Feb. 04, 2022 /
![National Guard Academy for At-Risk Youth Set to Open in PA]()
By State Rep. Karen Boback (R-Lackawanna/Luzerne/Wyoming)
Feb. 04, 2022 /
![Metcalfe, House ERE Committee to Drill Down on DEP’s Well Plugging Program]()
WHAT: House Environmental Resources and Energy (ERE) Committee Majority Chairman Daryl Metcalfe (R-Butler) will convene an informational meeting focusing on Pennsylvania’s well plugging program and potential federal funding options.
Feb. 04, 2022 /
![Southwestern PA House Republicans Unveil ‘A New Day for PA’]()
Lawmakers to unveil a comprehensive agenda to move Pennsylvania forward.
Feb. 04, 2022 /
![State Government Committee to Hold Hearing on Donor Disclosure and Campaign Finance Regulations: Reviewing Recent Legal Precedents]()
WHAT: Knowing campaign dollars have major impacts on elections, the House State Government Committee will meet for an informational hearing to review recent legal precedents regarding donor disclosure and campaign finance regulations.
Feb. 04, 2022 /
![Rapp, House Health Committee to Consider COVID Infection Medication Act]()
WHAT: PA House Health Committee Majority Chair Kathy Rapp (R-Warren/Crawford/Forest) will convene a voting meeting to consider the following legislation:
Feb. 04, 2022 /
![Culver, Millard Bill Becomes New Law to Help Solve Missing Persons Cases]()
HARRISBURG – The loved ones of Pennsylvania’s more than 400 missing persons now have at their disposal a tool that is described as vital for keeping memories alive, thanks to legislation co-authored by state Reps. Lynda Schlegel Culver (R-Northumberland/Snyder) and Dave Millard (R-Columbia) that has been signed into law.
Feb. 03, 2022 /
![House Majority Leader Kerry Benninghoff to Discuss House Map Alternative]()
WHAT: Press conference discussing an alternative to the final House map that will be proposed by the Chairman of the Legislative Reapportionment Commission
Feb. 03, 2022 /
![Metzgar’s Bill to Dedicate Bridge to Fallen Hero Signed into Law]()
HARRISBURG–Rep. Carl Walker Metzgar (R-Somerset/Bedford) announced today that Gov. Tom Wolf signed into law his bill designating a bridge in Somerset County to honor a fallen United States Marine.
Feb. 03, 2022 /
![Mercuri’s Remote Mortgage Bill Signed into Law]()
HARRISBURG – Rep. Rob Mercuri (R-Allegheny) announced his bill, which would modernize Pennsylvania’s Banking Code to no longer restrict mortgage originations to within 100 miles of physical branch locations, was signed into law by Gov. Tom Wolf.
Feb. 03, 2022 /
![Wolf Vetoes Second Amendment Protection Bill, Dowling Says]()
HARRISBURG – Gov. Tom Wolf today vetoed legislation authored by Rep. Matthew Dowling (R-Fayette/Somerset) that would have better protected Pennsylvanians’ Second Amendment rights.
Feb. 02, 2022 /
HARRISBURG – Speaker of the House Bryan Cutler (R-Lancaster), House Majority Leader Kerry Benninghoff (R-Centre/Mifflin) and House Appropriations Committee Majority Chairman Stan Saylor (R-York) issued the following statement following calls from Gov. Tom Wolf and Democratic legislative leaders to spend federal funds:
Feb. 02, 2022 /
![Area Leaders to Discuss Securing Future of Beef Industry in Northern Tier]()
WHAT: Area leaders and farmers will hear a presentation from Keystone Farm Future about strategies to solve the beef supply chain issue and put cows back on farms in the Northern Tier.
Feb. 01, 2022 /
![Speaker Announces Special Election for the 19th District]()
HARRISBURG – Speaker of the House Bryan Cutler (R-Lancaster) today ordered a special election to be held on Tuesday, April 5, to fill the vacant seat in the 19th Legislative District in Allegheny County.
Feb. 01, 2022 /
![Sankey to Retire from State Legislature]()
HARRISBURG - The residents of Pennsylvania’s 73rd Legislative District will soon have a new face representing them in Harrisburg, due to the decision of state Rep. Tommy Sankey (R-Clearfield/Cambria) to not run for re-election to the General Assembly in 2022.
Jan. 31, 2022 /
![Legislative Audit Advisory Commission to Release 2021 Audit]()
WHAT: House Majority Caucus Chairman George Dunbar (R-Westmoreland), chairman of the Legislative Audit Advisory Commission (LAAC), and other LAAC members will meet to review and potentially accept the audit for Fiscal Year 2021.
Jan. 27, 2022 /
![Grove: Court Ruling on Election Law Could Have Been Avoided]()
HARRISBURG – In response to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court decision to uphold the Commonwealth Court ruling regarding mail-in ballots in Lehigh County, Rep. Seth Grove (R-Dover), chair of the House State Government Committee, issued the following statement:
Jan. 27, 2022 /
![Pennycuick Supports Federal Funding Allocation for PA Health Care Workers]()
HARRISBURG – Rep. Tracy Pennycuick (R-Montgomery) this week joined her colleagues in the General Assembly in unanimously approving legislation to invest $225 million in federal funding for the recruitment and retention of state health care workers and nurse student loan forgiveness.
Jan. 27, 2022 /
![Mackenzie’s Bill Preserving CHIP Coverage for Families Affected by COVID-19 Passes House]()
HARRISBURG – Working to ensure no child loses their health care coverage through the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), Rep. Milou Mackenzie (R-Lehigh/Montgomery/Northampton) was pleased to announce that the House unanimously passed her House Bill 2072.
Jan. 27, 2022 /
![Mihalek Introduces Legislation to Ensure Justice for Child Victims]()
WASHINGTON COUNTY – Rep. Natalie Mihalek (R-Allegheny/Washington) and Washington County District Attorney Jason Walsh today held a press conference at the Washington County Courthouse to introduce legislation that would elevate the crime of concealing the death of a child to a second-degree felony.
Jan. 27, 2022 /
![Jozwiak Applauds Joint Passage of Bill Focused on Directly Assisting PA Hospitals and Health Care Workers]()
HARRISBURG – Rep. Barry Jozwiak (R-Berks) voices his support of House Bill 253, which was jointly passed by the House and Senate and signed into law by the governor this week, that will directly provide assistance to Pennsylvania hospitals and health care workers.