June 28, 2023
Harrisburg, June 28, 2023 – The Pennsylvania Senate today passed S.R. 136 from State Senators Jimmy Dillon (D, Philadelphia) and Frank Farry (R, Bucks) by a vote of 50 to 0. The bi-partisan resolution extends Governor Shapiro’s emergency disaster proclamation in...
June 28, 2023
SB 683, PN 929 (Mastriano) – Amends Title 35 to require general acute care hospitals to test for fentanyl and xylazine if a urine drug screening is conducted to assist in diagnosing a patient’s condition and provides for reporting requirements of urine drug...
June 28, 2023
HARRISBURG − June 28, 2023 − Senator Steve Santarsiero (D-10) and Representative Perry Warren (D-31) announced that Senate Bill 442 and House Bill 735, each of which would establish a task force to address rising flood insurance premiums, were voted unanimously out of...
June 28, 2023
Legislature ‘Long time coming’: Pa. Senate passes probation reform bill | Wednesday Morning Coffee – Pennsylvania Capital-Star (penncapital-star.com) Pennsylvania Senate advances bill to overhaul probation system (headtopics.com) Refining turnpike...
June 27, 2023
SB 81, PN 652 (Phillips-Hill)—This bill would permanently permit EMS providers to leave a packaged dose of naloxone with the on-scene caregiver of a patient who overdosed on opioids and was revived by the EMS, providing a standing prescription has been issued by the...
June 27, 2023
HARRISBURG – June 27, 2023 – Today, the Senate voted to pass a bill sponsored by Sens. Anthony Williams (D-8), Lisa Baker (R-20) and Camera Bartolotta (R-46) that will reform Pennsylvania’s probation system. “I’ve said this before, and I will continue to say it—people...
June 27, 2023
Harrisburg, PA − June 27, 2023 − Sen. Nick Miller (D-Lehigh Valley), the Democrat chair of the Finance Committee, supported two bills considered by the committee to help Lehigh Valley residents save on rent, homeownership and cell phone taxes. House Bill 1100,...
June 27, 2023
June 27, 2023
Harrisburg, PA − July 27, 2023 − State Senator John I. Kane released the following statement on $1.16 billion funding from BEAD for broadband in Pennsylvania: “I am thrilled to announce that Pennsylvania has received $1.16 billion in funding from BEAD for...
June 27, 2023
Legislature Huge new facility brightens prospects in West Philadelphia – The Philadelphia Sunday Sun (philasun.com) Bills on parole agent body cams, coverage for donor breast milk pass through Pa. Senate | News | meadvilletribune.com Oh the places literacy...
