House Committee to Hold Informational Meeting on Creek, Stream Maintenance Bills

Apr. 22, 2022 /

WHAT: The House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee has announced it will hold an informational meeting to discuss maintenance of the Commonwealth’s creeks and streams to help prevent flooding. The package of bills developed based from local testimony offered at the House Majority Policy Committee hearing in Wellsboro last December will be discussed.

Committee to Consider Four Education Bills

Apr. 22, 2022 /

WHAT: The House Education Committee, chaired by Rep. Curt Sonney (R-Erie), will hold a voting meeting to consider four proposals on a variety of education topics. They include measures that would provide for school-based behavioral health assistance (House Bill 2022); provide for behavioral health awareness education (House Bill 2023); provide for mental health instruction study (House Bill 2024); and prohibit scholarship displacement at public institutions of higher education under certain circumstances (House Bill 2255).

Policy Committee Hears Importance of Forestry in Pennsylvania

Apr. 20, 2022 /

ST. MARYS – As the ninth largest industry in Pennsylvania, forestry contributes $22 billion in direct impact to the state’s economy, the House Majority Policy Committee learned during a hearing held in St. Marys today on issues facing the hardwood forestry industry. The hearing was co-hosted by Rep. Mike Armanini (R-Clearfield/Elk) and Rep. Martin Causer (R-Cameron/McKean/Potter), chairman of the committee.

Cutler, Aument, Fee Warn of Impact of Bird Flu

Apr. 16, 2022 / Press Release

HARRISBURG – Today the U.S. Department of Agriculture confirmed Pennsylvania joins more than two dozen states currently experiencing positive cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in commercial poultry populations.

Whole Milk Belongs in Pennsylvania Schools, Stambaugh Says

Apr. 13, 2022 /

HARRISBURG – The House of Representatives today passed legislation that would allow school boards or administrators to purchase whole or 2% Pennsylvania milk and make it available to students, according to Rep. Perry Stambaugh (R-Perry/Cumberland), who supported the measure.

House Advances Lawrence Bills to Put Whole Milk Back on School Lunch Menu, Aid PA Dairy Industry

Apr. 13, 2022 /

HARRISBURG – Today, the House voted out a package of bills, sponsored by Rep. John Lawrence (R-Chester/Lancaster), which would permit Pennsylvania schools to purchase and dispense whole and reduced-fat (2%) Pennsylvania milk for students, establish tax incentives to help Pennsylvania’s struggling dairy farmers, and ensure Pennsylvania farmers receive state- mandated premiums.

Pickett’s Bill to Make Mental Health Services More Accessible Heads to Senate

Apr. 13, 2022 /

HARRISBURG – Legislation that would make mental health services more accessible to Pennsylvania residents through telehealth technology, sponsored by Rep. Tina Pickett (R-Bradford/Sullivan/Susquehanna), passed unanimously in the House of Representatives on Tuesday. House Bill 2419 will next be considered by the Senate.

We Must Protect the Integrity of Women’s Sports, Says Kail

Apr. 13, 2022 /

HARRISBURG – In order to maintain a competitive balance between men’s and women’s sports, Rep. Joshua D. Kail (R-Beaver/Washington) joined the majority of his House colleagues by voting in support of House Bill 972, the Fairness in Women’s Sports Act, which passed the full House.