Pennsylvania Afl-Cio v. Commonwealth

On July 19, 1996, the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO, Pennsylvania Federation of Injured Workers, Inc., and Philadelphia Area Project on Occupational Safety and Health (collectively, petitioners) filed a five-count petition for review in the nature of a complaint in equity (petition for review) addressed to this courts original jurisdiction. In the first four counts of the petition for review, petitioners allege that the General Assembly violated mandatory provisions of the Pennsylvania Constitution when it enacted Act 57 of 1996 (Act 57). In the fifth count of the petition for review, petitioners allege that the Committee on Rules of the House of Representatives violated the Sunshine Act when it conducted a meeting to consider Senate Bill No. 801, which ultimately became Act 57, at a time other than that announced by the Speaker of the House of Representatives.