PRINTER'S NO. 1048

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE BILL

No.

891

Session of

2023

INTRODUCED BY MASTRIANO, STEFANO, PHILLIPS-HILL, REGAN AND DUSH,

AUGUST 16, 2023

REFERRED TO STATE GOVERNMENT, AUGUST 16, 2023

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 judicial salaries, for executive

salaries and for legislative salaries; and making a repeal.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. Sections 2.1(i), 3(e) and 4(d) and (d.1) of the

Beginning January 1, 1997, and each January 1 thereafter, the

annual salaries under subsections (a) through (h) shall be

increased by 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 been officially

reported by the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of

Labor Statistics immediately prior to the date the adjustment

is due to take effect. The percentage increase shall be

capped at 3% annually, regardless of the percentage change in

U) for the Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland

annual effective date of the adjustment by the Supreme Court

and shall be published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin by the

Court Administrator of Pennsylvania within 20 days of the

date the determination is made.

increased by an annual cost-of-living adjustment under

paragraph (1) for the annual period beginning January 1,

2021, and ending December 31, 2021. Notice of the provisions

of this subsection shall be transmitted to the Legislative

Reference Bureau for publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin

January 1, 2021, and ending December 31, 2021. Notice of the

provisions of this subsection shall be transmitted to the

Legislative Reference Bureau for publication in the

Pennsylvania Bulletin prior to December 1, 2020.]

Section 3. Compensation of Governor and Lieutenant Governor;

State Treasurer; Auditor General; Attorney General;

Commissioners of the Pennsylvania Public Utility

Commission; and heads of departments.

(e) Annual cost-of-living adjustment.--

of boards and commissions denoted herein shall be increased

by an annual cost-of-living increase 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 been officially reported by the

United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics

immediately prior to the date the adjustment is due to take

effect, to the then current salary amounts authorized. The

percentage increase shall be capped at 3% annually,

Bureau of Labor Statistics immediately prior to the date the

adjustment is due to take effect. The percentage increase and

the salary amounts shall be determined by the Governor prior

to the annual effective date of the adjustment and shall be

published by the Secretary of the Budget in the Pennsylvania

Bulletin within ten days of the date the determination is

made.

General, the Attorney General and the heads of the

Reference Bureau for publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin

prior to December 1, 2020.]

Section 4. Members of the General Assembly.

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(d) Subsequent annual cost-of-living adjustment for

members.--

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

officially reported by the United States Department of Labor,

Bureau of Labor Statistics immediately prior to the date the

adjustment is due to take effect, to the then current salary

amounts. The percentage increase shall be capped at 3%

annually, regardless of the percentage change in the annual

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 been

Bureau of Labor Statistics immediately prior to the date the

Bulletin within ten days of the date such determination is

made.

may not be increased by an annual cost-of-living adjustment

under paragraph (1) for the period beginning December 1,

2020, through November 30, 2021. Notice of the provisions of

this subsection shall be transmitted to the Legislative

Reference Bureau for publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin

prior to December 1, 2020.]

(d.1) Subsequent annual cost-of-living adjustment for

leaders 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 been officially reported by the United

States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics

immediately prior to the date the adjustment is due to take

increase shall be capped at 3% annually, regardless of the

immediately prior to the date the adjustment is due to take

effect. The percentage increase and the new compensation

amounts shall be determined jointly by the Chief Clerk of the

Senate and the Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives

prior to the annual effective date of the adjustment and

shall be published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin within 20

days immediately prior to each cost-of-living increase taking

effect.

leaders of the General Assembly may not be increased by an

2020.]

Section 2. The following shall apply:

apply to an individual who is, after the effective date of

this section, elected or appointed to a term as a justice of

the Supreme Court, judge of the Superior Court, judge of the

Commonwealth Court, judge of a court of common pleas, judge

of the Philadelphia Municipal Court, judge of the

Philadelphia Traffic Court or magisterial district judge.

to an individual who is, after the effective date of this

of this section, elected to a term as a member of the General

Assembly.

Section 3. Repeals are as follows:

paragraph (2) is necessary to effectuate the amendment of

section 2.1(i) of the act.

inconsistent with the amendment of section 2.1(i) of the act.

Section 4. This act shall take effect in 60 days.