Oct. 11, 2018 /
![Changes to Special Education Teacher Certification Coming]()
HARRISBURG – Changes to the way current and future special education instructors are and will be certified are a signature away from becoming law in Pennsylvania. Wednesday’s unanimous passage of legislation authored by state Rep. Kristin Phillips-Hill (R-York Township) sends House Bill 1386 to the desk of Gov. Tom Wolf.
Oct. 11, 2018 /
![Owlett Applauds Passage of Legislation to Improve PA’s Education System]()
HARRISBURG – This week in the state House of Representatives two measures were passed to improve aspects of the state’s education system, said Rep. Clint Owlett (R-Tioga/Bradford/Potter), who supported each of the bills.
Oct. 11, 2018 /
![Kauffman to Deliver Condolence Remarks Honoring Former Rep. Jeff Coy]()
WHAT: Rep. Rob Kauffman (R-Franklin) will deliver condolence remarks in honor of the late Rep. Jeff Coy, who passed away June 4 at the age of 66. Coy represented the 89th Legislative District from 1982-2004.
Oct. 11, 2018 /
![House Approves Farry Bill to Expand Prescription Coverage to More Than 17,000 PA Seniors]()
HARRISBURG – The House of Representatives today voted unanimously to approve legislation, authored by Rep. Frank Farry (R-Bucks), which would increase the income eligibility guidelines for the PACENET program, extending prescription drug coverage to more than 17,000 older Pennsylvanians.
Oct. 11, 2018 /
![Pickett Applauds Effort to Give Flexibility for High School Graduation Requirements]()
HARRISBURG – Rep. Tina Pickett (R-Bradford/Sullivan/Susquehanna) today applauded an effort to give greater flexibility to students in meeting high school graduation requirements. Senate Bill 1095, which passed the House this week, seeks to ensure that students have more than one option to meet proficiency standards to earn their diploma.
Oct. 11, 2018 /
![Barrar and House Committee to Consider Providing Workers’ Comp to Volunteer Fire Companies]()
WHAT: Rep. Steve Barrar (R-Chester/Delaware), chairman of the House Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness Committee, will conduct a public hearing about legislation to provide workers’ compensation insurance for their volunteer fire companies.
Oct. 11, 2018 /
![PA House State Government Committee to Examine State of Election Integrity]()
WHAT: PA House State Government Committee Chairman Daryl Metcalfe (R-Butler) will once again convene a public hearing focusing on the ongoing efforts to protect and improve election integrity throughout the Commonwealth.
Oct. 11, 2018 /
![Kauffman to Deliver Condolence Remarks Honoring Former Rep. Jeff Coy]()
WHAT: Rep. Rob Kauffman (R-Franklin) will deliver condolence remarks in honor of the late Rep. Jeff Coy, who passed away June 4 at the age of 66. Coy represented the 89th Legislative District from 1982-2004.
Oct. 10, 2018 /
![Barrar, House Committee Vote to Make Soldiers’ Education Benefits Transferable]()
HARRISBURG – The Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness (VAEP) Committee and its chairman, Rep. Steve Barrar (R-Chester/Delaware), unanimously voted in favor of legislation that would allow soldiers to transfer their college education benefits to either a spouse or child.
Oct. 10, 2018 /
![Dunbar’s Independent Senior Living Facility Privacy Act Unanimously Passes Inspection in PA House]()
HARRISBURG – Legislation sponsored by Rep. George Dunbar (R-Westmoreland) to allow independent seniors to remain in their home, a continuing care retirement community (CCRC) or an affordable housing community without fear of unnecessary and intrusive inspection by a state agency (House Bill 2291) was unanimously approved by the Pennsylvania House on Tuesday.
Oct. 10, 2018 /
![House Endorses Nesbit’s DNA Bills to Update State Law]()
HARRISBURG – Two pieces of legislation authored by Rep. Tedd Nesbit (R-Mercer/Butler) to update the state’s laws with respect to DNA collection and use in the criminal justice system have been forwarded to the state Senate after being approved by the state House on Wednesday.
Oct. 10, 2018 /
![Committee Approves O’Neal Bill to Extend National Guard Education Benefits]()
HARRISBURG – The House Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness Committee today reported out Rep. Tim O’Neal’s (R-Washington) legislation to extend higher education student assistance grants to spouses and children of National Guard members.
Oct. 10, 2018 /
![Charlton Applauds Passage of Graduation Requirement Flexibility Bill]()
HARRISBURG – The Pennsylvania House of Representatives this week approved legislation that would provide Pennsylvania students with additional options to fulfilling high school graduation requirements beyond the Keystone Exams.
Oct. 10, 2018 /
![House Approves Corbin Bill to Require Consideration of Prior Strangulation Offenses]()
HARRISBURG – The Pennsylvania House of Representatives today passed Representative Becky Corbin’s (R-East Brandywine) legislation to allow prior strangulation convictions to be taken into account in criminal justice proceedings and child custody hearings.
Oct. 10, 2018 /
![Murt’s Bill to Criminalize Female Genital Mutilation Gains Unanimous House Approval]()
HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania House of Representatives today unanimously approved legislation authored by Rep. Thomas Murt (R-Montgomery/Philadelphia) that would specifically criminalize the act of female genital mutilation (FGM) in the Commonwealth.
Oct. 10, 2018 /
![House Committee Advances Jozwiak Bill to Reduce Penalties for Possession of Small Amounts of Marijuana]()
HARRISBURG – The Pennsylvania House Judiciary Committee today approved through a bipartisan vote legislation introduced by state Rep. Barry Jozwiak (R-Berks) that would reduce the penalties for most cases of possession of small amounts of marijuana.
Oct. 10, 2018 /
![Unanimous House Vote Would Give Keystone Exam Alternatives, Santora Says]()
HARRISBURG – After joining in today’s unanimous House vote that would amend the Public School Code to provide alternatives to the Keystone Exam as a high school graduation requirement, Rep. James R. Santora (R-Delaware) released this statement:
Oct. 09, 2018 /
![House Judiciary Committee Advances Bill to Toughen Penalties for SNAP Fraud, Marsico Says]()
HARRISBURG – Continuing efforts to prevent fraud and abuse of state programs, the House Judiciary Committee, chaired by Rep. Ronald Marsico (R-Dauphin), today approved legislation to impose tougher penalties for the illegal trafficking of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits.
Oct. 09, 2018 /
![House Committee Moves to Increase Cybersecurity in Pennsylvania, Grove, Phillips-Hill and Ortitay Announce]()
HARRISBURG – On the heels of a series of security breaches in state government, the House State Government Committee approved on Tuesday legislation to increase and improve cybersecurity the bills three prime sponsors, Reps. Seth Grove (R-York), Kristin Phillips-Hill (R-York) and Jason Ortitay (R-Washington/Allegheny), announced.
Oct. 09, 2018 /
![Benninghoff Praises Unanimous Passage of Timothy J. Piazza Anti-Hazing Law]()
HARRISBURG – Rep. Kerry Benninghoff (R-Centre/Mifflin) is praising the passage of Senate Bill 1090, which gained unanimous support today in the House of Representatives. Sponsored by Senate Majority Leader Jake Corman (R-34), the bill intended to end hazing is now headed to the governor’s desk.