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Date | State | Bill No. | Title | Outcome |
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July 2, 2024 | PA | HB 829 | Amends Laws Related to Liquor Regulation and Licensing in the state of Pennsylvania | Bill Passed - Senate (47 - 3) |
June 26, 2024 | PA | HB 109 | Prohibits Companies from Charging Early Termination Fees Due to Death | Bill Passed - Senate (46 - 4) |
June 26, 2024 | PA | SB 1031 | Amends Act Regarding Cosmetology Law and Licenses | Bill Passed - Senate (49 - 0) |
June 12, 2024 | PA | SB 761 | Requires the Department of Labor and Industry to Provide Users with Wage and Employment Data | Bill Passed - Senate (48 - 0) |
June 3, 2024 | PA | SB 1102 | Establishes a Long-Term Care Curriculum for Nurse's Aides Developed by the Pennsylvania Department of Education | Bill Passed - Senate (42 - 8) |
May 1, 2024 | PA | SB 832 | Authorizes Energy Companies to Bypass State Agencies when Applying for a Permit to Build | Amendment Adopted - Senate (28 - 22) |
April 5, 2024 | PA | SB 745 | Requires Contracts for Information Technology Commodities | Bill Passed - Senate (48 - 0) |
May 22, 2023 | PA | SB 190 | Defines and Provides for Existing Regulatory Practices | Bill Passed - Senate (28 - 21) |
May 22, 2023 | PA | SB 190 | Defines and Provides for Existing Regulatory Practices | Bill Passed - Senate (28 - 21) |
May 10, 2023 | PA | SB 350 | Amends and Reforms the State Permitting Process | Bill Passed - Senate (29 - 19) |
Oct. 26, 2022 | PA | HB 1393 | Defines Testing of Fentanyl Test Strips and Other Compounds in Relation to Controlled Substances | Bill Passed - Senate (50 - 0) |
Oct. 25, 2022 | PA | HB 2633 | Amends Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) Language in Previous State Law | Bill Passed - Senate (49 - 0) |
Sept. 20, 2022 | PA | SB 431 | Amends Hunting and Furtaking Licenses | Bill Passed - Senate (45 - 5) |
May 12, 2021 | PA | SB 115 | Authorizes Nurses to Hold a License in Multiple States | Bill Passed - Senate (32 - 16) |
Oct. 20, 2020 | PA | SB 1199 | Specifies Provisions for Personal Delivery Devices | Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (29 - 19) |
Sept. 22, 2020 | PA | HB 2513 | Authorizes Restaurants and Bars to Open at 50 Percent Capacity | Bill Passed - Senate (43 - 6) |
July 13, 2020 | PA | HB 732 | Establishes Tax Credit for Companies that Invest and Create Jobs Building Petrochemical or Fertilizer Plants using Dry Natural Gas Produced in Pennsylvania | Bill Passed - Senate (40 - 9) |
May 13, 2020 | PA | HB 2388 | Establishes Exemption Waivers for Business Closures Due to COVID-19 | Bill Passed - Senate (31 - 17) |
May 13, 2020 | PA | HB 2388 | Establishes Exemption Waivers for Business Closures Due to COVID-19 | Bill Passed - Senate (31 - 17) |
April 15, 2020 | PA | SB 613 | Requires the Governor's Office to Follow Federal Guidelines to Reopen Businesses During COVID-19 | Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (29 - 21) |
March 25, 2020 | PA | SB 751 | Authorizes Financial Assistance for Schools Amid COVID-19-Related Shutdown | Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (50 - 0) |
March 25, 2020 | PA | HB 68 | Establishes a System of Unemployment Compensation in Response to the COVID-19 Emergency | Bill Passed - Senate (50 - 0) |
Sept. 25, 2019 | PA | SB 473 | Increases Age for Legal Tobacco Sales to 21 | Bill Passed - Senate (43 - 6) |
May 7, 2019 | PA | SB 453 | Authorizes Annual Farming Construction Code Building Exemptions | Bill Passed - Senate (27 - 20) |
Oct. 25, 2017 | PA | SB 936 | Establishes Prescription Drug Formulary for Injured Employees | Bill Passed - Senate (34 - 16) |
April 14, 2015 | PA | SB 333 | Prohibits Local Paid Leave Requirements | Bill Passed - Senate (37 - 12) |
Oct. 17, 2012 | PA | HB 2626 | Authorizes Employers to Keep Income Taxes Paid by their Employees | Bill Passed - Senate (33 - 16) |
May 11, 2011 | PA | SB 612 | Guidelines for Teacher Suspension | Bill Passed - Senate (38 - 12) |
Oct. 9, 2009 | PA | HB 1614 | Fiscal Code Amendments | Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (35 - 14) |
June 3, 2009 | PA | SB 81 | Liquor Tastings and Liquor Code Updates | Bill Passed - Senate (36 - 13) |
June 16, 2008 | PA | SB 1388 | Change Formula for Calculating Corporate Net Income Tax | Bill Passed - Senate (31 - 19) |
June 16, 2008 | PA | SB 1387 | Business Property Tax Deduction | Bill Passed - Senate (35 - 15) |
June 16, 2008 | PA | SB 1385 | Increase Tax Credit for Business Net Losses | Bill Passed - Senate (31 - 19) |
June 10, 2008 | PA | SB 246 | Smoking Ban | Conference Report Adopted - Senate (41 - 9) |
June 4, 2008 | PA | SB 246 | Smoking Ban | Conference Report Rejected - Senate (19 - 31) |
July 16, 2007 | PA | SB 246 | Smoking Ban | Concurrence Vote Failed - Senate (13 - 36) |
June 26, 2007 | PA | SB 246 | Smoking Ban | Bill Passed - Senate (33 - 17) |
June 25, 2007 | PA | A 2062 | Exceptions to Clean Indoor Air Act | Amendment Adopted - Senate (29 - 21) |
June 27, 2006 | PA | SB 1230 | Slot Supplier Elimination | Bill Passed - Senate (29 - 21) |
June 22, 2006 | PA | SB 1090 | Minimum Wage Bill | Bill Passed - Senate (36 - 14) |
June 22, 2006 | PA | SB 1090 | Minimum Wage Bill | Bill Passed - Senate (36 - 14) |