Bipartisan Bill to Help Food Banks Passes Senate

Jun. 27, 2025 /

Bipartisan Bill to Help Food Banks Passes Senate

HARRISBURG – This week, the Pennsylvania Senate voted to pass a bill by state Rep. Tarik Khan (D-Philadelphia) and Rep. Tom Jones (R-Lancaster/Lebanon) which would remove barriers and encourage donations to food banks and other organizations.

Kephart Appointed to Environmental and Natural Resources Protection Committee

Jun. 26, 2025 /

HARRISBURG – This week, Republican leadership appointed state Rep. Dallas Kephart (R-Cambria/Clearfield) to the House Environmental and Natural Resources Protection Committee. In addition, Kephart serves on five other committees: Energy; Finance; Gaming Oversight; Government Oversight; and Housing and Community Development.

Flood Applauds House Passage of ‘Morgan Rose’s Law’ to Address SUDEP

Jun. 25, 2025 /

HARRISBURG – Rep. Ann Flood (R-Northampton) is pleased to announce the Pennsylvania House of Representatives has unanimously passed House Bill 1442, known as “Morgan Rose’s Law,” to improve how deaths caused by Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP) are identified and reported.

PA House Approves Watro’s Cursive Bill

Jun. 24, 2025 /

HARRISBURG – Legislation that would require cursive handwriting instruction in Pennsylvania schools was approved today by the state House of Representatives, according to the bill’s sponsor, Rep. Dane Watro (R-Luzerne/Schuylkill).

Williams Files Amendment and Legislation to Create $200 Million Hospital Acquisition Fund

Jun. 24, 2025 /

HARRISBURG – Rep. Craig Williams (R-Delaware/Chester) announced today he has filed both an amendment to the state budget and a free-standing bill to create the Hospital Acquisition Assistance Fund. The initiative would provide $200 million to support the purchase and reopening of hospitals that have closed in the wake of failed private equity takeovers, most notably Crozer-Chester Medical Center in Delaware County.

Legislation to Protect Firefighters’ Income Passes House

Jun. 23, 2025 /

HARRISBURG – The House of Representatives today on a unanimous vote passed legislation that would exempt income tax on length-of-service awards for volunteer firefighters, according to state Reps. Joe Kerwin and Justin Fleming, who introduced the bipartisan bill.

Celebrating June as ‘Life Month’

Jun. 23, 2025 /

WHAT: Event to celebrate June as “Life Month” in Pennsylvania and to mark the third year since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, on June 24, 2022, effectively ruling there is no federal constitutional right to an abortion. There will also be educational booths on life in the Main Capitol Rotunda from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Policy Committee Hearing Exposes How Pennsylvania’s Burdensome Child Care Regulations Are Failing Families, Businesses

Jun. 20, 2025 /

DANVILLE—Today, Policy Committee Chairman David H. Rowe (R-Snyder/Union/Mifflin/Juniata) and Rep. Michael Stender (R-Northumberland/Montour) hosted a hearing, “Over-Regulation in Child Care,” to address the obstacles the child care industry faces in Pennsylvania and the desperate need to better align Pennsylvania’s regulatory environment to meet the industry’s needs and help parents.

Policy Committee to Host Hearing on the Over-Regulation of Child Care in PA

Jun. 18, 2025 /

WHAT: House Republican Policy Committee Chairman David H. Rowe (R-Snyder/Union/Mifflin/Juniata), Rep. Michael Stender (R-Northumberland/Montour) and other lawmakers will host a hearing titled “Over-Regulation in Child Care” to discuss the obstacles the child care industry faces in Pennsylvania and how we can better align our regulatory environment to meet the industry’s needs and help parents.

Ecker Bill to Keep Estate Proceeds Local Advances

Jun. 18, 2025 /

HARRISBURG – The House Judiciary Committee this week unanimously advanced legislation sponsored by Rep. Torren Ecker (R-Adams/Cumberland) to ensure that estates of residents who die without a will or heirs remain in their home communities, rather than going to the state’s General Fund.