SB 451 — An Act amending Title 45 (Legal Notices) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in legal advertising, providing for disclosure of taxpayer-funded advertising and public notices.
Congress · introduced 2025-03-17
Latest action: — Referred to STATE GOVERNMENT, March 17, 2025
Sponsors
- Kristin Phillips-Hill (R, PA-28) — sponsor · 2025-03-17
- Daniel Laughlin (R, PA-49) — cosponsor · 2025-03-17
- Rosemary M. Brown (R, PA-40) — cosponsor · 2025-03-17
- Tracy Pennycuick (R, PA-24) — cosponsor · 2025-03-17
Action timeline
- · senate — Referred to STATE GOVERNMENT, March 17, 2025
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Bill text
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PRINTER'S NO. 413
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. 451
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY PHILLIPS-HILL, LAUGHLIN, BROWN AND PENNYCUICK,
MARCH 17, 2025
REFERRED TO STATE GOVERNMENT, MARCH 17, 2025
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 45 (Legal Notices) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, in legal advertising, providing for
3 disclosure of taxpayer-funded advertising and public notices.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Title 45 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
7 Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
8 § 311. Disclosure of taxpayer-funded advertising and public
9 notices.
10 (a) Dollar amount.--An advertisement, legal advertisement,
11 official advertisement or legal notice required to be published
12 in a newspaper under the following must include the dollar
13 amount paid by the advertiser in the lower right-hand corner:
14 (1) The act of June 24, 1931 (P.L.1206, No.331), known
15 as The First Class Township Code.
16 (2) The act of May 1, 1933 (P.L.103, No.69), known as
17 The Second Class Township Code.
18 (3) Article II of the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30,
1 No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949.
2 (4) The act of July 28, 1953 (P.L.723, No.230), known as
3 the Second Class County Code.
4 (5) The act of July 15, 1957 (P.L.901, No.399), known as
5 the Optional Third Class City Charter Law.
6 (6) 8 Pa.C.S. (relating to boroughs and incorporated
7 towns).
8 (7) 11 Pa.C.S. (relating to cities).
9 (8) 16 Pa.C.S. (relating to counties).
10 (9) 65 Pa.C.S. Ch. 7 (relating to open meetings).
11 (b) Additional fee prohibited.--A publisher of an
12 advertisement, legal advertisement, official advertisement or
13 legal notice under subsection (a) may not charge an additional
14 fee for inclusion of the dollar amount paid in the publication.
15 Section 2. This act shall apply to an advertisement, legal
16 advertisement, official advertisement or legal notice published
17 on or after the effective date of this section.
18 Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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| date | type | to | amount | role | source |
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| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania Senate State Government Committee | — | pa-leg |
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Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kristin Phillips-Hill (R, state_upper PA-28) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Daniel Laughlin (R, state_upper PA-49) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Rosemary M. Brown (R, state_upper PA-40) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Tracy Pennycuick (R, state_upper PA-24) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
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0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
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