Nov. 01, 2017 /
![Ryan’s Audit Enforcement Legislation Signed into Law]()
HARRISBURG – State Rep. Frank Ryan (R-Lebanon) today announced that his legislation to strengthen audits conducted by the state auditor general was signed into law by Gov. Tom Wolf on Monday.
Nov. 01, 2017 /
![Kaufer, Bloom Call for Constitutional Convention to Fix Broken Government PA citizens would take direct role in constitutional changes]()
HARRISBURG – State Rep. Aaron Kaufer today detailed his support of a new proposal to host a limited constitutional convention in Pennsylvania, similar to the one that was hosted in 1967. Kaufer joined Rep. Stephen Bloom (R-Cumberland), author of the proposal, to explain what a convention could look like.
Oct. 31, 2017 /
![Warner Announces Performance-Based Budgeting Bill Becomes Law]()
HARRISBURG – On Monday, the governor signed into law Senate Bill 181, which would change the state budgeting process by requiring performance-based budgeting. The House version, House Bill 410, was authored by Rep. Ryan Warner (R-Fayette/Westmoreland).
Oct. 31, 2017 /
![News Advisory: Simmons, Bloom to Detail Constitutional Convention for Government Reform]()
Oct. 31, 2017 /
![Kaufer, Bloom Call for Constitutional Convention to Fix Broken Government]()
WHAT: State Rep. Aaron Kaufer (R-Luzerne) will host a press conference to detail legislation to reform state government via limited constitutional convention
Oct. 31, 2017 /
![Kaufer’s Bill to Help Opioid Crisis, Signed by Governor as Act 40 of 2017]()
HARRISBURG – Rep. Aaron Kaufer’s (R-Luzerne) House Bill 118, which establishes the Emergency Drug and Alcohol Detoxification Program, was recently signed into law as Act 40 of 2017.
Oct. 30, 2017 /
![Mackenzie’s Bill to Reduce Fraud Signed into Law]()
HARRISBURG – Today, the governor signed into law House Bill 16, Rep. Ryan Mackenzie’s (R-Lehigh/Berks) legislation designed to reform the local tax collection system to reduce instances of fraud.
Oct. 30, 2017 /
![Tallman Questions Commonwealth Spending As Governor Considers Final Budget]()
HARRISBURG – As Gov. Tom Wolf considers the final pieces of the 2017-18 state budget package, state Rep. Will Tallman (R-Adams/Cumberland) is expressing his disappointment with the spending plan finalized by the General Assembly last week.
Oct. 30, 2017 /
![Legislators to Accept Testimony on the Impact of Drilling Ban]()
WHAT: State lawmakers will accept testimony on the potential impact of a permanent drilling ban being proposed by the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) at a legislative hearing in Waymart.
Oct. 27, 2017 /
![Saccone Introduces Legislation to End License Suspensions for Individuals with Drug and Non-Driving Convictions]()
PITTSBURGH - At a press conference today, Rep. Rick Saccone (R-Allegheny/Washington) announced legislation to end driver’s license suspensions for people convicted of a non-vehicle related crime.
Oct. 27, 2017 /
![Baker Joins President for Declaration of National Opioid Abuse Crisis]()
HARRISBURG – State Rep. Matt Baker (R-Tioga/Bradford/Potter) today joined President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington, D.C., as he declared the opioid epidemic a national health emergency. Since 2000, more than 500,000 people have died as the result of opioid abuse, or about 144 people per day.
Oct. 26, 2017 /
![Everett Says Budget Bills Sent to Governor This Week]()
HARRISBURG – Rep. Garth Everett (R-Lycoming/Union), a member of the House Appropriations Committee, said today the bills to fund the 2017-18 state budget have been passed and sent to Gov. Tom Wolf.
Oct. 26, 2017 /
![Understanding The Ballot Referendum]()
In 1997, the Pennsylvania Constitution was amended to allow local taxing authorities - counties, school districts and municipalities - to reduce any homeowner’s property taxes by no more than 50 percent of the median assessed value of all primary residences (the Homestead Exclusion). On Election Day, we will have a chance to potentially raise that figure to 100 percent.
Oct. 26, 2017 /
![Stephens Backs Bill Funding Programs for Seniors, Abused Children and Domestic Violence Victims]()
HARRISBURG—Rep. Todd Stephens (R-Montgomery) joined a bipartisan majority of his colleagues to pass a budget-related gaming bill that provides additional funding for lottery programs for Pennsylvania seniors and for programs serving domestic violence victims and abused children in Montgomery County.
Oct. 26, 2017 /
![House Sends Ortitay’s Gaming Bill to Governor]()
HARRISBURG – The House today sent Rep. Jason Ortitay’s (R-Washington/Allegheny) gaming legislation to the governor to finish funding the Fiscal Year 2017-18 state budget process.
Oct. 26, 2017 /
![House Passes Appropriation for University of Pennsylvania Vet School and New Bolton Center]()
HARRISBURG- Rep. Eric Roe (R-Chester) announced today that the House overwhelmingly passed the annual state appropriation for the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Veterinary Medicine and its New Bolton Center, 171-14, on Wednesday. The vote on Senate Bill 325, was passed in concurrence with the Senate.
Oct. 25, 2017 /
![Speaker Turzai Calls for State-related Universities to Freeze Tuition for Pennsylvania Students in 2018-19]()
HARRISBURG –Speaker of the Pennsylvania House Mike Turzai (R-Allegheny) issued the following statement regarding the passage of funding for state-related universities:
Oct. 25, 2017 /
![Marsico Fights to Protect Children of Crime Victims]()
HARRISBURG – Rep. Ron Marsico (R-Lower Paxton) issued the following statement expressing his disappointment in a Senate-created program that aims to provide scholarships to children of incarcerated individuals but does not specifically provide the same benefit to children of crime victims:
Oct. 24, 2017 /
![House Votes to Permanently Offer Scholarships to Online Learners, Quigley Says]()
HARRISBURG – In support of students earning their degrees online, today the House approved legislation sponsored by Rep. Tom Quigley (R-Montgomery) that would make permanent a pilot program allowing online learners to receive financial aid.
Oct. 24, 2017 /
![Kauffman Bill Provides End to Supplemental Funding of UC Program]()
HARRISBURG – Rep. Rob Kauffman (R-Franklin), chairman of the House Labor and Industry Committee, is introducing legislation to ensure the completion of long-awaited updates to the Unemployment Compensation (UC) program’s computer benefits system and the end of state supplemental funding that was originally designed to end last year.