Legislative Summaries

House and Senate Leaders Announce Committee Chairs for 2019-20 Session On January 2, 2019, Speaker of the House Mike Turzai (R-Allegheny County) announced the appointments of majority committee chairmen for […]

House and Senate Republicans, Democrats Leadership Teams for 2019/20 The House held leadership elections November 13 for the new legislative session starting in January. House Republicans re-elected Mike Turzai (R-Allegheny), […]

No Final Action on HB 1106 The clock has run out on the 2017-18 legislative session, without Senate action on HB 1106, the updates to the Registration law. The House […]

No Action on HB 1106: PSPE Members Asked to Contact the Senate The state Senate was in session for two weeks after the long summer break, and unfortunately did not […]

Legislation Offered to Exempt School Construction from School Co-op Purchasing Program Legislation has been offered to modify a little know group buying program that school districts have used in hopes […]

Capitol Quiet During Summer Recess, Still Issues to Arise in Fall The state capitol has been relatively quiet this past month, as the House and Senate have gone home for […]

Summer Arrives Early in Harrisburg – Budget Passed a Week Before Deadline In Harrisburg, the General Assembly showed an unusual about of unanimity this year, by passing the FY 2018-19 […]

Surprises Accompany Expected Results in May Primary Elections In another primary election marked by depressingly low turnouts in most areas of the state, incumbents at all levels of state government […]

Time to Make the Push for Updates to the Registration Act Due to a Commonwealth Court ruling, Pennsylvania’s licensing law for professional engineers and land surveyors now has a severely […]