Summary of Legislation | June 2016

PSPE Urges Budget Makers to Stop Siphoning Transportation Funds Act 89 of 2013 greatly increased transportation funding for Pennsylvania’s transportation network.  But not all of the funds actually end up in […]

Summary of Legislation | May 2016

Registration Board Bill Passes House A bill that could be described as “housekeeping amendments” passed the House in May by a vote of 187 to 3.  House Bill 1704, introduced […]

Summary of Legislation | April 2016

School Construction Reimbursement to be Examined Now that the current Commonwealth budget is officially done, work on the upcoming budget can begin.  One issue that has been thorny in recent […]

Summary of Legislation | March 2016

House Moves Forward With Registration Act Amendments The House committee on Professional Licensure unanimously supported House Bill 1704 which makes a number of changes to the Engineers, Land Surveyors and […]

Summary of Legislation | February 2016

Wolf Presents 2016-17 Budget Proposal Gov. Tom Wolf went before a joint session of the General Assembly on February 9 to unveil his Fiscal Year 2016-17 budget proposal, spending most […]

Summary of Legislation | January 2016

Talks Resume to End Budget Stalemate; Governor to Unveil Next Budget February 9 After a month long holiday break, the House and Senate leaders resumed discussions on how to finish […]

Summary of Legislation | December 2015

Stopgap Budget Lands On Governor’s Desk, But Gov. Wolf Line-Item Vetoes Key Portions, Keeping the Process Unfinished Even though school districts are now receiving long awaited state funds and social […]

Summary of Legislation | November 2015

Sales Tax Plan That Included Professional Services Fails As the budget debate continues, side issues continue to rise and fall in the General Assembly. November’s issues were liquor privatization and […]

Summary of Legislation | October 2015

Wolf Carries Through with Veto Threat; House Responds with Defeat of Gov’s Tax Proposal; Senate Override Fails The on-going budget impasse completed its fourth month in October, as Gov. Wolf […]

Summary of Legislation | September 2015

Senate Passes Temporary “Stopgap” Measures, House Advances Them As Well, Despite Threat of Veto From Wolf; Wolfs Carries Through with Threat As the budget “impasse” wears on, Republicans in the […]