Jan. 24, 2022 /
![Ecker Kicks Off Budget Season with Performance-Based Budgeting Hearings]()
HARRISBURG – While the governor’s budget address is still more than two weeks away, Rep. Torren Ecker (R-Adams/Cumberland) is serving as the lead House Republican at the bicameral Performance-Based Budgeting hearings that started on Monday.
Jan. 24, 2022 /
![Committee Lends Support to Mehaffie’s Better Access to Treatment Act]()
HARRISBURG – The House Professional Licensure Committee today unanimously agreed to send House Bill 19 to the full House for its consideration, setting up the possibility of legislative approval of a measure that would allow applied behavior analysts to seek professional licensure in Pennsylvania.
Jan. 24, 2022 /
![Mehaffie, Tomlinson, Nurses to Promote Patient Safety Act]()
WHAT: Reps. Tom Mehaffie (R-Mehaffie) and K.C. Tomlinson (R-Bucks) as well as nurses from SEIU Healthcare Pennsylvania will share updates on House Bill 106, the Patient Safety Act. The bill would establish safe patient limits for each individual nurse providing care.
Jan. 24, 2022 /
![White, Williams to Discuss Extending Jurisdiction for Attorney General Over Crimes Committed in Philadelphia]()
WHAT: Reps. Martina White (R-Philadelphia) and Craig Williams (R-Delaware) will hold a press conference to discuss extending Act 58 of 2019 to give Attorney General Josh Shapiro dual jurisdiction over Philadelphia.
Jan. 21, 2022 /
![House Children and Youth Committee to Hold Hearing on Insurance Crisis for Children]()
WHAT: Rep. Sheryl Delozier (R-Cumberland) will chair a hearing about the insurance crisis for children and youth service providers.
Jan. 21, 2022 /
![Committee to Consider Two Education Bills]()
WHAT: The House Education Committee, chaired by Rep. Curt Sonney (R-Erie), will hold a voting meeting to consider two education proposals. They include measures that would amend the Public School Code for the establishment of an online clearinghouse of online courses for students enrolled in grades 6-12 (House Bill 1330) and direct the Joint State Government Commission to establish an advisory committee to conduct a study on training mandates on public school entities (House Resolution 163).
Jan. 21, 2022 /
![Mercuri’s Remote Mortgage Bill Passes Senate]()
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, unanimously passed the Senate Wednesday.
Jan. 20, 2022 /
![Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness Committee to Hold Voting Meeting on Monday]()
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 six pieces of legislation.
Jan. 20, 2022 /
![Gillespie Issues Statement Regarding False Reports of Planned Retirement]()
YORK, PA – Rep. Keith Gillespie (R-York) issued the following statement today:
Jan. 20, 2022 /
![House State Government Subcommittee to Discuss Pension Reform Legislation]()
WHAT: The House State Government Subcommittee on Public Pensions, Benefits and Risk Management, chaired by Rep. Brett Miller (R-Lancaster), will host a public hearing regarding several pension reform bills.
Jan. 19, 2022 /
![Telemedicine, Recruitment Incentives, Reimbursements Key to Maintaining Rural Health Care Access, Say Causer, Rapp]()
HARRISBURG – To best meet the health care challenges facing Pennsylvania’s rural communities, an expansion of telemedicine options, enhanced recruitment incentives and increased reimbursements are top priorities, according to rural health care leaders testifying before a legislative panel on Wednesday.
Jan. 19, 2022 /
![Nelson Unveils Natural Immunity Exemption Bill]()
HARRISBURG – Legislation authored by Rep. Eric Nelson (R-Westmoreland) to provide workers who possess natural immunity from COVID-19 to be exempt from employer vaccine mandates was unveiled yesterday through a letter to members of the House of Representatives.
Jan. 19, 2022 /
![Ryan Says He Will Not Seek Fourth Term in House]()
HARRISBURG – Today, Rep. Frank Ryan (R-Lebanon) announced he will not be seeking re-election to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives this fall.
Jan. 18, 2022 /
![Time to Hold State-Related Universities Accountable for How They Spend Taxpayer Dollars, Says Warner]()
HARRISBURG – Citing the hundreds of millions in state funding sent to Pennsylvania’s four state-related universities each year, Rep. Ryan Warner (R-Fayette/Westmoreland) has introduced legislation to make the universities subject to the state’s Right-to-Know Law.
Jan. 17, 2022 /
![Ryan Re-Elected Vice Chairman of PSERS Board]()
HARRISBURG – The board of the Pennsylvania School Employees’ Retirement System (PSERS) met Thursday and elected Rep. Frank Ryan (R-Lebanon) to a second term as its vice chairman.
Jan. 17, 2022 /
![Causer, Rapp: Hearing on Rural Health Care Challenges, Solutions to be Held Virtually]()
BRADFORD – The legislative hearing about rural health care challenges and solutions scheduled to be held Wednesday at the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford will now be held virtually, said House Majority Policy Committee Chairman Martin Causer (R-Cameron/McKean/Potter) and House Health Committee Chair Kathy Rapp (R-Warren/Crawford/Forest).
Jan. 15, 2022 / Press Release
![Cutler, Benninghoff: Wolf Failed Basic Responsibilities to Pennsylvanians in Congressional Redistricting]()
HARRISBURG – Pennsylvania Speaker of the House Bryan Cutler (R-Lancaster) and House Majority Leader Kerry Benninghoff (R-Centre/Mifflin) made the following statement after Gov. Tom Wolf released congressional maps that he says can garner his approval:
Jan. 14, 2022 /
![Causer, Rapp to Chair Hearing in Bradford to Discuss Rural Health Challenges]()
WHAT: Rep. Martin Causer (R-Cameron/McKean/Potter), chairman of the House Majority Policy Committee, and Rep. Kathy Rapp (R-Warren/Crawford/Forest), chair of the House Health Committee, are hosting a hearing to discuss rural health care challenges and solutions.
Jan. 14, 2022 /
![Current State Redistricting Map Would Negatively Impact Overall Culture, Representation in 123rd District, Says Twardzik]()
SCHUYLKILL COUNTY - Rep. Tim Twardzik (R-Schuylkill) released the following statement in regard to how redistricting will affect the 123rd Legislative District.
Jan. 13, 2022 /
![Analysis: Preliminary LRC House map is “an extreme partisan outlier”]()
The analysis that is to be presented by Dr. Michael Barber of Brigham Young University, which uses statistical techniques endorsed by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in League of Women Voters of Pa. v. Com., 645 Pa. 1, 124-125 (2018), clearly shows the preliminary House map is “an extreme partisan gerrymander.”