HB 2317 — An Act amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929, in Commonwealth agency fees, further providing for Department of Labor and Industry to collect fees.

PRINTER'S NO.   3091

                     THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                         HOUSE BILL
                         No. 2317
                                               Session of
                                                 2026

     INTRODUCED BY D'ORSIE, ROAE, HAMM, M. JONES, BERNSTINE,
        ZIMMERMAN, ANDERSON AND WALSH, MARCH 25, 2026

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND INDUSTRY, MARCH 26, 2026


                                    AN ACT
 1   Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), entitled
 2      "An act providing for and reorganizing the conduct of the
 3      executive and administrative work of the Commonwealth by the
 4      Executive Department thereof and the administrative
 5      departments, boards, commissions, and officers thereof,
 6      including the boards of trustees of State Normal Schools, or
 7      Teachers Colleges; abolishing, creating, reorganizing or
 8      authorizing the reorganization of certain administrative
 9      departments, boards, and commissions; defining the powers and
10      duties of the Governor and other executive and administrative
11      officers, and of the several administrative departments,
12      boards, commissions, and officers; fixing the salaries of the
13      Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and certain other executive
14      and administrative officers; providing for the appointment of
15      certain administrative officers, and of all deputies and
16      other assistants and employes in certain departments, boards,
17      and commissions; providing for judicial administration; and
18      prescribing the manner in which the number and compensation
19      of the deputies and all other assistants and employes of
20      certain departments, boards and commissions shall be
21      determined," in Commonwealth agency fees, further providing
22      for Department of Labor and Industry to collect fees.
23      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
24   hereby enacts as follows:
25      Section 1.    Section 613-A(c) of the act of April 9, 1929
26   (P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929, is
27   amended to read:
28      Section 613-A.    Department of Labor and Industry to Collect
 1   Fees.--* * *
 2      (c)   The following apply:
 3      (1)   Beginning one year after the effective date of this
 4   section, and annually thereafter, all fees listed in this
 5   section shall increase at the rate of inflation as outlined in
 6   the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers in the
 7   Northeast Region for the most recent 12-month period for which
 8   the figures have been reported by the United States Department
 9   of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. If the rate of inflation
10   does not increase, all fees shall remain the same as they were
11   for the previous year. The department shall publish fee
12   increases in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.
13      (2)   Paragraph (1) shall expire upon the effective date of
14   this paragraph. The fees specified in the Bureau of Occupational
15   and Industrial Safety Fee Schedule Update of the department,
16   published at 55 Pa.B. 7826 (November 8, 2025), shall remain in
17   effect after the expiration of paragraph (1).
18      * * *
19      Section 2.   This act shall take effect immediately.




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