of April 27, 1927
(P.L.465, No.299), referred to as the Fire and Panic Act,
amended July 7, 2022 (P.L.468, No.42), is amended to read:
Section 3.6. Standards for Class VI Buildings.--
(f) (1) (i) As to family child-care homes, a facility
licensed by the Department of Human Services as of [the
effective date of this section] September 6, 2022, shall be
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permitted [12 months from the effective date of this section]
until September 6, 2023, or until the expiration of its current
license, whichever is longer, to comply with the requirements of
this section.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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