Post Session Report: November 18, 2013

SB 403 PN 1548 (Hutchinson): This bill would authorize the awarding of grants to medical school residents (both full-time and part-time) in exchange for their service in the National Guard, to help attract and retain more physicians in the Guard. The bill was approved...

Senate Democratic Wrap-up for the Week of November 17, 2013

  By a vote of 43-7, the Senate approved House Bill 1060, which was amended in the Senate to include the House-passed transportation funding bill.  Senate Democrats objected to the amendment because of a provision raising the threshold for prevailing wage...

Post Session Report: November 13, 2013

SB 935, PN 1550 (Eichelberger)-Amends Title 45 (Legal Notices) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in codification and publication of documents, providing for electronic publication of municipal codes; and making an inconsistent repeal.  A vote of   48...

Post Session Report: November 12, 2013

SB 935, PN 1121 (Eichelberger) – This legislation allows the Local Government Commission to publish, maintain and update electronic copies of the municipal codes in lieu of printed versions.  Senator Eichelberger offered amendment A4300, which was technical in nature....

Senate Democratic Wrap-up for the Week of November 10, 2013

  The Senate unanimously approved Senate Bill 935, which would amend Title 45 (Legal Notices), providing for electronic publication of municipal codes by the Local Government Commission. The bill would allow the Local Government Commission to publish online the...

Post Session Report: October 23, 2013

SB 358, PN 1516 (Mensch)-An Act requiring the notification of breast density to patients who receive a mammogram.  The Senate concurred on House amendments.  A vote of 50-0 was recorded. SB 648, PN 1476 (Alloway)-Amends Title 34 (Game) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated...

Post Session Report: October 22, 2013

SB 497, PN 1293 (Eichelberger) – This legislation is a Re-Codification and Modernization of the Third Class City Code as prepared by the Local Government Commission.  A vote of 50-0 was recorded. SB 894, PN 1504 (Alloway) – This bill amends the Judicial Code, Title 42...

Post Session Report: October 21, 2013

HB 421, PN 2415 (Harris)-Amends the Unemployment Compensation Law, in prelim. provisions, for defs.; in contributions, for employer’s reserve accounts, for relief from charges & agreements; in compensation, for qualifications; in penalties; in shared work program....

Senate Democratic Wrap-up for the Week of October 20, 2013

  The Senate voted 45 to 5 in favor of House Bill 290, which would make the state’s Small Games of Chance law more flexible and accommodating for volunteer and charitable organizations would expand Some of the reforms in the legislation would: make more games...

Post Session Report: October 16, 2013

SB 24, PN 1473 (Vulakovich)-Amends Title 23 (Domestic Relations) to further provide definitions, investigation and reporting.  A vote of 49-0 was recorded. SB 28, PN 1479 (Browne)-Amends the Crimes Code, Title 18, the Domestic Relations Code, Title 23, and the...