Pennsylvania legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Pennsylvania HB2725: An Act amending the act of September 30, 1983 (P.L.160, No.39), known as the Public Official Compensation Law, further providing for members of the General Assembly.
Status: In committee, August 4, 2026
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; and repealing certain inconsistent acts," further providing for members of the General Assembly.
From the introduced text, August 4, 2026:
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," further providing for members of the General Assembly. The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby enacts as follows: Section 1. Section 4(d) and (d.1) of the act of September 30, 1983 (P.L.160, No.39), known as the Public Official Compensation Law, are amended to read: Section 4. Members of the General Assembly. * * * (d) Subsequent annual cost-of-living adjustment for members.-- (1) Except as provided under [paragraph (2)] paragraphs (2) and (3), for the 12-month period beginning December 1, 1997, through November 30, 1998, and for each like 12-month period thereafter, the salary of the members of the General Assembly shall be increased by an annual cost-of-living adjustment calculated by applying the percentage change in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for the Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland area, for the most recent 12-month period for which figures have …