June 23-26, 2025

Bills voted on Third Consideration

SB 527 (FARRY) Amends the Local Tax Enabling Law to prohibit a first class city from imposing its tax on salaries, wages, commissions, or other compensation on certain nonresidents of the city whose duties or services are performed outside the city. Requires first class city to reimburse school districts and municipalities for credits against local wage taxes claimed by their residents who are subject to Philadelphia’s tax on salaries, wages, commissions, or other compensation. Repeals the Sterling Act and a section of the Taxpayer Relief Act to move provisions under the Local Tax Enabling Act. PASSED 29-21.

SB 764 (DUSH) Amends Title 53 (Municipalities Generally) to allow municipalities to petition the court of common pleas for the removal from an approved consolidation or merger referendum. Exempts a court-ordered referendum from the five-year moratorium on voting on the same consolidation or merger question. PASSED 50-0.

HB 240 (BENNINGHOFF) Amends Title 75 (Vehicles) to allow the Department of Transportation (PennDOT) to require school bus drivers to take a hearing test as part of the required physical exam. Prohibits PennDOT from requiring an electroacoustic analysis test if the driver meets PennDOT’s minimum hearing standards. PASSED 50-0.

SB 468 (LANGERHOLC) Amends Title 74 (Transportation) to authorize PennDOT to negotiate one or more interstate agreements with an agency or educational partner recognized by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for the research, testing, deployment, training, or education of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). Requires PennDOT to approve at least one entity to administer research, testing, deployment, training or education of UAS on behalf of PennDOT. Allows unmanned aircraft systems to operate in the Commonwealth only if it is operated or authorized by a party to an interstate agreement or PennDOT and it is authorized to operate and is operating in compliance with all applicable laws, regulations, and guidelines. PASSED 50-0.

Bill amended on Third Consideration

SB 88 (FARRY) Amends the Insurance Company Law of 1921 by requiring health insurance policies to cover mammographic examinations, magnetic resonance imaging, and other forms of breast imaging. Mandates minimum coverage must include all costs associated with mammographic examinations, supplemental breast screenings, and diagnostic breast examinations for a covered person whose risk level for breast cancer is determined to be at least average risk or higher. AMENDED AND OVER.

A01044 (PENNYCUICK) Enables women over and under the age of 40 to receive more than one annual mammogram without cost sharing. AGREED TO.

Bills voted on Third Consideration

SB 88 (FARRY) Amends the Insurance Company Law of 1921 by requiring health insurance policies to cover mammographic examinations, magnetic resonance imaging, and other forms of breast imaging. Mandates minimum coverage must include all costs associated with mammographic examinations, supplemental breast screenings, and diagnostic breast examinations for a covered person whose risk level for breast cancer is determined to be at least average risk or higher. PASSED 50-0.

SB 205 (ROTHMAN) Amends Title 75 (Vehicles) to permit counties to dedicate supplemental bridge funding allocations and fuels tax revenue to municipalities for construction and maintenance of bridges owned by municipalities in the county. PASSED 50-0.

SB 375 (BROWN) Amends the Public School Code providing for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and automated external defibrillators (AED) within schools and at interscholastic athletic events. Transfers 2.5% of the School Safety and Security Fund for the next five fiscal years for the Department of Education (PDE) to purchase or provide discounts for AEDs for schools. Transfers another 2.5% of the fund for AED training grants to schools. Requires schools to make instruction in CPR training and the use of AEDs available to school employees and volunteers at least once every two years. Requires schools that participate in interscholastic athletics to have an AED readily accessible for students participating in interscholastic athletics and practices, and ensure individuals trained and certified in the use of CPR and the use of an AED are at each location and have access to an AED. Reestablishes the AED Program and allows for the acceptance of donations to assist schools in obtaining AEDs. Requires schools and PDE to annually report on the availability of AEDs in schools. Provides Good Samaritan civil immunity to school employees who render care with an AED and provides that nothing shall be construed to establish liability for or a cause of action against a school entity, nonpublic school, or its officers or employees. PASSED 47-3.

SB 838 (CULVER) Amends the Private Licensed Schools Act to exclude schools or providers approved by the State Real Estate Commission or the State Board of Certified Real Estate Appraisers from its provisions. PASSED 50-0.

SB 842 (BROWN) Amends the Dental Law to expand the qualifications for a restricted faculty license and the locations where a licensee may practice. Extends the time frame from less than 20 days to one year that a dentist licensed in another state or country can practice without a license in Pennsylvania for continuing education purposes while under the direct supervision of a licensed Pennsylvania dentist at a dental school. Expands the criteria for receiving a restricted faculty license and permits licensees to be a full-time faculty member in direct clinical teaching and practice. Allows an individual working under a restricted faculty license to teach in a clinical facility owned and operated by a dental school or affiliated academic health care center when the clinical facility or affiliated academic health care center is not operated for the profit of the dental school or any affiliated third party. Permits an individual with a restricted faculty license to practice at satellite or off-campus sites such as clinics. Expands the criteria for receiving a restricted faculty license. PASSED 47-3.

Bill amended on Third Consideration

SB 739 (PENNYCUICK) Amends Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) by making it a first-degree misdemeanor to manufacture, sell, transfer, use, possess, or aid or permit another person to use illicit devices for motor vehicles, which includes hardware or software used to program or emulate a motor vehicle key fob to unlock or start the vehicle, or otherwise intercept a key fob’s signal to unlock or start the motor vehicle. Exempts use by law enforcement, government, and certain commercial entities. Makes it a first-degree misdemeanor for certain commercial entities to fail to report a lost or stolen illicit device to law enforcement within 48 hours. AMENDED AND OVER.

A01302 (CAPPELLETTI) Removes third-degree felony grading for subsequent offenses. AGREED TO.

Bills voted on Third Consideration

HB 1333 (J. HARRIS) Makes FY 2025-2026 appropriation from the Professional Licensure Augmentation Account within the General Fund to the Department of State for the Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs. PASSED 50-0.

HB 1334 (J. HARRIS) Makes FY 2025-2026 appropriations from the Workmen’s Compensation Administration Fund to the Department of Labor and Industry for administration of the Workers’ Compensation Act and the Pennsylvania Occupational Disease Act and to the Office of Small Business Advocate in the Department of Community and Economic Development. PASSED 50-0.

HB 1335 (J. HARRIS) Makes FY 2025-2026 appropriation from the General Fund to the Office of Small Business Advocate in the Department of Community and Economic Development. PASSED 50-0.

HB 1336 (J. HARRIS) Makes FY 2025-2026 appropriations from the Public School Employees’ Retirement Fund and the PSERS Defined Contribution Fund to the Public School Employees’ Retirement Board. PASSED 48-2.

HB 1337 (J. HARRIS) Makes FY 2025-2026 appropriations from the State Employees’ Retirement Fund and the SERS Defined Contribution Fund to the State Employees’ Retirement Board. PASSED 47-3.

HB 1338 (J. HARRIS) Makes FY 2025-2026 appropriation from the Philadelphia Taxicab and Limousine Regulatory Fund to the Philadelphia Parking Authority. PASSED 49-1.

HB 1339 (J. HARRIS) Makes FY 2025-2026 appropriation from the General Fund and federal funding to the Public Utility Commission. PASSED 48-2.

HB 1340 (J. HARRIS) Makes FY 2025-2026 appropriation from the State Gaming Fund to the Pennsylvania Gaming Board. PASSED 48-2.

HB 1420 (J. HARRIS) Makes FY 2025-2026 appropriation from the General Fund to the Office of Consumer Advocate in the Office of the Attorney General. PASSED 48-2.

SB 101 (BARTOLOTTA) Amends the Workforce Development Act to require local workforce development boards (LWDBs) to use information from the Department of Labor & Industry’s new hire database and unemployment information in developing local plans, assessing program eligibility and researching. Requires the Center for Workforce Information and Analysis (CWIA), or an authorized representative, to develop and maintain a sortable data dashboard that includes information from the new hire database, unemployment compensation claimant data, and UC wage records to be made available to assist in performance accountability and program evaluation. Provides for confidentiality and protection of information and requires CWIA to provide technical assistance to LWDBs, government agencies and public officials on the use and interpretation of dashboard data. Requires the use of the Reemployment Fund for implementation associated costs. PASSED 47-3.

HB 355 (PIELLI) Amends Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) by directing the Commission on Sentencing to provide a sentencing enhancement for courts to consider in corruption of minor offenses when the defendant is a mandated reporter. Expands the offense of unlawful contact with a minor to include human trafficking of a minor; incest; endangering the welfare of a child or corruption of minors if the activity involved sexual contact with a minor; and any attempt, solicitation, or conspiracy to do any of the preceding. PASSED 50-0.

SB 739 (PENNYCUICK) Amends Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) by making it a first-degree misdemeanor to manufacture, sell, transfer, use, possess, or aid or permit another person to use illicit devices for motor vehicles, which includes hardware or software used to program or emulate a motor vehicle key fob to unlock or start the vehicle, or otherwise intercept a key fob’s signal to unlock or start the motor vehicle. Exempts use by law enforcement, government, and certain commercial entities. Makes it a first-degree misdemeanor for certain commercial entities to fail to report a lost or stolen illicit device to law enforcement within 48 hours. PASSED 49-1.

SB 780 (PICOZZI) Amends Title 68 (Real and Personal Property) by prohibiting unauthorized encampments on private and public property. Requires property owners who allow an encampment to prevent, mitigate, and abate nuisance conditions; comply with municipal health and safety regulations; and be held liable for any dangerous conditions on the property. Establishes enforcement procedures, including a duty on the property owner to eject an unauthorized encampment and allowing municipalities to physically remove an unauthorized or nuisance encampment. PASSED 34-16.

SB 840 (LAUGHLIN) Amends Title 4 (Amusements) to reduce the required number of slot machines in operation at a Category 1 or Category 2 casino from 1,500 to 1,000. PASSED 26-24.

SB 635 (LANGERHOLC) Amends Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) by directing the Pennsylvania Commission on Sentencing to provide a sentencing enhancement for certain felony drug delivery-related offenses when committed within 1,000 feet of a drug and alcohol recovery house. AMENDED AND PASSED 43-7.

A01328 (LANGERHOLC) Removes acquisition of controlled substance by fraud. AGREED TO.

HB 209 (BOROWSKI) Amends the Second Class Township code making an ordinance effective immediately upon adoption, unless a later date is expressly stated in the ordinance. PASSED 49-1.

HB 491 (PIELLI) Amends Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) giving the Commonwealth concurrent jurisdiction over proceedings involving a violation of Federal law committed by a child on a military installation if a federal court or an attorney authorized to make decision concerning prosecution on behalf of the United States waives exclusive jurisdiction and the violation of federal law is also a crime under Pennsylvania law. PASSED 50-0.

SB 715 (J. WARD) Amends the Rare Disease Advisory Council Act extending the sunset date from June 30, 2025, to June 30, 2028. PASSED 50-0.

Bills amended on Third Consideration

SB 520 (BAKER) Amends Titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses), 30 (Fish), 34 (Game), and 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) to authorize the use of body worn cameras by agents of the Office of Attorney General, rangers with the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, and officers and deputies of the Game Commission and the Fish and Boat Commission. AMENDED AND OVER.

A01353 (BAKER) Restores language that was inadvertently removed from within the definition of oral communication. AGREED TO.

HB 640 (D. WILLIAMS) Amends the Administrative Code to expand reporting requirements for the Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs (DDAP) by requiring evaluations of completed grant programs using indicators used to measure performance and outcomes and a listing of funds distributed and expended by the department and other state agencies for services, programs, and other efforts outlined in DDAP’s State Plan. AMENDED AND OVER.

A01096 (PITMAN) Extends from July 21, 2025 until December 31, 2027, the $21.25 in surcharges collected by the Unified Judicial System and assessed on most court filings, recorder of deeds transfers, criminal conviction, and summary traffic citations. AGREED TO.

Bill amended on Second Consideration

HB 799 (DEASY) Amends Title 51 (Military Affairs) to require employers with more than 50 full-time employees to display contact information for veterans’ resources and information regarding Federal and State benefits and services for veterans. Requires the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs to create a standardized posting the Department of Labor and Industry must make available to employers on its website. AMENDED AND RE-REREFERRED TO APPROPRIATIONS.

A01327 (MASTRIANO) Allows an employer to comply by placing the workplace posting on an employer’s Internet website that is accessible to employees. ADOPTED 48-2.

Executive Nominations

Secretary of Environmental Protection, Jessica L. Shirly CONFIRMED 49-1
State Board of Medicine, Catherine Ngozi Udekwu CONFIRMED 49-1
Pennsylvania Milk Board, Kristi Kassimer Harper CONFIRMED 49-1
Pennsylvania Milk Board, James A. Van Blarcom CONFIRMED 49-1
Brigadier General, Pennsylvania National Guard, Robert S. Noren CONFIRMED 49-1
Brigadier General, Pennsylvania National Guard, Brett J. Gagnon CONFIRMED 49-1
Brigadier General, Pennsylvania National Guard, Brad W. Pierson CONFIRMED 49-1
Brigadier General, Pennsylvania National Guard, John M. Wenzel CONFIRMED 49-1

Bills voted on Third Consideration

HB 103 (KULIK) Amends Title 30 (FISH) allowing a municipality or law enforcement agency to investigate at-risk boats, derelict boats and abandoned boats within their jurisdiction, in collaboration with the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission. Requires the municipality or law enforcement agency to make reasonable effort to notify the owner of the boat by mail or verifiable electronic means. Provides owners 14 days after receiving notice from the municipality or law enforcement agency to remove, repair, salvage, securely store or dispose of an at-risk, derelict, or abandoned boat, or make alternative arrangements with the municipality, law enforcement agency, or the Commission. Provides opportunity for the owner to reclaim the boat, upon paying removal costs and any fine within 30 days of the original notice. Makes it a third-degree misdemeanor if recovery/disposal costs exceeding $2,500 must be incurred by the municipality, law enforcement agency, or the PFBC for a boat, and a first-degree summary offense if costs are less than $2,500. PASSED 50-0.

HB 211 (WARREN) Amends the Medical Foods Insurance Coverage Act to update the term “mental retardation” to “intellectual disabilities.” PASSED 50-0.

HB 261 (PICKETT) Amends the Insurance Company Law to replace the term “mental retardation” with “intellectual disabilities” and “handicap” with “physical disabilities.” PASSED 50-0.

HB 309 (BURNS) Amends the Osteopathic Medical Practice Act to increase the maximum amount of time a traveling team physician from another state or country can practice in Pennsylvania without obtaining a license from 10 days to 45 days in duration per sporting event. Permits a temporary license to be issued under certain circumstances to an applicant who holds the equivalent of a license without restriction in another state, territory or country to permit one of the following. PASSED 50-0.

HB 378 (HANBIDGE) Amends Title 23 (Domestic Relations) to revise the best interest of the child factors courts must consider when deciding child custody matters. Requires the court to provide all parties a copy of the factors considered when awarding custody within 30 days of receipt of a custody complaint, a petition for the modification of custody, or a petition to intervene in matters relating to custody. PASSED 50-0.

SB 520 (BAKER) Amends Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses), Title 30 (Fish), Title 34 (Game), Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure), and Title 61 (Prisons and Parole) to authorize deputy law enforcement officers with the Fish and Boat Commission, Game Commission and DCNR rangers and state park officers to wear body cameras and simplify what a parole agent is. Requires the Department of Corrections to provide parolees with written notice that a parole agent may record their oral communications using a body camera. Makes transfers of unspent gaming revenue annually allocated to the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board for local law enforcement grants to the Office of Attorney General and DCNR for body cameras. PASSED 50-0.

HB 553 (DAVIDSON) Authorizes the Department of General Services (DGS) to convey land located in Harrisburg, Dauphin County to the Susquehanna Regional Transportation Authority for $340,000. Authorizes the transfer of a right-of-way easement within Project 70 lands owned by the Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission in Overfield Township, Wyoming County to PennDOT. Authorizes DGS to exchange land in Charleston Township, Tioga County with Tioga County. Authorizes DGS to exchange land located in Lehigh Township, Carbon County to be used by the Pennsylvania Game Commission for land located in Nesquehoning Borough and Lehigh Township, Carbon County to be added to the Lehigh Gorge State Park. PASSED 49-1.

HB 615 (KHAN) Amends the Donated Food Limited Liability Act to limit criminal and civil liability for any person who donates food that is fit for human consumption which is past the labeled date code recommended by the manufacturer of the food item. PASSED 50-0.

HB 640 (D. WILLIAMS) Amends the Administrative Code to expand reporting requirements for the Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs (DDAP) by requiring evaluations of completed grant programs using indicators used to measure performance and outcomes and a listing of funds distributed and expended by the department and other state agencies for services, programs, and other efforts outlined in DDAP’s State Plan. Extends the sunset date for two judicial system surcharges that support court operations through the Judicial Department Operations Augmentation Account. PASSED 50-0.

SB 800 (ROTHMAN) Amends Title 30 (Fish) to allow moneys from the Fish Fund to be used for expenses of the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission related to boats and boating and moneys from the Boat Fund to be used for expenses of the commission related to fish and fishing. Requires the Commission create and maintain record of all funds expended and the purpose for which they were utilized. PASSED 50-0.

HB 1103 (CEPHAS) Amends Title 7 (Banks and Banking) to give mortgage lenders the power and authority to offer discount points. PASSED 50-0.

HB 304 (CERRATO) Amends Title 51 (Military Affairs) to grant full recognition and benefits provided to veterans in Pennsylvania to naturalized citizens who are residents of the Commonwealth and are officially recognized as having served in the Korean Armed Forces during the Vietnam War. PASSED 50-0.

HB 354 (SOLOMON) Creates the “What Is Your Pennsylvania Story” Act to encourage students to share their personal experiences of the nation’s past, the contributions of all Americans, and the unique role Pennsylvania has played in the shaping of the nation. Requires the Department of Education to develop and make available to school entities relevant materials that may be used in the social studies curriculum. PASSED 50-0.

SB 779 (PICOZZI) Amends Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) codifying provisions from the Towing and Towing Storage Facility Standards Act and creating offenses for tow truck operators who fail to meet operational requirements, conducting improper towing at the scene of a motor vehicle accident and unlawfully retaining motor vehicles and charge fees. PASSED 49-1.

HB 799 (DEASY) Amends Title 51 (Military Affairs) to require employers with more than 50 full-time employees to display contact information for veterans’ resources and information regarding Federal and State benefits and services for veterans. Requires the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs to create a standardized posting that the Department of Labor and Industry must make available to employers on its website. PASSED 46-4.

HB 865 (VENKAT) Amends Title 51 (Military Affairs) to allow continued eligibility for the Educational Assistance Program and the Military Family Education Program with each subsequent six-year term of service in the Pennsylvania National Guard. Expands the use of the benefit to include a refresher, remedial, or deficiency course or preparatory or special education training court required in pursuit of an approved program of education. Clarifies members who do not complete their service, such as those who are medically discharged, are able to receive a proportional benefit and that rules on credit hour limitations and assignments to family members will apply to each renewed benefit period earned. PASSED 50-0.

HB 992 (DELLOSO) Amends Title 30 (Fish) removing the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC) executive director and the assistant executive director in charge of watercraft safety from the Boating Advisory Board and adding two-at large members who are PFBC commissioners with boating and water safety education experience. PASSED 50-0.

HB 1431 (STEELE) Amends Title 34 (Game) to remove the prohibition on Sunday hunting; increase trespassing penalties; and recognize natural deer urine as an allowable means to attract deer. PASSED 34-16.

Bills voted on Concurrence

SB 78 (PITTMAN) Provides for omnibus bridge and highway designations. CONCURRED IN HOUSE AMENDMENTS 50-0.

SB 89 (MASTRIANO) Amends the Overdose Mapping Act to requires the Department of Health to coordinate with the Pennsylvania State Police to ensure that real-time overdose reporting entered by an EMS provider into an information technology platform, other than the overdose information network, is promptly transferred to the overdose information network and ensure that reports from multiple authorized users regarding the same incident are identified as such. Requires emergency medical service providers that encounter a known or suspected overdose to access an information technology platform to report and document the incident within 72 hours. Requires providers without the necessary reporting technology to report the information as soon as practicable. CONCURRED IN HOUSE AMENDMENTS 50-0.

SB 129 (MASTRIANO) Amends Title 51 (Military Affairs) specifying veterans’ homes advisory councils provide advice to the Adjutant General on resident care, management, operations, and compliance of facilities and services within veterans’ homes. Requires ten of the gubernatorial appointments to each council to be veterans from the local community from a list submitted by the Pennsylvania War Council and one of the remaining three gubernatorial appointments to be a family member of a current or former resident of the home. Requires the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs to designate a subject matter expert to attend each advisory council’s meeting to provide input on the resident care, management, operations, and compliance of facilities and services in each veteran’s home. CONCURRED IN HOUSE AMENDMENTS 50-0.

SB 411 (VOGEL) Amends the Stroke System of Care Act to require the Department of Health to create and ensure public access on its website to a Statewide stroke registry. 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. CONCURRED IN HOUSE AMENDMENTS 50-0.

SB 518 (ROTHMAN) Amends Title 34 (Game) to align with the 5th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution by repealing provisions making it unlawful to refuse to answer questions from Pennsylvania Game Commission representatives. Requires the Governor to ensure at least on member of the Commission represents agriculture commodities interests that pertain to normal agricultural operations and wildlife. Requires reports to a Commission officer by any person who kills any game or wildlife, excluding racoons, to include the animal’s sex and the location of each carcass. Requires the Commission to establish a self-reporting system allowing individuals assigned to remove deer for crop damage purposes to report each harvest. Requires animal carcasses, less entrails, to be delivered to a processor specified by the Commission for final disposition unless they are called for by a Commission officer. CONCURRED IN HOUSE AMENDMENTS 50-0.