Post Session Report: June 2, 2014

Monday, June 2, 2014 HB 112, PN 103 (Vereb) – Amends Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) providing for the offense of sexual assault by sports official, volunteer or employee of nonprofit association.  Senator Scarnati offered amendment A07029 which mandates no less than a...

Senate Democratic Wrap-up for the Week of June 1, 2014

  The Senate voted 47-1 in favor of House Bill 1738, which would establish a 15-member Basic Education Funding Commission. Under the bill, the commission would study the state’s basic education funding formula and recommend reforms to the legislature. Some of the...

Senate Democratic Wrap-up for the Week of June 1, 2014

  The Senate voted 47-1 in favor of House Bill 1738, which would establish a 15-member Basic Education Funding Commission. Under the bill, the commission would study the state’s basic education funding formula and recommend reforms to the legislature. Some of the...

Post Session Report: May 7, 2014

Wednesday, May 7, 2014 SB 31, PN 1849 (Fontana)– Amends Title 23 (Domestic Relations) in child protective services, further providing for definitions, for persons required to report suspected child abuse and for investigating performance of county agency; repealing...

Post Session Report: May 6, 2014

Tuesday, May 6, 2014 SB 705, PN 710 (Blake) – This bill amends Title 61 (Prisons and Parole) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, as it relates to county jail boards of inspectors, to give the district attorney in a county of the third, fourth or fifth class the...

Post Session Report: May 5, 2014

SB 1180, PN 1981 (Vance) – An Act providing for prescription drug monitoring; creating the ABC-MAP Board; establishing the Achieving Better Care by Monitoring All Prescriptions Program; and providing for unlawful acts and penalties. Senator Costa offered amendment #...

Senate Democratic Wrap-up for the Week of May 4, 2014

  The Senate unanimously approved Senate Bill 31, which would toughen child abuse reporting requirements in schools. The measure would do away with the separate reporting requirement for schools and mandates that suspected child abuse be reported directly to the...

Post Session Report: April 30, 2014

HB 434, PN 3438 (Maloney)- Amends Title 23 (Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in child protective services, further providing for definitions, for establishment of Statewide database, for disposition of founded and indicated reports, for...

Post Session Report: April 29, 2014

Tuesday, April 29, 2014 SB 799, PN 1985 (Robbins) – The bill amends the Self-Service Storage Facility Act by revising the notice requirements relating to lien enforcement and allows modernization for both tenant notification and auction announcements.  A vote of 43-3...

Post Session Report: April 28, 2014

Monday, April 28, 2014 HB 434, PN 3131 (Maloney)– Amends Title 23 (Domestic Relations) in child protective services, further providing for definitions, for establishment of Statewide database, for disposition of founded and indicated reports, for expunction of...