Bills in the 2023–2024 Regular Session, House.
Aaron D. Kaufer
Sponsored
Passed the House1
An Act amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in Department of Military Affairs, establishing the PA VETConnect Program.
In committee6
An Act amending Title 12 (Commerce and Trade) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for Commonwealth Economic Development Action Team.
An Act amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), known as The Fiscal Code, in Treasury Department, further providing for investment of moneys.
An Act amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for adult use of cannabis; regulating the personal use and possession of cannabis; providing for powers and duties of the Department of Agriculture; establishing the Cannabis Business Development Fund; providing for social and economic equity, for regulation of cannabis business establishments, for enforcement and immunities, for laboratory testing, for advertising, marketing, packaging and labeling and for preparation, destruction and regulation of cannabis and cannabis-infused edible and nonedible products; imposing a sales tax and excise tax on cannabis and cannabis-infused edible and nonedible products; establishing the Cannabis Regulation Fund; providing for cannabis clean slate and for miscellaneous provisions; imposing penalties; consolidating provisions relating to medical cannabis; transferring certain powers and duties of the Department of Health to the Department of Agriculture; and making repeals.
An Act amending the act of November 3, 2022 (P.L.2135, No.150), known as the Childhood Blood Lead Test Act, further providing for legislative purpose and for lead poisoning prevention, assessment and testing.
An Act amending the act of June 3, 1937 (P.L.1333, No.320), known as the Pennsylvania Election Code, in preliminary provisions, further providing for definitions and for publication of notices; in the Secretary of the Commonwealth, further providing for Voting Standards Development Board and for State Plan Advisory Board; in county boards of elections, further providing for article heading, for county boards of elections and membership, for powers and duties of county boards, for records and documents to be open to public inspection and proviso and for watchers or attorneys at sessions of county board, candidates may be present; In district election officers, further providing for article heading, for district election boards and election, for tie votes for judge and inspector, for clerks of election and machine inspectors, for vacancies in election boards, appointment, judge and majority inspector to be members of majority party and minority inspector to be a member of minority party, for election officers to be sworn, for compensation of district election officers, for overseers of election and for appointment of watchers; in election districts and polling places, further providing for polling places to be selected by county board; in dates of elections and primaries and special elections, further providing for general primary, candidates to be nominated and party officers to be elected, providing for nonpartisan ballot candidates, further providing for elections on proposed constitutional amendments, for nominations for special election for representative in Congress, senator and representative in the General Assembly and member of council or legislative body of cities, boroughs, towns and townships, providing for nominations for special election for senator and representative in the General Assembly and member of council or legislative body of cities, boroughs, towns and townships, further providing for number, form and requirements of nomination certificates and for affidavits of candidates; in qualifications of electors, further providing for qualifications of electors at primaries; in party organization, further providing for definition of political parties and political bodies, for only enrolled electors to vote at primaries or hold party offices, repealing provisions related to organization of State committee and rules, to filling of vacancy in State committee, to election of national committeemen, to county committees, rules and other party officers, to selection of delegates to national conventions and forwarding of rules to Secretary of Commonwealth, to delegate and alternate delegate commitments and authorization required and petitions, to who shall be declared elected members of national or State committee and party offices, to party officer elected in case of tie vote and to district committees; in nomination of candidates, further providing for determination and certification of Statewide and countywide parties, for candidates to be nominated and party officers to be elected at primaries, for municipal clerks and party chairman to furnish information as to offices to be filled, repealing provisions related to publication of notice of officers to be nominated and elected and to nomination petitions to be filed, further providing for petition may consist of several sheets and statement of circulator, for affidavits of candidates, repealing provisions related to statement of candidates for delegates to national conventions, further providing for number of signers required for nomination petitions of candidates at primaries, for place and time of filing nomination petitions and filing fees and for which candidates nominated; in ballots, further providing for article heading, for official ballots to be used and for form of official primary ballot, providing for form of official nonpartisan partisan primary ballot, further providing for form of official election ballot, providing for form of official nonpartisan election ballot, further providing for form of ballots, printing ballots, stubs and numbers, repealing provisions related to placement of certain candidates on ballots and voting machines, providing for form of nonpartisan ballots, printing ballots and numbers, further providing for forms of ballots on file and open to public inspection and ballots and diagrams to be furnished to candidates and parties; in voting machines, further providing for definition of terms, for installation of voting machines, for requirements of voting machines, for form of ballot labels on voting machines, for preparation of voting machines by county election boards, for delivery of voting machines and supplies by county election boards to election officers, for election officers and polling places, for delivery of voting machine keys to judge of election, for instruction of voters before an election, for voting by ballot and for unofficial ballot labels and repair of machines or use of paper ballots; in electronic voting systems, further providing for definitions, for requirements of electronic voting systems, for forms, for supplies and preparation of the voting system and of polling places, for election day procedures and the process of voting, for post election procedures and for returns; in preparation for and conduct of primaries and elections, further providing for notice of November elections, for duties of common pleas court on days of primaries and elections, for meeting of election officers on day of election and duties of election officers, for opening of polls, posting cards of instruction and notices of penalties and voters' rights and examination of voting machines, for manner of applying to vote, persons entitled to vote, voter's certificates and entries to be made in district register, numbered lists of voters and challenges, for method of marking ballots and depositing same in districts in which ballots are used, for instructions of voters and manner of voting in districts in which voting machines are used, for duties of election officers after the close of the polls in districts in which ballots are used, for count and return of votes in districts in which ballots are used, for what ballots shall be counted, manner of counting and defective ballots, for signing and disposition of returns, district register and voting check list, posting and return of ballot boxes and for canvass and return of votes in districts in which voting machines are used and providing for general runoff; in voting by qualified absentee electors, further providing for applications for official absentee ballots and for absentee electors files and lists; in returns of primaries and elections, further providing for place of meeting for computation of votes, notice and papers to be prepared and assistants to be sworn and for computation of returns by county board, certification and issuance of certificates of election and repealing provisions related to Secretary of the Commonwealth to certify votes of national delegates and members of State committee and to Secretary of the Commonwealth to certify presidential votes by congressional districts; in recounts and contests, further providing for opening ballot boxes upon petition of electors alleging fraud or error and deposit or bond; and, in penalties, further providing for refusal to administer oath and acting without being sworn, for forging and destroying ballots, for election officers refusing to permit elector to vote in proper party at primaries, for prying into ballots and for unlawful assistance in voting and repealing provisions related to elector voting ballot of wrong party at primary.
An Act amending Title 25 (Elections) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in registration system, further providing for commission staff; in voter registration, further providing for residence of electors, for in-person voter registration, for application with driver's license application, for application by mail, for government agencies, for preparation and distribution of applications and for approval of registration applications; in records, further providing for district registers; in changes in records, repealing provisions relating to change of enrollment of political party; and, in penalties, further providing for preventing registration and for approval of registration.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 1
An Act establishing the Solar for Schools Grant Program; and providing for powers and duties of the Department of Community and Economic Development.
Passed the House · 6
An Act amending the act of July 19, 1979 (P.L.130, No.48), known as the Health Care Facilities Act, providing for hospital patient protection provisions; and imposing penalties.
An Act amending Title 66 (Public Utilities) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in powers and duties, providing for double utility poles.
An Act providing for community solar facilities; imposing duties on the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, electric distribution companies and subscriber organizations; and providing for prevailing wage and labor requirements.
An Act amending the act of August 15, 1961 (P.L.987, No.442), known as the Pennsylvania Prevailing Wage Act, further providing for definitions, for specifications and for duty of secretary.
An Act providing for the funding of the development of comprehensive regional plans, competitive sites for businesses to locate or expand within this Commonwealth and competitive industrial and nonindustrial sites by assisting in the reduction of development risk; establishing the Pennsylvania Strategic Investments to Enhance Sites (PA SITES) Program, the PA SITES Fund and the PA SITES Debt Service Restricted Account; and conferring powers and duties on the Department of Community and Economic Development Pennsylvania Economic Development Financing Authority.
An Act providing for restriction on use and custody of digital assets prohibited and for use of nodes authorized.
Out of committee · 4
An Act establishing the Solar for Schools Grant Program; providing for powers and duties of the Department of Community and Economic Development; and making an appropriation.
An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in driving after imbibing alcohol or utilizing drugs, further providing for definitions, for driving under influence of alcohol or controlled substance and for authorized use not a defense.
An Act authorizing the provision or sale of Pennsylvania milk in Pennsylvania schools.
An Act amending Title 23 (Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in child custody, further providing for definitions, for award of custody, for standing for partial physical custody and supervised physical custody, for presumption in cases concerning primary physical custody, for factors to consider when awarding custody, for consideration of criminal conviction and for parenting plan; and making editorial changes.
In committee · 30
An Act amending the act of March 4, 1971 (P.L.6, No.2), known as the Tax Reform Code of 1971, in corporate net income tax, further providing for definitions.
An Act amending the act of March 4, 1971 (P.L.6, No.2), known as the Tax Reform Code of 1971, in personal income tax, further providing for classes of income.
An Act amending the act of March 4, 1971 (P.L.6, No.2), known as the Tax Reform Code of 1971, in sales and use tax, further providing for exclusions from tax.
An Act amending the act of March 4, 1971 (P.L.6, No.2), known as the Tax Reform Code of 1971, in sales and use tax, providing for temporary exclusions from tax.
An Act amending the act of March 4, 1971 (P.L.6, No.2), known as the Tax Reform Code of 1971, in gross receipts tax, further providing for imposition of tax.
An Act amending the act of March 4, 1971 (P.L.6, No.2), known as the Tax Reform Code of 1971, in sales and use tax, further providing for exclusions from tax.
An Act amending the act of March 4, 1971 (P.L.6, No.2), known as the Tax Reform Code of 1971, in sales and use tax, further providing for definitions, for imposition of tax and for exclusions from tax; and, in gross receipts tax, further providing for imposition of tax.
An Act amending Title 4 (Amusements) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in table games, further providing for table game taxes; and making a repeal.
An Act amending the act of March 4, 1971 (P.L.6, No.2), known as the Tax Reform Code of 1971, in personal income tax, further providing for imposition of tax.
An Act amending the act of March 4, 1971 (P.L.6, No.2), known as the Tax Reform Code of 1971, in sales and use tax, further providing for definitions and for exclusions from tax.
An Act amending the act of March 4, 1971 (P.L.6, No.2), known as the Tax Reform Code of 1971, in inheritance tax, further providing for inheritance tax.
An Act amending the act of March 4, 1971 (P.L.6, No.2), known as the Tax Reform Code of 1971, in Pennsylvania child and dependent care enhancement tax credit program, further providing for credit for child and dependent care employment-related expenses.
An Act amending Title 40 (Insurance) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in regulation of insurers and related persons generally, providing for group market provisions; and imposing penalties.
An Act amending Title 40 (Insurance) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for association health plans; imposing penalties; and making repeals.
An Act amending the act of March 4, 1971 (P.L.6, No.2), known as the Tax Reform Code of 1971, in personal income tax, further providing for classes of income.
An Act providing for direct primary care, medical service agreements and insurance, for medical service agreement requirements, for use of health savings accounts or flexible spending accounts and for use of other health care practitioners.
An Act providing for the creation of keystone opportunity dairy zones to facilitate the economic development of Pennsylvania's dairy industry; authorizing expenditures; providing tax exemptions, tax deductions, tax abatements and tax credits; creating additional obligations of the Commonwealth and local governmental units; prescribing powers and duties of certain State and local departments, agencies and officials; and imposing penalties.
An Act amending the act of June 22, 1937 (P.L.1987, No.394), known as The Clean Streams Law, in other pollutions and potential pollution, further providing for potential pollution.
An Act providing for guidelines and procedures governing certain investigations and interrogations of correctional and forensic employees; authorizing certain civil suits by correctional officers; and providing for impact of collective bargaining agreements and for summary suspensions.
An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, in certification of teachers, further providing for certificates qualifying persons to teach and providing for special temporary certificate for veterans.
An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in general provisions relating to operation of vehicles, further providing for automated red light enforcement systems in first class cities and for automated red light enforcement systems in certain municipalities; and, in rules of the road in general, further providing for enforcement of failure to stop for school bus with flashing red lights, for automated speed enforcement systems in active work zones and for pilot program for automated speed enforcement system on designated highway.
An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, in terms and courses of study, further providing for subjects of instruction and flag code.
An Act amending Title 61 (Prisons and Parole) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in miscellaneous provisions, providing for corrections officers.
An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, in duties and powers of boards of school directors, providing for admission fees for school-sponsored activities.
An Act amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in budget and finance, further providing for expenses.
An Act amending Title 38 (Holidays and Observances) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for religious observances.
An Act amending Title 61 (Prisons and Parole) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in general administration relating to correctional institutions, providing for electronic control gloves.
An Act amending the act of June 25, 1982 (P.L.633, No.181), known as the Regulatory Review Act, further providing for proposed regulations and procedures for review.
An Act establishing the Independent Energy Office; and providing for powers and duties of the Independent Energy Office.
An Act providing for authorization for State Treasurer to invest in Bitcoin or digital assets and for authorization for systems to invest in exchange-traded products.