April 30, 2012
SB 157, PN 2076 (Fontana) – This legislation creates a Task Force on Homeless Children’s Education that is charged with examining the educational needs and status of homeless children in this Commonwealth in order to develop and recommend a statewide proposal to...
April 6, 2012
The Senate unanimously passed Senate Bill 1167, which allows a service member to petition the court to modify a custody agreement. The modification will grant custody rights to one or more biological relatives. It will include a proposed custody schedule with the...
April 3, 2012
SB 110, PN 2051 (Smucker) – This bill amends Title 74 (Transportation) to require that certain information be provided about the use of the Commonwealth’s aircraft and the information would be maintained on PennDOT’s website. The Senate concurred in House amendments...
April 2, 2012
SB 341, PN 2036 (Greenleaf) – This bill amends Title 3 (Agriculture) by adding a Subchapter 41 to provide for the authorization of an automotive fuel testing and disclosure program. A vote of 49-0 was recorded. HB 823, PN 3060 (Scavello) – This bill amends the...
March 30, 2012
On a party-line vote of 29-19, the Senate passed a joint resolution that would amend the state Constitution to prohibit Pennsylvanians from being required to obtain health insurance coverage or from being penalized for not doing so. Senate Bill 10 would amend the...
March 27, 2012
SB 818, PN 2007 (Baker) – This legislation amends Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in juvenile matters, providing for disposition information. The Senate concurred in House amendments to Senate amendments by a...
March 26, 2012
SB 1036, PN 1301 (Vance) – This bill amends the Liquid Fuels Tax Municipal Allocation Law, further providing for allocated money. A vote of 48-0 was recorded. SB 1200, PN 2009 (Folmer) – This bill amends Title 62 (Procurement), further providing for sole source...
March 22, 2012
The Senate unanimously passed Senate Bill 623, which would require the Department of General Services to set an annual contracting goal of not less than 5 percent for contracts of small businesses owned by veterans. Currently, these targets exist for businesses owned...
March 14, 2012
SB 209 PN 1981 (M. White): Establishes a new Article XVI-C (Equity in Interscholastic Athletics Disclosure) in the Public School Code of 1949 requiring public school entities report athletic opportunities afforded male and female students annually on a disclosure form...
March 13, 2012
HB 424, PN 3197 (Godshall) – Amends Act 72 of 1983 (The Public Adjuster Licensing Law) regarding administration and enforcement of public adjusters. A vote of 48-0 was recorded. SB 623, PN 2002 (Tomlinson) – Amends Title 62 (Procurement) by creating a new chapter...