Jan. 10, 2022 /
![Speaker Announces Special Election for the 116th 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 116th Legislative District in Luzerne County.
Jan. 10, 2022 /
![Grove: State Government Committee Advances Legislation to Create Citizens’ Legislative Reapportionment Commission, Election Bills]()
HARRISBURG – As state House and Senate redistricting impacts all residents of the Commonwealth, the House State Government Committee today approved legislation to create a citizen-driven commission charged with redistricting, committee Chairman Rep. Seth Grove (R-York) said.
Jan. 10, 2022 /
![Warner Bill to Prevent Election Day Ballot Shortages Earns Committee Approval]()
HARRISBURG – A bill to ensure voting precincts across the Commonwealth have enough ballots to accommodate in-person voters has been approved by the House State Government Committee, said Rep. Ryan Warner (R-Fayette/Westmoreland), author of the bill.
Jan. 07, 2022 /
HARRISBURG – Pennsylvania House Majority Leader Kerry Benninghoff (R-Centre/Mifflin), a commissioner on the Pennsylvania Legislative Reapportionment Commission, said Friday that it was clear after two days of commission hearings on the proposed plans that changes must be made to the preliminary House map.
Jan. 07, 2022 /
![House ERE Committee to Weigh Benefits, Challenges and Economics of Extracting PA’s Rare Earth Minerals]()
WHAT: PA House Environmental Resources and Energy (ERE) Committee Majority Chairman Daryl Metcalfe (R-Butler) will convene a public hearing to receive testimony on the benefits, challenges and economics of rare earth mineral extraction.
Jan. 07, 2022 /
![State Government Committee to Take Up Election Reform Bills, Resolution to Improve Redistricting Process]()
WHAT: The House State Government Committee will take up at its next meeting a series of bills to improve Pennsylvania’s election system and legislation to ensure citizens’ have a much larger say in the redistricting process. The committee will take up the following bills:
Jan. 07, 2022 /
![Irvin’s Legislation Streamlining Workers’ Compensation Claims Adjudication Signed into Law]()
HARRISBURG – Legislation authored by Rep. Rich Irvin (R-Huntingdon/Centre/Mifflin) that would allow for faster workers’ compensation claims settlements was signed into law by Gov. Tom Wolf.
Jan. 07, 2022 /
![House Judiciary Committee to Host Public Hearing on Legislation to Legalize Fentanyl Test Strips]()
WHAT: Rep. Rob Kauffman (R-Franklin), chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, will hold a public hearing on House Bill 1393, sponsored by Rep. Jim Struzzi (R-Indiana).
Jan. 06, 2022 /
![House Republican Leadership, Grove Disappointed Wolf Declined Public Meeting on Redistricting]()
HARRISBURG – Gov. Tom Wolf has turned his back on public debate of the congressional redistricting process after he declined a public meeting to discuss the proposed citizen map, House Speaker Bryan Cutler (R-Lancaster), House Majority Leader Kerry Benninghoff (R-Centre/Mifflin) and House State Government Committee Chairman Rep. Seth Grove (R-York) said.
Jan. 06, 2022 /
![Grove to Discuss Wolf Declining to Meet About Congressional Redistricting Map at 1 p.m. Today]()
WHAT: Rep. Seth Grove (R-York) will hold a press conference to discuss Gov. Tom Wolf’s refusal to meet to discuss the congressional redistricting map. He will also provide an overview of the redistricting process and discuss a proposed Citizens Redistricting Commission.
Jan. 04, 2022 /
![Fairness, Continuity Emphasized During Redistricting Hearing, Says Mercuri]()
MCCANDLESS – In order to account for shifts in population, congressional and legislative districts must be redrawn every 10 years to ensure fairness and equal representation for Pennsylvanians. But what if both principles are absent? Rep. Rob Mercuri (R-Allegheny) hosted a House Majority Policy Committee hearing today to discuss how the Legislative Reapportionment Commission’s (LRC) redistricting map for the state House impacts communities and their constituencies.
Jan. 04, 2022 / Press Release
![Grove Invites Wolf to Publicly Discuss Congressional Redistricting]()
HARRISBURG – Responding to Gov. Tom Wolf’s request to provide his review of a proposed congressional redistricting map in a public forum, Rep. Seth Grove (R-York), chair of the House State Government Committee, has invited the governor to a public meeting to fully discuss the map and listen to the governor’s thoughts of it
Jan. 04, 2022 /
![Grove: Court Upholds Law in Lehigh County Mail-In Ballot Case]()
HARRISBURG – In response to the Commonwealth Court’s decision to uphold current election law regarding mail-in ballots in Lehigh County, Rep. Seth Grove (R-Dover), chair of the House State Government Committee, issued the following statement:
Jan. 04, 2022 /
![Metcalfe Announces Legislative Retirement]()
HARRISBURG – On Jan. 1, 2022, after the clock struck midnight and the New Year rang in, State Representative Daryl Metcalfe (R-12) announced to his family that he does not plan to seek re-election to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 2022.
Jan. 03, 2022 /
![Grove Calls on Nordenberg to Have LRC Map Creator Testify]()
HARRISBURG – Pennsylvania House State Government Committee Chairman Seth Grove (R-York) wrote a letter to Legislative Reapportionment Commission Chairman Mark Nordenberg Monday suggesting that he follow the most transparent congressional redistricting process in Pennsylvania history, which was led by the House State Government Committee, and have the commission hold a hearing with the chairman’s map drawer, Dr. Jonathan Cervas, in order to fully and publicly examine the preliminary maps.
Jan. 01, 2022 /
![House Majority Policy Committee to Discuss Impacts of Preliminary Redistricting Map]()
WHAT: The House Majority Policy Committee, chaired by Rep. Martin Causer (R-Cameron/McKean/Potter), will host a public hearing to discuss the community impacts of the House redistricting map given preliminary approval by the Legislative Reapportionment Commission in mid-December.
Dec. 30, 2021 / Press Release
![Cook Says Redistricting Process Must Be Fair, Accountable and Transparent]()
HARRISBURG – A fair, accountable and transparent government is non-negotiable, and the same concept holds true for “The People’s” redistricting process, said Rep. Bud Cook (R-Washington/Fayette).
Dec. 30, 2021 /
![Fact Check: Nordenberg’s Claims More Fantasy Than Reality]()
HARRISBURG – In an interview with the Philadelphia Inquirer over the weekend, Legislative Reapportionment Commission Chairman Mark Nordenberg made a number of claims about the preliminary state House map based more in fantasy than reality. Here is a fact check of some of his fantastical claims:
Dec. 30, 2021 /
![Mackenzie to Chair House Government Oversight Committee]()
HARRISBURG – Rep. Ryan Mackenzie (R-Berks/Lehigh) has been appointed by House Majority Leader Kerry Benninghoff (R-Centre/Mifflin) to serve as majority chairman of the House Government Oversight Committee.
Dec. 29, 2021 /
![Who Drew the Preliminary State House Map?]()
HARRISBURG – In an interview from the Philadelphia Inquirer over the weekend, Legislative Reapportionment Commission Chairman Mark Nordenberg declined to take credit for drawing the preliminary state House map.