Legislation that passed the House week of 6/19

Rep. Melissa Cerrato June 23, 2023 | 10:43 AM

HB967 (Pisciottano, Nickolas) (108-95) – Passed

HB 967 (Pisciottano) - Requires hotel employers to provide their housekeeping and room service employees with electronic safety devices that allow the employee to request immediate assistance regarding their safety or well-being. Establishes an educational program for all employees on related topics. Establishes penalties.

HB1160 (Nelson, Napoleon) (202-1) – Passed

HB 1160 (N. Nelson) - House Bill 1160 amends the Liquor Code to allow eligible licensees to hold an unlimited number of off-premise catering events in a calendar year and expands the number of self-sponsored events for catering clubs.

HB1170 (Sappey, Christina) (203-0) – Passed

HB 1170 (Sappey) - Renames the Milk Marketing Board to the Pennsylvania Milk Board.

HB1207 (Freeman, Robert) (147-56) – Passed

HB 1207 (Freeman) - Removes the size stipulation in current law associated with Land Bank jurisdictions, allowing a municipality, regardless of size or form of governance, to establish a Land Bank on a voluntary basis.

HB1246 (Malagari, Steve) (203-0) – Passed

HB 1246 (Malagari) - The bill lowers the minimum operating temperature for crematories from 1800° F to 1600° F.

HB1249 (Munroe, Brian) (137-66) – Passed

HB 1249 (Munroe) - Tax credit for incoming certified Pennsylvania nurses, teachers and police officers.

HB1283 (Daley, Mary Jo) (198-5) – Passed

HB 1283 (Daley) - Allows for the use of pedestrian plazas and parking protected bicycle lanes between a curb and parking lane by authorizing vehicles to park within 12 inches of the buffer area between the pedestrian plaza or bicycle lane.

HB1295 (Mullins, Kyle) (177-26) – Passed

HB 1295 (Mullins) - Encourages licensees to participate in disciplinary hearings and provides an opportunity for affected parties to submit written impact statements that may be considered in the imposition of a sanction against a licensee.

HB1500 (Dawkins, Jason) (103-100) – Passed

HB 1500 (Dawkins) - Increases the statewide minimum wage and the tipped minimum wage.

HB0580 (Kinsey, Stephen) (141-62) – Passed

HB 580 (Kinsey) - Establishes the Pennsylvania Fresh Food Financing Initiative (FFFI) to increase access to healthy, affordable grocery food options and to improve economic opportunities for underserved communities in urban, rural, and suburban areas across the state.

HB0767 (Burgos, Danilo) (102-101) -- Passed

HB 767 (Burgos) - Establishes the Pennsylvania Socially Diverse Farmers Commission.

HB1300 (Mehaffie, Thomas) (191-12) – Passed

HB 1300 (Mehaffie) - Adds a representative of the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman to the PA Long-Term Care Council.

HB0072 (Kerwin, Joseph) (203-0) – Passed

HB 72 (Kerwin) - Increases certified milk tester and weigher and sampler certification periods from one year to two years and increases the compromise rate that the Milk Marketing Board may accept as a penalty in lieu of a suspended license for a milk dealer.

HB0404 (Watro, Dane) (203-0) – Passed

HB 404 (Watro) - Adds the Department of Health, which certifies emergency medical services personnel, and the Department of Agriculture to the list of authorities that can exempt a member of the military or a veteran from certain licensure, registration, or certification requirements.

HB0665 (Bullock, Donna) (176-27) – Passed

HB 665 (Bullock) - Clarifies that a person may submit eligibility documentation online to a WIC agency before meeting to confirm their enrollment.

HB1058 (Krajewski, Rick) (203-0) – Passed

HB 1058 (Krajewski) - Requires in child custody proceedings, courts solicit and consider the opinions of those who engaged with the family finding and kinship care programs before and during the proceedings.

HB1171 (Hill-Evans, Carol) (203-0) – Passed

HB 1171 (Hill-Evans) - Requires a master control emergency shut-off device no more than 350 feet (rather than the current 200 feet) from all fuel-dispensing devices at a gas station.

HB1209 (Twardzik, Timothy) (203-0) – Passed

HB 1209 (Twardzik) - Requires importers of products from tobacco manufacturers who did not sign on to the Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement to accept joint and several liability with the tobacco manufacturers related to the requirement for these manufacturers to place funds in escrow under the Tobacco Settlement Agreement Act; requires a bond to be posted by tobacco product manufacturers who are not participating in the Master Settlement Agreement and forfeited to the Commonwealth in cases of non-compliance with escrow requirements, amends the definition of “units sold” to cover cigarettes on which state excise tax is due (in addition to those on which it has already been paid), and makes other amendments necessary to preserve the Commonwealth’s Master Settlement Agreement payments.

HB1331 (Otten, Danielle) (141-62) – Passed

HB 1331 (Otten) – Create a Student Teacher Stipend Program within the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency to provide stipends for students enrolled in an initial teacher certification program.

HB1407 (Boyd, Heather) (202-1) – Passed

HB 1407 (Boyd) - Changes the definition of "units sold" in the Master Settlement Agreement Act to capture all cigarettes in the Commonwealth for which the Commonwealth could collect excise taxes, rather than solely those cigarettes for which taxes were paid.

HB0614 (Harris, Jordan) (102-101) – Passed

HB 614 (Harris) - Makes appropriations to the Department of State for the Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs and to specific professional licensure boards for the 2023/24 fiscal year.

HB0615 (Harris, Jordan) (102-101) – Passed

HB 615 (Harris) - Makes appropriations to the Department of Labor and Industry and to the Office of Small Business Advocate for their duties related to the Workers’ Compensation Act and the Pennsylvania Occupational Disease Act for the 2023/24 fiscal year.

HB0616 (Harris, Jordan) (102-101) – Passed

HB 616 (Harris) - Makes an appropriation to the Office of Small Business Advocate for the 2023/24 fiscal year.

HB0617 (Harris, Jordan) (102-101) – Passed

HB 617 (Harris) - Makes an appropriation to the Office of Consumer Advocate for the 2023/24 fiscal year.

HB0618 (Harris, Jordan) (102-101) – Passed

HB 618 (Harris) - Makes appropriations to the Public School Employees’ Retirement System (PSERS) for the 2023/24 fiscal year.

HB0619 (Harris, Jordan) (102-101) – Passed

HB 619 (Harris) - Makes appropriations to the State Employees’ Retirement System (SERS) for the 2023/24 fiscal year

HB0620 (Harris, Jordan) (102-101) – Passed

HB 620 (Harris) - Appropriates funds for operations of the Philadelphia Parking Authority (PPA) in the 2023/24 fiscal year.

HB0621 (Harris, Jordan) (102-101) – Passed

HB 621 (Harris) - Appropriates funds from a restricted revenue account in the General Fund, and from two augmenting federal appropriations, for the operations of the Public Utility Commission (PUC) in the 2023/24 fiscal year.

HB622 (Harris, Jordan) (102-101) – Passed

HB 622 (Harris) - Makes appropriations from restricted revenue accounts within the State Gaming Fund, the Fantasy Contest Fund and the Video Gaming Fund for gaming-related administration and enforcement for the 2023/24 fiscal year.

HB623 (Harris, Jordan) (102-101) – Passed

HB 623 (Harris) - Provides for the capital budget for the 2023/24 fiscal year. The capital budget authorizes the amount of new debt which may be issued to pay for capital projects.

SB0202 (Fontana, Wayne) (149-53) – Passed