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State Legislature US Congress

All 25,661 Active 21 In committee 22,588 Passed 5,382 Signed 1,231 Failed 14

passed · Pennsylvania · House Jul 27, 2017

HB 105: An Act amending the act of December 4, 1996 (P.L.911, No.147), known as the Telemarketer Registration Act, further providing for definitions, for unlawful acts and penalties and for unwanted telephone solicitation calls prohibited.

Laid on the table (Pursuant to Senate Rule 9)

Jim Cox (R) · 55 co-sponsors

passed · Pennsylvania · Senate Jul 26, 2017

SR 170: A Resolution designating the month of September 2017 as "Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month" in Pennsylvania.

PN 1094 Introduced and adopted

passed · Pennsylvania · Senate Jul 26, 2017

SR 171: A Resolution designating the week of September 18 through 22, 2017, as "SepticSmart Week" in Pennsylvania to increase awareness of the importance of proper maintenance and service of on-lot septic systems.

PN 1095 Introduced and adopted

passed · Pennsylvania · Senate Jul 26, 2017

SR 172: A Resolution designating the week of July 22 through 29, 2017, as "Nine for Nine Fifteenth Anniversary Remembrance Week" in Pennsylvania, commemorating the 15th anniversary of the heroic and unyielding efforts of those persons involved in the rescue of the nine coal miners trapped in the Quecreek coal mine, Somerset County, from July 24 through 28, 2002.

PN 1096 Introduced and adopted

passed · Pennsylvania · Senate Jul 24, 2017

SR 167: A Resolution urging Amtrak to comply with H.R. 4838 and immediately rename the 30th Street Station as the "William H. Gray III 30th Street Station."

Transmitted as directed

passed · Pennsylvania · Senate Jul 22, 2017

SB 227: An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, in preliminary provisions, further providing for Keystone Exams and providing for Every Student Succeeds Act State plan review; in school directors, providing for school director training programs; in school, district financial recovery, further providing for additional criteria and providing for financial administrator in financial watch school district; in grounds and buildings, further providing for limitation on new applications for Department of Education approval of public school building projects; in district superintendents and assistant district superintendents, further providing for reports, for manner of election or approval and for term and salary of assistants; in professional employees, further providing for causes for suspension, for persons to be suspended and for appeals to Superintendent of Public Instruction; in certification of teachers, further providing for granting provisional college certificates and for evaluation of applicants for certification; in pupils and attendance, further providing for nonprofit school food program; in drug and alcohol recovery high school pilot program, further providing for establishment of drug and alcohol recovery high school pilot program, for scope of program and selection of students, for establishment and payment of tuition, for term of drug and alcohol recovery high school pilot program and for reporting; in terms and courses of study, further providing for alcohol, chemical and tobacco abuse program and for agricultural education and providing for Commission for Agricultural Education Excellence; in community colleges, further providing for financial program and reimbursement of payments and repealing provisions relating to annual report; in rural regional college for underserved counties, further providing for establishment; in educational tax credits, further providing for limitations; in transfers of credits between institutions of higher education, further providing for definitions, for duties of public institutions of higher education and for Transfer and Articulation Oversight Committee; in funding for public libraries, providing for State aid for fiscal year 2017-2018; in reimbursements by Commonwealth and between school districts, further providing for student-weighted basic education funding, for payments to intermediate units, for assistance to school districts declared to be in financial recovery status or identified for financial watch status and for Ready-to-Learn Block Grant; in the State Board of Education, further providing for powers and duties of the board; further providing for the applicability of Act 2016-138; and making related repeals.

Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS

passed · Pennsylvania · Senate Jul 21, 2017

SB 211: An Act providing for a grant program for a Statewide 2-1-1 system; and imposing duties on the Department of Human Services.

Referred to HEALTH

passed · Pennsylvania · House Jul 14, 2017

HB 1563: An Act amending Title 66 (Public Utilities) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in restructuring of electric utility industry, further providing for duties of electric distribution companies.

Referred to CONSUMER PROTECTION AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE

Mike Reese (R) · 26 co-sponsors

passed · Pennsylvania · House Jul 14, 2017

HB 1354: An Act amending the act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), known as the Human Services Code, in general powers and duties of the department, further providing for State participation in cooperative Federal programs; in public assistance, further providing for income for the community spouse, for medical assistance payments for institutional care, for medical assistance payments for home health care, for other medical assistance payments and for medical assistance benefit packages and coverage, copayments, premiums and rates; providing for the Office of Independent Medical Assistance Director; and making an editorial change.

Referred to HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Seth Grove (R) · 21 co-sponsors

passed · Pennsylvania · House Jul 11, 2017

HB 187: An Act amending the act of June 30, 1981 (P.L.128, No.43), known as the Agricultural Area Security Law, further providing for definitions and for the purchase of agricultural conservation easements.

Laid on the table (Pursuant to Senate Rule 9)

passed · Pennsylvania · Senate Jul 11, 2017

SB 697: An Act providing for the capital budget for the fiscal year 2017-2018.

Referred to APPROPRIATIONS

passed · Pennsylvania · Senate Jul 11, 2017

SB 677: An Act providing for the taxation or the exemption from taxation of amounts and events relating to the Pennsylvania ABLE Savings Program.

Referred to FINANCE