Pennsylvania legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Pennsylvania HB1053: An Act amending the act of September 30, 1983 (P.L.160, No.39), known as the Public Official Compensation Law, providing for limitations on certain additional expenses of the General Assembly.
Status: In committee, March 25, 2025
What the bill says
An act establishing salaries and compensation of certain public officials including justices and judges of Statewide courts, judges of courts of common pleas, judges of the Philadelphia Municipal Court, judges of the Philadelphia Traffic Court, district justices and the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, the State Treasurer, the Auditor General, the Attorney General and certain other State officers and the salary and certain expenses of the members of the General Assembly…
From the introduced text, March 25, 2025:
An act establishing salaries and compensation of certain public officials including justices and judges of Statewide courts, judges of courts of common pleas, judges of the Philadelphia Municipal Court, judges of the Philadelphia Traffic Court, district justices and the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, the State Treasurer, the Auditor General, the Attorney General and certain other State officers and the salary and certain expenses of the members of the General Assembly; and repealing certain inconsistent acts," providing for limitations on certain additional expenses of the General Assembly. The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby enacts as follows: Section 1. The act of September 30, 1983 (P.L.160, No.39), known as the Public Official Compensation Law, is amended by adding a section to read: Section 5.4. Limitations on certain additional expenses of the General Assembly. (a) Prohibition on per diem payments.--Any payment made to a member of the General Assembly that is a per diem payment, or would be considered a per diem payment under 26 U.S.C. (relating to Internal Revenue Code) , for days of service shall be prohibited. Only actual expenses shall be reimbursable to an individual member upon the receipt of documentation of the expense. (b) Limitations.--This section shall only apply to payments made for individual days of service. This section shall not impact any other form of …