New PA Laws Will Impact Many: Get Details Here

HARRISBURG, PA — New Pennsylvania laws will impact artificial intelligence users, veterans, National Guard members, educators, businesses, boat owners and others after Gov. Josh Shapiro signed eight bills into law on Monday.

The bills that became laws include:

Senate Bill 649: Amends forgery provisions to include forged digital likeness created via artificial intelligence. If someone now creates a digital representation of a real person without their consent and distributes it as genuine—with the intent to defraud, injure, or deceive —they are subject to felony charges.

House Bill 799: Requires certain employers to display a poster containing information on veterans’ benefits and services such as contact and website information for the Pennsylvania Department of Military & Veterans Affairs; substance abuse and mental health treatment; educational, workforce and training resources and more.

House Bill 865: Clarifies Military Family Educational Program grant eligibility for Pennsylvania National Guard members.

Senate Bill 90: Previously, a firefighter needed to take a cumulative test after four modules to become certified after completing 180 hours of training. Now, testing can occur after each module, making the certification process more flexible.

Senate Bill 95: Amends the Pennsylvania Pharmacy Act to permanently permit emergency medicalservices providers to leave a dose package of Naloxone with the on-scene caregiver of a patient who overdosed on opioids and was revived by EMS personnel.

House Bill 309: Enables physicians from countries that will compete in two international soccertournaments this year and in 2026 in Philadelphia, to treat their own players without having to obtain a Pennsylvania medical license.

House Bill 354: Establishes a teachers' program called “What is Your Pennsylvania Story?" in advance of America's 250th anniversary next year. The guidelines will encourage students to share their personal experiences and connections to both Pennsylvania and the United States.

House Bill 103: Increases the penalty for abandoning a boat from a summary offense to athird-degree misdemeanor. In addition, the legislation provides definitions for “abandoned boats,” “at-risk boats,” and “derelict boats,” which formerly did not exist and allows municipalities and local law enforcement to investigate instances of abandoned boats within their jurisdiction.