THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Recent Actions during the 2019 Regular Session of the General Assembly
[50 Pa.B. 302]
[Saturday, January 18, 2020]The following is a summary of recent actions of the General Assembly during the 2019 Regular Session:
Doc. Date of Bill Printer's Effective No. Action Number Number Date Subject Matter 2019 General Acts of Regular Session Enacted—Act 114 through 118
114 Dec 18 S0500 PN1433 60 days Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency Law—omnibus amendments 115 Dec 18 S0501 PN1434 Immediately* Judicial Code (42 Pa.C.S.) and Prisons and Parole (61 Pa.C.S.)—omnibus amendments 116 Dec 27 H1542 PN2889 60 days Liquor Code—special occasion permits and wine and spirits auction permits 117 Dec 27 S0316 PN0295 60 days Second Class Township Code—duties of supervisors 118 Dec 27 S0750 PN1188 30 days Administrative Code of 1929—grounds, buildings and monuments in general and transfer the authority of Lieutenant Governor's Mansion * denotes an effective date with exceptions
Effective Dates of Statutes The effective dates specified for laws and appropriation acts were contained in the applicable law or appropriation act. Where no date is specified or where the effective date specified is prior to the date of enactment, the effective date is 60 days after final enactment except for statutes making appropriations or affecting budgets of political subdivisions. See 1 Pa.C.S. §§ 1701—1704 (relating to effective date of statutes).
Advance Copies of Statutes Section 1106 of 1 Pa.C.S. (relating to prothonotaries to keep files of advance copies of statutes) provides that the prothonotaries of each county shall file advance copies of statutes in their offices for public inspection until the Laws of Pennsylvania are generally available.
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VINCENT C. DeLIBERATO, Jr.,
Director
Legislative Reference Bureau
[Pa.B. Doc. No. 20-61. Filed for public inspection January 17, 2020, 9:00 a.m.]
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