Committee to Consider Two Education Bills

Jan. 21, 2022 /

WHAT: The House Education Committee, chaired by Rep. Curt Sonney (R-Erie), will hold a voting meeting to consider two education proposals. They include measures that would amend the Public School Code for the establishment of an online clearinghouse of online courses for students enrolled in grades 6-12 (House Bill 1330) and direct the Joint State Government Commission to establish an advisory committee to conduct a study on training mandates on public school entities (House Resolution 163).

Mercuri’s Remote Mortgage Bill Passes Senate

Jan. 21, 2022 /

HARRISBURG – Rep. Rob Mercuri (R-Allegheny) announced his bill, which would modernize Pennsylvania’s Banking Code to no longer restrict mortgage originations to within 100 miles of physical branch locations, unanimously passed the Senate Wednesday.

Nelson Unveils Natural Immunity Exemption Bill

Jan. 19, 2022 /

HARRISBURG – Legislation authored by Rep. Eric Nelson (R-Westmoreland) to provide workers who possess natural immunity from COVID-19 to be exempt from employer vaccine mandates was unveiled yesterday through a letter to members of the House of Representatives.

Ryan Re-Elected Vice Chairman of PSERS Board

Jan. 17, 2022 /

HARRISBURG – The board of the Pennsylvania School Employees’ Retirement System (PSERS) met Thursday and elected Rep. Frank Ryan (R-Lebanon) to a second term as its vice chairman.

Causer, Rapp: Hearing on Rural Health Care Challenges, Solutions to be Held Virtually

Jan. 17, 2022 /

BRADFORD – The legislative hearing about rural health care challenges and solutions scheduled to be held Wednesday at the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford will now be held virtually, said House Majority Policy Committee Chairman Martin Causer (R-Cameron/McKean/Potter) and House Health Committee Chair Kathy Rapp (R-Warren/Crawford/Forest).

Analysis: Preliminary LRC House map is “an extreme partisan outlier”

Jan. 13, 2022 /

The analysis that is to be presented by Dr. Michael Barber of Brigham Young University, which uses statistical techniques endorsed by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in League of Women Voters of Pa. v. Com., 645 Pa. 1, 124-125 (2018), clearly shows the preliminary House map is “an extreme partisan gerrymander.”

Ecker Discusses Bills to Aid First Responders

Jan. 13, 2022 /

HARRISBURG – During session of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, Rep. Torren Ecker (R-Adams/Cumberland) gave details of two pieces of legislation he is sponsoring to aid fire departments.

Preliminary State House Map “Not Reflective of Our Community”

Jan. 13, 2022 /

In case you missed it, the Bucks County Courier-Times published an Editorial this morning that panned the preliminary state House map, approved by three commissioners on the Legislative Reapportionment Commission, for its lack of competitiveness in Bucks County and across the state.

Causer Submits Policy Committee Testimony to Legislative Reapportionment Commission

Jan. 13, 2022 /

HARRISBURG – Following two hearings conducted by the House Majority Policy Committee on the preliminary state House map recently advanced by the Pennsylvania Legislative Reapportionment Commission, Committee Chairman Martin Causer (R- Cameron/McKean/Potter) submitted the testimony received at these hearings to the commission as it reviews public exceptions in advance of considering final state legislative maps.

Lawrence Moves Legislation to Save Chester Water Authority

Jan. 12, 2022 /

HARRISBURG – Earlier this week, the Pennsylvania House of Representatives approved legislation introduced by Rep. John Lawrence (R-Chester/Lancaster) that would halt the proposed sale of Chester Water Authority (CWA). Lawrence’s amendment, offered on House Bill 527, passed the House with a broad 177-24 bipartisan majority.