January 27, 2016
SB 166 PN 1517 (Greenleaf): The bill amends Title 18 (Crimes Code) regarding dissemination and expungement of criminal history records; and amends Title 42 (Judicial Code) to establish an expungement petition filing fee. The Senate concurred the House amendments...
January 26, 2016
HB 1201 PN 1576 (Taylor): This bill authorizes the Department of Highways and counties, cities, boroughs, towns and townships to adopt and take over public roads and highways constructed by the federal government during times of war. The bill was approved with a vote...
January 24, 2016
The Senate voted 43-6 in favor of House Bill 153, which would reduce the size of the House of Representatives from 203 members to 151 members. To change the size of the legislature, a constitutional amendment must pass through both the Senate and the House of...
January 20, 2016
SB 880 PN 1411 (Smucker): This bill amends the Public School Code to delay the implementation of the Keystone Exam as a graduation requirement until the 2018-2019 school year. The bill requires the Department of Education to conduct a study to investigate alternative...
January 19, 2016
HB 158 PN 692 (Peifer): This bill allows the Secretary of Education to issue an emergency declaration on a school, charter school, county or statewide basis. Senator Smucker offered Amendment A05574, which would require school administrators to require prospective...
January 17, 2016
The Senate unanimously approved House Bill 158, which amends the Public School Code to give the Secretary of Education more options to issue an emergency declaration concerning schools. This legislation also assists schools and other educational institutions in...
December 23, 2015
HB 1460 PN 2626 (Adolph): This bill provides the General Appropriation for the 2015-16 fiscal year. This bill appropriates $30.2 billion and would increase public school funding however, this increase is much less than the $350 million increase Governor Wolf and...
December 20, 2015
The Senate unanimously approved House Bill 1332, which amends the State Employees Retirement System (SERS) and the Public School Employees Retirement System (PSERS) codes to comply with federal changes made to the Internal Revenue Code (IRC). If the state had not...
December 18, 2015
Friday, December 18, 2015 SB 917, PN 1096 (Browne) – This bill amends Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) to facilitate the sharing of information among agencies that are involved with child welfare and delinquency cases or the identification of children at...
December 13, 2015
The Senate voted 44-6 in favor of House Bill 1198, which amends the Tax Reform Code on the filing process of amended net tax income returns. This legislation amends corporate net income tax forms to improve guidelines and assist procedure and feedback for out-of-state...
