HARRISBURG – State Rep. Barb Gleim (R-Cumberland) condemned Tuesday’s House Health Committee partisan vote to yet again re-refer House Bill 158, Senate Bill 9 and House Bill 1849 to the House Judiciary Committee. “This is nothing more than the latest attempt to avoid a public vote on protecting girls’ and women’s sports,” said Gleim.
HARRISBURG – The Pennsylvania House of Representatives approved House Resolution 547, a bipartisan measure sponsored by Rep. Sheryl M. Delozier (R-Cumberland) and co-sponsored by Rep. Jordan Harris (D-Philadelphia), directing the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee (LBFC) to conduct a comprehensive statewide study on the use of electronic monitoring (EM) as an alternative to incarceration.
HARRISBURG – Legislation seeking to ensure the dependents of fallen police officers continue to have health insurance passed the House Local Government Committee today, according to the bill’s sponsor, Rep. Tom Mehaffie (R-Dauphin).
HARRISBURG – The House Judiciary Committee today advanced Rep. Jason Ortitay’s (R-Allegheny/Washington) legislation that would cancel coerced debt incurred as a result of a domestic violence offense, fraud, duress or intimidation.
HARRISBURG — Rep. Kathy L. Rapp (R-Warren/Crawford/Forest), Republican chair of the House Health Committee, issued this statement following the second re-referral of legislation to prevent biological males from taking part in female sports to the Health Committee, and the subsequent rereferral out of the Health Committee by the Democratic majority:
HARRISBURG – State Rep. Brian Smith (R-Jefferson/Indiana) announced the House has unanimously approved his legislation to expand safety options for towing.
HARRISBURG – Pennsylvania House Republican Leader Jesse Topper (R-Bedford/Fulton) made the following comment on the PA Supreme Court decision in In RE: Three PA Skill Amusement Devices, the opinion finding games of skill are unlawful slot machines under the Gaming Act.
HARRISBURG – A bill to enhance nuclear plant inspections passed the House of Representatives today on a 199-3 vote, according to the measure’s sponsors, Reps. Tom Mehaffie (R-Dauphin) and Elizabeth Fiedler (D-Philadelphia).
HARRISBURG – A bill aimed at cutting down the theft of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, which is co-prime sponsored by Rep. Doyle Heffley (R-Carbon), Republican chair of the House Human Services Committee, has passed the House unanimously.
HARRISBURG – The House today passed Rep. Andrew Kuzma’s (R-Allegheny/Washington) legislation to make tianeptine, also known as “gas station heroin,” illegal in the Commonwealth.
HARRISBURG – Rep. Jason Ortitay (R-Allegheny/Washington) has introduced legislation that would require online gaming and sports wagering operators to block access to their platforms from inside Pennsylvania schools, closing a gap that has allowed students to gamble during the school day.
GREENSBURG – Westmoreland County House members today announced they plan to introduce legislation to improve public safety, strengthen oversight of high-risk sexual offenders and reform Pennsylvania’s management of individuals discharged from the Sexual Responsibility and Treatment Program (SRTP). The legislators are Reps. Eric Nelson (R-Westmoreland), Eric Davanzo (R-Westmoreland), Leslie Rossi (R-Westmoreland), Abby Major (R-Armstrong/Westmoreland), Jill Cooper (R-Westmoreland) and Brian Rasel (R-Westmoreland).
HARRISBURG – State Rep. Kerry Benninghoff (R-Centre/Mifflin) has been chosen to serve as a member of the Public-Private Partnership (P3) Transportation Board.
HARRISBURG – Fighting to combat waste, fraud and abuse in Pennsylvania, Rep. Josh Bashline (R-Clarion/Armstrong) announced the House adopted his commonsense amendment to legislation that would allow small businesses of 50 employees or less to claim a tax credit to pay for eligible insurance costs.
HARRISBURG — Rep. Kathy L. Rapp (R-Warren/Crawford/Forest), Republican chair of the House Health Committee, thanked Warren pharmacist Scott Newton, owner of Gaughn’s Drug Store, for his thoughtful testimony at the committee’s informational hearing regarding legislation that would move Pennsylvania to a single Pharmacy Benefit Administrator (PBA) model in its medical assistance program.
HARRISBURG - Rep. Valerie Gaydos (R-Allegheny) voted in favor of House Bill 1678, legislation that would provide additional property tax rebates to Pennsylvania homeowners while ensuring funding reaches all 500 school districts across the Commonwealth.
HARRISBURG, June 9 – Legislation that would significantly expand access to low-interest financing for Pennsylvania farmers to grow and modernize their operations advanced unanimously from the state House Commerce Committee on Monday, announced the bill’s prime sponsors.
HARRISBURG - Rep. Valerie Gaydos (R-Allegheny) today announced her support for legislation that would prohibit the use of harmful per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) chemicals in a variety of high-contact consumer products commonly used by Pennsylvanians.
HARRISBURG – An omnibus education opportunity bill introduced this by Rep. Martina White (R-Philadelphia) would make significant changes to how Pennsylvania families access educational resources, including those needed by students assigned to overcrowded schools or displaced by school closures.
HARRISBURG – Legislation authored by Rep. Mike Armanini (R-Elk/Clearfield) to help law enforcement officers find fentanyl within their communities passed the Senate Judiciary Committee today and goes to the full Senate for its consideration.