Commerce

• SCOTT CONKLINChair

  Democrat · 77th District

• JOE EMRICKRepublican Chair

  Republican · 137th District

• Mike Armanini

  Republican · 75th District

• Anthony A. Bellmon

  Democrat · 203rd District

• Aaron Bernstine

  Republican · 8th District

• Amen Brown

  Democrat · 10th District

• Marla Brown

  Republican · 9th District

• Andre D. Carroll

  Democrat · 201st District

• Johanny Cepeda-Freytiz

  Democrat · 129th District

• Joseph D'Orsie

  Republican · 47th District

• Valerie S. Gaydos

  Republican · 44th District

• Malcolm Kenyatta

  Democrat · 181st District

• Dallas Kephart

  Republican · 73rd District

• Brian Munroe

  Democrat · 144th District

• Darisha K. Parker

  Democrat · 198th District

• Chris Pielli

  Democrat · 156th District

• Nick Pisciottano

  Democrat · 38th District

• Lindsay Powell

  Democrat · 21st District

• Christopher M. Rabb

  Democrat · 200th District

• Abigail Salisbury

  Democrat · 34th District

• Donna Scheuren

  Republican · 147th District

• Perry A. StambaughRepublican Secretary

  Republican · 86th District

• Michael Stender

  Republican · 108th District

• Tim Twardzik

  Republican · 123rd District

• Ben Waxman

  Democrat · 182nd District

• Bills sent68

  2% of the bills the House of Representatives sent to committees

• Reported out37%

  25 of 68; 2 moved on without a report, 41 stopped in committee

• Time in committee45 days

  most between 12 and 84 days

• Amendments offered18

  committee amendments

• 2025–202666 bills

  reported 45% · typically 20 days, most 9–63 · 8 amendments · 26 members

• 2023–202468 bills

  reported 37% · typically 45 days, most 12–84 · 18 amendments · 25 members

• 2021–202278 bills

  reported 35% · typically 53 days, most 23–89 · 13 amendments · 25 members

• 2019–202074 bills

  reported 32% · typically 29 days, most 7–70 · 11 amendments · 25 members

• 2017–201864 bills

  reported 34% · typically 22 days, most 9–89 · 9 amendments · 27 members

68 bills

• House Bill 2637 · An Act amending Titles 51 (Military Affairs), 62 (Procurement) and 74 (Transportation) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in veteran-owned small businesses, further providing for definitions, for regulations, for participation goal, for duties of Department of General Services and for bonding and progress payments, providing for request for full or partial waiver of contract-specific goal, further providing for reports and providing for disparity study; in small and disadvantaged businesses, further providing for policy and for definitions, providing for Small Diverse Business Program and for nonapplicability, further providing for regulations and for duties of department, providing for request for full or partial waiver of contract-specific goal, further providing for bonding and progress payments and for report to General Assembly and providing for aspirational target, for disparity study and for program expiration; providing for Participation Program for Construction and Design Professional Services; and making editorial changes.

  Sent October 21, 2024 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

• Senate Bill 1320 · An Act amending the act of September 2, 1965 (P.L.490, No.249), referred to as the Money Transmission Business Licensing Law, further providing for title of act and for definitions; providing for short title; and further providing for license required, for exemptions, for qualifications for a license, for fee, financial statement and security, for liability of licensees, for licensee requirements and for agents.

  Sent October 9, 2024 · Reported out after 12 days · did not pass the House of Representatives

• Senate Bill 667 · An Act amending the act of December 19, 1988 (P.L.1262, No.156), known as the Local Option Small Games of Chance Act, in games of chance, providing for payment; and abrogating a regulation.

  Sent September 19, 2024 · Reported out after 12 days · did not pass the House of Representatives

• House Bill 2535 · An Act requiring manufacturers of digital electronic equipment to make available to owners and independent repair providers, on fair and reasonable terms, documentation, parts and tools used to diagnose, maintain and repair digital electronic equipment; and imposing a penalty.

  Sent August 15, 2024 · Reported out after 47 days · 1 committee amendment, adopted · did not pass the House of Representatives

• House Bill 2475 · An Act establishing programs to provide linked deposits for certain enterprises with certain lending institutions.

  Sent July 2, 2024 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

• House Bill 2481 · An Act providing for restriction on use and custody of digital assets prohibited and for use of nodes authorized.

  Sent July 2, 2024 · Reported out after 99 days · 1 committee amendment, adopted · then passed the House of Representatives, and not the Senate

• Senate Bill 1121 · An Act amending Title 12 (Commerce and Trade) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, establishing the Pennsylvania-Ireland Trade Commission and the Pennsylvania-Ireland Trade Commission Account; imposing duties on the Department of Community and Economic Development; and making an editorial change.

  Sent June 26, 2024 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

• Senate Bill 1084 · An Act amending Titles 13 (Commercial Code) and 20 (Decedents, Estates and Fiduciaries) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, extensively revising the Uniform Commercial Code to accommodate emerging technologies utilized in commercial transactions: In general provisions: Further providing for general definitions, for value, for territorial applicability and parties' power to choose applicable law and for waiver or renunciation of claim or right after breach. In sales: Further providing for scope and certain security and other transactions excluded from division, for definitions of "contract," "agreement," "contract for sale," "sale," "present sale," "conforming" to contract, "termination" and "cancellation," for formal requirements and statute of frauds, for final written expression and parol or extrinsic evidence, for seals inoperative, for firm offers and for modification, rescission and waiver. In leases: Further providing for scope, for definitions and index of definitions, for waiver or renunciation of claim or right after default, for statute of frauds, for final written expression and parol or extrinsic evidence, for seals inoperative, for firm offers, for modification, rescission and waiver and for exclusion or modification of warranties. In negotiable instruments: Further providing for negotiable instrument, for issue of instrument, for signature and for discharge by cancellation or renunciation. In funds transfers: Further providing for payment order and definitions, for security procedure, for authorized and verified payment orders, for unenforceability of certain verified payment orders, for misdescription of beneficiary, for misdescription of intermediary bank or beneficiary's bank, for rejection of payment order, for cancellation and amendment of payment order and for liability for late or improper execution or failure to execute payment order. In letters of credit: Further providing for formal requirements and for choice of law and forum. In warehouse receipts, bills of lading and other documents of title: Further providing for definitions and index of definitions and for control of electronic document of title. In investment securities: Further providing for definitions, for rules for determining whether certain obligations and interests are securities or financial assets, for control, for applicability and choice of law and for protected purchaser. In secured transactions: Further providing for definitions and index of definitions, for control of deposit account and for control of electronic chattel paper. Providing for control of controllable electronic record, controllable account or controllable payment intangible. Further providing for attachment and enforceability of security interest, proceeds, supporting obligations and formal requisites, for after-acquired property and future advances, for rights and duties of secured party having possession or control of collateral, for additional duties of secured party having control of collateral, for duties of secured party if account debtor has been notified of assignment, for request for accounting and request regarding list of collateral or statement of account, for law governing perfection and priority of security interests, for law governing perfection and priority of security interests in deposit accounts and for law governing perfection and priority of security interests in investment property. Providing for law governing perfection and priority of security interests in chattel paper and for law governing perfection and priority of security interests in controllable accounts, controllable electronic records and controllable payment intangibles. Further providing for when filing required to perfect security interest or agricultural lien and security interests and agricultural liens to which filing provisions do not apply, for perfection of security interests in chattel paper, deposit accounts, documents, goods covered by documents, instruments, investment property, letter-of-credit rights and money, perfection by permissive filing and temporary perfection without filing or transfer of possession, for when possession by or delivery to secured party perfects security interest without filing and for perfection by control. Providing for perfection by possession and control of chattel paper. Further providing for effect of change in governing law, for interests which take priority over or take free of security interest or agricultural lien, for priorities among conflicting security interests in and agricultural liens on same collateral, for future advances and for priority of purchase-money security interests. Providing for priority of security interest in controllable account, controllable electronic record and controllable payment intangible. Further providing for priority of purchaser of chattel paper or instrument, for priority of rights of purchasers of instruments, documents and securities under other divisions, priority of interests in financial assets and security entitlements under Division 8, for transfer of money and transfer of funds from deposit account, for priority of security interests in fixtures and crops, for bank's rights and duties with respect to deposit account, for rights acquired by assignee and claims and defenses against assignee, for discharge of account debtor, notification of assignment, identification and proof of assignment, restrictions on assignment of accounts, chattel paper, payment intangibles and promissory notes ineffective, for restrictions on assignment of promissory notes, health-care-insurance receivables and certain general intangibles ineffective, for persons entitled to file a record, for termination statement, for rights after default, judicial enforcement and consignor or buyer of accounts, chattel paper, payment intangibles or promissory notes, for unknown debtor or secondary obligor, for application of proceeds of collection or enforcement and liability for deficiency and right to surplus, for notification before disposition of collateral, for contents and form of notification before disposition of collateral, general, for contents and form of notification before disposition of collateral, consumer-goods transaction, for application of proceeds of disposition and liability for deficiency and right to surplus, for explanation of calculation of surplus or deficiency, for transfer of record or legal title, for acceptance of collateral in full or partial satisfaction of obligation and compulsory disposition of collateral, for notification of proposal to accept collateral, for waiver and for nonliability and limitation on liability of secured party and liability of secondary obligor. In controllable electronic records: Providing for short title of division, for definitions, for relation to Division 9 and consumer laws, for rights in controllable account, controllable electronic record and controllable payment intangible, for control of controllable electronic record, for discharge of account debtor on controllable account or controllable payment intangible and for governing law. Providing for transition. In decedents, estates and fiduciaries, in powers of attorney: Further providing for authority that requires specific and general grant of authority. Making editorial changes.

  Sent June 7, 2024 · Reported out after 5 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law

• House Bill 2387 · An Act amending the act of December 3, 1959 (P.L.1688, No.621), known as the Housing Finance Agency Law, in the agency, further providing for agency audits and reports.

  Sent June 5, 2024 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

• House Bill 2359 · An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in theft and related offenses, further providing for the offense of theft of leased property.

  Sent June 3, 2024 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

• House Bill 2202 · An Act amending the act of July 22, 1974 (P.L.598, No.206), known as the Pennsylvania Minority Business Development Authority Act, further providing for activities and powers of the authority in general; establishing the Minority Business Development Program; and providing for reports.

  Sent April 10, 2024 · Reported out after 6 days · 1 committee amendment, adopted · then passed the House of Representatives, and not the Senate

• House Bill 2192 · An Act amending the act of March 4, 1971 (P.L.6, No.2), known as the Tax Reform Code of 1971, providing for business catastrophe savings accounts.

  Sent April 8, 2024 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

• House Bill 2196 · An Act providing for automatic renewal provisions in certain contracts for goods and services.

  Sent April 8, 2024 · Reported out after 43 days · 1 committee amendment, adopted · did not pass the House of Representatives

• House Bill 2174 · An Act amending Title 64 (Public Authorities and Quasi-Public Corporations) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in Commonwealth Financing Authority, providing for Mixed-Use Revitalization Program; and establishing the Mixed-Use Revitalization Fund.

  Sent April 3, 2024 · Reported out after 13 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and not the Senate

• House Bill 919 · An Act amending Title 1 (General Provisions) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in rules of construction, further providing for definitions.

  Sent March 26, 2024 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

• House Bill 919 · An Act amending Title 1 (General Provisions) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in rules of construction, further providing for definitions.

  Sent March 26, 2024 · Moved on without a report after 0 days · did not pass the House of Representatives

• House Bill 2141 · An Act amending Title 68 (Real and Personal Property) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in real estate foreclosure, further providing for definitions, for effect of certification of vacancy and abandonment and for applicability and providing for private selling officer sales and for conduct of online sheriff sales.

  Sent March 20, 2024 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

• House Bill 2132 · An Act amending Title 12 (Commerce and Trade) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, establishing the Pennsylvania-Ireland Trade Commission and the Pennsylvania-Ireland Trade Commission Fund; imposing duties on the Department of Community and Economic Development; providing for the Entertainment Economic Enhancement Program; making repeals; and making an editorial change.

  Sent March 19, 2024 · Reported out after 63 days · 1 committee amendment, adopted · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law

• House Bill 2081 · An Act providing for collateral requirements for virtual currency lenders and for segregation of funds; and imposing penalties.

  Sent March 5, 2024 · Reported out after 218 days · 1 committee amendment, adopted · did not pass the House of Representatives

• House Bill 2064 · An Act amending the act of November 6, 1987 (P.L.381, No.79), known as the Older Adults Protective Services Act, providing for financial institutions.

  Sent February 27, 2024 · Reported out after 84 days · 1 committee amendment, adopted · then passed the House of Representatives, and not the Senate