House and Senate Choose New Leadership for Next Session The House and Senate met November 12 to elect their leaders for 2015-16. Both the House Speaker and Senate President Pro […]
Summary of Legislation | October 2014
General Assembly Finishes Session Votes with Flurry of Bills The House and Senate returned to session for the final pre-election voting session days this past month. The Corbett Administration, struggling […]
Summary of Legislation | September 2014
PennDOT Secretary Discusses Rapid Replacement Bridge Project Barry Schoch, Secretary of the Department of Transportation (PennDOT), and the department’s public-private partnership director Bryan Kendro met with reporters recently to discuss […]
Summary of Legislation | August 2014
House State Government Committee Reviews Success of “E-Verify” Law The committee held a hearing on September 4 to discuss the implementation of Act 127 of 2012. Sheri Phillips, Secretary of […]
Summary of Legislation | July 2014
Governor’s Office Announces Regulatory Agenda Executive Order 1996-1 requires all agencies under the jurisdiction of the Governor to submit for publication an agenda of regulations under development or consideration. Subsequent […]
Summary of Legislation | June 2014
House and Senate Pass Budget on Time, Governor Threatens Veto; Senate Goes Home For the fourth year in a row, the General Assembly passed a spending plan by the June […]
Summary of Legislation | April 2014
Senate Finance Committee Holds Hearing on Property Tax Bill The committee held a public hearing April 30 on SB 76, the Property Tax Independence Act. Sponsored by Sen. David Argall […]
