SB 145 — 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.    92

                     THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                         SENATE BILL
                         No. 145
                                                Session of
                                                  2025

     INTRODUCED BY BAKER, PENNYCUICK, PHILLIPS-HILL, FONTANA AND
        STEFANO, JANUARY 22, 2025

     REFERRED TO STATE GOVERNMENT, JANUARY 22, 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) and (d.1) of the act of September
15   30, 1983 (P.L.160, No.39), known as the Public Official
16   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] paragraphs (2)
22      and (3), for the 12-month period beginning December 1, 1997,
 1    through November 30, 1998, and for each like 12-month period
 2    thereafter, the salary of the members of the General Assembly
 3    shall be increased by an annual cost-of-living adjustment
 4    calculated by applying the percentage change in the Consumer
 5    Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for the
 6    Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland area, for the
 7    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        (2)   The salary of the members of the General Assembly
18    may not be increased by an annual cost-of-living adjustment
19    under paragraph (1) for the period beginning December 1,
20    2020, through November 30, 2021. Notice of the provisions of
21    this subsection shall be transmitted to the Legislative
22    Reference Bureau for publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin
23    prior to December 1, 2020.
24        (3)   A member of the General Assembly may elect to reject
25    receipt of the annual cost-of-living adjustment under this
26    subsection if the member notifies in writing the Chief Clerk
27    of the Senate or the Chief Clerk of the House of
28    Representatives, as applicable, no later than ten days prior
29    to the annual effective date of the adjustment. An election
30    by a member of the General Assembly to reject receipt of the

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 1      adjustment shall be irrevocable during the member's term of
 2      office.
 3      (d.1)   Subsequent annual cost-of-living adjustment for
 4   officers and leaders.--
 5          (1)   Except as provided under [paragraph] paragraphs (2)
 6      and (3), for the 12-month period beginning December 1, 1997,
 7      through November 30, 1998, and for each like 12-month period
 8      thereafter, the additional compensation of the officers and
 9      leaders of the General Assembly shall be increased by an
10      annual cost-of-living adjustment calculated by applying the
11      percentage change in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban
12      Consumers (CPI-U) for the Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware
13      and Maryland area, for the most recent 12-month period for
14      which figures have been officially reported by the United
15      States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics
16      immediately prior to the date the adjustment is due to take
17      effect, to the then current compensation. The percentage
18      increase and the new compensation amounts shall be determined
19      jointly by the Chief Clerk of the Senate and the Chief Clerk
20      of the House of Representatives prior to the annual effective
21      date of the adjustment and shall be published in the
22      Pennsylvania Bulletin within 20 days immediately prior to
23      each cost-of-living increase taking effect.
24          (2)   The additional compensation of the officers and
25      leaders of the General Assembly may not be increased by an
26      annual cost-of-living adjustment under paragraph (1) for the
27      period beginning December 1, 2020, through November 30, 2021.
28      Notice of the provisions of this subsection shall be
29      transmitted to the Legislative Reference Bureau for
30      publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin prior to December 1,

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 1    2020.
 2        (3)   An officer or leader of the General Assembly may
 3    elect to reject receipt of the annual cost-of-living
 4    adjustment under this subsection if the officer or leader
 5    notifies in writing the Chief Clerk of the Senate or the
 6    Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives, as applicable,
 7    no later than ten days prior to the annual effective date of
 8    the adjustment. An election by an officer or leader of the
 9    General Assembly to reject receipt of the adjustment shall be
10    irrevocable during the officer's or leader's term of office
11    as a member of the General Assembly.
12    Section 2.    This act shall take effect in 60 days.




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