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Senator John Gordner
Prime Sponsored Legislation Report
2009-2010 Legislation
The following is a list of bills and resolutions introduced in the 2009-2010
legislative session, including a brief description of the legislative intent and
the most recent action that each bill has seen.
Senate Bills
Senate Bill 123 - Providing for the protection of consumers from having spyware deceptively installed on their computers and for criminal and civil enforcement.
- Referred to CONSUMER AFFAIRS, April 23, 2009 [House]
Senate Bill 124 - Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for the offense of
operation of methamphetamine laboratory.
- Referred to JUDICIARY, March 10, 2009 [House]
Senate Bill 125 - Amending the act of April 14, 1972 (P.L.233,
No.64), entitled "An act relating to the manufacture, sale and
possession of controlled substances, other drugs, devices and cosmetics;
conferring powers on the courts and the secretary and Department of
Health, and a newly created Pennsylvania Drug, Device and Cosmetic
Board; establishing schedules of controlled substances; providing
penalties; requiring registration of persons engaged in the drug trade
and for the revocation or suspension of certain licenses and
registrations; and repealing an act," further providing for prohibited
acts and penalties; and providing for methamphetamine production.
- Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS, July 22, 2009 [House]
Senate Bill 126 - Amending the act of April 14, 1972 (P.L.233,
No.64), entitled "An act relating to the manufacture, sale and
possession of controlled substances, other drugs, devices and cosmetics;
conferring powers on the courts and the secretary and Department of
Health, and a newly created Pennsylvania Drug, Device and Cosmetic
Board; establishing schedules of controlled substances; providing
penalties; requiring registration of persons engaged in the drug trade
and for the revocation or suspension of certain licenses and
registrations; and repealing an act," providing for environmental costs.
- Referred to JUDICIARY, March 10, 2009 [House]
Senate Bill 127 - Amending the act of April 14, 1972 (P.L.233,
No.64), entitled "An act relating to the manufacture, sale and
possession of controlled substances, other drugs, devices and cosmetics;
conferring powers on the courts and the secretary and Department of
Health, and a newly created Pennsylvania Drug, Device and Cosmetic
Board; establishing schedules of controlled substances; providing
penalties; requiring registration of persons engaged in the drug trade
and for the revocation or suspension of certain licenses and
registrations; and repealing an act," providing for the offenses of
operating a methamphetamine laboratory and illegal dumping of
methamphetamine waste.
- Referred to JUDICIARY, March 10, 2009 [House]
Senate Bill 139 - Amending the act of February 1, 1966 (1965
P.L.1656, No.581), entitled "An act concerning boroughs, and revising,
amending and consolidating the law relating to boroughs," further
providing for officers to be elected, for election of assessors, for
filling vacancies in elective borough offices, for powers of assessors
and for duplicate assessments; and making related repeals.
- Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS, June 17, 2009 [House]
Senate Bill 141 - Amending the act of May 21, 1943 (P.L.571, No.254),
entitled, as amended, "An act relating to assessment for taxation in
counties of the fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth classes;
designating the subjects, property and persons subject to and exempt
from taxation for county, borough, town, township, school, except in
cities and county institution district purposes; and providing for and
regulating the assessment and valuation thereof for such purposes;
creating in each such county a board for the assessment and revision of
taxes; defining the powers and duties of such boards; providing for the
acceptance of this act by cities; regulating the office of ward,
borough, town and township assessors; abolishing the office of assistant
triennial assessor in townships of the first class; providing for the
appointment of a chief assessor, assistant assessors and other employees;
providing for their compensation payable by such counties; prescribing
certain duties of and certain fees to be collected by the recorder of
deeds and municipal officers who issue building permits; imposing duties
on taxables making improvements on land and grantees of land;
prescribing penalties; eliminating the triennial assessment; and
regulating certain assessments in all counties," eliminating office of
assessor in boroughs and townships of the first class; making conforming
amendments; and making repeals.
- Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS, June 17, 2009 [House]
Senate Bill 144 - Amending the act of May 1, 1933 (P.L.103, No.69),
entitled, as reenacted and amended, "An act concerning townships of the
second class; and amending, revising, consolidating and changing the law
relating thereto," in corporate powers, further providing for real
property and for personal property; and, in contracts, further providing
for letting contracts.
- Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS, May 4, 2009 [Senate]
Senate Bill 209 - Amending Title 2 (Administrative Law and Procedure)
of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in practice and procedure of
local agencies, authorizing local agencies to issue subpoenas to compel
attendance of witnesses and the production of documents; and providing
for a remedy for failure to obey subpoenas.
- Referred to JUDICIARY, Feb. 19, 2009 [Senate]
Senate Bill 210 - Amending Title 24 (Education) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, further providing for Public School Employees'
Retirement Board.
- Referred to FINANCE, Feb. 19, 2009 [Senate]
Senate Bill 245 - Amending the act of March 4, 1971 (P.L.6, No.2),
entitled "An act relating to tax reform and State taxation by codifying
and enumerating certain subjects of taxation and imposing taxes thereon;
providing procedures for the payment, collection, administration and
enforcement thereof; providing for tax credits in certain cases;
conferring powers and imposing duties upon the Department of Revenue,
certain employers, fiduciaries, individuals, persons, corporations and
other entities; prescribing crimes, offenses and penalties," in sales
and use tax, further providing for exclusions.
- Referred to FINANCE, Feb. 19, 2009 [Senate]
Senate Bill 246 - Amending Titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses) and 23
(Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in
assault, further providing for probable cause arrests in domestic
violence cases; and, in protection from abuse, providing for an
electronic monitoring program.
- Referred to JUDICIARY, Feb. 19, 2009 [Senate]
Senate Bill 247 - Authorizing certain tax credits for qualified
alternative fuel distributors; and imposing powers and duties on the
Department of Revenue.
- Referred to FINANCE, Feb. 19, 2009 [Senate]
Senate Bill 248 - Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in liquid fuels and fuels tax, further providing
for definitions and for imposition of tax, exemptions and deductions.
- Referred to TRANSPORTATION, Feb. 19, 2009 [Senate]
Senate Bill 249 - Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in snowmobiles and all-terrain vehicles, further
providing for operation on State or private property and for penalties
for violation of chapter.
- Referred to TRANSPORTATION, Feb. 19, 2009 [Senate]
Senate Bill 322 - Amending the act of May 27, 1953 (P.L.244, No.34),
entitled "An act relating to and regulating the contracts of
incorporated towns and providing penalties," further providing for
regulation of contracts; providing for annual adjustment; further
providing for evasion of advertising requirements, for contracts between
$750 and $10,000 and for separate bids for plumbing, heating,
ventilating and electrical work.
- Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS, March 30, 2009 [Senate]
Senate Bill 466 - Amending Title 71 (State Government) of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, further providing for membership in
the retirement system.
- Referred to FINANCE, March 2, 2009 [Senate]
Senate Bill 624 - Amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14),
entitled "An act relating to the public school system, including certain
provisions applicable as well to private and parochial schools;
amending, revising, consolidating and changing the laws relating
thereto," further providing for school athletics, publications and
organizations.
- Laid on the table, July 8, 2009 [Senate]
Senate Bill 710 - Amending the act of December 21, 1984 (P.L.1253,
No.238), entitled "An act regulating the practice of speech-language
pathologists, audiologists and teachers of the hearing impaired;
creating the State Board of Examiners in Speech-Language and Hearing
with certain powers and duties; and prescribing penalties," further
providing for definitions, for the board, for licensure, for
applications, for examinations and for fees; providing for the use of a
title; and further providing for waivers, for enforcement and for
injunction.
- Referred to CONSUMER PROTECTION AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE, April 1,
2009 [Senate]
Senate Bill 720 - Amending the act of December 20, 2001 (P.L.969,
No.116), entitled "An act providing for a program to assist public and
private institutions of higher education to install sprinkler systems in
dormitories," further providing for the sprinkler system program.
- Referred to EDUCATION, April 1, 2009 [Senate]
Senate Bill 846 - Amending the act of June 6, 1980 (P.L.197, No.57),
entitled "An act regulating the licensure and practice of optometry,
making repeals and providing penalties," further defining "examination
and diagnosis", and the "practice of optometry"; and making a repeal.
- Referred to CONSUMER PROTECTION AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE, May 5,
2009 [Senate]
Senate Bill 980 - Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, further providing for vehicles exempt from
registration, for operation of vehicle without official certificate of
inspection and for width of vehicles.
- Referred to TRANSPORTATION, June 22, 2009 [Senate]
Senate Resolutions
Senate Resolution 78 - Recognizing May 7, 2009, as the "National Day
of Prayer" in Pennsylvania and encouraging the celebration of religious
freedom.
- Adopted, May 6, 2009 [Senate]
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