HB 691 — An Act amending the act of September 30, 1983 (P.L.160, No.39), known as the Public Official Compensation Law, further providing for members of the General Assembly.

PRINTER'S NO.   707

                     THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                         HOUSE BILL
                         No. 691
                                                Session of
                                                  2025

     INTRODUCED BY BOROWICZ, HAMM, BONNER, ROAE, SCHMITT, GAYDOS,
        KRUPA AND FLICK, FEBRUARY 21, 2025

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, FEBRUARY 21, 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," further providing for members of the General Assembly.
12      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
13   hereby enacts as follows:
14      Section 1.     Section 4(d)(1) and (d.1)(1) of the act of
15   September 30, 1983 (P.L.160, No.39), known as the Public
16   Official Compensation Law, are amended to read:
17   Section 4.     Members of the General Assembly.
18      * * *
19      (d)   Subsequent annual cost-of-living adjustment for
20   members.--
21            (1)   Except as provided under paragraph (2), for the 12-
22      month period beginning December 1, 1997, through November 30,
 1      1998, and for each like 12-month period thereafter until
 2      November 30, 2024, the salary of the members of the General
 3      Assembly shall be increased by an annual cost-of-living
 4      adjustment calculated by applying the percentage change in
 5      the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for
 6      the Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland area, for
 7      the most recent 12-month period for which figures have been
 8      officially reported by the United States Department of Labor,
 9      Bureau of Labor Statistics immediately prior to the date the
10      adjustment is due to take effect, to the then current salary
11      amounts. The percentage increase and the new salary amounts
12      shall be determined jointly by the Chief Clerk of the Senate
13      and the Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives prior to
14      the annual effective date of the adjustment and shall be
15      published by them in the Pennsylvania Bulletin within ten
16      days of the date such determination is made.
17          * * *
18      (d.1)   Subsequent annual cost-of-living adjustment for
19   officers and leaders.--
20          (1)   Except as provided under paragraph (2), for the 12-
21      month period beginning December 1, 1997, through November 30,
22      1998, and for each like 12-month period thereafter until
23      November 30, 2024, the additional compensation of the
24      officers and leaders of the General Assembly shall be
25      increased by an annual cost-of-living adjustment calculated
26      by applying the percentage change in the Consumer Price Index
27      for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for the Pennsylvania, New
28      Jersey, Delaware and Maryland area, for the most recent 12-
29      month period for which figures have been officially reported
30      by the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor

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 1    Statistics immediately prior to the date the adjustment is
 2    due to take effect, to the then current compensation. The
 3    percentage increase and the new compensation amounts shall be
 4    determined jointly by the Chief Clerk of the Senate and the
 5    Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives prior to the
 6    annual effective date of the adjustment and shall be
 7    published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin within 20 days
 8    immediately prior to each cost-of-living increase taking
 9    effect.
10        * * *
11    Section 2.    This act shall take effect in 60 days.




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