Post Session Report :: Tuesday, September 24, 2019

SB 473, PN 1052 (Scavello) – Raising the age of purchase of tobacco products to 21 and creating additional penalties. Senator Farnese offered amendment A02549 which would clarify that the definition of a tobacco product does not include devices sold by a dispensary...

News Digest :: September 24, 2019

Legislature Why we marched from Overbrook to Lower Merion to demand fair school funding | Sen. Vincent Hughes and Gregory Holston https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/commentary/school-funding-formulas-philadelphia-overbrook-lower-merion-high-20190923.html Pa.’s...

Post Session Report :: Monday, September 23, 2019

HB 318, PN 544 (Mizgorski) – This legislation amends the Telemarketer Registration Act (Act 147 of 1996) by providing for permanent enrollment in the “do-not-call” registry. A vote of 49-0 was recorded. SB 723, PN 944 (Laughlin) – This bill would provide...

News Digest :: September 23, 2019

Legislature Lt. Gov. John Fetterman says he wants to move past clash with Pa. Senate GOP, but Republican leaders won’t forget it...

News Digest :: September 22, 2019

Legislature Lawmakers return to governor’s fall ‘conversation openers’ https://www.poconorecord.com/news/20190921/lawmakers-return-to-governors-fall-conversation-openers At brunch, Kaufer boasts veteran-related proposals At brunch, Kaufer boasts veteran-related...

News Digest :: September 21, 2019

Legislature Muth hosts hearing on ending rape culture epidemic https://www.dailylocal.com/news/local/muth-hosts-hearing-on-ending-rape-culture-epidemic/article_0b77e900-dbd6-11e9-bc98-eb0018dfc1ca.html   Property Taxes Impasse looms over latest effort to ease...

Senator Anthony H. Williams Named to Special Council on Gun Violence

Harrisburg, PA – September 18, 2019 – Governor Tom Wolf this week appointed Senator Anthony H. Williams (D-Philadelphia) to serve as a member of the Special Council on Gun Violence. The Special Council was established by the Governor’s Executive Order...

Muth Hosts Hearing on Ending the Rape Culture Epidemic

Phoenixville – September 20, 2019 – Sen. Katie Muth (D-Berks, Chester, Montgomery) joined victim-survivors, advocates, and lawmakers for a Democratic Policy Hearing on ending the rape culture epidemic. Muth requested and hosted the hearing with Sen. Tim Kearney...