SB 486 — An Act amending Title 62 (Procurement) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in source selection and contract formation, further providing for debarment or suspension.
Congress · introduced 2025-04-02
Latest action: — Referred to STATE GOVERNMENT, April 2, 2025
Sponsors
- Vincent J. Hughes (D, PA-7) — sponsor · 2025-04-02
- John I. Kane (D, PA-9) — cosponsor · 2025-04-02
- Christine M. Tartaglione (D, PA-2) — cosponsor · 2025-04-02
- Lindsey MARIE Williams (D, PA-38) — cosponsor · 2025-04-02
- Judith L. Schwank (D, PA-11) — cosponsor · 2025-04-02
- Nikil Saval (D, PA-1) — cosponsor · 2025-04-02
- Timothy P. Kearney (D, PA-26) — cosponsor · 2025-04-02
- Art L Haywood (D, PA-4) — cosponsor · 2025-04-02
- Steven J. Santarsiero (D, PA-10) — cosponsor · 2025-04-02
Action timeline
- · senate — Referred to STATE GOVERNMENT, April 2, 2025
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Bill text
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PRINTER'S NO. 512
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. 486
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY HUGHES, KANE, TARTAGLIONE, L. WILLIAMS, SCHWANK,
SAVAL, KEARNEY, HAYWOOD AND SANTARSIERO, APRIL 2, 2025
REFERRED TO STATE GOVERNMENT, APRIL 2, 2025
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 62 (Procurement) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, in source selection and contract formation, further
3 providing for debarment or suspension.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 531(b)(7) of Title 62 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended and the subsection is amended
8 by adding paragraphs to read:
9 § 531. Debarment or suspension.
10 * * *
11 (b) Causes for debarment or suspension.--The causes for
12 debarment or suspension include:
13 * * *
14 (6.1) Violation of the act of July 14, 1961 (P.L.637,
15 No.329), known as the Wage Payment and Collection Law.
16 (6.2) Misclassification of an employee as an independent
17 contractor in violation of any law of this Commonwealth,
18 including:
1 (i) The act of June 2, 1915 (P.L.736, No.338), known
2 as the Workers' Compensation Act.
3 (ii) The act of December 5, 1936 (2nd Sp.Sess., 1937
4 P.L.2897, No.1), known as the Unemployment Compensation
5 Law.
6 (iii) The act of March 4, 1971 (P.L.6, No.2), known
7 as the Tax Reform Code of 1971.
8 (iv) The act of October 13, 2010 (P.L.506, No.72),
9 known as the Construction Workplace Misclassification
10 Act.
11 (7) Violation of the [act of June 2, 1915 (P.L.736,
12 No.338), known as the] Workers' Compensation Act.
13 * * *
14 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 | Vincent J. Hughes (D, state_upper PA-7) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Art L Haywood (D, state_upper PA-4) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Christine M. Tartaglione (D, state_upper PA-2) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | John I. Kane (D, state_upper PA-9) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Judith L. Schwank (D, state_upper PA-11) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Lindsey MARIE Williams (D, state_upper PA-38) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Nikil Saval (D, state_upper PA-1) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Steven J. Santarsiero (D, state_upper PA-10) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Timothy P. Kearney (D, state_upper PA-26) | 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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