Sep. 27, 2021 /
![Davanzo Sponsors Legislation to Ensure Fair Royalties Between Natural Gas Companies and Landowners]()
HARRISBURG – Rep. Eric Davanzo (R-Westmoreland) has sponsored legislation that would define what natural gas companies can and cannot deduct from landowners. Pennsylvania currently has a Guaranteed Minimum Royalty Act, enacted in 1979, that stipulates that natural gas companies must pay landowners at least one-eighth of the value of the gas harvested from their property. However, industry standards and lack of clarity in the law has led to some landowners receiving less than a one-eighth royalty payment. House Bill 1763 would clarify how royalty payments are calculated.
Sep. 25, 2021 /
![House Republican Leadership Statement on the Arrest of Rep. Kevin Boyle]()
HARRISBURG – The leadership of the Pennsylvania House Republican Caucus released the following statement following the news of the arrest of Rep. Kevin Boyle (D-Philadelphia):
Sep. 24, 2021 /
![Metcalfe, ERE Committee to Examine Proposed Price Rule’s Potential to Sustain Competitive and Reliable Energy Markets]()
WHAT: PA House Environmental Resources and Energy (ERE) Committee Majority Chairman Daryl Metcalfe (R-Butler) will convene an informational meeting to determine if PJM Interconnection’s, America’s largest power grid operator, proposed Minimum Offer Price Rule (MOPR) would adequately maintain competitive and reliable energy markets.
Sep. 24, 2021 /
![Grove Announces Hearing on Congressional Redistricting and Census Data Analysis]()
HARRISBURG – As the House State Government Committee continues to receive input on congressional redistricting from Pennsylvanians, its chairman, Seth Grove (R-York), announced today the committee will hold a hearing in October on the need for districts to be equal and review of the census data demographic changes across the Commonwealth.
Sep. 23, 2021 /
![Southeast House Republicans Forge Historic Resolution to Extend Emergency Order, Expand Relief Efforts]()
HARRISBURG- Republican House members from Southeastern Pennsylvania crafted and passed a historic measure to extend the governor’s emergency order, permitting additional relief to areas affected by the remnants of Hurricane Ida. This was the first time an emergency order from the governor was extended by the state Legislature.
Sep. 23, 2021 /
![Lawrence Blasts Wolf Administration’s Inaction on COVID Testing]()
HARRISBURG – Representative John Lawrence (R-Chester/Lancaster) recently called out the Wolf administration’s failure to address persistent issues related to COVID-19 test processing at the state laboratory.
Sep. 23, 2021 /
![State Government Committee to Take Up Elections, COVID-19-Related Bills]()
WHAT: The House State Government Committee will take up several bills, including the reintroduced Voting Rights Protection Act (House Bill 1800), at its next meeting.
Sep. 22, 2021 /
![Government Working Group to Offer Reaction to U.S. Steel Expansion Announcement]()
WHAT: As part of an assembled group of government representatives from the local, state and federal level, state Rep. Jim Rigby (R-Johnstown) will offer reaction to the United States Steel Corporation’s recently-expressed desire to search for a site to build a new steel mill.
Sep. 22, 2021 /
![Labs Legislation to Extend State of Emergency Declaration Passes]()
HARRISBURG – Yesterday, the House and Senate both unanimously approved legislation, introduced by Rep. Shelby Labs (R-Bucks), to extend the State of Emergency declaration to offer additional relief to the southeast region of Pennsylvania.
Sep. 22, 2021 /
![House Approves Flood Bill to Extend Program Combatting Opioid Abuse]()
HARRISBURG – The state House today in Harrisburg approved through an overwhelmingly bipartisan vote a bill introduced by local state Rep. Ann Flood (R-Northampton) that would extend a successful program that helps doctors and pharmacies combat opioid abuse.
Sep. 22, 2021 /
HARRISBURG – As a prime co-sponsor, Rep. Craig Williams (R- Delaware/Chester) voted in support of House Resolution 139, which would extend the provisions of Gov. Tom Wolf’s Aug. 31 disaster emergency declaration relative to the aftereffects of Hurricane Ida.
Sep. 22, 2021 /
![Polinchock Bill to Allow Remote Learning for Real Estate Schools Advances to Senate]()
HARRISBURG – The House today passed legislation to allow real estate schools which have been approved to provide in-person instruction to also livestream the course, offering it to remote students, said Rep. Todd Polinchock (R-Bucks), who authored the measure.
Sep. 21, 2021 /
![Stephens Votes to Extend Emergency Declaration as Residents Recover from Storm Damage]()
HARRISBURG—Rep. Todd Stephens (R-Montgomery) joined a bipartisan majority of House legislators in passing House Resolution 139 to extend Gov. Tom Wolf’s disaster emergency after the remnants of Hurricane Ida damaged homes and businesses due to flooding rains and tornado.
Sep. 21, 2021 /
![Keefer Shawn’s Law Bill Sent to Governor for Signature]()
HARRISBURG ¬– Rep. Dawn Keefer’s (R-Dillsburg) Shawn’s Law (House Bill 184), to hold accountable people who instruct, cause or solicit another person to take his or her own life, is going to the governor for his signature after being approved by the House on concurrence today.
Sep. 21, 2021 /
![Benninghoff Supports Extension of Ida Disaster Emergency Declaration]()
HARRISBURG – House Majority Leader Kerry Benninghoff (R-Centre/Mifflin) on Tuesday voted in support of House Resolution 139, which would extend the provisions of Gov. Tom Wolf’s Aug. 31 disaster emergency declaration relative to the aftereffects of Tropical Storm Ida.
Sep. 21, 2021 /
![Benninghoff Votes for Greater Information Sharing to Help Combat Opioid Epidemic]()
HARRISBURG – House Majority Leader Kerry Benninghoff (R-Centre/Mifflin) on Tuesday voted in support of an amendment to House Bill 1774 that would allow for increased information sharing between departments of material from the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program as a tool to help the Commonwealth combat the opioid addiction and overdose epidemic.
Sep. 21, 2021 /
![Reps. Stephens, O’Mara to Reintroduce Extreme Risk Protective Order Bill During Suicide Prevention Month]()
HARRISBURG—Reps. Todd Stephens (R-Montgomery) and Jennifer O’Mara (D-Delaware) marked Suicide Prevention Month by announcing they will reintroduce legislation to create Extreme Risk Protective Orders (ERPO) as a way to reduce suicides in Pennsylvania.
Sep. 21, 2021 /
![Struzzi Supports Increased Funding for Broadband Access]()
HARRISBURG – State Rep. Jim Struzzi (R-Indiana) is cosponsoring and supporting legislation that would give his constituents and residents in rural communities throughout Pennsylvania access to high-speed internet service.
Sep. 21, 2021 /
![Benninghoff Supports Ward Resolution on Prisoner Reallocation]()
HARRISBURG – House Majority Leader Kerry Benninghoff (R-Centre/Mifflin) on Tuesday morning voted in support of a resolution offered by Senate Majority Leader Kim Ward (R-Westmoreland) during a meeting of the Legislative Reapportionment Commission that would put additional guidelines on how prisoner reallocation data is to be compiled and counted by, among other things, ensuring that individuals incarcerated to a minimum sentence expiring after April 1, 2030, will be counted at the prison at which they reside.
Sep. 21, 2021 /
![House Unanimously Passes Mackenzie’s Child Abuse Legislation]()
HARRISBURG – The House on Monday voted unanimously to pass Rep. Milou Mackenzie’s (R-Lehigh/Montgomery/Northampton) House Bill 1657 as they continue to help provide further protections for children in the Commonwealth.