Post Session Report :: Monday, October 15, 2018
HB 104, PN 3818 (Godshall) – Requires municipal authorities to publicly discuss at a meeting the public benefit of an acquisition, sale, or lease of facilities prior to the transaction. Also requires annual financial reports to be posted on the Internet. Provides for...News Digest :: October 15, 2018
Legislature As Pa. Senate session winds down, last-minute push would allow two-year window for clergy abuse victims...Sen. Hughes, Rep. Schweyer Fight to Protect Health Care for Pennsylvanians with Preexisting Conditions
HARRISBURG, October 15, 2018 – Senator Vincent Hughes (D-Philadelphia/Montgomery) and Representative Peter Schweyer (D-Lehigh) continue to push for state-level protections to prevent insurance companies from denying coverage based on preexisting conditions. The...News Digest :: October 14, 2018
Legislation House approves bill requiring state to establish guidelines for public facility closures http://www.meadvilletribune.com/news/house-approves-bill-requiring-state-to-establish-guidelines-for-public/article_bdcefb50-cdb0-11e8-b17c-c350cc8236dd.html New push...Senate News Digest :: October 13, 2018
Legislation Rozzi pushes to keep court option open to sex abuse victims https://www.readingeagle.com/news/article/rozzi-pushes-to-keep-court-option-open-to-sex-abuse-victims Eleventh-hour maneuvering could imperil proposal to help Pa. victims of clergy sex abuse...News Digest :: October 12, 2018
Legislature Yudichak, Baker support bill on prison closure procedure Yudichak, Baker support bill on prison closure procedure House approves bill requiring state to establish guidelines for public facility closures...Dinniman, Coatesville Community Discuss Importance of Juvenile Justice & Alternative Programs
COATESVILLE, October 11, 2018 – State Senator Andy Dinniman recently joined officials from local and state police departments to recognize National Juvenile Justice Week. “Juvenile justice providers fulfill a vital mission in holding involved youth...News Digest :: October 11, 2018
Legislature Pa. legislature stood up to frat hazing. Will it stand up to the Catholic Church to give justice to sex abuse victims? | Editorial...It’s Time to Stand Up for the Sex Abuse Victims
Op-ed by Senator Wayne Fontana
I was raised Catholic and spent all 12 years of schooling in Catholic schools. As an adult, I was married in the Catholic Church, raised my children in the faith and sent them to Catholic school. I still firmly believe in God, but my trust and respect for the Catholic institution has been shattered.
Now that the church hierarchy has finally admitted that hundreds of priests sexually abused so many children for so many years and that church leaders took part in an elaborate coverup scheme, the church’s continued resistance to changing the law to protect victims is clearly all about the money.