HB 1053 — An Act amending the act of September 30, 1983 (P.L.160, No.39), known as the Public Official Compensation Law, providing for limitations on certain additional expenses of the General Assembly.

PRINTER'S NO.   1142

                     THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                         HOUSE BILL
                         No. 1053
                                               Session of
                                                 2025

     INTRODUCED BY B. MILLER, HANBIDGE, KAUFFMAN, SOLOMON, M. JONES,
        LAWRENCE, BOROWICZ, BARGER, ZIMMERMAN, ANDERSON AND FINK,
        MARCH 25, 2025

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, MARCH 25, 2025


                                     AN ACT
 1   Amending the act of September 30, 1983 (P.L.160, No.39),
 2      entitled "An act establishing salaries and compensation of
 3      certain public officials including justices and judges of
 4      Statewide courts, judges of courts of common pleas, judges of
 5      the Philadelphia Municipal Court, judges of the Philadelphia
 6      Traffic Court, district justices and the Governor, the
 7      Lieutenant Governor, the State Treasurer, the Auditor
 8      General, the Attorney General and certain other State
 9      officers and the salary and certain expenses of the members
10      of the General Assembly; and repealing certain inconsistent
11      acts," providing for limitations on certain additional
12      expenses of the General Assembly.
13      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
14   hereby enacts as follows:
15      Section 1.    The act of September 30, 1983 (P.L.160, No.39),
16   known as the Public Official Compensation Law, is amended by
17   adding a section to read:
18   Section 5.4.    Limitations on certain additional expenses of the
19               General Assembly.
20      (a)   Prohibition on per diem payments.--Any payment made to a
21   member of the General Assembly that is a per diem payment, or
22   would be considered a per diem payment under 26 U.S.C. (relating
 1   to Internal Revenue Code), for days of service shall be
 2   prohibited. Only actual expenses shall be reimbursable to an
 3   individual member upon the receipt of documentation of the
 4   expense.
 5      (b)     Limitations.--This section shall only apply to payments
 6   made for individual days of service. This section shall not
 7   impact any other form of compensation, including salary,
 8   benefits or reimbursed expenses.
 9      Section 2.    All rules and regulations are abrogated insofar
10   as they are inconsistent with the addition of section 5.4 of the
11   act.
12      Section 3.    This act shall take effect in 60 days.




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