HARRISBURG – Rep. Tom Mehaffie (R-Dauphin) and Sen. Doug Mastriano (R-Adams/Franklin) today announced the introduction of resolutions in support of posthumously awarding Maj. Richard D. Winters the Congressional Medal of Honor. Winters was a lifelong resident of Pennsylvania who served as the commanding officer of the 101st Airborne Division’s Easy Company during World War II. His heroic deeds were depicted in HBO’s acclaimed miniseries “Band of Brothers.” He passed away Jan. 2, 2011.
HARRISBURG – State Rep. Andrea Verobish (R-Blair) announced today she has introduced legislation to remove the requirement that individuals first obtain a concealed carry permit before being allowed to carry a firearm in their vehicle.
HARRISBURG – The Pennsylvania state House has passed bipartisan legislation, 190-11, in favor of regulating shared equity agreements, a novel home-lending product, according to the bill’s co-prime sponsors, Reps. Tim Twardzik (R-Schuylkill), Arvind Venkat (D-Allegheny) and Lindsay Powell (D-Allegheny).
HARRISBURG – State Rep. Andrea Verobish (R-Blair) offered an amendment to House Bill 2300, a measure that would allow the Department of Revenue to mandate a real-time tax collection software for the Commonwealth’s businesses. Verobish’s amendment made two changes.
HARRISBURG – Rep. Doyle Heffley (R-Carbon) Republican chair of the House Human Services Committee announced the committee held a voting meeting Wednesday and unanimously approved legislation designed to make Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits more secure.
HARRISBURG—The Pennsylvania House Republican Policy Committee convened its sixth hearing examining childcare affordability and accessibility challenges facing families, providers, employers, and communities across the Commonwealth before lawmakers unveiled a 14-bill package designed to improve affordability, expand access, and support childcare providers.
HARRISBURG – The House today passed legislation authored by Reps. Jason Ortitay (R-Washington/Allegheny) and Joe Ciresi (D-Montgomery) to create a campaign to educate Pennsylvanians about the potential benefits and risks of artificial intelligence (AI).
HARRISBURG – Connecting inflation relief with America’s 250th birthday celebration, Rep. Eric Davanzo (R-Westmoreland) today announced a proposal to offer $250 birthday checks to Pennsylvania families.
HARRISBURG – Rep. Craig Williams (R-Delaware/Chester) joined House Republican Leader Jesse Topper (R-Bedford/Fulton) at a press conference today to push for advancement of the Pennsylvania Electricity Ratepayer Protection Act. The legislation will reverse the conditions for rising electricity costs, prevent data center infrastructure costs from reaching ratepayers and increase electricity generation across Pennsylvania.
HARRISBURG – In order to put families in the driver’s seat to make critical decisions, Reps. Robert Leadbeter (R-Columbia) and Kate Klunk (R-York) are teaming up to introduce legislation that would give parents and providers more power in improving the state of childcare in the Commonwealth.
HARRISBURG – Forty-three state representatives, including Rep. Scott Barger (R-Blair/Huntingdon), signed a pledge saying they will not vote for, support or advance any state budget that drains the Rainy Day Fund established in 2002 to address emergencies.
HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania House Republican Policy Committee, chaired by Rep. David H. Rowe (R-Snyder/Union/Mifflin/Juniata), has concluded a three-part hearing series on expanding homeownership, workforce housing shortages, and the growing barriers facing Pennsylvania families and communities.
HARRISBURG – Republican chair of the House Human Services Committee, Rep. Doyle Heffley (R-Carbon) supports legislation that would cut down on the theft of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits.
HARRISBURG – Rep. Jason Ortitay (R-Washington/Allegheny) and Rep. Justin Fleming (D-Dauphin) today introduced House Bill 2541, the Keystone Literacy Investment Tax Credit, a bipartisan plan to fund the implementation of Pennsylvania’s landmark structured literacy law without raising taxes or adding new spending to the state budget.
HARRISBURG – Sen. Jarrett Coleman (R-Bucks/Lehigh) and Rep. Jamie Walsh (R-Luzerne) have introduced a package of bills in the Senate and the House of Representatives to repeal the tax break being given to data centers to locate in Pennsylvania and allowing municipalities to place a moratorium on data center development applications.
HARRISBURG – Rep. Jill Cooper (R-Westmoreland) and other state lawmakers, education leaders and policy staff convened this month at two Rested and Ready virtual forums to advance an ongoing statewide conversation on adolescent sleep health and school start times. The forum included a focus on House Bill 2152, a first-of-its-kind proposal designed to financially incentivize school districts to adopt later secondary school start times aligned with adolescent sleep science.
