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 […]
Summary of Legislation | November 2014
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 […]
