Pennsylvania HB 1799: An Act amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania consolidated statutes, in judicial boards and commissions, further providing for powers and duties of the Pennsylvania Commission on Sentencing and for adoption of guidelines for parole, repealing provisions relating to adoption of risk assessment instrument and further providing for publication of guidelines for sentencing, resentencing and parole, risk assessment instrument and recommitment ranges following revocation.

Bill Text

PRINTER'S NO. 2213
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 1799
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY GALLAGHER, MARCELL, VENKAT, HILL-EVANS, WAXMAN,
GIRAL, PROKOPIAK, CERRATO, GREINER, PICKETT, KENYATTA,
SANCHEZ, PARKER, BOROWSKI, SCHLOSSBERG, HOHENSTEIN, NEILSON,
DONAHUE, WARREN, DEASY AND K.HARRIS, AUGUST 11, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON FINANCE, AUGUST 13, 2025
AN ACT
Amending the act of April 3, 1992 (P.L.28, No.11), entitled "An
act providing for the establishment of two programs for
postsecondary educational savings, a guaranteed savings
program and an investment program; establishing the Tuition
Account Programs Bureau within the Treasury Department and
providing duties for the Treasury Department; establishing
tuition account funds; providing for Tuition Account Program
Contracts; providing for the establishment of scholarship
programs; and further providing for duties of the
Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency," in tuition
account programs, further providing for declaration of
policy, for definitions, for Tuition Account Programs Bureau,
for powers of department, for Tuition Account Guaranteed
Savings Program, for Tuition Account Investment Program, for
general provisions governing both tuition account programs
and for Federal taxation; establishing the Keystone Scholars
Grant Program and the Keystone Scholars Grant Program
Account; and making a repeal.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 301(5)(iv) of the act of April 3, 1992
(P.L.28, No.11), known as the Tuition Account Programs and
College Savings Bond Act, is amended to read:
Section 301. Declaration of policy.
The General Assembly finds and declares as follows:
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(5) The purposes of this chapter are to:
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(iv) Provide to the citizens of this Commonwealth
means of saving for elementary, secondary and
postsecondary education that provides them with the
advantages of "qualified State tuition programs" as
defined by section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 (Public Law 99-514, 26 U.S.C. § 529).
Section 2. The definitions of "other educational expense
credits" and "Tuition Account Program Contract" in section 302
of the act are amended and the section is amended by adding
definitions to read:
Section 302. Definitions.
The following words and phrases when used in this chapter
shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
context clearly indicates otherwise:
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"Eligible elementary or secondary educational institution."
A day or residential school which provides kindergarten,
elementary or secondary education in this Commonwealth,
including both public and nonpublic schools, at which a resident
of this Commonwealth may legally fulfill the compulsory school
attendance requirements of Article XIII of the act of March 10,
1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949,
and which meets the requirements of Title VI of the Civil Rights
Act of 1965 (Public Law 88-352, 42 U.S.C. § 2000d et seq.).
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"Other educational expense credits." Tuition credits that
are converted for payment of qualified higher education expenses
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other than tuition for an eligible educational institution, as
provided in section 309(h).
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"Qualified education loan." Indebtedness on behalf of a
beneficiary or sibling of a beneficiary to pay qualified higher
education expenses as defined in 26 U.S.C. § 221(d)(2) (relating
to interest on education loans) as of the time the indebtedness
was incurred, which are:
(1) paid or incurred within a reasonable period of time
before or after the indebtedness is incurred; and
(2) attributable to education furnished during a period
during which the recipient was an eligible student.
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"Registered apprenticeship program." An apprenticeship
program registered and certified with the United States
Secretary of Labor under 29 U.S.C. § 50 (relating to promotion
of labor standards of apprenticeship).
"Sibling." A brother, sister, stepbrother or stepsister.
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"Tuition Account Program Contract." A Tuition Account
Guaranteed Savings Program Contract or a Tuition Account
Investment Program Contract entered into by an account owner and
the department to provide for savings to meet the future
qualified [higher education expenses of a beneficiary attending
an eligible educational institution] education expenses.
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Section 3. Sections 303 and 305(4) of the act are amended to
read:
Section 303. Tuition Account Programs Bureau.
The State Treasurer is directed to establish a bureau within
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the Treasury Department, which shall be known as the Tuition
Account Programs Bureau, for the purpose of establishing and
administering two programs for [pos