The following chart shows the status of legislation introduced in the 2023-2024 session of the Pennsylvania legislature that might be of interest to estate and trust practitioners. Click on the bill number to see the history or text of the … Continue reading
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S.B. 115 has been passed by both houses of the Pennsylvania legislature and was signed by the governor on July 17, 2024, becoming Act 65 of 2024, P.L. ___, to be effective in 60 days. The bill amends 20 Pa.C.S. … Continue reading
S.B. 1231 has been passed by both houses of the Pennsylvania legislature and was signed by the governor on July 15, 2024, becoming Act 64 of 2024, P.L. ___, to be effective in 90 days. The bill adopted changes to...
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Both houses of the Pennsylvania legislature have passed H.B. 1760, which was signed by the governor on July 1, 2024, becoming Act 40 of 2024. Act 40 amends 20 Pa.C.S. Ch. 88 (which was titled “Slayers” and is retitled “Slayers … Continue reading
Both houses of the Pennsylvania legislature have passed S.B. 1084, which makes a number of changes to Title 13 (the Uniform Commercial Code) relating to electronic transactions, and also makes a technical change to Chapter 56 of Title 20 (the...
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Both houses of the Pennsylvania legislature have passed, and the governor has signed, S.B. 506, which became the Act of December 14, 2023, No. 61. The act amends guardianship procedures relating to the representation of the alleged incapacitated person, the … Continue reading
For many years, Registers of Wills and Clerks of the Orphans’ Courts have been collecting fees usually designated as “JCP” fees for the Judicial Computerization Project (funded by the “Judicial Computer System Augmentation Account” established by Subchapter C of 42 … Continue reading
The Act of November 3, 2022, No. 106, P.L. 1691, amends 23 Pa.C.S. § 3323 to require that divorce decrees and annulment orders include a provision advising the parties to reaffirm or change beneficiary designations for life insurance policies, annuity … Continue reading
The Act of November 3, 2022, No. 152, P.L. 2145, amends the Charitable Gift Annuity Exemption Act (No. 127 of 1996) to allow charities to purchase “de-risking annuity contracts” from insurance companies to make the payments required by charitable gift … Continue reading
Section 15.1 of the Act of July 8, 2022, No. 53 (HB 1342), adds a new subsection 2111(u) to the inheritance and Estate Tax Act (72. P.S. §9111(u)) that exempts from inheritance tax the transfer of personal property resulting from … Continue reading