Pennsylvania Act 2023-3 — FIRE AND PANIC ACT - STANDARDS FOR CLASS VI BUILDINGS

Act text

Session of 2023

No. 2023-3

SB 226

AN ACT

Amending the act of April 27, 1927 (P.L.465, No.299), entitled "An act to provide for the safety of persons employed, housed, or assembled in certain buildings and structures by requiring certain construction and ways of egress, equipment, and maintenance; providing for the licensing of projectionists, except in cities of the first class and second class; requiring the submission of plans for examination and approval; providing for the promulgation of rules and regulations for the enforcement of this act; providing for the enforcement of this act by the Department of Labor and Industry, the Department of Health, boards of school directors and, in certain cases, by the chiefs of fire departments in cities of the third class; providing penalties for violations of the provisions of this act; and repealing certain acts," further providing for standards for Class VI buildings.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. Section 3.6(f)(1)(i) of the act of April 27, 1927 (P.L.465, No.299), referred to as the Fire and Panic Act, amended July 7, 2022 (P.L.468, No.42), is amended to read:

Section 3.6. Standards for Class VI Buildings.--

(f) (1) (i) As to family child-care homes, a facility licensed by the Department of Human Services as of [the effective date of this section] September 6, 2022, shall be permitted [12 months from the effective date of this section] until September 6, 2023 , or until the expiration of its current license, whichever is longer, to comply with the requirements of this section.

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Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

APPROVED--The 21st day of June, A.D. 2023.

JOSH SHAPIRO