8 New Bills Signed Into Law In Pennsylvania

HARRISBURG, PA — Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf signed eight bills into law Friday, including one related to domestic violence.

The following bills were signed:

Senate Bill 275: allows previous convictions of strangulation to be considered in sentencings for subsequent cases and in child custody proceedings. A 2016 law made strangulation a criminal offense and this legislation integrates it with other offenses under state law. The law takes effect August 4, 2020.

House Bill 102: amends Title 34 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in hunting and furtaking licenses, further providing for eligibility for license.

House Bill 1036: amends Title 8 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in creation and alteration, further providing for definitions and for judicial adjustment; in elections of officers, further providing for decrease in number of members of council; and, in manufacture and supply of electricity, further providing for specific powers.

House Bill 1048: amends the Liquor Code, providing for issuance, transfer or extension of hotel, restaurant and club liquor licenses, for sale of malt or brewed beverages by liquor licensees, for wine expanded permits, for malt and brewed beverages manufacturers', distributors' and importing distributors' licenses, for malt and brewed beverages retail licenses, for retail dispensers' restrictions on purchases and sales and for renewal of licenses and temporary provisions for licensees in armed service.

House Bill 1210: amends the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949.

House Bill 1907: designates the bridge carrying State Route 1025 over U.S. Route 11/15 in East Pennsboro Township, Cumberland County, as the Senator Hal Mowery Memorial Bridge.

Senate Bill 863: amends Title 48 (Lodging and Housing) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes to define “recreational campgrounds” in order to provide campground owners with certain rights, similar to the rights of hotelkeepers.

Senate Bill 1030, which amends the act of January 24, 1966, known as the Pennsylvania Sewage Facilities Act, further providing for official plans.