Pennsylvania HB 628: An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, providing for child welfare worker education loan assistance.

Bill Text

PRINTER'S NO. 639
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 628
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY ISAACSON, CARROLL, GIRAL, GREEN, HILL-EVANS,
NEILSON AND SANCHEZ, FEBRUARY 20, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT,
FEBRUARY 20, 2025
AN ACT
Providing for a prohibition on solicitation of owners of
residential real property within defined geographic areas by
real estate brokers, salespersons or other persons regularly
engaged in the trade or business of buying and selling real
estate, for homeowner cease and desist zones and for
homeowner cease and desist lists; and imposing penalties.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Short title.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the Homeowner
Cease and Desist List Act.
Section 2. Definitions.
The following words and phrases when used in this act shall
have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Department." The Department of State of the Commonwealth.
"List." A homeowner cease and desist list compiled by the
secretary under section 4(a).
"Secretary." The Secretary of the Commonwealth.
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"Zone." A homeowner cease and desist zone established under
section 3(a).
Section 3. Homeowner cease and desist zones.
(a) Establishment.--If the secretary determines that owners
of residential real property within a defined geographic area
are subject to intense and repeated solicitation by real estate
brokers and salespersons to place their property for sale with
the real estate brokers or salespersons or are subject to
intense and repeated solicitation by other persons regularly
engaged in the trade or business of buying and selling real
estate to sell the owner's residential real property, the
secretary may establish a homeowner cease and desist zone.
(b) Regulations.--A zone shall be bounded or otherwise
specifically defined by department regulation.
(c) Owner's statement.--After the secretary has established
a zone, an owner of residential real property located within the
zone may file an owner's statement with the secretary expressing
the owner's wish not to be solicited by real estate brokers,
salespersons or other persons regularly engaged in the trade or
business of buying and selling real estate. The form and content
of the statement shall be prescribed by the secretary.
(d) Prohibition.--After a zone has been established, a real
estate broker, salesperson or other person regularly engaged in
the trade or business of buying and selling real estate may not
solicit a listing from an owner who has filed an owner's
statement with the secretary if the owner's name appears on a
current list under section 4.
(e) Forms of solicitation prohibited.--The prohibition on
solicitation under this section shall apply to direct forms of
solicitation, including the use of telephone, mail, personal
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contact and other forms of direct solicitation as may be
specified by the secretary.
Section 4. Homeowner cease and desist list.
(a) Compilation of list.--The secretary shall compile a
cease and desist list for each zone established under section
3(a). In addition to other information as the secretary may deem
appropriate, each list shall contain:
(1) The name of each owner who has filed an owner's
statement with the secretary.
(2) The address of the property within the zone to which
the owner's statement applies.
(b) Notice to owners.--The secretary shall send to each
owner who has filed an owner's statement a written
acknowledgment of the secretary's receipt of the owner's
statement and a pamphlet explaining the owner's rights in
connection with inclusion on the list and the procedures and
time limits applicable to the filing of complaints for
violations.
(c) Complaint.--An owner, or person on behalf of the owner,
may file a complaint against a real estate broker, salesperson
or other person regularly engaged in the trade or business of
buying and selling real estate for a violation of section 3(d).
The secretary shall allow an owner, or person on behalf of the
owner, to amend a complaint or other report filed under this
subsection by submitting other information or documentation as
the secretary may require.
(d) Printing and revisions to list.--The secretary shall
print a list for each zone. The list shall be revised and
reprinted on or before December 31 each year and shall be made
available to the public and to real estate brokers, salespersons
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or other persons regularly engaged in the trade or business of
buying and selling real estate at a reasonable price to be set
by the secretary. The secretary shall make additions and
deletions to the list only at the time the list is reprinted and
may n