Nov. 16, 2021 /
HARRISBURG – The Pennsylvania House of Representatives on Tuesday passed legislation to stop the current Wolf administration plan to toll nine bridges across Pennsylvania and reassert the Legislature’s oversight of, and community involvement in, future plans by the P3 board to implement tolling of state bridges and roads across Pennsylvania.
Nov. 16, 2021 /
![State House Approves Pennycuick’s Bill to Give Victims a Greater Voice in Bail Determinations]()
HARRISBURG – The Pennsylvania House of Representatives today approved legislation authored by Rep. Tracy Pennycuick (R-Montgomery) that would require a victim of a crime of violence to be notified of any proceeding in which conditions for bail for a defendant can be modified.
Nov. 16, 2021 /
![House Approves Legislation to Address Attempts to Toll Bridges]()
HARRISBURG – The House today sent to the Senate for concurrence with an amendment authored by state Rep. Sheryl Delozier (R-Cumberland) that would pull back the current attempt to place tolls on nine interstate bridges across Pennsylvania, including the John Harris (South) Bridge over the Susquehanna River.
Nov. 16, 2021 /
![House Insurance Committee Advances Consumer-Friendly Legislation, Says Pickett]()
HARRISBURG – The House Insurance Committee, chaired by Rep. Tina Pickett (R-Bradford/Sullivan/Susquehanna), unanimously approved several bills that would benefit Pennsylvania consumers on Monday.
Nov. 16, 2021 /
![Voters One Step Closer to Balancing Branches of Government]()
HARRISBURG – Continuing efforts by the General Assembly to ensure no single person, authority or interest can outweigh the voices of the people of the Commonwealth, the House State Government committee advanced House Bills 2069 and 2070, two proposed amendments to the Pennsylvania Constitution that would restore the balance of power to the three-branch system of governing.
Nov. 16, 2021 /
![State Government Committee Advances Key Bills to Restore the Balance of Power in Pennsylvania, Reports Grove]()
HARRISBURG – Knowing checks and balances in government protects residents by ensuring no one branch becomes too powerful and oversteps its bounds, the House State Government Committee today approved two key pieces of legislation to restore the balance of power to the three-branch system of governing, Chairman Rep. Seth Grove (R-York) announced.
Nov. 15, 2021 /
![Bernstine Stops Anti-Gun Amendments]()
HARRISBURG – Rep. Aaron Bernstine’s (R-Beaver/Butler/Lawrence) motion to table all amendments associated with Senate Bill 565 passed the House of Representatives today.
Nov. 15, 2021 /
![House Green Lights Borowicz Legislation to Increase Highway Mileage for Multipurpose Agriculture Vehicles]()
HARRISBURG – Supported by the Pennsylvania Farm Bureau, legislation sponsored by Rep. Stephanie Borowicz (R-Clinton/Centre) to allow Multipurpose Agriculture Vehicles (MAVs) to travel up to 10 miles on highways between farms and fields (House Bill 1307) was approved by the Pennsylvania House on Monday.
Nov. 15, 2021 /
![House Passes Hershey Bill to Support Students in Ag Education]()
HARRISBURG – A measure to allow students to drive tractors to school in conjunction with agriculture-education programs passed the House today, according to the bill’s sponsor, Rep. John Hershey (R-Mifflin/Juniata/Franklin).
Nov. 15, 2021 /
HARRISBURG – Rep. Karen Boback (R-Lackawanna/Luzerne/Wyoming), majority chairman of the House Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness Committee, today welcomed the Pennsylvania Wing of the Civil Air Patrol to the Capitol in Harrisburg to recognize its 80th anniversary.
Nov. 15, 2021 /
![Farry Announces Bills to Improve Behavioral, Addiction and Physical Health Outcomes Approved by House]()
HARRISBURG – The House recently passed two bills co-authored by Rep. Frank Farry (R-Bucks) to increase transparency among health care providers and more importantly, for patients, allowing for more successful treatment.
Nov. 15, 2021 /
![State Government Committee to Take Up Bills to Restore the Balance of Power in Executive Orders and Regulations]()
WHAT: As efforts to ensure no single person, authority or interest can outweigh the voices of the people of the Commonwealth, the House State Government Committee will take up two bills to amend Pennsylvania Constitution to restore the balance of power to the three-branch system of governing.
Nov. 12, 2021 /
![Boback Welcomes Civil Air Patrol to Capitol for 80th Anniversary]()
WHAT: Rep. Karen Boback (R-Lackawanna/Luzerne/Wyoming), chairman of the House Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness Committee, will lead a press conference to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the Civil Air Patrol and swear in the next legislative squadron.
Nov. 12, 2021 /
![Pay Freeze Set to Expire, Ryan Vows to Return Gains]()
HARRISBURG – Rep. Frank Ryan (R-Lebanon) introduced legislation in December to extend the pay freeze for public officials that he succeeded in enacting last year. Act 79 of 2020 placed a freeze on Cost of Living Adjustments (COLAs) for the Pennsylvania General Assembly, the governor, lieutenant governor, treasurer, attorney general, auditor general, the heads of departments, members of boards and commissions, and the judiciary through this year. House Bill 583 would have extended the freeze through 2022.
Nov. 12, 2021 /
![Committee to Consider Five Education Bills]()
WHAT: The House Education Committee, chaired by Rep. Curt Sonney (R-Erie), will hold a voting meeting to consider five proposals on a variety of education topics.
Nov. 10, 2021 /
![Ortitay Voices Support for Lawsuit Against PennDOT Bridge Tolling Plan]()
BRIDGEVILLE – Rep. Jason Ortitay (R-Washington/Allegheny) today announced his support for a lawsuit that will be filed on Friday against PennDOT requesting an immediate halt to the agency’s plan to include the I-79 bridge near the Bridgeville exit on the list of nine bridges throughout the Commonwealth it plans to toll under the public-private partnership bridge program.
Nov. 10, 2021 /
![York County House Members React to Court Decision on Mask Mandate]()
HARRISBURG – State Reps. Keith Gillespie (R-Hellam), Seth Grove (R-Dover), Mike Jones (R-Dallastown), Dawn Keefer (R-Dillsburg), Kate Klunk (R-Hanover) and Stan Saylor (R-Red Lion), majority chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, issued the following statement in reaction to today’s Commonwealth Court decision to invalidate the mask mandate imposed on Pennsylvania’s schools by Acting Health Secretary Alison Beam:
Nov. 10, 2021 /
![House Approves Rep. Flood’s Legislation Aimed at Protecting Children from Abuse by Parents on Alcohol or Drugs]()
HARRISBURG – The state House today in Harrisburg approved legislation introduced by Rep. Ann Flood (R-Northampton) that would enable county agencies to seek a court order for a drug or alcohol test for a parent or guardian being investigated for child abuse.
Nov. 10, 2021 /
![Klunk: Months Overdue COVID-19 Data Report Finally Released]()
HARRISBURG – Despite numerous unneeded hurdles put in place by the Wolf administration, the Legislative Budget and Finance Commission (LBFC) released its report on the Department of Health’s COVID-19 death reporting, Rep. Kate Klunk (R-Hanover) announced today.
Nov. 10, 2021 /
![Flood Pleased Court Struck Down Statewide School Mask Mandate]()
HARRISBURG – After learning the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court today dismissed the acting secretary of Health’s school masking mandate, local state Rep. Ann Flood (R-Northampton) released the following statement: