January 27, 2013
The Senate unanimously approved Senate Bill 66, which would put the three-member State Tax Equalization Board under the purview of the Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED). Established in 1947 to compensate for the lack of assessment uniformity...
October 18, 2012
By a 33-16 vote, the Senate approved a special education and charter school reform bill that would have implemented several changes to the law. Under Senate Bill 1115, a Special Education Funding Commission would have been established to explore ways to fund special...
October 5, 2012
The Senate unanimously approved Senate Bill 991, which would require those who sell a service contract that includes an automatic renewal provision to disclose that provision to the consumer. Under the bill, notification must be provided to the consumer not less than...
October 2, 2012
The Senate unanimously passed House Bill 728, which would require emergency shut-offs to be installed on all fuel dispensing systems. Under the legislation, the shut-offs would be between 20 and 100 feet from the fuel dispenser, with the farthest fuel dispenser no...
June 30, 2012
The Senate voted 48-1 for House Bill 761, which makes numerous tax code changes, including an initiative that provides $1.7 billion in tax credits to Royal Dutch Shell to build an ethane cracker plant in Beaver County. Under the bill, the tax credit is capped at $66...
June 22, 2012
In a largely party line 27-21 vote, the Senate approved legislation aimed at helping the growing number of school districts in fiscal distress. Under House Bill 1307, the Secretary of Education could declare a school district to be in financial recovery status if one...
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