Since being elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 2010 and subsequently to the Pennsylvania State Senate in 2022, Senator Rosemary M. Brown has built a reputation as an accessible, hard-working, and common-sense problem-solver. She has successfully enacted several laws – all with bipartisan support – throughout her service in the legislature.
Here is a list of Senator Brown’s enacted legislation.
- Act No. 35of 2014, April 18, 2014 / HOUSE BILL 974 2013-2014 established a new AED program within the PA Dept. of Education to assist school entities in making AEDs available in school buildings.
- Act No. 50of 2016, June 23, 2016 / HOUSE BILL 1241 2015-2016 amended the definition of a “public utility” in Title 66 to exempt water or sewer service provided by a resort owner to users located within the resort boundaries under certain conditions.
- Act No. 122of 2016, Nov. 2, 2016 / HOUSE BILL 1699 2015-2016 limits the ability of a health care practitioner to prescribe more than seven days of an opioid drug to a patient in an emergency department or urgent care.
- Act No. 17 of 2018, May 4, 2018 / HOUSE BILL 595 2017-2018 expanded the investigation authority of the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s office to hear complaints and conduct mediation of disputes regarding planned communities, cooperatives, and condominiums; specifically related to meetings, quorums, voting and proxies, and association records.
- Act No. 91of 2019, Nov. 27, 2019 / HOUSE BILL 49 2019-2020 amended the Public School Code to permit a student who successfully completes a course in financial literacy to apply their credits earned towards their graduation.
- Act No. 84of 2020, Oct. 29, 2020 / HOUSE BILL 703 2019-2020 requires that school districts must establish and publish on their websites an email address for each member of the board of school directors.
- Act No. 122of 2020, Nov. 25, 2020 / HOUSE BILL 1342 2019-2020 amends the Public School Code to provide for pre-kindergarten vision screening.
- Act No. 56of 2022, July 11, 2022 / HOUSE BILL 331 2021-2022 authorized financial institutions to offer incentives for saving money by creating incentive-based savings programs.
- Act No. 115of 2022, Nov. 3, 2022 / HOUSE BILL 1795 2021-2022 amended Title 68 in Condominiums, Cooperatives, and Planned Communities to provide for new voting standards for board elections and by law changes.
- Act No. 14of 2024, May 8, 2024 / SENATE BILL 945 2023-2024 incorporated Act 154 of 2018 (the County Code) into Title 16 (Counties) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes.
- Act No. 18of 2024, June 5, 2024 / SENATE BILL 37 2023-2024 amended Title 75 to prohibit the use of interactive mobile devices while driving a motor vehicle.
Additionally, since being sworn into office, Senator Brown releases a “Year in Review” report to share the year’s progress. Read here:
You can also view Senator Brown’s sponsored legislative proposals for the 2023-2024 legislative session here.