Oct. 31, 2017 /
![News Advisory: Simmons, Bloom to Detail Constitutional Convention for Government Reform]()
Oct. 31, 2017 /
![Kaufer, Bloom Call for Constitutional Convention to Fix Broken Government]()
WHAT: State Rep. Aaron Kaufer (R-Luzerne) will host a press conference to detail legislation to reform state government via limited constitutional convention
Oct. 31, 2017 /
![Kaufer’s Bill to Help Opioid Crisis, Signed by Governor as Act 40 of 2017]()
HARRISBURG – Rep. Aaron Kaufer’s (R-Luzerne) House Bill 118, which establishes the Emergency Drug and Alcohol Detoxification Program, was recently signed into law as Act 40 of 2017.
Oct. 30, 2017 /
![Mackenzie’s Bill to Reduce Fraud Signed into Law]()
HARRISBURG – Today, the governor signed into law House Bill 16, Rep. Ryan Mackenzie’s (R-Lehigh/Berks) legislation designed to reform the local tax collection system to reduce instances of fraud.
Oct. 30, 2017 /
![Tallman Questions Commonwealth Spending As Governor Considers Final Budget]()
HARRISBURG – As Gov. Tom Wolf considers the final pieces of the 2017-18 state budget package, state Rep. Will Tallman (R-Adams/Cumberland) is expressing his disappointment with the spending plan finalized by the General Assembly last week.
Oct. 30, 2017 /
![Legislators to Accept Testimony on the Impact of Drilling Ban]()
WHAT: State lawmakers will accept testimony on the potential impact of a permanent drilling ban being proposed by the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) at a legislative hearing in Waymart.
Oct. 27, 2017 /
![Saccone Introduces Legislation to End License Suspensions for Individuals with Drug and Non-Driving Convictions]()
PITTSBURGH - At a press conference today, Rep. Rick Saccone (R-Allegheny/Washington) announced legislation to end driver’s license suspensions for people convicted of a non-vehicle related crime.
Oct. 27, 2017 /
![Baker Joins President for Declaration of National Opioid Abuse Crisis]()
HARRISBURG – State Rep. Matt Baker (R-Tioga/Bradford/Potter) today joined President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington, D.C., as he declared the opioid epidemic a national health emergency. Since 2000, more than 500,000 people have died as the result of opioid abuse, or about 144 people per day.
Oct. 26, 2017 /
![Everett Says Budget Bills Sent to Governor This Week]()
HARRISBURG – Rep. Garth Everett (R-Lycoming/Union), a member of the House Appropriations Committee, said today the bills to fund the 2017-18 state budget have been passed and sent to Gov. Tom Wolf.
Oct. 26, 2017 /
![Understanding The Ballot Referendum]()
In 1997, the Pennsylvania Constitution was amended to allow local taxing authorities - counties, school districts and municipalities - to reduce any homeowner’s property taxes by no more than 50 percent of the median assessed value of all primary residences (the Homestead Exclusion). On Election Day, we will have a chance to potentially raise that figure to 100 percent.
Oct. 26, 2017 /
![Stephens Backs Bill Funding Programs for Seniors, Abused Children and Domestic Violence Victims]()
HARRISBURG—Rep. Todd Stephens (R-Montgomery) joined a bipartisan majority of his colleagues to pass a budget-related gaming bill that provides additional funding for lottery programs for Pennsylvania seniors and for programs serving domestic violence victims and abused children in Montgomery County.
Oct. 26, 2017 /
![House Sends Ortitay’s Gaming Bill to Governor]()
HARRISBURG – The House today sent Rep. Jason Ortitay’s (R-Washington/Allegheny) gaming legislation to the governor to finish funding the Fiscal Year 2017-18 state budget process.
Oct. 26, 2017 /
![House Passes Appropriation for University of Pennsylvania Vet School and New Bolton Center]()
HARRISBURG- Rep. Eric Roe (R-Chester) announced today that the House overwhelmingly passed the annual state appropriation for the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Veterinary Medicine and its New Bolton Center, 171-14, on Wednesday. The vote on Senate Bill 325, was passed in concurrence with the Senate.
Oct. 25, 2017 /
![Speaker Turzai Calls for State-related Universities to Freeze Tuition for Pennsylvania Students in 2018-19]()
HARRISBURG –Speaker of the Pennsylvania House Mike Turzai (R-Allegheny) issued the following statement regarding the passage of funding for state-related universities:
Oct. 25, 2017 /
![Marsico Fights to Protect Children of Crime Victims]()
HARRISBURG – Rep. Ron Marsico (R-Lower Paxton) issued the following statement expressing his disappointment in a Senate-created program that aims to provide scholarships to children of incarcerated individuals but does not specifically provide the same benefit to children of crime victims:
Oct. 24, 2017 /
![House Votes to Permanently Offer Scholarships to Online Learners, Quigley Says]()
HARRISBURG – In support of students earning their degrees online, today the House approved legislation sponsored by Rep. Tom Quigley (R-Montgomery) that would make permanent a pilot program allowing online learners to receive financial aid.
Oct. 24, 2017 /
![Kauffman Bill Provides End to Supplemental Funding of UC Program]()
HARRISBURG – Rep. Rob Kauffman (R-Franklin), chairman of the House Labor and Industry Committee, is introducing legislation to ensure the completion of long-awaited updates to the Unemployment Compensation (UC) program’s computer benefits system and the end of state supplemental funding that was originally designed to end last year.
Oct. 24, 2017 /
![Turzai Disappointed by Senate Removal of Debt Reduction Reform Measures]()
HARRISBURG – Speaker of the House Mike Turzai (R-Allegheny) today expressed disappointment by the Senate’s removal of debt reduction reform measures from House Bill 785 again, most recently yesterday, Oct. 23.
Oct. 24, 2017 /
![Hearing Cancelled - State Lawmakers to Hold Job Creation Hearing at UPMC Enterprises]()
WHAT: State lawmakers will participate in a legislative hearing on job creation, led by House Majority Policy Committee chairman Kerry Benninghoff (R-Centre/Mifflin). The hearing will feature UPMC Enterprises, the innovation and commercialization arm of UPMC, that partners with startups and entrepreneurs with promising health care innovations. During the hearing, the committee will learn more about how UPMC has boosted the local and state economy, created jobs and invested in technologies that are shaping the future of health care.
Oct. 24, 2017 /
![House State Government Committee Seeks Answers for Illegal Voting and Voter Registration by Non-Citizens on PA Voter Rolls]()
WHAT: With Election Day rapidly approaching, House State Government Committee Chairman Daryl Metcalfe (R-Butler) will convene a crucial and timely public hearing to receive testimony and discuss the latest evidence of illegal voting and voter registrations by foreign nationals in Pennsylvania.