Sesión semanal
Resumen de la sesión de la semana del 24 de enero de 2016
The Senate voted 43-6 in favor of House Bill 153, which would reduce the size of the House of Representatives from 203 members to 151 members. To change the size of the legislature, a constitutional amendment must pass through both the Senate and the House of...
Resumen de la sesión de la semana del 17 de enero de 2016
The Senate unanimously approved House Bill 158, which amends the Public School Code to give the Secretary of Education more options to issue an emergency declaration concerning schools. This legislation also assists schools and other educational institutions in...
Resumen de la sesión de la semana del 20 de diciembre de 2015
The Senate unanimously approved House Bill 1332, which amends the State Employees Retirement System (SERS) and the Public School Employees Retirement System (PSERS) codes to comply with federal changes made to the Internal Revenue Code (IRC). If the state had not...
Resumen de la sesión de la semana del 13 de diciembre de 2015
The Senate voted 44-6 in favor of House Bill 1198, which amends the Tax Reform Code on the filing process of amended net tax income returns. This legislation amends corporate net income tax forms to improve guidelines and assist procedure and feedback for out-of-state...
Resumen de la sesión de la semana del 6 de diciembre de 2015
The Senate voted 40-10 in favor of House Bill 530, which would make several changes to the law impacting public and charter schools. Under the bill, the Charter School Funding Advisory Commission would be created to “exam the financing of charter school entities.”...
Resumen de la sesión de la semana del 29 de noviembre de 2015
The Senate unanimously approved House Bill 907, which amends the Real Estate Tax Sale Law (RETSL) to amend the notice requirements for tax delinquent properties. The RETSL is designed to inform both the owner of tax delinquent property and the general public of the...
Resumen de la sesión de la semana del 29 de noviembre de 2015
The Senate unanimously approved House Bill 907, which amends the Real Estate Tax Sale Law (RETSL) to amend the notice requirements for tax delinquent properties. The RETSL is designed to inform both the owner of tax delinquent property and the general public of the...
Resumen de la sesión de la semana del 22 de noviembre de 2015
The Senate unanimously approved House Bill 477, which allows caregivers of children in out-of-home placements to approve or disapprove their child’s participation in age-appropriate activities without prior approval. This bill provides foster children more...
Resumen de la sesión de la semana del 15 de noviembre de 2015
The Senate voted 36-13 in favor of House Bill 89, which amends Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) to change the automatic retirement age for judges from 70 to 75 years old. This bill is a companion bill to House Bill 90, which provided the constitutional...
Resumen de la sesión de la semana del 25 de octubre de 2015
The Senate unanimously passed Senate Bill 526, which would amend the Second Class Township Code to change the dates of when the Annual Township Report and Financial Statements need to be completed and published. This bill would change the Annual Township Report and...
Resumen de la sesión de la semana del 18 de octubre de 2015
The Senate unanimously approved House Bill 138, which amends Title 35 (Health and Safety) to allow first responder organizations to solicit contributions alongside roads and highways. First responder organizations include: fire companies, emergency medical service...
Resumen de la sesión de la semana del 11 de octubre de 2015
The Senate unanimously approved House Bill 239, which amends county pension law to clarify how cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) should be calculated. COLAs are a type of adjustment method for the changes in the cost-of-living index. Under the legislation, COLAs do...
Resumen de la sesión de la semana del 27 de septiembre de 2015
The Senate unanimously passed House Bill 33, which amends the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code (MPC) to allow up to three community members to be appointed as alternate members to the planning commission. The Pennsylvania MPC provides for the planning,...
Resumen de la sesión de la semana del 27 de septiembre de 2015
The Senate unanimously passed House Bill 33, which amends the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code (MPC) to allow up to three community members to be appointed as alternate members to the planning commission. The Pennsylvania MPC provides for the planning,...
Resumen de la sesión de la semana del 13 de septiembre de 2015
The Senate unanimously passed House Bill 75, which amends the Pharmacy Act to require out-of-state pharmacies to register with the State Board of Pharmacy to provide services to citizens of Pennsylvania. The previous Pharmacy Act did not address out-of-state...
Resumen de la sesión de la semana del 12 de julio de 2015
The Senate voted 45-1 for Senate Bill 404, which would create the Correctional Officers Investigation Procedure Act to provide guidelines and procedures for investigations of correctional officers. The bill defines how the investigation process would be conducted. The...
Resumen de la sesión de la semana del 28 de junio de 2015
In a party-line vote, the Senate voted 30-19 in favor of the 2015-16 state budget legislation. The $29.59 spending plan (House Bill 1192) would have appropriated $1.01 billion more than the previous year. Two of the larger appropriation changes would have been the...
Resumen de la sesión de la semana del 21 de junio de 2015
The Senate unanimously approved House Bill 131, which removes the residency requirement for non-resident veterans, spouses of veterans, and dependants of veterans to receive in-state tuition rates. This would be applied at state universities and community colleges....
Resumen de la sesión de la semana del 14 de junio de 2015
The Senate unanimously passed House Bill 182, which amends the Pharmacy Act to allow pharmacists to give flu shots to children 9-years-of-age or older, with parental consent. The legislation also permits pharmacy interns to administer the shots to children, if...
Resumen demócrata del Senado de la semana del 7 de junio de 2015
The Senate unanimously approved Senate Bill 293, which regulates so-called navigators who provide information and advice on health insurance enrollment options. Called the “Navigator Accessibility and Regulation Act,” the measure requires those who help enroll...