News Digest :: June 14, 2018

June 14, 2018

Legislature Pa. Senate passes redistricting reform bill with last-minute amendment http://www.post-gazette.com/news/politics-state/2018/06/13/Pennsylvania-Senate-passes-redistricting-reform-bill-last-minute-amendment/stories/201806130175 Penn State study: Spraying...

Post Session Report :: Wednesday, June 13, 2018

June 13, 2018

SB 667, PN 1749 (Stefano) – This bill would authorize redevelopment authorities in certain municipalities to be designated a land bank and to exercise all of the powers accorded such entities under statute. Senate concurred in House amendments. A vote of 49-0...

State Senate Passes Sen. Boscola’s Redistricting Bill

June 13, 2018

Harrisburg, June 13, 2018 – The state Senate today voted 35-14 in favor of Sen. Lisa M. Boscola’s (D-Northampton/Lehigh) statewide redistricting reform legislation. The measure would amend the state’s constitution to establish a citizen’s commission to redraw...

Leach Comments on Passage of Senate Redistricting Reform Bill

June 13, 2018

HARRISBURG – June 13, 2018 − State Senator Daylin Leach (D-Montgomery/Delaware) today commented on the passage of Senate Bill 22 by the Pennsylvania Senate. The proposed constitutional amendment now awaits consideration by the Pennsylvania House of Representatives....

Opponents Take to Twitter over SB 22 Yea Vote

June 13, 2018

By Kelly Cernetich Brown | Politics PA

A proposed state constitutional amendment creating an independent commission to oversee redistricting passed the state Senate today by a vote of 33 to 16.

Pa. Senate passes redistricting reform bill with last-minute amendment

June 13, 2018

By JONATHAN LAI, GILLIAN MCGOLDRICK AND LIZ NAVRATIL | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Senate passed a redistricting reform bill Wednesday that had been dramatically changed the day before, drawing fire from anti-gerrymandering advocates who had turned against legislation they helped craft.