June 2 – 4, 2025

Bills voted on Third Consideration

SB 731 (FARRY) Amends the State Lottery Law to allow individuals enrolled in either PACE or PACENET to remain eligible if they exceed program income limits solely based on a Social Security cost-of-living adjustment. Extends the sunset of this provision from December 31, 2025, to December 31, 2027. PASSED 50-0.

SB 302 (BAKER) Amends Title 23 (Domestic Relations) to clarify $25 of the $100 surcharge assessed against a defendant for the service of a Protection From Abuse petition or order will be distributed to the sheriff or the law enforcement agency that served the defendant the petition or order. PASSED 50-0.

Bills voted on Third Consideration

SB 89 (MASTRIANO) Amends the Overdose Mapping Act to require Emergency Management Service (EMS) providers that encounter a known or suspected overdose to access an information technology platform to report and document the incident within 72 hours. Directs the Department of Health to coordinate with the Pennsylvania State Police to ensure overdose data is promptly transferred into the Overdose Information Network (ODIN) from any information technology platform used by EMS providers other than the ODIN. PASSED 49-0.

SB 411 (VOGEL) Amends the Stroke System of Care Act to require the Department of Health to provide access to a statewide, nationally recognized, evidence-based stroke care registry for Emergency Medical Services (EMS) providers, hospital stroke teams, and other health care professionals. Requires comprehensive stroke centers, thrombectomy-capable stroke centers, primary stroke centers, and acute stroke-ready hospitals to submit stroke care data to the Department twice a year for inclusion in the registry, as determined by the Secretary of Health and as aligned with consensus metrics developed by the American Heart Association. Requires the same facilities to provide the Department with access to related records as needed to conduct case findings or other quality improvement audits to ensure data completeness and accuracy. Authorizes the Department to contract with a nationally recognized, evidence-based organization for receipt, storage, updating, or maintenance of registry data, and to enter into reciprocal reporting agreements with agencies in other states for exchange of stroke care data. PASSED 49-0.

Bill amended on Third Consideration

SB 377 (PHILLIPS-HILL) Amends Title 62 (Procurement) to require all Commonwealth contracts for procurement of end point devices meet the National Institute of Standards and Technology guidelines or industry best practices for computer security. OVER AS AMENDED.

     A00761 (PHILLIPS-HILL) Allows end point devices procured by the Commonwealth to meet national and widely adopted national or widely adopted certifications, security standards, industry best practices for computer security or current National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) guidelines. ADOPTED 28-21.

Bill motioned to Revert to Prior Printer’s Number

SB 377 (PHILLIPS-HILL) Amends Title 62 (Procurement) requiring end point devices procured by the Commonwealth to meet national and widely adopted national or widely adopted certifications, security standards, industry best practices for computer security or current National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) guidelines. MOTION TO REVERT TO PRIOR PRINTER’S NO. 323 AGREED TO.

Bills voted on Third Consideration

SB 376 (PHILLIPS-HILL) Amends Title 71 (State Government) to prohibit TikTok, or any other service developed or provided by TikTok parent company ByteDance Limited, on any state-owned device or network, including Wi-Fi. PASSED 49-0.

SB 377 (PHILLIPS-HILL) Amends Title 62 (Procurement) to require all Commonwealth contracts for procurement of end point devices meet the National Institute of Standards and Technology guidelines or industry best practices for computer security. PASSED 49-0.

SB 686 (DUSH) Amends Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) to elevate the offense of tampering with public records or information from a misdemeanor of the second degree to a felony of the third degree if the record, document or thing is the subject of a current request or appeal under the Right-to-Know law. PASSED 31-18.

Executive Nominations

Pennsylvania Council on Aging, Robert Collado Baez CONFIRMED 49-0.
Pennsylvania Council on Aging, Velma E. Carter-Dryer CONFIRMED 49-0.
Pennsylvania Council on Aging, John W. Chin CONFIRMED 49-0.
Pennsylvania Council on Aging, Estella M. Hyde CONFIRMED 49-0.
Pennsylvania Council on Aging, Elaine B. Jenkins CONFIRMED 49-0.
Pennsylvania Council on Aging, Joanne O. Kline CONFIRMED 49-0.
Pennsylvania Council on Aging, Jeff A. Miller CONFIRMED 49-0.
Pennsylvania Council on Aging, Catharine J. Rambler CONFIRMED 49-0.
Pennsylvania Council on Aging, Terri L. Shields CONFIRMED 49-0.
Pennsylvania Council on Aging, Linda R. Stumpf CONFIRMED 49-0.
Pennsylvania Council on Aging, Melanie R. Titzel CONFIRMED 49-0.
Pennsylvania Council on Aging, John F. Vogel, II CONFIRMED 49-0.
Pennsylvania Council on Aging, Robert C. Wonderling CONFIRMED 49-0.
Architects Licensure Board, Jason R. Biri CONFIRMED 49-0.
Architects Licensure Board, Richard DeYoung CONFIRMED 49-0.
Architects Licensure Board, Nicole M. Dress CONFIRMED 49-0.
State Board of Chiropractic, George K. Petruska CONFIRMED 49-0.
State Board of Chiropractic, Shannon David Smith CONFIRMED 49-0.
State Board of Chiropractic, Shannon L. Thieroff CONFIRMED 49-0.
Consumer Advocate, Darryl A. Lawrence CONFIRMED 49-0.
State Board of Cosmetology, Kristin R. Green CONFIRMED 49-0.
State Board of Cosmetology, Natalie McNeill CONFIRMED 49-0.
State Board of Landscape Architects, Patrick A. West CONFIRMED 49-0.
State Board of Massage Therapy, Jennifer A. Keth CONFIRMED 49-0.
State Board of Osteopathic Medicine, Ayanna S. Kersey-McMullen CONFIRMED 49-0.
State Registration Board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors
and Geologists, Joseph T. McNally CONFIRMED 49-0.
Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, Stephen M. DeFrank CONFIRMED 49-0.
State Real Estate Commission, Joseph Tarantino, Jr. CONFIRMED 49-0.
State Board of Certified Real Estate Appraisers, William T. Stoerrle, Jr. CONFIRMED 49-0.
State Board of Examiners in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, Theresa M. Jacopetti CONFIRMED 49-0.
State Board of Examiners in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, Robert T. Sataloff CONFIRMED 49-0.
State Board of Veterinary Medicine, Joseph S. Bender CONFIRMED 49-0.