Senator Tartaglione’s Safe Injection Site Ban Passes Out of Senate Judiciary Committee

April 25, 2023

April 25, 2023, Harrisburg Pa – Today, The Senate Judiciary Committee voted to move Senate Bill 165, Senator Tartaglione’s Safe Injection Site Ban out of committee and to the full Senate by a bipartisan vote of 11-3. “Day in and day out I hear from my constituents...

Senator Nikil Saval Speaks Against Proposed Criminalization of Overdose Prevention Centers

April 25, 2023

Harrisburg, PA − April 25, 2023 −Today, in response to a vote in the Pennsylvania Senate’s Judiciary Committee to advance legislation that criminalizes overdose prevention centers, Pennsylvania State Senator Nikil Saval (D–Philadelphia) released the following...

Senator Santarsiero Sworn into the State Senate for His Second Term in Office, Announces Appointment as Democratic Chair of Judiciary Committee and Other Committee Assignments

January 6, 2023

BUCKS COUNTY − January 6, 2023 − Senator Steve Santarsiero was sworn in on Tuesday for his second four-year term as a member of the Senate of Pennsylvania. Today, he announced his reappointment as Democratic Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee as well as...

Senators Haywood and Baker Announce Guardianship Legislation 

September 20, 2022

Harrisburg, Pa. – September 20, 2022 – Today, State Senator Art Haywood (D-Montgomery/Philadelphia) and State Senator Lisa Baker (R-Luzerne/Wyoming/Susquehanna/Wayne/Pike) announced that the Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously advanced legislation that will...

Senate Judiciary Committee Unanimously Moves Fentanyl Test Strip Bill to Full Senate

February 10, 2022

HARRISBURG −February 10, 2022 − The Senate Judiciary Committee, chaired by Senator Lisa Baker (R-20) and co-chaired by Senator Steve Santarsiero (D-10), advanced a bill legalizing the personal use and possession of fentanyl test strips to the full Senate for...