Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes

45 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 724 (2026)

Preliminary publication in Pennsylvania Bulletin.

✓ current as of May 2026

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§ 724. Preliminary publication in Pennsylvania Bulletin.

(a) General rule.--Except as provided in subsection (c), all documents required or authorized by section 702 (relating to contents of Pennsylvania Code) to be codified in the code, and all other documents required or authorized by section 725 (relating to additional contents of Pennsylvania Bulletin) to be published, shall be published in the first available issue of an official gazette, known as the "Pennsylvania Bulletin," published after the filing of such documents by the Legislative Reference Bureau.

(b) Frequency and format of bulletin.--The following shall apply:

(1) The bulletin shall be published at least once each week and shall contain all previously unpublished documents duly filed prior to the closing date and hour of the issue, which date and hour shall appear upon the first page of such issue. All issues of the bulletin shall contain a table of contents. A cumulative index shall be published at least once each three months.

(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the joint committee may provide for different publication of the bulletin and indices as circumstances may require.

(3) There shall be published with each document under this section a notation of the date of filing thereof.

(c) Official synopsis.--The joint committee may provide for the publication of an official synopsis of a document in the bulletin in lieu of the full text thereof in any case where the full text of such document will be published pursuant to section 726 (relating to permanent supplements to Pennsylvania Code) within 120 days of the publication of such official synopsis.

(Sept. 24, 2014, P.L.2461, No.133, eff. 60 days; Nov. 5, 2021, P.L.427, No.82, eff. imd.)

2021 Amendment. Act 82 amended subsec. (b). See section 1 of Act 82 in the appendix to this title for special provisions relating to findings and declarations.

2014 Amendment. Act 133 amended subsecs. (a) and (b).

Cross References. Section 724 is referred to in section 732 of this title.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 5 cases, 1987–2015 · leading case: Joseph B. Scarnati, Senator & President pro tempore of the Senate of PA v. Tom Wolf, Governor of PA, 135 A.3d 200 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2015).

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Joseph B. Scarnati, Senator & President pro tempore of the Senate of PA v. Tom Wolf, Governor of PA, 135 A.3d 200 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2015). · cites it 3× “14 Respondents contend on the other hand, that the House’s temporary adjournment during its session did not prevent the Governor from returning the vetoed bills.”

Brocal Corp. v. Com., Dept. of Transp., 528 A.2d 114 (Pa. 1987). · cites it 2× “[4] Except as provided in section 204 an agency shall give, in the manner provided in [45 Pa.C.S. §§ 724, 725] public notice of its intention to promulgate, amend or repeal any administrative regulation.”

Roselle v. Commonwealth, Dep't of Transp., Bureau of Driver Licensing, 865 A.2d 308 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2005). “45 Pa.C.S. § 724(a). However, section 727 of the Law specifically states that the laws of Pennsylvania and the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are not required to be published in the Pennsylvania Code.”

Bell Atl.—Pennsylvania, Inc. v. Commonwealth, 703 A.2d 589 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 1997). “45 Pa.C.S. § 724(a). Thus, absent compliance with the above, Part 5 does not have the force and effect of a regulation.”

Marich v. Pennsylvania Game Comm'n, 676 A.2d 1325 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 1996). “” 45 Pa.C.S. § 724. Petitioners argue that the regulations they allegedly violated were never published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin nor codified in the Pennsylvania Code.”

— 45 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 724(a) — 2 cases

— 45 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 724(b) — 1 case

Joseph B. Scarnati, Senator & President pro tempore of the Senate of PA v. Tom Wolf, Governor of PA, 135 A.3d 200 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2015). “14 Respondents contend on the other hand, that the House’s temporary adjournment during its session did not prevent the Governor from returning the vetoed bills.”

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