LibertyIndex 2010 General Acts 1 through 36 Grading

and Veto #1(SB 81)

Act 1 Jan 7 SB 711

Tier 2 Against Liberty A “yea” vote subtracts 25 points from

grade and “nay” adds 25 points to the grade

Amusements (4 Pa.C.S.) - Omnibus Amendments

An Act amending Title 4 (Amusements) of the

Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, making extensive
revisions to provisions on gaming, etc.

This amendment adds Table Games and perpetuates a very

flawed scheme of mismanagement, a few benefitting at expense
of many. The flaws are well documented elsewhere and
expanding this regime is Against Liberty. With increasing scope of
business, concessions could have been demanded. This is a bill
favoring a specific few in a specific business.

Act 2 Feb 1 HB 458 Tier 0 No Impact on Liberty

Queen Aliquippa Bridge - designation

Act 3 Feb 1 HB 1801 Tier 0 No Impact on Liberty

Milton L. Lebowitz Memorial Bridge - designation

Act 4 Feb 1 HB 1847 Tier O No Impact on Liberty

Coal Refuse Disposal Control Act - establishment of Coal

Bed Methane Review Board and declaration of policy
This amendment to existing law clarifies or is a reasonable
extension of the original purpose of the Act.

Act 5 Feb 17 HB 692 Tier 0 No Impact on Liberty

POW/MIA Memorial Bridge, Lt. Colonel Richard J. Berrettini

Memorial Bridge, Potter County World War II Veterans
Memorial Bridge and Veterans Memorial Gay Street Bridge
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Act 6 Feb 1 SB 380 Tier 0 No Impact on Liberty

Christopher E. Loudon Memorial Bridge

Act 7 Feb 17 HB 1551 Tier 1 For Liberty

Crane Operator Licensure Act - licensing without

certification

This act reduces regulatory burden allowing more people more

access to well-paying job of Crane Operator. Licensing is a barrier
to entry of new people into a profession or a business reducing
opportunities to work and provide a service to others for which a
person is paid. So lowering barriers to entry for new worker is
moving in right direction. More Licensing means more barriers
means less employment, less affordability, less competition, less
consumer/customer choice.

Act 8 Feb 17 SB 125 Tier 0 No impact on Liberty

Controlled Substance, Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act - offenses

of methamphetamine production, operating a methamphetamine
laboratory, illegal dumping of methamphetamine waste and
environmental costs and prohibited acts and penalties. This
amendment to existing law clarifies or is a reasonable extension
of the original purpose of the Act.

Act 9 Mar 16 HB 1533 Tier 1 For Liberty

Military and Veterans Code (51 Pa.C.S.) - Military family

relief assistance

This amendment allows medical payments to dependents of

members discharged for medical conditions while serving in
National Guard. I am surprised that this was not already in place.

This extends medical benefits, adding additional unfunded

entitlement. A Pay Go approach would be to offset other
spending. This also increases government intervention in health
care using a natural support for military to leverage additional
entitlement burden on The Forgotten Taxpayer.

Generally, this would be scored as Tier 1 Against Liberty because

it extends and Entitlement but this seems like a reasonable
extension of existing law and military, particularly in time of war,
are entitled to compensation for extraordinary risks and for their
service.

Act 10 Mar 16 HB 1783 Tier 0 No Impact on

Liberty

Pfc. Justin W. Dreese Memorial Highway

Act 11 Mar 16 SB 605 Tier 0 No Impact on Liberty

Crimes Code (18 Pa.C.S.) -Financial institution robbery

This amendment to existing law clarifies or is a reasonable

extension of the original purpose of the Act.

Act 12 Mar 22 HB 416 Tier 1 For Liberty

Crimes Code (18 Pa.C.S.) - Impersonating the holder of a

professional or occupational license

This amendment to existing law gives citizens protection against

Fraud and is a clarification or reasonable extension of existing
law.

Act 13 Mar 22 SB 206 Tier 1 For Liberty

Prohibiting limitations of wearing official military uniforms on

school property

This Act provides clarifies citizens Free Expression in wearing

uniform on school property. It is not clear why wearing the
military uniform of Armed Forces of US or Pennsylvania anywhere
should be considered illegal.

Act 14 Mar 22 SB 237 Tier 1 For Liberty

Insurance Company Law of 1921 - omnibus amendments

This Act limits applicability of Right-to-Know Law to certain

insurance company filings. Hard to say if this is legitimate. It does
add reporting requirements for Annuities.

This Act provides for additional transparency in transactions and

gives citizen consumer protection against Fraud

Act 15 Mar 22 SB 297 Tier 1 For Liberty

Oil and Gas Act - well reporting requirements

This Act increases transparency and consumer protection against

Fraud

Act 16 Mar 29 HB 421 Tier 0 No Impact on Liberty

Duboistown Bridge

Act 17 Mar 29 HB 526 Tier 1 For Liberty

Model Act for the Regulation of Credit Life Insurance and

Credit Accident and Health Insurance - premiums and
refunds

Consumer Protection protecting citizens against fraud is basic

governmental function

Act 18 Apr 29 HB 485 Tier 0 No impact on Liberty

Crimes Code (18 Pa.C.S.) - Operation of methamphetamine

laboratory and dumping of methamphetamine waste

Crimes Code An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of

the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for the offense
of illegal dumping of methamphetamine waste; imposing a
penalty; and providing for the offense of operation of
methamphetamine laboratory.

This Act adds some chemicals to manufacture methamphetamine

This amendment to existing law clarifies or is a reasonable
extension of the original purpose of the Act.

Act 19 Apr 29 HB 602 Tier 1 For Liberty

Dental Law - scope of practice of expanded function of

dental assistant and further providing for the State Board
of Dentistry

This Act allows expanded functions to lower barriers for

paraprofessionals, increasing employment and making services
affordable for more people. Reducing licensing requirements
allows more people to provide more services and introduces
competition and choice into market. This is similar to geologist in
training category established by Act Engineer, Land Surveyor
licensing act.

Act 20 Apr 29 HB 1030 Tier 0 No impact on Liberty

Conveyance - Commonwealth property in Oil City, Venango

County

I am relying on bureaucracy to insure that the price is fair,

reasonable and market value, competitively bid, and not some
inside deal favoring a special person, connected to the elected.

This Amendment provides for sale of government land with

competitive bidding in accordance with existing law.

Act 21 Apr 29 SB 126 Tier 0 No impact on Liberty

Controlled Substance, Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act -

omnibus amendments

An Act amending the act of April 14, 1972 (P.L.233, No.64), known
as The Controlled Substance, Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act,
further providing for prohibited acts and penalties, for liquefied
ammonia gas, precursors and chemicals, for methamphetamine
production, for operating a methamphetamine laboratory and
illegal dumping of methamphetamine waste and for
environmental costs.
This amendment to existing law clarifies or is a reasonable
extension of the original purpose of the Act.

Act 22 Apr 29 SB 888 Tier 0 No Impact on Liberty

Chief Warrant Officer Michael J. Novosel Memorial Bridges

Act 23 May 12 HB 464 Tier 1 For Liberty

Prohibiting use of certain ticket purchasing software and

penalty

An Act amending the act of May 2, 1947 (P.L.143, No.62), entitled

"An act regulating the sale and resale for profit and the carrying
on of the business of selling or reselling tickets or other devices
for admission to places of amusement; providing for the licensing
of persons reselling such tickets for profit; providing for the
suspension and revocation of such licenses; imposing duties on
licensees and owners or operators of places of amusement;
imposing powers and duties on the Department of Revenue,
county treasurers, district attorneys, and the receiver of taxes,
and city solicitors in cities of the first class; making disposition of
moneys collected and providing penalties," further providing
for definitions; prohibiting use of certain ticket purchasing
software; and prescribing a penalty.
Protection of private property is fundamental purpose of limited
government.

A “yes” vote adds 1 point 1 from grade and a “no” vote

subtracts 1 point to grade. The Governor will have 1 point
added to his grade

Act 24 May 12 HB 961 Tier 0 No impact on

Liberty
 Municipal Waste Planning, Recycling and Waste Reduction
Act - Recycling fee for municipal waste landfills and
resource recovery facilities

This bill reauthorizes the $2 per ton fee on municipal trash

disposal to pay for recycling and grants to local governments.
Without the grants, municipalities would have to raise local taxes
substantially to comply with mandatory recycling. The State
should fund its mandates to municipalities. There is an argument
that if we didn't recycle, the glass, aluminum, newspapers, office
paper, etc. would go into our landfills, which would fill up quicker
resulting in multi-million dollar landfill expansion costs. I don’t
know if this is true but it seems reasonable. Analyzing the impact
on liberty is not a simple matter.

Act 25 May 12 HB 975 Tier 1 For Liberty

Engineer, Land Surveyor and Geologist Registration Law -

General powers of registration board, procedure for licensing as a
professional geologist, continuing professional competency and
education requirements, practice by firms and corporations

This Act adds category “geologist in training” reducing regulatory

barrier to business or profession of geologist. Although it adds
additional testing requirements and CLE requirements, more
regulation and more regulatory cost added to cost of providing
professional services reducing competition and choice for
individual and small business consumer, it also adds allows more
people to engage in providing services of a geologist.

A “yes” vote adds 1 point 1 from grade and a “no” vote

subtracts 1 point to grade. The Governor will have 1 point
added to his grade
ACT 26 May 12 HB 2003

PFC Joseph J. Lannon, Jr., USMC Memorial Bridge

Act 27 May 12 SB 916 Tier 0 No impact on

Liberty

Second Class County Code - required financial reporting

An Act amending the act of July 28, 1953 (P.L.723, No.230),

known as the Second Class County Code, further providing for
required financial reporting; and making editorial changes.

This Act seems to be only a language change.

Act 28 May 12 SB 960 Tier 0 No impact on Liberty

Military and Veterans Affairs (51 Pa.C.S.) - composition of the

State Veterans' Commission

This Act adds the Military Officers Association of America to the

State Veteran’s Commission Board

Act 29 Jun 1 HB 1041 Tier 1 For Liberty

Pharmacy Act - refusal to grant revocation and

suspension, drug therapy protocols, collaborative drug
therapy management and for construction of act

An Act amending the act of September 27, 1961 (P.L.1700,

No.699), known as the Pharmacy Act, further providing for
definitions, for refusal to grant revocation and suspension and for
drug therapy protocols; and providing for collaborative drug
therapy management and for construction of act.

This Act allows Pharmacies to manage drug therapies reducing

cost and making service more affordable and available to more
people, particularly, the most vulnerable. Lower costs raise
standard of living.

Act 30 June 3 SB 383 Tier 0 No Impact on Liberty

Judicial Code (42 Pa.C.S.) - organization and jurisdiction of

courts of common pleas and authorizing establishment of
problem-solving courts

An Act amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the

Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in organization and
jurisdiction of courts of common pleas, authorizing the
establishment of problem solving courts.

This amendment to existing law clarifies or is a reasonable

extension of the original purpose of the Act.

Act 31 June 3 SB 828 Tier 1 For Liberty

Public Eating and Drinking Place Law - providing for definitions

and applicability

An Act amending the act of May 23, 1945 (P.L.926, No.369),

referred to as the Public Eating and Drinking Place Law, further
providing for definitions; and providing for applicability. Prime
Sponsor: Senator VOGEL This is known as "Pie Bill," which
exempts home-baked goods for nonprofit organizations from
Department of Agriculture enforcement. This bill reduces
 regulations for events where home baked goods are
contributed to a charity event. Reducing regulations increases
freedom.

A “yes” vote adds 1 point 1 from grade and a “no” vote

subtracts 1 point to grade. The Governor will have 1 point
added to his grade

ACT 32 Jun 16 HB 1641 Tier 1 Against Liberty

Circulating Nurse Act –

The General Assembly micromanages operation of hospital and

delivery of health care interfering with Free Market

ACT 33 Jun 16 HB 1720 Tier 1 For Liberty

Crimes Code (18 Pa.C.S.) - Offense of organized retail

theft

This act explicates existing law and protects citizens against

fraud, a fundamental function of government.

34 Jun 16 SB 987 Tier 0 No Impact on Liberty

Conveyance - Commonwealth property in Cecil Township,

Washington County ) This is sale or transfer of land from
Commonwealth. I am relying on bureaucracy to insure that the
price is fair, reasonable and market value, competitively bid, and
not some inside deal favoring a special person, connected to the
elected.

35 Jun 25 HB 48 Tier I for Liberty

Liquor Code - omnibus amendments

This bill avoids the fundamental reform of selling this government

monopoly control of the sale of liquor. There is not demonstrable
evidence showing this reduces alcoholism or abusive use of liquor

36 Jun 25 SB 1246 Tier 0 No Impact on Liberty

Conveyance - Commonwealth property in Horsham Township,

Montgomery County. This relates to the sale or transfer of land
from Commonwealth. I am relying on bureaucracy to insure that
the price is fair, reasonable and market value, competitively bid,
and not some inside deal favoring a special person, connected to
the elected.