May. 23, 2022 /
![House ERE Committee to Advance Bills Removing Permitting Requirements/Barriers Impacting Effective Stream Maintenance, Flood Prevention, Risk Management]()
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 /
![Boback to Lead Voting Meeting of House Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness Committee]()
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. 20, 2022 /
![House ERE Committee to Consider Future Landfill Location and Operating Parameters]()
WHAT: PA House Environmental Resources and Energy (ERE) Committee Majority Chairman Daryl Metcalfe (R-Butler) will convene an informational meeting to receive input on the benefits or impacts of establishing population density or setback restrictions regarding where landfills can open and operate within the Commonwealth (House Bills 2338 and 2339).
May. 20, 2022 /
![Committee to Consider Three Bills]()
WHAT: The House Education Committee, chaired by Rep. Curt Sonney (R-Erie), will hold a voting meeting to consider three proposals on a variety of education topics.
Apr. 27, 2022 /
![Williams to Discuss Granting Gun Violence Task Force in Philadelphia Prosecution Authority]()
WHAT: Rep. Craig Williams (R-Delaware) will hold a press conference to discuss creating a Gun Violence Task Force in Philadelphia and giving it prosecution power of gun crime.
Apr. 26, 2022 /
![State Government Committee to Address Pension Reform and Right-to-Know Laws]()
WHAT: To protect Pennsylvania taxpayers, the House State Government Committee will meet Wednesday to discuss several pension reform bills, including disallowing future Susquehanna River Basin Commission employees, who are not state employees, from joining the state pension system. The committee will also take up two bills to improve the current Right-to-Know Law.
Apr. 25, 2022 /
![Schnee to be Sworn in to State House]()
WHAT: Swearing-in ceremony of Rep. Robert Schnee, who was recently elected to serve as state representative in the 116th Legislative District.
Apr. 25, 2022 /
![Bringing Constitutional Amendment for Medical Freedom to a Vote]()
WHAT: Press conference on support for ushering House Bill 2013 through the House and Senate. House Bill 2013 would establish medical freedom as a fundamental individual right in Pennsylvania and prohibit discrimination based on the exercise of that right.
Apr. 25, 2022 /
![House ERE Committee Taking Action to Shield Land Owners, Military Installations Against Wind and Solar Liabilities]()
WHAT: PA House Environmental Resources and Energy (ERE) Committee Majority Chairman Daryl Metcalfe (R-Butler) will convene a voting meeting to advance legislation seeking to protect landowners, high-valued farmlands and military installations against long-term liabilities associated with wind and solar development.
Apr. 25, 2022 /
![Sonney, Saylor to Co-Host Hearing on PASSHE Report]()
WHAT: Rep. Curt Sonney (R-Erie), chairman of the House Education Committee, and Rep. Stan Saylor (R-York), chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, will hold a joint public hearing on the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education’s (PASSHE) report pursuant to Act 50 of 2020 and the system’s implementation plan for improvement of operations.
Apr. 22, 2022 /
![ERE Chairman Metcalfe to Convene Informational Meeting on Stream Maintenance, Clearing and Flooding Issues]()
WHAT: PA House Environmental Resources and Energy (ERE) Committee Majority Chairman Daryl Metcalfe (R-Butler) will convene an informational meeting to gather input on a package of legislation aimed at streamlining the permitting process to improve communities’ abilities to clear creeks and streams, prevent flooding, and minimize the risk to lives and property in the event of excessive rainfall.
Apr. 22, 2022 /
![House Committee to Hold Informational Meeting on Creek, Stream Maintenance Bills]()
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.
Apr. 22, 2022 /
![Committee to Consider Four Education Bills]()
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).
Apr. 19, 2022 /
![Causer, Armanini to Host Hearing About Hardwood Forestry Issues]()
WHAT: Rep. Martin Causer (R-Cameron/McKean/Potter), chairman of the House Majority Policy Committee, and Rep. Mike Armanini (R-Clearfield/Elk) are hosting a hearing to discuss hardwood forestry issues in the Commonwealth.
Apr. 12, 2022 /
![State Government Committee to Take Up Bill to Require Regular Expungement of Deceased Voters from Rolls]()
WHAT: The House State Government Committee will meet Wednesday to take up several bills, including House Bill 2507 to allow a commission to use information from the Department of State to remove deceased registered voters from the rolls.
Apr. 12, 2022 /
![Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness Committee to Consider Bills Benefitting Veterans, Military Members and First Responders]()
WHAT: The House Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness Committee, chaired by Rep. Karen Boback (R-Lackawanna/Luzerne/Wyoming), will conduct a voting meeting to consider the following proposals:
Apr. 11, 2022 /
![Rapp, House Health Committee to Examine Opioids in the Commonwealth: Lessons Learned and Next Steps]()
WHAT: PA House Health Committee Majority Chair Kathy L. Rapp (R-Warren/Crawford/Forest) will convene a public hearing focusing on Opioids in the Commonwealth: Lessons Learned and Next Steps.
Apr. 11, 2022 /
![Judiciary Committee to Vote on Slate of Bills Strengthening Convictions of Violent Offenders, Supporting Crime Victims]()
Apr. 11, 2022 /
![Brown to Host Voting Meeting and Press Conference on Blight Bill Package]()
WHAT: Rep. Rosemary M. Brown (R- Monroe/Pike), majority chairwoman of the House Urban Affairs Committee, will host a voting meeting and press conference on a package of bills designed to combat blight across the Commonwealth. The package will include the following bills:
Apr. 07, 2022 /
![HAPPENING TODAY AT 1 P.M. Day to Lead Informational Meeting Regarding Older Adult Abuse]()
WHAT: Rep. Gary W. Day (R-Berks/Lehigh), chairman of the House Aging and Older Adult Services Committee, along with members of the committee will be holding an informational meeting to discuss House Bill 2425 and concerns with communications between departments in long term care facilities. The committee will hear personal testimony focusing on older adult abuse.