Legislation Discussion with PA State Senator Tom Killion
On 3 November 2022, Governor Wolf signed House Bill 2057 into law as Act 122. The act made numerous amendments to Title 15 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, known as the “Associations Code” (the Title 15 Update)....more
On November 3, 2022, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf signed Act 153 of 2022, which revises the Oil and Gas Lease Act’s provisions on required disclosures accompanying payments made to royalty owners from unconventional oil and...more
On July 11, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf signed Senate Bill 818 (“SB 818”) into law, which amends the Health Care Facilities Act to expand the number of procedures that may be performed in an ambulatory surgery center...more
On July 7, 2022, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf signed House Bills 1561 and 1563 into law, as Act 32 of 2022 and Act 33 of 2022, respectively. Act 32 of 2022 amended the confidentiality provisions of the state Mental Health...more
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf has signed into law omnibus tax legislation to implement the Commonwealth’s fiscal year 2022 – 2023 budget. Among other things, the enacted legislation: (1) cuts the corporate net income tax...more
Recently approved Senate Bill No. 554 amends the Pennsylvania Sunshine Act, 65 Pa.C.S. §§ 701-716, to bring additional transparency to government decision-making. Currently, the Sunshine Act requires political...more
School boards and the governing bodies of community colleges and other public entities in Pennsylvania will soon be required to publish a detailed agenda at least 24 hours in advance of a public meeting that outlines the...more
As COVID-19 vaccines continue to roll out across the county, there is uncertainty as to whether certain telehealth laws that significantly impacted healthcare providers, payors and patients during the public health emergency...more
On March 15, Pennsylvania Governor Wolf announced the lifting of some targeted restrictions on restaurants, businesses, and gathering limits as COVID-19 cases have declined and vaccination rates increase. Effective April 4...more
On Monday, February 1, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf announced that due to the failure of the office of the Pennsylvania Secretary of State to publish a required notice, the Pennsylvania legislature will not be able to go...more
After temporarily lifting the requirement that notaries public be physically present to witness required signatures, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Pennsylvania became the 30th state in the nation to make remote notarization a...more
Pennsylvania public school entities should examine their school safety policies dealing with sexual assault to ensure they comply with new requirements imposed by Act 110 of 2020, which took effect on January 3 of this...more
On July 23, 2020, Governor Wolf signed Act 72 of 2020, the Revised Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act (Act 72). Developed by the Uniform Law Commission, Act 72 provides fiduciaries, such as executors, guardians,...more
At 4 p.m. today, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf (who himself has tested positive for COVID) and Secretary of Health Rachel Levine issued new, “limited-time”, targeted COVID mitigation orders. The orders hit the franchise...more
On November 20, 2020, Pennsylvania legislators passed H.B. 1737, which affords healthcare providers and other businesses immunity from civil suits related to the COVID-19 pandemic. This legislation follows Pennsylvania...more
This 26th edition of Unprecedented, our weekly update on COVID-19-related litigation, sees us returning to now-familiar topics involving liability protection for businesses, wrongful death lawsuits (particularly those...more
This past weekend, Governor Tom Wolf’s new legislation went into effect, expanding Pennsylvania’s Minimum Wage Act (MWA) regulating overtime pay. The legislation increases the minimum salary an employee can earn and still be...more
In Pennsylvania, a work-related COVID-19 injury can be regarded as a traumatic event or as an occupational disease. There is currently a Pennsylvania House bill (the Bill) that provides a third category for COVID-19 injuries,...more
If you’re in the Keystone State, you know that many counties will be moving into the Yellow and Green Phases of Governor Wolf’s Reopening Pennsylvania Plan on June 5th. This blog previously covered the requirements of the...more
Pennsylvania is reopening on a regional basis in three phases: red, yellow, and green. Phases are assigned based on conditions in a county, counties or region. The red phase, which currently applies to most of the state,...more
In response to calls from groups to protect Pennsylvania’s frontline healthcare providers, Governor Wolf signed an Executive Order “to enhance the protections for health care providers” during the COVID-19 health crisis. The...more