HB 243 – Corporate welfare tax; imposes on large employers a tax equal to 100% of qualified employee benefit.
Status:
Continued
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Corporate welfare tax. Imposes on large employers, as defined in the bill, a corporate welfare tax equal to 100 percent of the qualified employee benefits received by any employees of such large employer residing in the Commonwealth. The bill directs the Department of Taxation to obtain identifying data for individuals receiving qualified federal benefits, as defined by the bill, from the Department of Social Services pursuant to an interagency agreement and to compare such data to employment rosters received quarterly from large employers to determine the amount of qualified federal benefits received by employees of such large employers. The bill also prohibits an employer, in connection with the selection or referral of applicants or candidates for employment, to make inquiries or otherwise seek information relating to whether such applicant receives qualified federal benefits.
HB 314 – Uniform Statewide Building Code; homeowners who live off grid.
Status:
Continued
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Board of Housing and Community Development; Uniform Statewide Building Code; homeowners who live off grid. Directs the Board of Housing and Community Development to amend the Uniform Statewide Building Code to exempt any homeowner who lives off the electrical grid from complying with provisions of the Building Code regarding electrical systems, so long as his home is otherwise habitable pursuant to Building Code regulations.
HB 1447 – Corporations and other entities; authority to engage in election activity or ballot-issue activity.
Status:
Failed
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Corporations and other entities; authority to engage in election activity or ballot-issue activity. Provides that corporations, limited liability companies, business trusts, limited partnerships, registered limited liability partnerships, and unincorporated associations do not have the authority to engage in election activity or ballot-issue activity, as those terms are defined in the bill.
HB 1509 – Uniform Statewide Building Code; regulations superseded, exceptions, interpretations, report.
Status:
Continued
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Uniform Statewide Building Code; regulations superseded; exceptions; interpretations; report. Removes existing exceptions to the Uniform Statewide Building Code and establishes a process by which counties, municipalities, and other political subdivisions may petition the State Building Code Technical Review Board (the Review Board) to grant single project exceptions. The bill requires the Review Board, in granting approval for an exception, to identify other counties, municipalities, and political subdivisions of the Commonwealth in which the conditions are substantially similar and to which such exception shall therefore apply. The bill additionally requires the Review Board to report to the General Assembly annually no later than November 1 regarding the number of petitions received, the disposition of such petitions, technical findings supporting approvals and denials, and the cost and safety impacts of any approved exception. The bill requires any interpretation issued by the Review Board to apply statewide. Finally, the bill directs the Board of Housing and Community Development, in consultation with the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation, to establish a training program for local plan reviewers and inspectors to ensure enforcement of the Uniform Statewide Building Code is uniform across the Commonwealth.
SB 50 – Lobbying; expands definition to include influencing/attempting to influence local government action.
Status:
Failed
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Lobbying; registration; local governments; penalty. Expands the definition of “lobbying” to include influencing or attempting to influence local government action, defined in the bill, or solicitation of others to influence a local government official, also defined in the bill. Current law limits such influencing to executive or legislative action and soliciting to executive or legislative officials. The bill requires the Secretary of the Commonwealth to prepare a list of the positions and names of local government officials to be revised at least semi-annually and made available to lobbyists to assist them in complying with the provisions of the bill. The bill has a delayed effective date of May 1, 2027.
Counts: HB: 4 HJ: 0 SB: 1 SJ: 0