Pennsylvania HB 2687: An Act amending the act of September 30, 1983 (P.L.160, No.39), known as the Public Official Compensation Law, further providing for judicial salaries, for compensation of Governor and Lieutenant Governor, State Treasurer, Auditor General, Attorney General, Commissioners of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission and heads of departments and for members of the General Assembly.

Bill Text

PRINTER'S NO. 3757
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 2687
Session of
2026
INTRODUCED BY MENTZER, FEE, CUTLER, GREINER, MAJOR, ROAE, KUZMA,
JAMES, RIVERA, ZIMMERMAN AND VEROBISH, JULY 1, 2026
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, JULY 6, 2026
AN ACT
Amending the act of September 30, 1983 (P.L.160, No.39),
entitled "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 judicial salaries, for
compensation of Governor and Lieutenant Governor, State
Treasurer, Auditor General, Attorney General, Commissioners
of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission and heads of
departments and for members of the General Assembly.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Sections 2.1(i)(1), (3)(e)(1) and 4(d)(1) and
(d.1)(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 2.1. Judicial salaries.
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(i) Annual cost-of-living adjustment.--
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(1) Except as provided under paragraph (2), beginning
January 1, 1997, and each January 1 thereafter, the annual
salaries under subsections (a) through (h) shall be increased
by the lesser of the percentage change in the Consumer Price
Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for the Pennsylvania,
New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland area and the percentage
change in the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and
Clerical Workers (CPI-W) nationwide 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 and salary
amounts shall be determined prior to the 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.
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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.
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(e) Annual cost-of-living adjustment.--
(1) Except as provided under paragraph (2), beginning
January 1, 1997, and each January 1 thereafter, the stated
annual salaries of the Governor and Lieutenant Governor, the
State Treasurer, the Auditor General, the Attorney General
and the heads of the departments and members of boards and
commissions denoted herein shall be increased by an annual
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cost-of-living increase calculated by applying the lesser of
the percentage change in the Consumer Price Index for All
Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for the Pennsylvania, New Jersey,
Delaware and Maryland area and the percentage change in the
Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical
Workers (CPI-W) nationwide, 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 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.
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Section 4. Members of the General Assembly.
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(d) Subsequent annual cost-of-living adjustment for
members.--
(1) Except as provided under paragraph (2), 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 lesser of the percentage change in the
Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for the
Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland area and the
percentage change in the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage
Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) nationwide, for the most
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recent 12-month period for which figures have been officially
reported by the United States Department of Labor