May. 03, 2021 /
![PPE Storage at Farm Show Complex Could Postpone 65th Annual Keystone International Livestock Exhibition]()
WHAT: Due to the millions of dollars of personal protective equipment (PPE) currently being stored at the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex in Harrisburg, the 65th Keystone International Livestock Exhibition (KILE) Show, which is scheduled for Oct.1-10, may not take place. Exhibition organizers have yet to receive a definitive answer from the Department of Agriculture or the Wolf administration. A decision on whether to hold the 2021 show could come as early as this week, but as of today the Farm Show building is still full of PPE. This lack of planning and decision making on the part of the administration is putting KILE and many other events in jeopardy.
May. 03, 2021 /
![House Judiciary Committee to Hold Voting Meeting]()
WHAT: Rep. Rob Kauffman (R-Franklin) and members of the House Judiciary Committee will vote on the following bills:
May. 03, 2021 /
![Sonney to Co-Host Hearing with Appropriations Committee on PASSHE Report]()
WHAT: Rep. Curt Sonney (R-Erie), chairman of the House Education Committee, will hold a joint public hearing with the House Appropriations Committee on the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education’s (PASSHE) report pursuant to Act 50 of 2020 and the system’s implementation plan for improvement of operations.
Apr. 30, 2021 /
![Brooks to Host Hearing on Proposal to Allow Employees of Mortgage Originators to Work from Remote Locations]()
WHAT: Rep. Bob Brooks (R-Allegheny/Westmoreland), subcommittee chairman on financial services and banking under House Commerce Committee Chairman Brad Roae (R-Crawford/Erie), will hold a public hearing to discuss proposed legislation on remote mortgage banking.
Apr. 30, 2021 /
![House State Government Committee to Consider Bills to Alter Constitutional Amendment Process, Account for PPE]()
WHAT: In the wake of the Department of State failing to fulfill its responsibility of publishing a constitutional amendment, which prevented amendment questions from appearing on the May primary ballot, the House State Government Committee will consider a series of bills to address the gross negligence and improve the amendment process.
Apr. 30, 2021 /
![Ortitay, House Leaders Detail Missteps, Call for Investigation on Data Breach]()
WHAT: Rep. Jason Ortitay (R-Washington/Allegheny), House Majority Whip Donna Oberlander (R-Clarion/Armstrong/Forest) and Majority Leader Kerry Benninghoff (R-Centre/Mifflin) will discuss the latest COVID-19 contact tracing data breach by the Wolf administration, opportunities missed to reduce the risks to private citizens and request a full, independent investigation.
Apr. 26, 2021 /
![PA House and Senate ERE Committees to Convene Public Hearing on Alternate Septic Systems—Act 34 Implementation]()
WHAT: PA House Environmental Resources and Energy (ERE) Committee Chairman Daryl Metcalfe (R-Butler) and Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee Chairman Gene Yaw (R-23) will convene a joint public hearing focusing on Alternate Septic Systems—Act 34 of 2020 Implementation.
Apr. 23, 2021 /
![Sonney to Host Informational Meeting]()
WHAT: Rep. Curt Sonney (R-Erie), chairman of the House Education Committee, will hold an informational meeting regarding academic accountability. The committee will receive input from the Pennsylvania Department of Education on its Comprehensive Support and Improvement (CSI), Targeted Support and Improvement (TSI), and the Additional Targeted Support and Improvement (A-TSI) designation process and support system.
Apr. 23, 2021 /
![Policy Committee Asks: Do We Really Need All Those Regulations?]()
WHAT: The House Majority Policy Committee, chaired by Rep. Martin Causer (R-Cameron/McKean/Potter), will hold a hearing to highlight regulations suspended by the Wolf administration over the past year and discuss the need to reinstate them or not.
Apr. 20, 2021 /
![Rapp, PA House Health Committee to Continue Series of Public Hearings on Pro-Life, Abortion Issues]()
WHAT: PA House Health Committee Majority Chair Kathy Rapp (R-Warren/Crawford/Forest) will convene the next in a series of public hearings focusing on Pro-Life, Abortion - Part II – Providers and Alternatives.
Apr. 20, 2021 /
![House State Government Committee to Mark End of Election Review Hearings]()
WHAT: The House State Government Committee recently concluded its non-partisan and bi-partisan review of Pennsylvania’s election process and laws. Over the course of 10 hearings, the committee heard from more than 50 testifiers ranging from national election experts to county election officials, and from top Pennsylvania election officials to officials who oversee elections in other states. Pennsylvania was the only state to complete an inclusive review of its election laws and administration prior to moving legislation.
Apr. 20, 2021 /
![Moul, Boback, Grove to Inspect PPE Stored at PA Farm Show Complex]()
WHAT: House Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee Chairman Dan Moul (R-Adams), House Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness Committee Chairwoman Karen Boback (R-Lackawanna/Luzerne/Wyoming) and House State Government Committee Chairman Seth Grove (R-York) plan to tour the state Farm Show Complex as a follow-up to recent House hearings regarding preparations for state emergencies. The Wolf Administration invited the lawmakers to inspect the facility’s storage of personal protective equipment. House members will offer comments immediately following the tour.
Apr. 19, 2021 /
![Metcalfe, ERE Committee Set to Advance High Priority Regulatory Reform Legislation]()
WHAT: PA House Environmental Resources and Energy (ERE) Committee Majority Chairman Daryl Metcalfe (R-Butler) will convene a voting meeting to advance several pieces of legislation to rein in regulatory overreach across the Commonwealth.
Apr. 19, 2021 /
![House Judiciary Committee to Vote on Slate of Bills Pertaining to Human Trafficking]()
WHAT: Rep. Rob Kauffman (R-Franklin) and members of the House Judiciary Committee will vote on the following bills:
Apr. 19, 2021 /
![House State Government Committee to Take Up Regulatory Bills]()
WHAT: Knowing not all regulations are relevant in today’s modern world, the House State Government Committee will take up two regulatory review bills at its next scheduled meeting.
Apr. 19, 2021 /
![Benninghoff, Causer to Discuss Small Business Economic Recovery]()
WHO: PA House Majority Leader Kerry Benninghoff (R-Centre/Mifflin), PA House Majority Policy Chairman Martin Causer (R-Cameron/McKean/Potter), and representatives from the Pennsylvania Restaurant and Lodging Association and the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry.
Apr. 16, 2021 /
![Metcalfe, ERE Committee to Examine Environmental Benefits of PA’s Conventional Oil and Natural Gas Industry]()
WHAT: PA House Environmental Resources and Energy (ERE) Committee Majority Chairman Daryl Metcalfe (R-Butler) will convene an informational meeting focusing on the environmental benefits of Pennsylvania’s conventional oil and natural gas industry.
Apr. 16, 2021 /
![Committee to Consider Four Education Bills]()
WHAT: The House Education Committee, chaired by Rep. Curt Sonney (R-Erie), will hold a voting meeting to consider four proposals on a variety of education topics.
Apr. 15, 2021 /
![PA House Majority Leader to Hold Media Availability - Will discuss legislative successes in first 100 days of session]()
Apr. 14, 2021 /
![House State Government Committee to Hold Final Election Process Hearing]()
WHAT: The House State Government Committee will conclude its months-long series of hearings on Pennsylvania’s election process by receiving testimony from stakeholders and members of the General Assembly. The committee began the dauting task of diving deeper into the election process in January when it held the first of 10 hearings. The aim of the hearings is to review all aspects of the process to create a bill to modernize the Commonwealth’s elections, which are being run on a law from 1937.