SB 813 PN 1119 (Hughes): Provides for appropriations from the Workmen’s Compensation Administration Fund to the Department of Labor and Industry, the Uninsured Employers Guaranty Fund (UEGF), and to the Office of the Small Business Advocate within the Department of Community and Economic Development. The bill was approved, 49-0.
SB 77 PN 53 (Alloway): Amends Title 34 (Game) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes by changing the requirements of dog training areas. The bill was approved, 49-0.
SB 129 PN 1120 (Wiley): This legislation clarifies how COLA’s are calculated for county pension plans. The bill was approved, 49-0.
SB 524 PN 1076 (Scarnati): Amends Title 61(Prisons and Parole) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, establishing the Non-narcotic Medication Assisted Substance Abuse Treatment Grant Program; and, imposing powers and duties on the Department of Corrections. The bill was approved, 49-0.
SB 862 PN 1047 (Smucker): Senator Smucker offered Amendment A02525, which changes the length of an applicant’s police record report from 3 years to 5 years. It also requires that a report be renewed every 60 months (5 years). The amendment was adopted and the bill went over as amended.
Executive Nominations
The following nominees were confirmed by a 48-1 vote:
Harold Shields, Board of Governors of the State System of Higher Education
Michael K. Hanna, Jr., Lock Haven University Council of Trustees
Ian J. Harlow, Commissioner of Professional and Occupational Affairs
Timothy A. Reese, Treasurer of the Commonwealth