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BILL # |
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LEGISLATION |
| HB0118 | ELLIS | Would amend the act of December 12, 1986 (P.L.1559, No.169), known as the Whistleblower Law, to include employers who receive public funding for work or for services, to allow enforcement by the Office of the Inspector General, to prohibit disclosure of the whistleblower’s identity and to increase penalties for violators. |
| HB0124 | AUMENT | Would amend the act of May 11, 1972 (P.L.286, No.70), known as the Industrialized Housing Act, to provide that DCED shall adopt regulations consistent with the PA Construction Code Act to administer a certification program regulating the installation standards and inspection of industrialized/commercial modular buildings shipped from the factory and industrialized/commercial building modules shipped from the factory. |
| HB0185 | GIBBONS | Would amend the act of December 12, 1986 (P.L.1559, No.169), known as the Whistleblower Law, to include the General Assembly and its agencies, to allow enforcement by the Office of the Inspector General, to prohibit disclosure of the whistleblower’s identity and to increase penalties for violators. |
| SB0145 | WARD, WAUGH, MENSCH, ERICKSON, ALLOWAY, BAKER, FONTANA, EICHELBERGER, BOSCOLA, VULAKOVICH, FARNESE, FERLO, SOLOBAY, BRUBAKER and FOLMER | Would amend the Mechanics’ Lien Law of 1963 by defining “costs of construction, by excluding subcontractors from having the right to a lien with respect to an improvement in a residential property if the owner/tenant paid the full contract price to the contractor and the property is or is intended to be used as the residence of the owner or tenant. Any lien obtained under this act shall be subordinate to an open-end mortgage where at least 25% of the proceeds are intended or used to pay construction costs, where the refinance or modification of a purchase money mortgage or an open-end mortgage despite the new principal amount of the mortgage may exceed the stated amount of the mortgage or advances made under the mortgage may be used for purposes unrelated to the costs of construction. It would provide for a reduction of lien on a residential property if the claim was paid in part or in full to the contractor. |
| SB0235 | YUDICHAK, WASHINGTON, KASUNIC, TEPLITZ, STACK, ARGALL, FERLO, FONTANA, SOLOBAY, TARTAGLIONE, HUGHES, FARNESE, BREWSTER, KITCHEN, WAUGH, COSTA and BLAKE |
Would amend the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929, providing for the PA Dept. of L&I to administer: 1.) in consultation with DCED job training programs authorized under Chapter 29 of the “Job Enhancement Act;” 2.) in consultation with PDE job training programs under the Wagner-Peyser Act and job training and skill enhancement programs under the “Pennsylvania Adult and Family Literacy Education Act;” 3.) in consultation with the Dept. of Public Welfare job training programs authorized under Sect. 403 of the Social Security Act, Section 115(d)(1)(A) of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, the Community Services Block Grant Act, and Section 2508.3 of the “Public School Code of 1949,” Article IV of the the “Public Welfare Code,” and the “Project Independence Act.” |
| SB0272 | SMUCKER, EICHELBERGER, ALLOWAY, MENSCH, YAW, VULAKOVICH, HUTCHINSON, D. WHITE, ROBBINS, VANCE, WAUGH, BRUBAKER, FOLMER and BAKER | Would amend the Pennsylvania Prevailing Wage Act by raising the minimum threshhold for projects considered to be public work from projects costing in excess of $25,000 to those costing in excess of $200,000. |
| SB0273 | SMUCKER, BAKER, ALLOWAY, MENSCH, EICHELBERGER, YAW, D. WHITE, VANCE, WAUGH, BRUBAKER and FOLMER | Would amend the Pennsylvania Prevailing Wage Act by requiring the minimum wage rate determined by the secretary equal the average hourly occupational wage for each county based on the wage information submitted by employers on quarterly unemployment compensation tax returns. Employer and employee contributions for employee benefits would no longer be considered an integral part of the wage rate when determining the minimum wage. |
| SB0274 | SMUCKER, ALLOWAY, MENSCH, EICHELBERGER, VULAKOVICH, HUTCHINSON, D. WHITE, GORDNER, VANCE, WAUGH, BRUBAKER, FOLMER and BAKER |
Would amend the Pennsylvania Prevailing Wage Act by further defining “maintenance work” to include the following actions taken on roads: replacement or compliance with PennDOT design criteria and standards of guide rails, curbs, pipes, line painting and other related road equipment, repair or pavement of service by laying bituminous material on asphalt pavement, cement concrete or other hard surface and related work raising existing paved shoulders to new grade or patching of cement concrete surface to include joint spalling and repair work, as well as widening of existing alignment which does not result in additional lanes or new shoulders and bridge cleaning, washing, resurfacing with blacktop, minor nonstructural repairs or improvements and painting, except when combined with complete bridge rehabilitation. |
| SB0281 | TARTAGLIONE, FONTANA, COSTA, SCHWANK, SOLOBAY, HUGHES and YUDICHAK | Would amend the act of December 5, 1936 (2nd Sp.Sess., 1937 P.L.2897, No.1), known as the Unemployment Compensation Law, to provide supplemental funding for UC administration using a portion of the existing employee tax contribution. This funding would be applied toward staffing service centers, workforce training and necessary upgrades to claims filing systems. |
| SB0289 | ERICKSON, GREENLEAF, KITCHEN, VULAKOVICH, WASHINGTON, TARTAGLIONE, YUDICHAK, BROWNE, SMITH, SOLOBAY, RAFFERTY, FARNESE, FERLO, WOZNIAK and WAUGH | In the payment of death benefits to the surviving spouse or children or parents of firefighters, ambulance service or rescue squad members, law enforcement officers or National Guard members who die as a result of the performance of their duties, this bill would amend the act of June 24, 1976 (P.L.424, No.101), referred to as the Emergency and Law Enforcement Personnel Death Benefits Act, to consider an ambulance service or rescue squad member working for a hospital to be considered acting in the performance of his duties when attending, going to or directly returning from an emergency which the ambulance service or rescue squad attended, including travel from and direct return to the hospital or other place where the ambulance service or rescue squad is stationed. This subsection only applies to a hospital employee who is directed to respond to an emergency pursuant to an agreement to provide emergency service coverage for a political subdivision. |
| SB0297 | VANCE, SCARNATI, PILEGGI, BAKER, VOGEL, TOMLINSON, TARTAGLIONE, EICHELBERGER, YAW, WASHINGTON, VULAKOVICH, SOLOBAY, RAFFERTY, D. WHITE, FOLMER, WAUGH and COSTA | Would amend the act of December 5, 1936 (2nd Sp.Sess., 1937 P.L.2897, No.1), known as the Unemployment Compensation Law, to provide for the ineligibility of State Annuitants for unemployment compensation benefits when those annuitants voluntarily return to State service and accept the terms relating to the termination of annuities upon return to State service. |
| SB0326 | TARTAGLIONE, STACK, KASUNIC, FARNESE, WASHINGTON, KITCHEN, HUGHES, FONTANA, SOLOBAY, COSTA, BREWSTER and FERLO | Would amend the act of January 17, 1968 (P.L.11, No.5), known as The Minimum Wage Act of 1968, to provide for an annual cost of living increase to the minimum wage rate according to the CPI. |
| SB0462 | STACK WILLIAMS, SMITH, WASHINGTON, RAFFERTY, FONTANA, SOLOBAY, COSTA and BOSCOLA |
Would require employers that intend to relocate call centers or at least 30% of the operations of a call center, operations unit or facility overseas to notify the Secretary of Labor and Industry. The Secretary would be required to compile a semiannual list of these employers. Violators would be fined $10,000/day, be ineligible for state grants or state-guaranteed loans for up to five years after the list is published and would be required to return state grants, loans, tax benefits or other governmental support received previously. |
| SB0475 | COSTA, TEPLITZ, KITCHEN, STACK, BROWNE, FONTANA, BREWSTER, WASHINGTON, WILLIAMS, FERLO, HUGHES, BLAKE, TARTAGLIONE and FARNESE | Would amend the act of October 27, 1955 (P.L.744, No.222), known as the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act, to further define “employer” to include any person employing one or more persons within the Commonwealth. This was changed from four or more persons previously. With respect to discriminatory practices based on race, color, age, sex, national origin or non-job related handicap or disability, the term employer includes religious, fraternal, charitable and sectarian corporations and associations employing one or more persons within the Commonwealth. This was changed from four or more persons previously. |
| SB0476 | ARGALL, KASUNIC, VULAKOVICH, TEPLITZ, RAFFERTY, BAKER, YUDICHAK, SOLOBAY, COSTA, BROWNE and BREWSTER | It would provide standards to protect the rights of correctional officers during certain investigations by the Department of Corrections, including rights during interrogations and protection of employment, pay and benefits. If an officer is a union member, the bargaining agreement would supersede these rights if it is stronger; however, it would not reduce these rights. |
| SB0499 | WAUGH, FOLMER, WHITE, MENSCH, ALLOWAY, EICHELBERGER, SMUCKER, BAKER and HUTCHINSON | Would amend the act of August 15, 1961 (P.L.987, No.442), known as the Pennsylvania Prevailing Wage Act, to add a section allowing for local option. This would allow a political subdivision to elect, by ordinance or resolution, to remove itself from the jurisdiction of this act. If a political subdivision adopts an ordinance or resolution under this section, it must notify the department in writing. |
| SB0501 | WAUGH, FOLMER, WHITE, MENSCH, ALLOWAY, EICHELBERGER, SMUCKER, BAKER and HUTCHINSON | Would amend the act of August 15, 1961 (P.L.987, No.442), known as the Pennsylvania Prevailing Wage Act, by changing the definition of “public body” to exclude political subdivisions, authorities, agencies or instrumentalities created by a political subdivision. Additionally, the bill adds a section allowing local political subdivisions to elect to include themselves in this act. |
| SB0595 | FOLMER, VULAKOVICH, RAFFERTY, BROWNE, WHITE and WAUGH | Would establish the State Apprenticeship and Training Commission, transfer power of the Apprenticeship and Training Council to the Commission and provide for the Commission to report on the apprenticeship and other occupational programs, as well as employment trends, to the General Assembly. |