July 20, 2017
July 18, 2017
SB 211 PN 943 (Browne): This legislation creates a grant program for a statewide 2-1-1 system, which would provide health and human service assistance, through the dissemination of information about applicable programs and services provided by government and private...
July 18, 2017
July 18, 2017
The Senate confirmed the following executive nomination by a vote of 34-15: Stanley Knick, Jr., Pennsylvania Game Commission (new appointment) The Senate confirmed the following executive nominations by a vote of 49-0: William Brock, Pennsylvania Fish and Boat...
July 18, 2017
HB 1285 PN 1589 (Maloney): This bill proposes an amendment to the Pennsylvania Constitution to extend the General Assembly’s authority to grant homestead exclusions. The bill was approved 46-2. The following executive nomination was approved by the Senate by a vote...
July 14, 2017
The Senate voted 26-23 in favor of House Bill 97, which would make changes to the state’s cyber and charter school law. The bill would: require public and charter school advertisements to clearly indicate the use of public funds for tuition and transportation costs;...
July 11, 2017
SB 144, PN 1051 (Yaw) – This bill requires DEP to develop standards for alternate onlot sewage disposal systems and allows applicants for Act 537 plan supplements or revisions to include alternate systems that are permitted by a sewage enforcement officer. The Senate...
July 9, 2017
SB 6, PN 994 (Regan) – This legislation creates the Public Assistance Integrity Act; it also amends the Human Services Code (Act 21 of 1967) by limiting the usage and defining “access device.” This legislation also limits benefit eligibility criteria, and it increases...
8 de julio de 2017
HB 59 PN 2141 (Moul): This bill allows for a child applying for or receiving adoption assistance or a person acting on behalf of the child to appeal the amount of an adoption subsidy provided under the Adoption Opportunities Act. The bill was approved 49-0. HB 290 PN...
July 7, 2017
The Senate unanimously passed House Bill 59, which would allow for an adoptive family to make an appeal for adoption assistance. Families would be authorized to appeal for an adoption subsidy under the Adoption Opportunities Act. This bill allows the parents of an...
