Earlier this month Governor Josh Shapiro signed 30 bills into law, marking 102 total new laws he’s signed off on in this year.

Recent new laws include:

Helping property owners deal with squatters (Senate Bill 1236): “An Act amending the act of April 6, 1951 (P.L.69, No.20), known as The Landlord and Tenant Act of 1951, in preliminary provisions, further providing for definitions; in recovery of possession, further providing for notice to quit; in repeals, providing for applicability; and making an editorial change.”

Expansion of ready-to-drink cocktail sales (Senate Bill 688): “An Act amending the act of April 12, 1951 (P.L.90, No.21), known as the Liquor Code, in preliminary provisions, further providing for definitions; in Pennsylvania Liquor Stores, further providing for sales by Pennsylvania Liquor Stores; in licenses and regulations relating to liquor, alcohol and malt and brewed beverages, further providing for liquor importers’ licenses, fees, privileges and restrictions, providing for ready-to-drink cocktail permit and for authority to acquire ready-to-drink cocktail permits and further providing for distributors’ and importing distributors’ restrictions on sales, storage, etc, for unlawful acts relative to malt or brewed beverages and licensees, for unlawful acts relative to liquor, malt and brewed beverages and licensees; and, in distilleries, wineries, bonded warehouses, bailees for hire and transporters for hire, further providing for limited distilleries and distilleries.”

School District Residency Disputes (House Bill 663): “An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, in pupils and attendance, further providing for residence and right to free school privileges.”

Automatic return of unclaimed property (Senate Bill 24): “An Act amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), known as The Fiscal Code, in disposition of abandoned and unclaimed property, further providing for claim for property paid or delivered.”

Solar for Schools (House Bill 1032): “An Act establishing the Solar for Schools Grant Program; and providing for powers and duties of the Department of Community and Economic Development.”

The new laws can be found here.

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