Jan. 11, 2022 /
![House Passes Quinn Bill Modernizing PA’s Acupuncture Law]()
HARRISBURG, PA – The Pennsylvania House of Representatives today passed legislation sponsored by Rep. Chris Quinn (R-Delaware) that would modernize the Commonwealth’s 36 year-old Acupuncture Licensing Act.
Jan. 11, 2022 /
![House Passes Jozwiak’s Bill Aimed at Providing More Efficient Delivery of Diagnostic Imaging Results for Patients]()
HARRISBURG – Rep. Barry Jozwiak (R-Berks) announced today that the House unanimously approved his bill to address the efficiency and timeliness at which patients would receive their diagnostic imaging results from their health care provider.
Jan. 11, 2022 /
![Sonney to Retire]()
HARRISBURG – Rep. Curt Sonney (R-Erie) today announced he will retire at the end of the 2021-22 Legislative Session.
Jan. 11, 2022 /
![Pickett’s Insurance Consumer Protection Bills Gain House Approval]()
HARRISBURG – Legislation that would provide protections for insurance consumers in Pennsylvania, sponsored by Rep. Tina Pickett (R-Bradford/Sullivan/Susquehanna), was passed unanimously in the House of Representatives on Monday.
Jan. 11, 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.
Jan. 10, 2022 /
![House Approves Ortitay Bill to Create Statewide Literacy Program]()
BRIDGEVILLE – The House today passed legislation written by Rep. Jason Ortitay (R-Washington/Allegheny) that would create a statewide literacy program focused on the science of reading.
Jan. 10, 2022 /
![Quinn Bill Restoring Snow Removal Liability Fairness Passes House]()
HARRISBURG, PA – On the heels of our region’s first measurable snowfall of the season, the Pennsylvania House of Representatives unanimously passed legislation to reestablish basic fairness in snow removal contracting. House Bill 1665 would nullify certain indemnity clauses in snow removal contracts, said the legislation’s sponsor, Rep. Chris Quinn (R-Delaware).
Jan. 10, 2022 /
![Speaker Announces Special Election for the 24th District]()
HARRISBURG – Speaker of the House Bryan Cutler (R-Lancaster) today ordered a special election to election to be held on Tuesday, April 5, to fill the vacant seat in the 24th Legislative District in Allegheny County.
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