Monday, June 1, 2026
Bills voted on Third Consideration
SB 1181 (KEEFER) Amends the Township State Highway Law to transfer a section of Bow Creek Road in East Hanover Township, Dauphin County and the Susquehanna Trail in Manchester Township, York County to the Department of Transportation. PASSED 49-0.
SB 1240 (HUTCHINSON) Amends the CPA Law to require an additional 12 semester credits in accounting and auditing subjects or tax subjects for applicants to be considered for licensure. PASSED 49-0.
Tuesday, June 2, 2026
Bills voted on Third Consideration
SB 1235 (BAKER) Amends Title 61 (Prisons and Parole) to extend the amount of time a member of the Pennsylvania Parole Board may serve beyond the expiration of their initial term from 90 days to six months. PASSED 50-0.
SB 1259 (CAPPELLETTI) Amends Title 61 (Prisons and Parole) to deem certain parole review records confidential and privileged; not subject to subpoena or discovery; not permitted to be introduced as evidence in judicial or administrative proceedings; and not releasable to the offender. Requires the Parole Board to provide brief statements when approving or denying parole that includes reasons for decision. PASSED 50-0.
SB 1287 (KEEFER) Amends the Municipalities Planning Code to require applicants for a subdivision or land development plan to provide evidence before final approval that water will be supplied by a certificated public utility, a bona fide lot owners cooperative association, or a municipal authority if water is not to be provided by private on-lot wells. PASSED 50-0.
Bills amended on Third Consideration
SB 45 (DUSH) Amends Titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses), 23 (Domestic Relations), 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure), 44 (Law and Justice), 61 (Prisons and Parole), and 63 (Professions and Occupations (State Licensed)) to relocate various prostitution-related offenses within Title 18 to new sections under its chapter providing for offenses relating to human trafficking and update statutory references in Titles 23, 42, 44, 61 and 62 regarding them. Increases the grading for second violations of promoting prostitution to first degree misdemeanor and for third violations to a third degree felony; the grading of promoting prostitution of a minor to a first degree felony; and living off prostitutes to a third degree felony. Increases the grading for patronizing prostitutes based on recidivism. Establishes minimum fines for patronizing prostitution offenses and directs 50% of the fines collected to the Safe Harbor for Sexually Exploited Children and 50% to the Prevention of Human Trafficking Account. Requires the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency to annually report on human trafficking prevention grants. OVER AS AMENDED.
A03395 (DUSH) Retains requirement for courts that impose a sentence for a second or subsequent offense committed for patronizing prostitutes to publish the sentencing order in a newspaper in the judicial district with publishing costs imposed on the person sentenced. Changes definitions and terminology throughout the bill to refer to an individual who engages in prostitution without stipulating the act needs to occur in or through a house of prostitution for related offenses to apply. ADOPTED 50-0.
SB 1281 (ROTHMAN) Amends the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code by requiring the State Planning Board to adopt rules requiring municipalities to issue a land use decision approving high density residential development on lots and parcels served by public utilities. Allows the board to specify the processes municipalities may apply to the development but authorizes municipalities to establish and implement public facilities or traffic impact analysis processes. Allows the board to specify design standards and the design review scope, and allowable variations or adjustments or types of them from specific approval. Requires DCED to designate the processes for building construction plan approval from municipalities for a building permit for high density residential housing. OVER AS AMENDED.
A03426 (LANGERHOLC) Requires the board’s rules to be in compliance with existing comprehensive plans, municipal land use regulations, or Statewide land use planning goals. Requires development projects to comply with applicable municipal zoning ordinances or land use regulations. ADOPTED 50-0.
Resolution Adopted
SR 321 (MARTIN) Provides for a temporary rule of the Senate deeming any amendments offered on the floor to the General Appropriation Bill and any other appropriations bills for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026 out of order if they result in a net increase to the total FY spending and yields an unbalanced budget based on current and projected revenues. ADOPTED 48-2.
Executive Nominations
State Board of Accountancy, Anthony R. Searles CONFIRMED 50-0.
State Board of Accountancy, Amy M. Swartzfager CONFIRMED 50-0.
State Board of Landscape Architects, Carl R. Kelemen CONFIRMED 50-0.
State Board of Medicine, Michael R. Ripchinski CONFIRMED 50-0.
Municipal Police Officers’ Education and Training Commission, Trent E. Buschman CONFIRMED 50-0.
State Board of Nursing, Barbara Sheaffer CONFIRMED 50-0.
State Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators, Francis J. King CONFIRMED 50-0.
State Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators, Edward B. Michalik, Jr. CONFIRMED 50-0.
State Board of Optometry, Justin C. Sherman CONFIRMED 50-0.
State Board of Osteopathic Medicine, Hillary D. Snyder CONFIRMED 50-0.
State Board of Physical Therapy, Lisa M. Mackell CONFIRMED 50-0.
State Board of Podiatry, Michael L. Stevens CONFIRMED 50-0.
State Board of Certified Real Estate Appraisers, Laurence A. Hirsh CONFIRMED 50-0.
State Board of Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists and Professional Counselors, Claire A. Malfaro CONFIRMED 50-0.
State Board of Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists and Professional Counselors, Shante L. Talley CONFIRMED 50-0.
Wednesday, June 3, 2026
Bills voted on Third Consideration
SB 1236 (KEEFER) Amends The Clean Streams Law by authorizing construction sites resulting in a land disturbance of between more than one acre and less than five acres to apply to the Department of Environmental Protection to waive applicable National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit requirements. Requires DEP to grant the waiver if the construction site satisfies necessary criteria. PASSED 30-20.
SB 1279 (PHILLIPS-HILL) Establishes the Reduce the Red Tape for Housing Act to require executive agencies that issue housing construction related permits to provide for permit processing improvements, including allowing for permit applicants to hire third party reviewers to expedite timelines. Establishes a Commonwealth Housing Regulatory Compliance Officer to facilitate navigation through federal, state, and local permitting processes and to act as a liaison between levels of government and housing developers
and stakeholders. Establishes timelines on completeness and technical reviews for permits related to housing construction. Deems an application approved if a timeline is not met and the applicant does not agree to an extension in writing. PASSED 30-20.
SB 1281 (ROTHMAN) Amends the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code by requiring the State Planning Board to adopt rules requiring municipalities to issue a land use decision approving high density residential development on lots and parcels served by public utilities. Allows the board to specify the processes municipalities may apply to the development but authorizes municipalities to establish and implement public facilities or traffic impact analysis processes. Allows the board to specify design standards and the design review scope, and allowable variations or adjustments or types of them from specific approval. Requires DCED to designate the processes for building construction plan approval from municipalities for a building permit for high density residential housing. Requires the board’s rules to be in compliance with existing comprehensive plans, municipal land use regulations, or Statewide land use planning goals. Requires development projects to comply with applicable municipal zoning ordinances or land use regulations. PASSED 50-0.
Bills amended on Third Consideration
SB 45 (DUSH) Amends Titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses), 23 (Domestic Relations), 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure), 44 (Law and Justice), 61 (Prisons and Parole), and 63 (Professions and Occupations (State Licensed)) to relocate various prostitution-related offenses within Title 18 to new sections under its chapter providing for offenses relating to human trafficking and update statutory references in Titles 23, 42, 44, 61 and 62 regarding them. Increases the grading for second violations of promoting prostitution to first degree misdemeanor and for third violations to a third degree felony; the grading of promoting prostitution of a minor to a first degree felony; and living off prostitutes to a third degree felony. Increases the grading for patronizing prostitutes based on recidivism. Establishes minimum fines for patronizing prostitution offenses and directs 50% of the fines collected to the Safe Harbor for Sexually Exploited Children and 50% to the Prevention of Human Trafficking Account. Requires the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency to annually report on human trafficking prevention grants. OVER AS AMENDED.
A03433 (DUSH) Removes provisions requiring courts to publish in a newspaper the sentencing order for second or subsequent offences of patronizing prostitutes. AGREED TO.