Post Session Report :: Wednesday, 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
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
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
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.
State Senator Jay Costa on Redistricting
KDKA State Senator Jay Costa joined Robert Mangino to talk about redistricting and the possibility of a redistricting committee.Pa. Senate passes redistricting reform bill with last-minute amendment
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.
Pa. Senate passes anti-gerrymandering bill with ‘poison pill’ judicial districting amendment
By Jonathan Lai, Gillian McGoldrick & Liz Navratil | The Inquirer
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.
Pennsylvania Senate votes to change the way state judges are elected. Here’s why
The Morning Call
The Pennsylvania Senate voted Wednesday to change the way judges are elected and to change the way legislative and congressional districts are established. But those changes are a long way to becoming law.
Pa. Senate passes redistricting reform bill that includes controversial judicial election change
By Jan Murphy | Pennlive
A last-minute insertion of a judicial election reform plan didn’t hurt the chances of the Senate approving a bill that also proposes a constitutional amendment to reform the way legislative and congressional maps are drawn in Pennsylvania.