SB 557 — An Act amending Title 1 (General Provisions) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in rules of construction, further providing for legislative intent controls.
Congress · introduced 2025-04-09
Latest action: — Referred to STATE GOVERNMENT, April 9, 2025
Sponsors
- Cris Dush (R, PA-25) — sponsor · 2025-04-09
- Jarrett Coleman (R, PA-16) — cosponsor · 2025-04-09
- Kristin Phillips-Hill (R, PA-28) — cosponsor · 2025-04-09
Action timeline
- · senate — Referred to STATE GOVERNMENT, April 9, 2025
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Bill text
Printer's No. 0584 · 2,044 characters · source document
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PRINTER'S NO. 584
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. 557
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY DUSH, COLEMAN AND PHILLIPS-HILL, APRIL 9, 2025
REFERRED TO STATE GOVERNMENT, APRIL 9, 2025
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 1 (General Provisions) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, in rules of construction, further
3 providing for legislative intent controls.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 1921 of Title 1 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a subsection to read:
8 § 1921. Legislative intent controls.
9 * * *
10 (d) Deference.--
11 (1) If words of a statute are not explicit, the
12 following shall apply:
13 (i) The ambiguity of the statute may not be
14 interpreted as an implicit delegation to a Commonwealth
15 department, agency, board or commission of legislative
16 rulemaking authority.
17 (ii) The ambiguity of the statute may not be used as
18 justification for any of the following:
19 (A) Interpreting the authority of a Commonwealth
1 department, agency, board or commission expansively.
2 (B) Deferring to the interpretation of a
3 Commonwealth department, agency, board or commission
4 on the question of law.
5 (2) This subsection shall apply to the judicial review
6 of an action by a Commonwealth department, agency, board or
7 commission under the laws of this Commonwealth.
8 Section 2. 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 | Cris Dush (R, state_upper PA-25) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Jarrett Coleman (R, state_upper PA-16) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Kristin Phillips-Hill (R, state_upper PA-28) | 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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- 2026-05-20 · was referred to Pennsylvania Senate State Government Committee · pa-leg