May. 24, 2022 /
HARRISBURG – With bipartisan support, the House passed legislation by Rep. Kate Klunk (R-Hanover) to protect private children and youth social service agencies and residential treatment providers. The bill will accomplish this by voiding certain indemnification clauses when these agencies renew their professional liability policies.
May. 24, 2022 /
HARRISBURG – Reps. Jim Gregory (R-Blair) and Mark Rozzi (D-Berks), who have long championed the rights of sexual abuse survivors, today called on the Pennsylvania Office of the Attorney General to empanel a grand jury to investigate instances of abuse within the Southern Baptist Convention of churches.
May. 24, 2022 /
HARRISBURG – Following numerous unneeded hurdles put in place by the Wolf administration to shield information from a state government research agency and, by extension, all Pennsylvanians, the House passed legislation by Rep. Kate Klunk (R-Hanover) to ensure the agency has access to information so it can perform needed research.
May. 24, 2022 /
HARRISBURG – Legislation authored by Rep. Ryan Warner (R-Fayette/Westmoreland) to better protect consumers who travel the Pennsylvania Turnpike was unanimously approved by the state House on Tuesday. The measure now goes the Senate for consideration.
May. 24, 2022 /
HARRISBURG – The House today passed legislation authored by Rep. Tim O’Neal (R-Washington) that would require PennDOT to create a Blue Star Family license plate for family members of military service members.
May. 24, 2022 /
HARRISBURG – Legislation to end penalizing students through scholarship displacement among higher education has been passed today by the state House, said Rep. Todd Polinchock (R-Bucks), who authored the measure.
May. 24, 2022 /
HARRISBURG – The Pennsylvania House of Representatives today unanimously approved legislation authored by Rep. Tracy Pennycuick (R-Montgomery) to establish a Task Force on Women Veterans’ Health Care in Pennsylvania.
May. 24, 2022 /
HARRISBURG—Rep. Martina White (R-170) today sent a letter to School Superintendent William R. Hite and incoming Superintendent Tony B. Watlington Sr. asking if any school district funds were used for teachers who attended the Philadelphia Trans Wellness Conference.
May. 24, 2022 /
HARRISBURG – A bill sponsored by Rep. Karen Boback (R-Lackawanna/Luzerne/Wyoming) that would help older foster youth in Pennsylvania to find more permanent family connections was unanimously approved by the House of Representatives on Monday.
May. 24, 2022 /
WHAT: Rep. Rob Mercuri (R-Allegheny) and the House Consumer Affairs Committee will be hosting a public hearing to discuss his legislation (House Bill 2202), which would put consumers in the driver’s seat with their personal private data.
May. 24, 2022 /
WHAT: The House State Government Committee will meet Wednesday to take up several bills, including a measure that would allow the National Football League and Major League Baseball to play games in the Commonwealth on Sundays.
May. 24, 2022 /
HARRISBURG – A package of bills spearheaded by Reps. Clint Owlett (R-Tioga/Bradford/Potter) and Tina Pickett (R-Bradford/Sullivan/Susquehanna) in the wake of serious flooding in the Northern Tier was advanced Tuesday by the House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee.
May. 23, 2022 /
HARRISBURG – Legislation that would establish the Pennsylvania Advisory Committee on Greater Father Involvement has earned the approval of the state House of Representatives. House Bill 1731 was authored by Rep. Lori Mizgorski (R-Allegheny).
May. 23, 2022 /
HARRISBURG – Legislation that would halt a new bidding procedure for the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), sponsored by Reps. Tina Pickett (R-Bradford/Sullivan/Susquehanna) and Tony DeLuca (D-Allegheny), today was unanimously approved by the House Insurance Committee. Pickett and DeLuca are the majority and minority chairmen, respectively, of the committee.
May. 23, 2022 /
HARRISBURG – Facing a massive shortage of volunteer firefighters, the House Labor and Industry Committee today unanimously approved a bill by Rep. Torren Ecker (R-Adams/Cumberland) to prepare junior firefighters for becoming full firefighters.
May. 23, 2022 /
WHAT: The House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee has scheduled a meeting to consider a package of bills aimed at improving maintenance of the Commonwealth’s creeks and streams to help prevent flooding. The package of bills was developed after a House Majority Policy Committee hearing in Wellsboro last December.
May. 23, 2022 /
HARRISBURG – May 23, 2022, marks the 45th anniversary of Rep. K. Leroy Irvis becoming the first black speaker of the House in Pennsylvania’s history.
May. 23, 2022 /
WHAT: PA House Environmental Resources and Energy (ERE) Committee Majority Chairman Daryl Metcalfe (R-Butler) will convene a voting meeting to advance several pieces of legislation (House Bills 2404-2411) aimed at streamlining the permitting process to improve community/local government abilities to clear creeks and streams, prevent flooding, and minimize the risk to lives and property in the event of excessive rainfall.
May. 23, 2022 /
WHAT: Rep. Karen Boback (R-Lackawanna/Luzerne/Wyoming), chairman of the House Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness Committee, will lead a voting meeting to consider the following proposals:
May. 23, 2022 /
HARRISBURG – As a free service to the community, Rep. Valerie Gaydos (R-Allegheny) will partner with Sen. Devlin Robinson (R-Allegheny/Washington) and Moon Township to host an Identity Theft/Shredding Event on Saturday, June 11, from 9-11 a.m. at the Moon Area Middle School. The purpose of this event is to give residents of the 44th Legislative District a chance to safeguard themselves against identity theft by having their personal documents securely destroyed.