Sep. 30, 2020 /
![Committee to Consider Four Education-Related 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. They include measures that would create prekindergarten vision screenings and modify the current school vision screening schedule (House Bill 1342); establish the Back on Track Education Scholarship Account Program (House Bill 2696); provide for the removal of a student convicted or adjudicated delinquent of sexual assault against another enrolled student (Senate Bill 530); and establish a moment of silence in schools on the anniversaries of Sept. 11th and Pearl Harbor Day (Senate Bill 869).
Sep. 29, 2020 /
![Keefer Bill to Save State Millions of Dollars in Health Care Costs Advances]()
HARRISBURG – With Pennsylvania facing billions of dollars in lost revenue due to the governor’s response to COVID-19, a bill by Rep. Dawn Keefer (R-Dillsburg) to save the state tens of millions of dollars was advanced by the House Health Committee today.
Sep. 29, 2020 /
![Bill to Increase Pennsylvanians' Access to Health Care Approved by House, Topper Says]()
HARRISBURG – The House today unanimously approved legislation by Rep. Jesse Topper (R-Bedford/Franklin/Fulton) to ensure all Pennsylvanians have access to quality health care.
Sep. 29, 2020 /
![Toohil Sponsors Resolution Honoring Educators as Heroes during the COVID-19 Pandemic]()
HARRISBURG – A resolution honoring Pennsylvania’s educators as heroes for their dedication to students and the educational process during the ongoing public health emergency today was unanimously adopted by the House of Representatives, said Rep. Tarah Toohil (R-Luzerne), prime sponsor of the measure.
Sep. 29, 2020 /
![House Moves Grove Bill to Improve Health Care Outcomes and Save Taxpayer Money]()
HARRISBURG – Legislation by Rep. Seth Grove (R-Dover) sets hefty, yet achievable, goals of saving taxpayers $150 million over next few fiscal years through targeted savings for the Medicaid outcome-based program, all while improving health care outcomes. It was approved by the House Health Committee today.
Sep. 29, 2020 /
![Helping small businesses, families isn’t ‘meaningless,’ Gov. Wolf]()
Pennsylvanians have rightly asked for bipartisanship in its government’s response to COVID-19 and the Pennsylvania General Assembly, and the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in particular, has delivered.
Sep. 28, 2020 /
![Grove Seeks Answers on COVID-19 Nursing Home Deaths]()
HARRISBURG – Seeking answers to Gov. Tom Wolf’s policy of allowing patients who tested positive to COVID-19 to be allowed to return to long-term care facilities, many of which were hotbeds of the virus, Rep. Seth Grove (R-Dover) filed a Right-to-Know (RTK) request with Wolf’s Department of Health.
Sep. 28, 2020 /
![House to Hold Ceremonial Session in Downtown Harrisburg]()
WHAT: The House will convene for session at Grace United Methodist Church as part of 200th anniversary celebrations for the church. In 1897, the House held session in the same church after a fire burned the previous Capitol building.
Sep. 28, 2020 /
![House Judiciary Committee to Hold Voting Meeting Sept. 29, Says Kauffman]()
WHAT: The House Judiciary Committee, chaired by Rep. Rob Kauffman (R-Franklin), will hold a voting meeting to consider the following legislation:
Sep. 25, 2020 /
![James Calls on Wolf to Consider RGGI Impacts on Pennsylvanians]()
SENECA – Rep. Lee James (R-Venango/Butler) issued the following statement regarding Gov. Tom Wolf’s veto of House Bill 2025, which would have required the support of the General Assembly before Pennsylvania could enter the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) or any similar multi-state compact:
Sep. 25, 2020 /
![Office of Open Records Orders Wolf Administration to Answer Ryan Inquiry on Phased Re-Opening Plan That Disenfranchised Lebanon County Businesses, Workers]()
HARRISBURG - The Pennsylvania Office of Open Records granted an appeal to Rep. Frank Ryan (R-Lebanon), after a Right-to-Know request he filed with the Pennsylvania Department of Health, seeking justification for delaying the re-opening of Lebanon County businesses, was denied.
Sep. 24, 2020 /
![Struzzi Responds to Governor’s Veto of RGGI Bill]()
HARRISBURG – State Rep. Jim Struzzi (R-Indiana) today issued the following statement in response to Governor Tom Wolf’s veto of House Bill 2025, which would have required legislative approval before Pennsylvania could enter the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) or any similar multi-state compact.
Sep. 24, 2020 /
![Grove to Wolf, Levine: ‘We Want the Truth’]()
HARRISBURG – The Pennsylvania Office of Open Records today ruled Gov. Tom Wolf and Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine cannot use the Disease Prevention and Control Act as a shield from honoring a Right-to-Know request for information on decisions they’ve made during the COVID-19 pandemic. State Rep. Seth Grove (R-Dover), chairman of the House Government Oversight Committee and author of Act 77 of 2020, issued the following statement in reaction to the announcement:
Sep. 24, 2020 /
![Metcalfe Confirms Locked and Loaded Lineup for 2020 Rally to Protect Your Right to Bear Arms]()
WHAT: State Representative Daryl Metcalfe (R-Butler) and many other pro-Second Amendment state lawmakers will join together with gun owners from across the Commonwealth for this year’s Rally to Protect Your Right to Keep and Bear Arms.
Sep. 24, 2020 /
![Manufacturing Tax Credit Shows Promise as it Promotes Investments in PA Economy, Say Kaufer, Causer]()
KINGSTON – As Pennsylvania’s economy is slowly recovering and additional economic solutions are being sought, the House and Senate Majority Policy committees, along with Rep. Aaron Kaufer (R-Luzerne), held a joint hearing and met with area industrial and union leaders to discuss the economic impact and benefits of the Local Resource Manufacturing Tax Credit.
Sep. 24, 2020 /
![Gaydos Demands Answers, Receives Nothing - Lawmaker files Right-to-Know inquiry about COVID Alert PA contact tracing app]()
HARRISBURG – Rep. Valerie Gaydos (R-Allegheny) today expressed dismay that the Pennsylvania Department of Health has still not answered her Right-to-Know request filed on Aug. 18 asking for information about the COVID Alert PA contact tracing app.
Sep. 24, 2020 /
![Brooks Upset: House Democrats Block Bill Allowing Families to Attend Sporting Events]()
HARRISBURG – Rep. Bob Brooks (R-Allegheny/Westmoreland) voiced his extreme displeasure as House Democrats voted to uphold Gov. Tom Wolf’s veto of a bill that would have allowed Pennsylvania’s local school districts to make decisions regarding fall sports and activities.
Sep. 24, 2020 / Press Release
![Manufacturing Tax Credit Shows Promise as it Promotes Investments in PA Economy, Say Kaufer, Causer]()
KINGSTON – As Pennsylvania’s economy is slowly recovering and additional economic solutions are being sought, the House and Senate Majority Policy committees, along with Rep. Aaron Kaufer (R-Luzerne), held a joint hearing and met with area industrial and union leaders to discuss the economic impact and benefits of the Local Resource Manufacturing Tax Credit.
Sep. 23, 2020 /
![Reese Shocked by Lawmakers Who Placed Partisan Politics Over Students, Families]()
HARRISBURG – Rep. Mike Reese (R-Westmoreland/Somerset) issued the following statement today after an effort to override Gov. Tom Wolf’s veto of his legislation to support parents and students failed by a vote of 130-71.
Sep. 23, 2020 /
![PA House Majority Leader Comments on PIAA Sports Bill Veto Override Vote]()
HARRISBURG – Today, the Pennsylvania House of Representatives failed to override Gov. Tom Wolf’s veto of House Bill 2787, legislation that would ensure decisions about school sports and spectators can be made at the local level.