HB 893, PN 3579:
This bill would amend Title 66 (Public Utilities) by requiring state and
local approval for terminations or transfers by municipal authorities.
Sen. Brightbill offered amendment A6000, which was technical in nature.
The Senate agreed to the amendment, and the bill went over as amended.
HB 1467, PN 3577:
This legislation would
provide for alternative dispute resolution procedures relating to
residential construction defects between contractors and homeowners.
Sen. Gordner offered amendment A5983, which made the following changes:
removes the prohibition against claimant introducing undisclosed defect
evidence and provides for contractor second repair offer, makes the act
prospective, requires that claimants receive testing notice and may be
present during testing, requires that claimant receive copies of testing
reports and evidence, removes a requirement that a claimant provide a
specific reason for rejecting a repair offer, and makes clarifying
changes to the construction defect notice provided upon entry into a
construction contract. A vote of 46-1 was recorded on the amendment,
and a vote of 45-2 was recorded on the bill as amended.
SB 733, PN 1522:
This bill would
increase monthly payments to claimants under the Pennsylvania Occupation
Disease Act by $25 to $150. Sen. Gordner offered amendment A5975, which
removed a $250,000 appropriation to the Department of Labor and Industry
to provide for this bill’s benefit increase and changed the effective
date of the bill. The Senate agreed to the amendment, and the bill went
over as amended.
SB 1025, PN 1523:
This legislation would limit the authority of the Environmental Quality
Board with regard to the Pennsylvania Clean Vehicles Program. Sen.
Madigan offered amendment A5830, which made the following changes:
establishes CA-LEV II as the primary vehicle standard for the PA Clean
Vehicles Program; authorizes continued use of the federal Tier II
vehicle emission standard as a compliance alternative; requires future
legislative action to continue the Clean Vehicles Program; requires DEP
to report to the legislature on the state’s ozone standard attainment
status under the Clean Air Act; requires PennDOT to provide the
legislature with the number of vehicles, by county, certified by as
CA-LEV II compliant; and incorporates definitions and exemptions to
requirements of act that are identical to current language proposed by
DEP. A vote of 34-13 was recorded on the amendment, and the bill went
over as amended.
