June 3- 6, 2024

Bill amended on Third Consideration
SB 1173 (STEFANO): Amends the Real Estate Licensing and Registration Act requiring the licensure of individuals
who engage or attempt to engage in a wholesale transaction. Also requires certain disclosures on wholesale
transaction sales agreements or sales contracts. Grants a consumer who is party to a wholesale transaction the non-waivable
right to cancel a sales agreement containing required disclosures through the 30th day after an agreement
was executed, or until conveyance, whichever occurs first. OVER AS AMENDED.

     A04569 (STEFANO): Makes technical and clarifying changes and specifies the broker or salesperson must
     send an acknowledgement when a consumer cancels a sales agreement or sales contract. AGREED TO.

Bill voted on Concurrence
SB 277 (YAW): Amends the Rural Pennsylvania Revitalization Act maintaining 13 members for the Center for Rural
Pennsylvania Board of Directors but adding a member from Penn State Extension while removing appointment of
the Director of the Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development. Also consolidates into the act language within
the Administrative Code providing for the appointment of a member from the Northern PA Regional College and a
member from the PA College of Technology. Establishes the Rural Population Revitalization Commission to study
and issue a biennial report on population change in rural areas of the Commonwealth. CONCURRED IN HOUSE
AMENDMENTS 49-1.

Bills voted on Supplemental
HB 660 (SCHLOSSBERG): Amends Title 40 (Insurance) to standardize pet insurance policy definitions, disclosures,
and exclusions. Requires a pet insurer or insurance producer to obtain adequate licensure and training in order
to sell pet insurance products. Gives consumers 30 days to review and cancel a pet insurance policy for a refund if
not satisfied with the policy unless a claim has been filed. Requires an insurer to provide the consumer with a list of
services covered or exempted by a policy. Allows an insurer to exempt preexisting conditions under a policy but
places the burden proof on the provider. PASSED 50-0.

SB 1102 (ARGALL): Amends the Nurse Aide Resident Abuse Prevention Training Act allowing long-term care facilities
to establish nurse aide training programs provided by a qualified registered nurse (RN) or a licensed practical nurse
supervised by a RN. Requires the Department of Education to develop long-term care curriculum for nurse aides,
establish qualifications for RNs and LPNs to conduct trainings of the curriculum, and establish a train-the-trainer
model to deliver the curriculum. Permits individuals to become a nurse aide through several options and allows
long-term care personnel to proctor competency evaluations of prospective nurse aides at facilities where they work
or will work. PASSED 42-8.

SB 1104 (ARGALL): Amends the Public School Code allowing high school juniors and seniors to earn up to two
elective credits toward graduation for each 250 hours worked per credit on a paid or voluntary basis at a congregate
care facility. Requires the school entity or nonpublic school to establish deadlines for applications and any other
conditions a student must meet to obtain elective credit, including verification of the number of hours worked.
PASSED 29-21.

Bills voted on Third Consideration
SB 742 (HUTCHINSON): Amends the Tax Reform Code to further define the deduction for goodwill that is allowable
from the bank and trust company shares tax and which is generated by business combination activity. PASSED 37-
13.

SB 1051 (HUTCHINSON): Amends the Tax Reform Code authorizing the Board of Finance and Revenue to extend the
filing date for a petition upon written application for good cause shown and a finding that granting the application
will not prejudice the other party. Provides for a settlement conference process in which a settlement officer
appointed by the Board may make recommendations to parties who are seeking to settle a petition for review of a
decision and order under the Board’s jurisdiction. PASSED 29-21.

SB 1149 (MASTRIANO): Amends the Tax Reform Code to exempt from the personal income tax any income received
from the federal or state government or Norfolk Southern Railway as a result of the East Palestine train derailment.
PASSED 50-0.

SB 1173 (STEFANO): Amends the Real Estate Licensing and Registration Act requiring the licensure of individuals
who engage or attempt to engage in a wholesale transaction. Also requires certain disclosures on wholesale
transaction sales agreements or sales contracts. Grants a consumer who is party to a wholesale transaction the non-waivable
right to cancel a sales agreement containing required disclosures through the 30th day after an agreement
was executed, or until conveyance, whichever occurs first. PASSED 49-1.

Bill amended on Third Consideration
SB 67 (LAUGHIN): Amends Title 34 (Game) allowing the Game Commission to institute Sunday hunting by regulation
and making it lawful for a person to hunt any furbearer or game on Sunday in accordance with the regulation.
Indicates vertical purple paint on lines on trees or posts as makers of land on which an individual is trespassing while
hunting in counties other than in Philadelphia or Allegheny County. OVER AS AMENDED.

     A04754 (ROTHMAN): Adds a member to the Commission who will represent the interest of agricultural
     commodities that pertain to normal agricultural operations and wildlife. Excluding racoons, requires
     reporting the location of each carcass of any game and wildlife killed to protect agricultural property and
     allows carcasses to be delivered to a processor for final disposition. Requires the Commission to establish a
     self-reporting system to report each harvest by a person assigned to remove deer to prevent crop damage.
     Requires the Commission to create an agriculture access permit list to connect licensed hunters with private
     agricultural landowners to help mediate crop damage. ADOPTED 43-7.

Bills voted on Third Consideration
SB 194 (PENNYCUICK): Amends Title 51 (Military Affairs) prohibiting the State Veterans’ Commission from
considering within income calculations for the State Disabled Veterans Property Tax Exemption Program any aid and
attendance benefits received by an individual when fixing uniform and equitable standards. PASSED 50-0.

SB 1084 (ROTHMAN): Amends Title 13 (Commercial Code) and Title 20 (Decedents, Estates and Fiduciaries) to
accommodate new technologies and electronic currencies. Also clarifies a third party may control a deposit account
on behalf of a debtor if they acknowledge control or efforts to obtain control of the deposit account on behalf of the
debtor. PASSED 50-0.

HB 1097 (HADDOCK): Amends the Public School Code requiring school entities to conduct a moment of silence
during instructional hours for students and faculty to observe the anniversary of September 11, 2001. Requires PDE
to identify and make available as an option to school entities a model curriculum for instruction on the events and
the day’s significance. PASSED 50-0.

SB 1165 (BOSCOLA): Amends Title 63 (Professions and Occupations (State Licensed)) requiring individuals to submit
a full set of fingerprints to the State Police when applying for a license, certificate, registration or permit as a health
care practitioner. PASSED 46-4.

HB 1246 (MALAGARI): Creates the Crematory Regulations Act to establish operational requirements for
crematories. Exempts crematories constructed after April 17, 1989 from certain DEP requirements and permits.
PASSED 50-0.

Bill voted on Supplemental Calendar
SB 688 (REGAN): Amends the Liquor Code to allow importers, importing distributors, distributors, restaurant
licensees and hotel licensees to sell ready-to-drink cocktails for off-premise consumption. Specifies importing
distributors and distributors may sell unlimited quantities of ready-to-drink cocktails, and restaurant licensees and
hotel licensees may not sell more than 192 fluid ounces in a single sale. Establishes an initial application fee and
renewal fees licensees selling ready-to-drink-cocktails for off-premise consumption. Imposes an 18% tax in lieu of
the emergency state tax on the net price of all ready-to-drink cocktails sold and the 6% sales tax. PASSED 26-24.

Executive Nominations
State Board of Auctioneer Examiners, Sherman E. Hostetter, Jr. CONFIRMED 50-0
State Board of Dentistry, Jennifer Unis Sullivan CONFIRMED 50-0
State Board of Funeral Directors, Christopher W. Feryo CONFIRMED 50-0
State Board of Landscape Architects, Frank E. Holgerson, III CONFIRMED 50-0
State Board of Medicine, Adanma S. Okereh CONFIRMED 50-0
State Board of Nursing, Kathryn L. Capiotis CONFIRMED 50-0
State Board of Nursing, Susan D. Hellier CONFIRMED 50-0
State Board of Nursing, David L. Scher CONFIRMED 50-0
State Board of Physical Therapy, Ian S. CONFIRMED 50-0
State Registration Board of Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors and Geologists,
Scott R. Reese CONFIRMED 50-0
State Board of Psychology, David L. Zehrung CONFIRMED 50-0
State Board of Veterinary Medicine, Clement A. George CONFIRMED 50-0