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| PA LEGISLATIVE SESSION 2009 - 2010 |
| Sponsors: |
Perry (R92); Barrar (R160); Belfanti (D107); Brennan (D133); Everett (R84) and others |
| Summary: |
An Act amending the act of March 28, 1984 (P.L.150, No.28), entitled, as amended, "An act relating to the rights of purchasers and lessees of defective new motor vehicles," further defining "new motor vehicle." |
| Subjects: |
Consumer Affairs |
| Progress: |
1stH: Referred to Committee |
| Status: |
01/26/2009 – House Consumer Affairs Committee |
| Position: |
Support |
| Priority: |
High |
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| Sponsors: |
Godshall (R53); Beyer (R131); Carroll (D118); Everett (R84); Frankel (D23) and others |
| Summary: |
An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, further providing for restraint systems. |
| Subjects: |
Title 75 (Vehicles); Transportation |
| Progress: |
1stH: Referred to Committee |
| Status: |
02/02/2009 – House Transportation Committee |
| Position: |
Oppose |
| Priority: |
High |
| Notes: |
This bill makes not wearing a seatbelt a primary offense. |
| Comments: |
Primary offense for drivers and passengers younger than 18 years of age. |
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| Sponsors: |
Evans, J. (R5); Bear (R97); Benninghoff (R171); Beyer (R131); Fairchild (R85) and others |
| Summary: |
An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, further providing for special registration plates generally. |
| Subjects: |
Title 75 (Vehicles); Transportation |
| Progress: |
1stH: Referred to Committee |
| Status: |
02/04/2009 – House Transportation Committee |
| Position: |
Support |
| Priority: |
High |
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| Sponsors: |
Hanna (D76); Boyd (R43); Brennan (D133); Carroll (D118); Levdansky (D39) and others |
| Summary: |
An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in other required equipment, further providing for exhaust systems, mufflers and noise control. |
| Subjects: |
Title 75 (Vehicles); Transportation |
| Progress: |
1stH: Referred to Committee |
| Status: |
02/18/2009 – House Transportation Committee |
| Position: |
Oppose |
| Priority: |
High |
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| Sponsors: |
Shapiro (D153); Boback (R117); Bradford (D70); Brennan (D133); Briggs (D149) and others |
| Summary: |
An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in general provisions, further providing for definitions; and, in rules of the road in general, prohibiting interactive wireless communications devices. |
| Subjects: |
Title 75 (Vehicles); Transportation |
| Progress: |
1stH: Referred to Committee |
| Status: |
02/19/2009 – House Transportation Committee |
| Position: |
Support |
| Priority: |
High |
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| Sponsors: |
Markosek (D25); Geist (R79); Argall (R124); Baker, M. (R68); Barbin (D71) and others |
| Summary: |
An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, further providing for traffic-control signals. |
| Subjects: |
Title 75 (Vehicles); Transportation |
| Progress: |
1stH: Referred to Committee |
| Status: |
02/24/2009 – House Transportation Committee |
| Position: |
Support |
| Priority: |
High |
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| Sponsors: |
Geist (R79); Markosek (D25); Baker, M. (R68); Barrar (R160); Beyer (R131) and others |
| Summary: |
An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, further providing for motorcycle safety education program. |
| Subjects: |
Title 75 (Vehicles); Transportation |
| Progress: |
1stH: Referred to Committee |
| Status: |
04/03/2009 – House Transportation Committee |
| Position: |
Support |
| Priority: |
High |
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| Sponsors: |
Moul (R91); Benninghoff (R171); Clymer (R145); Cohen (D202); Conklin (D77) and others |
| Summary: |
An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, further regulating antique, classic and collectible plates. |
| Subjects: |
Title 75 (Vehicles); Transportation |
| Progress: |
1stH: Referred to Committee |
| Status: |
04/03/2009 – House Transportation Committee |
| Position: |
Support |
| Priority: |
High |
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| Sponsors: |
Siptroth (D189); Scavello (R176); Belfanti (D107); Brennan (D133); Brown (D190) and others |
| Summary: |
An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, further providing for Sunday trading. |
| Subjects: |
Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses); Judiciary |
| Progress: |
1stH: Referred to Committee |
| Status: |
04/07/2009 – House Judiciary Committee |
| Position: |
Support |
| Priority: |
High |
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| Sponsors: |
Frankel (D23); Adolph (R165); Freeman (D136); Josephs (D182); Killion (R168) and others |
| Summary: |
An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, further providing for protective equipment for motorcycle riders. |
| Subjects: |
Title 75 (Vehicles); Transportation |
| Progress: |
1stH: Referred to Committee |
| Status: |
04/13/2009 – House Transportation Committee |
| Position: |
Oppose |
| Priority: |
High |
| Notes: |
Helmets for all riders! |
| Sponsors: |
Hanna (D76); Briggs (D149); Casorio (D56); Houghton (D13); Readshaw (D36) |
| Summary: |
An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in other required equipment, further providing for exhaust systems, mufflers and noise control. |
| Subjects: |
Title 75 (Vehicles); Transportation |
| Related: |
2009:HB471 |
| Progress: |
1stH: Referred to Committee |
| Status: |
11/18/2009 – House Transportation Committee |
| Position: |
Oppose |
| Priority: |
High |
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| PA STATE RESOLUTIONS 2009-2010 |
| Sponsors: |
DeWeese (D50); Caltagirone (D127); Conklin (D77); Gibbons (D10); Haluska (D73) and others |
| Summary: |
A Resolution memorializing the Consumer Product Safety Commission to provide a waiver or exclusion from the lead limit requirements of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act for youth ATVs and motorcycles. |
| Subjects: |
Consumer Affairs |
| Progress: |
1stH: Referred to Committee |
| Status: |
04/20/2009 – House Consumer Affairs Committee |
| History: |
04/20/2009 – H Referred to Consumer Affairs. |
| Position: |
Support |
| Priority: |
High |
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| Sponsors: |
Readshaw (D36); Scavello (R176); Moul (R91); Baker, M. (R68); Brennan (D133) and others |
| Summary: |
A Resolution designating the month of May 2009 as "Motorcycle Safety and Awareness Month" in Pennsylvania. |
| Progress: |
Introduced |
| Status: |
04/28/2009 – Adopted in House |
| History: |
03/18/2009 – H Introduced as Noncontroversial Resolution Under Rule 35.
04/28/2009 – H Adopted (194-0).
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| Scheduled: |
04/20/2009 – House Calendar, 1:00p, House Chamber, Main Capitol. |
| Position: |
Support |
| Priority: |
High |
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| Sponsors: |
Wozniak, Fontana, Stout, Alloway and Boscola |
| Summary: |
A Resolution memorializing the Consumer Product Safety Commission to provide a waiver or exclusion from the lead limit requirements of the Consumer Product Safety improvement Act for youth ATVs and motorcycles. |
| Subjects: |
Consumer Affairs |
| Progress: |
1st H: Referred to Committee |
| Status: |
04/20.2009 – Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee |
| Position: |
Support |
| Priority: |
High |
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| FEDERAL LEGISLATIVE SESSION 2009 - 2010 |
| Sponsors: |
3 Democrats & 4 Republicans |
| Summary: |
Supporting the goals of Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month Encourages all road users to be more aware of motorcycles and motorcyclists’ safety. Encourages all motorcycle riders receive appropriate training and practice safe riding skills. |
| Progress: |
Passed House on 5/5/09 |
| Position: |
Support |
| Priority: |
High |
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| Sponsors: |
1 Democrat & 1 Republican |
| Summary: |
Health Insurance Restricts and Limitations Clarification Act of 2009 – amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) the Public Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code to exclude a group health plan from prohibitions against limitations or restrictions on the amount, level, extend, or nature of the benefits of coverage for similarly situated individuals enrolled in the plan so long as: (1) such limitations and restrictions are explicit and clear; (2) such limitations and restrictions have been disclosed to the plan sponsor in writing in advance of the point of sale; (3) the plan sponsor provides a description of such limitations and restrictions to participants and beneficiaries in a form that is easily understandable before enrollment; and (4) the plan sponsor and the issuer of the coverage provide such description to the participants and beneficiaries upon their enrollment under the plan at the earliest opportunity that other materials are provided. |
| Progress: |
Passed House 3/31/09 |
| Priority: |
High |
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| Sponsors: |
9 Democrats & 39 Republicans |
| Summary: |
Amends the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 to exempt off-highway vehicles from children’s product lead limits. Defines "off-highway vehicle" as (1) any motorized vehicle designed to travel on two, three, or four wheels and having a seat designed to be straddled by the operator and handlebars for steering control; and (2) a snowmobile. Allows the Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC) to exempt a specific product or material from the limits if it finds that lead in the product or material will not result in the absorption of lead (under current law, of any lead) into the human body, taking into account normal and reasonable foreseeable use and abuse of the product by a child. |
| Progress: |
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| Position: |
Support |
| Priority: |
High |
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