Legislation sponsored by Sen. Tracy Pennycuick (R-24) to reduce the educational challenges faced by children of National Guard and Reserve members was unanimously approved today by the Senate. [Read More]
Parents and law enforcement would have a new tool to help identify and return missing children under a bill approved by the Senate today. [Read More]
The Senate of Pennsylvania approved legislation that would allow Emergency Medical Service (EMS) providers to leave life-saving drug with caregivers, according to the bill’s sponsor Sen. Kristin Phillips-Hill (R-York). [Read More]
The Senate Banking and Insurance Committee today approved a resolution sponsored by Sens. Devlin Robinson (R-37) and Kristin Phillips-Hill (R-28) that calls upon the Biden administration and the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) to immediately rescind its policy that directly taxes middle-class Pennsylvania families. [Read More]
Drug dealers who sell drugs that lead to the poisoning death of a victim should face harsher penalties. That’s the sentiment behind a bill introduced by Sen. Doug Mastriano (R-33) that was approved Tuesday by the Senate Judiciary Committee. [Read More]
Sens. Lisa Baker (R-20) and Art Haywood (D-4) issued the following statement in response to the Senate’s passage of Senate Bill 506, legislation to strengthen guardianship laws in Pennsylvania by requiring courts to automatically appoint counsel to individuals undergoing the guardianship process, consider other less restrictive alternatives before imposing a guardianship, and instituting training and screening of professional guardians. The bill would also establish a more robust review process for those currently in a guardianship and requires the court to establish procedures to prevent individuals from staying in the system if their incapacity or circumstances change. [Read More]
The Senate passed legislation sponsored by Sen. Michele Brooks (R-50) that would provide critical care for medically fragile babies by granting them access to pasteurized human donor milk. [Read More]
Legislation sponsored by Sen. Devlin Robinson (R-37) that would authorize state parole agents to wear body cameras was approved today by the Senate. [Read More]
Sen. Rosemary Brown’s (R-40) bill requiring schools to have an automatic external defibrillator (AED) present at all schools and athletic events was approved unanimously this week by the Senate Education Committee. [Read More]
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is set to receive $1.16 billion in funding from the Broadband, Equity, Access, and Deployment Program, according to Sen. Kristin Phillips-Hill (R-York). [Read More]
