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Labor and
Industry Committee 12/15/09
The Senate Labor and Industry Committee met on Tuesday, December 15,
2009, and unanimously reported out the following bill as amended:
SB 1077
- This bill expands the provisions of the Construction Code to be
applicable to buildings with log walls without insulation when the log
walls have a minimum average wall thickness of five inches or greater.
The bill was amended so it complies with the International Code Council
Standards on the design and construction of log structures.
Labor and
Industry Committee 09/24/09
The Senate Labor and Industry Committee met on Thursday, September 24,
2009, and unanimously reported out the following bill as amended:
HB 1614:
The bill amends the Fiscal Code of 1929 and Banking Code of 1965 by
giving the power of the State Workers’ Insurance Board to increase the
investment of assets from the State Workers’ Insurance Fund in equities.
It also changes the date in which these terms will expire to June 30,
2014. Amendment A03873 was offered which changes the sunset date from
June 30, 2014 to 2010.
Labor and
Industry Committee 07/27/09
The Senate Labor and Industry Committee met on Monday, July 27, 2009,
and unanimously reported out the following bill as amended:
HB 1770
- The bill amends the Unemployment Compensation Law by adding a
temporary triggering mechanism that would provide the state’s current
unemployment compensation an additional seven weeks of extended benefits
for eligible individuals. Amendment A03123 was offered which makes the
act apply retroactively to July 1, 2009.
Labor and
Industry Committee 06/23/09
The Senate Labor and Industry Committee met on Tuesday, June 23, 2009,
and unanimously reported out the following bills as amended:
SB 369
- The bill amends the Emergency and Law Enforcement Personnel Death
Benefits Act by adding a paid firefighter, ambulance service member,
rescue squad member or law enforcement officer to those individuals who
surviving spouse, minor children or surviving parents receive $100,000
as well as the monthly salary of the individual once the Commonwealth
receives a death certificate. Senator Tartaglione offered amendment
A01948 which changes it so that the bill takes effect immediately.
SB 563
- This bill would amend the Mechanics’ Lien Law of 1963 to make a change
to the residential construction exclusion, to prohibit a lien in excess
of the unpaid balance of the contract price, and to require that a lien
be subordinate to certain mortgages. Amendment A01266 was offered which
would gut the bill and make it so that the legislation would eliminate
the $1 million maximum for the residential exclusion and replace it with
language that defines a “residential property” as “not more than three
stories in height, not including any basement level, regardless of
whether any portion of that basement is at grade level.”
SB 821
- The legislation amends the Public School Code by requiring that each
school district have and maintain a certified safety committee by
December 10, 2010. Amendment A01977 was offered which states that the
Act does not apply to any district that cannot receive a premium
discount or an equivalent reduction in contribution rates, by
establishing and maintaining a certified safety committee because it is
authorized to self-insure or pool its liabilities as well as changes the
effect date to immediately.
SR 62
- The resolution urges the spending of the Federal economic recovery
funds on products that are made and services that are performed in the
United States. Amendment A01955 was offered which was technical in
nature.
The committee reported out the following bill as amended:
SB 951
- The bill amends the Pennsylvania Prevailing Wage Act by listing the
penalties for any person or firm who intentionally fails to pay the
prevailing wage. Amendment A01951 was offered which changes what the
secretary can collect as a penalty from double the amount of
underpayment to five times the amount
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Senate Democrats were opposed to the bill as amended because they feel
that contractors are getting away with underpayment and not getting
caught every time, therefore a monetary penalty is not severe enough.
Senator Kasunic requested that the committee go over the bill, however
that motion was struck down by a vote of 6-4, split between party
lines. A vote on the bill as amended was 6-4.
Labor and
Industry Committee 03/17/09
The Senate Labor and Industry Committee met on Tuesday, March 17, 2009,
and unanimously reported out the following bill as committed:
SB 195: The bill amends the Industrialized Housing Act by
further defining “industrialized/commercial modular building” and
“industrialized/commercial building module.”
The following bill was unanimously reported out as amended:
SB 174: The legislation amends the Workforce Development Act by
establishing the Pennsylvania Center for Health Careers within the
Department of Labor and Industry which will develop strategies to
address the State’s short-term and long-term health care work force
challenges. Amendment A00308 was offered which takes away powers and
duties from the center.
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