Sen. Dawn Keefer

Maddy summaryPennsylvania SB 1445 establishes the Learning Investment Tax Credit Program, which provides a refundable tax credit of $8,000 per child for qualified education expenses. The program is available to parents or legal guardians with annual incomes up to 300% of the area median gross income who have school-age children not enrolled in public schools. Eligible expenses include private school tuition, textbooks, tutoring, educational software, and standardized test fees. The total amount of credits awarded is capped at $300 million per fiscal year, with a mechanism to increase this cap by 25% if the previous year's usage reaches 90% of the limit.

Maddy summaryPennsylvania Senate Bill 1431 amends state game laws to require Game Commission officers and enforcement personnel to obtain a valid warrant before entering any property, whether posted or not. The bill clarifies that this requirement applies to all land outside of buildings and allows entry without a warrant only when a specific judicial exception applies. These changes directly affect the Pennsylvania Game Commission's staff by limiting their ability to conduct unannounced inspections on private land.