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 […]
Summary of Legislation | May 2018
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 […]
Summary of Legislation | April 2018
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 […]
Summary of Legislation | March 2018
Senate Environmental Resources and Energy & Senate Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure Committees Holds Hearing on Pipeline Safety, SB 488 The two committees held a joint public hearing on pipeline […]
Summary of Legislation | February 2018
Gov. Wolf Proposes $33 Billion Budget That Prioritizes Education Funding and Workforce Development On February 6, while many ears around the capitol were still ringing from the Eagles’ Super Bowl […]
Summary of Legislation | January 2018
State Registration Board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors and Geologists January 10 Meeting Highlights The State Registration Board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors and Geologists met on January 10 in […]
Summary of Legislation | December 2017
School Construction Study Committee Coming Down the Homestretch For more than a year, a legislatively created committee has been examining the state’s school construction reimbursement program, known as PLANCON, in […]
Summary of Legislation | November 2017
Home Inspectors Licensing Bill Passes House For several years, there has been an effort in Pennsylvania to license home inspectors in the same way other professions are (i.e. establishing […]
Summary of Legislation | October 2017
Wolf Signs Code Bills, Looks Ahead to Next Budget Cycle Just shy of four months after passing a FY 2017-18 spending plan, the House and Senate came together this month […]
Summary of Legislation | September 2017
Wolf Considers Options as House and Senate Still at Odds Over Funding Mechanisms September came and went, with no resolution to the on-going budget stalemate that has prevented an end […]
