House Returns Briefly, Line Item Veto Override Attempts Fail, then Goes Home; “Some” Progress Made on Budget The House of Representatives returned to session for one day on August 25, […]
Summary of Legislation – July 2015
House and Senate Return Briefly, No Progress Made on Budget The state House and Senate, both controlled by Republicans, returned in mid-July for session days, but as no real progress […]
Summary of Legislation | June 2015
Wolf Vetoes Republican Budget Package, Including Liquor Privatization; House and Senate Begin Work on Plan B The Republican-controlled General Assembly made good on a promise to pass a no tax […]
Summary of Legislation | May 2015
Mustio Introduces Bill to Update Registration Act The Pennsylvania Society of Professional Engineers (PSPE) is once again spearheading an effort to remove the industrial exemption from the professional engineers registration […]
Summary of Legislation | April 2015
House Commerce Committee Looks at Subcontractor Payment The PA House Commerce Committee held a hearing on April 7 on HB 726, which amends the 1994 Contractor and Subcontractor Payment Act. […]
Legislative Summary | May 2014
June to Include More Than Just Budget Talks June is arguably the busiest month for Pennsylvania lawmakers as they grapple with enacting a budget. The legislature will be in voting session […]
Summary of Legislation | March 2015
PLANCON Moratorium Returns From October of 2012 to June of 2014, the school construction reimbursement program known as PLANCON would not accept new applications for funds based on a statutory […]
Summary of Legislation | February 2015
Wolf Delivers Bold Budget Address On Tuesday March 3rd, Governor Tom Wolf released his $30 billion state budget proposal which is balanced using $4.2 billion in new revenue sources including […]
Summary of Legislation | January 2015
PLANCON Reform Bill Receives Early Action Last session, efforts to restore funding to the Commonwealth’s construction reimbursement program, known as PLANCON, were successful when the state budget continued funding for […]
Summary of Legislation | December 2014
House and Senate Convene to Open New Session; Speaker-elect Turzai Announces House Committee Chairs for the 2015-16 Session On January 6, the newly elected and returning members of the PA […]
