May. 04, 2020 /
HARRISBURG – The House Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee, chaired by Rep. Martin Causer (R-Turtlepoint), today approved legislation to expand liability protections for donated food that may be past its stamped date code.
May. 04, 2020 /
HARRISBURG – Today the House Judiciary Committee, led by Chairman Rob Kauffman (R-Franklin), considered multiple bills dealing with the protection of individuals with intellectual disabilities, law enforcement personnel, health care workers and others.
May. 04, 2020 /
HARRISBURG—A bicameral group of Bucks County legislators submitted a letter in support of the Bucks County Commissioners’ bipartisan effort to ask Gov. Tom Wolf and Pennsylvania Department of Health Secretary Rachel Levine to consider nursing home cases of COVD-19 separate when weighing whether to reopen Bucks County.
May. 04, 2020 /
HARRISBURG – The House Judiciary Committee today approved legislation by Rep. Lou Schmitt (R-Blair) to protect police officers from being assaulted with bodily fluids, such as spit. The bill also carries a heavier penalty for people who have an infectious disease and are convicted of assaulting an officer with bodily fluids.
May. 04, 2020 /
HARRISBURG – The House Judiciary Committee today took steps to strengthen protections for people with physical and intellectual disabilities by passing House Bill 2056, authored by Rep. Jim Struzzi (R-Indiana). This bill would charge any individual who intentionally causes bodily injury to a person with a physical or intellectual disability with aggravated assault, a felony of the second degree. Currently, the law dictates that “serious bodily injury” is necessary for charges to be elevated beyond misdemeanor simple assault.
May. 04, 2020 /
HARRISBURG - Rep. Frank Ryan (R-Lebanon) has introduced legislation to freeze Cost of Living Adjustments (COLAs) for Pennsylvania public officials through 2021 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the financial turmoil it is causing at all levels of government and in the lives of Pennsylvania residents.
May. 04, 2020 /
HARRISBURG – Responding to the state education secretary’s assertion that schools may be closed in the fall, in a letter Speaker of the House Mike Turzai (R-Allegheny) demanded the Wolf Administration share its plan to ensure Pennsylvania’s students return to school in the fall and continue, uninterrupted, their education.
May. 01, 2020 /
ALTOONA – Earlier today, Gov. Tom Wolf announced 24 counties will begin to reopen starting May 8. In response to Blair County not among the counties, Rep. Lou Schmitt (R-Blair) issued the following statement:
May. 01, 2020 /
CENTER – Rep. Josh Kail (R-Beaver/Washington) issued the following statement regarding Gov. Tom Wolf’s plan to move to the next phase of reopening in the northwest and north central regions of the state:
May. 01, 2020 /
HARRISBURG – State Rep. Rich Irvin (R-Huntingdon/Centre/Mifflin) issued the following statement following Gov. Tom Wolf’s announcement of which regions and counties would move into the “yellow phase” under his reopening plan.
May. 01, 2020 /
CENTER – Rep. Josh Kail (R-Beaver/Washington) issued the following statement regarding Gov. Tom Wolf’s plan to move to the next phase of reopening in the northwest and north central regions of the state:
May. 01, 2020 /
McCANDLESS, Allegheny County – Following the governor’s announcement of moving 23 Pennsylvania counties from the very restricted red phase to the beginning-to-open yellow phase, Speaker of the House Mike Turzai (R-Allegheny) today questioned why southwest counties were not included?
May. 01, 2020 /
HARRISBURG - Leading the effort in the House, Rep. David Rowe (Snyder/Union) together with his Republican Caucus colleagues in the House and Senate led by Sen. Kristin Phillips-Hill (R-York) wrote to U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr in support of the Department of Justice’s directive to monitor state and local COVID-19 shutdown policies to ensure the protection of the constitutional rights of American citizens.
May. 01, 2020 /
HARRISBURG – Rep. Doyle Heffley (R-Carbon) issued the following statement regarding Gov. Tom Wolf’s veto of Senate Bill 857, legislation that would have enhanced the availability of telemedicine services in Pennsylvania.
May. 01, 2020 /
GROVE CITY – Rep. Tim Bonner (R-Mercer/Butler) announced today that Mercer County will move to the yellow phase under Gov. Tom Wolf’s reopening plan, while Butler County will remain in the red phase, which includes the stay-at-home order.
May. 01, 2020 /
HARRISBURG - Pennsylvania is a diverse state with 67 diverse counties. State Rep. Jim Rigby (R-Johnstown) wishes Gov. Tom Wolf would have remembered that while formulating a plan for “reopening Pennsylvania.”
May. 01, 2020 /
BUTLER – Rep. Marci Mustello (R-Butler) issued the following statement regarding Gov. Tom Wolf’s announcement on which counties and regions would move into the “yellow phase” under his reopening plan.
Apr. 30, 2020 /
HARRISBURG – As daily announcements from Gov. Wolf and Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine say, expanded testing is the most crucial step in saving lives and helping Pennsylvania get back to normal. However, House Democrats disagreed, blocking the two-thirds vote required to pass an emergency bill to expand testing to Pennsylvanians on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic on Wednesday.
Apr. 30, 2020 /
MONACA – Rep. Josh Kail (R-Beaver/Washington) will be hosting a telephone town hall meeting on Friday, May 8, at approximately 1:10 p.m. in place of the Donuts and Discussion event that was scheduled to be held in person that day from 8:30-10 a.m. The program will consist of a COVID-19 legislative update and a question-and-answer session.
Apr. 30, 2020 /
HARRISBURG - House Bill 2429, introduced by Rep. Russ Diamond (R-Lebanon) and co-sponsored by Reps. Kate Klunk (R-York) and Torren Ecker (R-Adams/Cumberland), passed the House today. Diamond, Klunk and Ecker applaud its passage and urge the Senate to move the bill forward.