Senator Pat Vance - Pennsylvania's 31st District

Bill Number	Description	Brief Legislative History
SB 388	Amends The Dental Law to require dentists to carry malpractice Insurance.	Referred to Banking and Insurance - 2/07/11 Reported as amended - 6/7/11 First Consideration - 6/7/11 Second Consideration - 6/14/11 Amended on Third Consideration - 6/20/11 Final Passage - Senate (50-0) - 6/21/11 Referred to House Insurance - 6/22/11
SB 449	Mandated Reporter Training	Referred to Aging and Youth - 2/07/11 Reported as committed - 3/2/11 First Consideration - 3/2/11 Re-referred to Appropriations - 4/6/11 Re-reported as committed - 9/19/11 Second Consideration - 9/28/11 Final Passage - Senate (50-0) - 10/17/11 Referred to House Children and Youth - 10/19/11
SB 473	Amends Title 30 (Fish) to reduce the number of days a member of the Pennsylvania National Guard must serve oversees before qualifying for a reduced price fishing license.	Referred to Game and Fisheries - 2/10/11 Reported as committed - 5/3/11 First Consideration - 5/3/11 Re-referred to Appropriations - 5/24/11 Re-reported as committed - 10/31/11 Second Consideration - 11/1/11 Final Passage - Senate (49-0) - 11/14/11 Referred to House Game and Fisheries Committee - 11/16/11
SB 483	Constitutional amendment further providing for absentee voting.	Referred to State Government - 2/11/11
SB 503	Amends the Taxpayer Relief Act to exclude veterans’ disability payments from income for the Property Tax/Rent Rebate Program. Excludes from PT/RR income 50% of a "social security substitute pension".	Referred to Finance - 2/11/11
SB 553	Creates an act exempting prescription generic drugs from the minimum pricing requirements of the Unfair Sales Act.	Referred to Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure - 2/17/11
SB 565	Amends the Mcare Act by providing for benevolent gestures.	Referred to Judiciary - 2/17/11
SB 568	Amends the Combustible and Flammable Liquids Act to provide for signage requirements at retail service stations.	Referred to Labor and Industry - 2/18/11
SB 629	Amends the Public School Code to expand reimbursement for school nurses.	Referred to Education on - 2/23/11
SB 636	Creates the Long Term Care Consumer Protection Act.	Referred to Public Health and Welfare - 2/24/11
SB 655	Amends the Older Adult Protective Services Act to require employee background checks and provides for bans on employment.	Referred to Aging and Youth - 2/25/11
SB 656	Creates the Hospital Employee Background Check Act.	Referred to Public Health and Welfare - 2/25/11
SB 675	Amends the Public School Code to require that school nurses be certified in CPR.	Referred to Education - 2/25/11
SB 732	Creates an act regulating certain facilities which perform abortions; imposing powers and duties on the Department of Health and the Legislative Reference Bureau; and imposing penalties.	Referred to Public Health and Welfare - 3/2/11 Reported as amended - 5/4/11 First Consideration - 5/4/11 Re-referred to Appropriations - 5/4/11 Re-reported as amended - 5/9/11 Second consideration - 5/11/11 Amended on third consideration - 6/8/11 Amended on third consideration- 6/13/11 Final passage - Senate - (38-12) - 6/14/11 Referred to House Health - 6/15/11 Reported as amended - 6/27/11 First Consideration - 6/27/11 Laid on the table - 6/27/11 Removed from the table - 6/28/11 Laid on the table - 10/31/11 Removed from the table - 10/31/11 Second consideration, with amendments - 12/12/11 Re-referred to Appropriations - 12/12/11 Re-reported as committed - 12/13/11 Third consideration and final passage - House - (151-44) - 12/13/11 Referred to Senate Rules and Executive Nominations - 12/14/11 Re-reported on concurrence, as committed - 12/14/11 Senate concurred in House amendments (32-18) - 12/14/11 Approved by the Governor (Act 122) - 12/22/11
SB 734	Amends the Insurance Payment to Registered Nurse Law to include Registered Nurse First Assistants (RNFAs).	Referred to Banking and Insurance - 3/4/11
SB 751	Amends Title 42 to include a newborn who receives a diagnosis of fetal alcohol syndrome or tests positive for an illegal controlled substance in the definition of dependent child.	Referred to Judiciary - 3/7/11
SB 753	Amends Title 23 to include babies which test positive for illegal controlled substances at birth in the definition of child abuse.	Referred to Aging and Youth - 3/7/11
SB 1036	Amends the Act of June 1, 1956, referred to as the Liquid Fuels Tax Municipal Allocation Law, further providing for allocated money.	Referred to Finance - 6/8/11 Reported as committed - 11/16/11 First Consideration - 11/16/11
SB 1099	Amends The Minimum Wage Act of 1968, to allow hospital and health system employees to continue, by agreement or understanding, the flexible scheduling of an "8-80" period.	Referred to Labor and Industry - 6/3/11 Reported as amended - 10/18/11 First Consideration - 10/18/11 Second Consideration - 11/15/11 Laid on the table - 12/5/11
SR 151	Urges the U.S. Congress to reconsider establishment of the "National Museum of the U.S. Army" in Fort Belvoir, Virginia, and continue development of the Army Heritage and Education Center in Carlisle.	Referred to Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness - 6/21/11 Reported as committed - 6/22/11 Adopted - 6/23/11 Transmitted as directed - 6/27/11
SB 1192	Amending Title 62 further providing for local government unit roofing projects.	Referred to State Government - 8/2/11
SB 1243	Amends the Agricultural Security Law, further providing for purchase of agricultural conservation easements.	Referred to Agricultural and Rural Affairs - 9/13/11
SB 1351	Amends the Vital Statistics Law of 1953 to allow Certified Registered Nurse Practitioners to sign death certificates.	Referred to Public Health and Welfare - 12/19/11

Session of 2011-2012: Status of Legislation Introduced by Senator Vance