Representative Dave Reed

62nd Legislative District

Pennsylvania House of Representatives

Media Contact: Stephen Miskin

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TO:                  Capitol Correspondents, News Editors, Assignment Editors

 

FROM:            Stephen Miskin

 

SUBJ:              House Action for the Week of April 16, 2018

 

DATE:            April 13, 2018

 

 

Live web streams of House session and the majority of committee meetings are available at PAHouseGOP.com.  Important information and events may also be viewed by visiting Facebook.com/PAHouseGOP. 

 

The Weekly Schedule

Identified by bill number, the sponsors and summaries for bills scheduled to be considered in committee or on the House floor are posted below.  More information regarding these bills can be found at PAHouseGOP.com by clicking on the “Research Bills” tab.

 

 

Monday, April 16, 2018

Committee Meetings/Hearings

JUDICIARY, 10:30 a.m., Room 205, Ryan Office Building

  • Public hearing on public safety, gun laws and violence.

EDUCATION, 11 a.m., Room B-31, Main Capitol

  • HB 2155 (Rep. Stephen Bloom, R-Cumberland): Removes barriers for qualified career and technical educators by streamlining requirements, reducing the amount of credit hours and increasing the amount of professional experience.
  • HB 2156 (Rep. Mike Tobash, R-Dauphin/Schuylkill):.Promotes public-private partnerships by allowing tax credits for donations aimed at promoting educational opportunities to fill workforce needs, and allows for equipment purchases, scholarships for career training programs and apprenticeship training.
  • HB 2157 (Rep. Seth Grove, R-York): Expedites and simplifies the process by which new programs are approved which allows training to keep up with regional workforce needs, and increase awareness of how to incorporate STEM activities into CTE programs, allowing students to receive credit for their participation.
  • HB 2158 (Rep. Zachary Mako, R-Lehigh/Northampton): Requires the Pennsylvania Department of Education to develop materials outlining workforce needs, including training opportunities and future earning potential, and allows community colleges and other technical and/or trade schools to attend career/college fairs.
  • HB 2159 (Rep. Craig Staats, R-Bucks): Repurposes the Transfer and Articulation Oversight Committee (TAOC) to oversee, maintain and update an online tool for students which includes all courses with articulation agreements between secondary and post-secondary schools as well as between post-secondary institutions.
  • HB 2203 (Rep. Patrick Harkins, D-Erie): Creates an online one-stop-shop, overseen by Department of Education, in consultation with the Department of Labor and Industry and the Department of Agriculture, for students, parents, educators, and school officials to provide information about the value and impact of CTE, career pathways, data and statistics on employment opportunities and compensation, and postsecondary options and statewide and regional articulation agreements.
  • HB 2204 (Rep. Gerald Mullery, D-Luzerne): Encourages the Department of Education and the Department of Labor and Industry to conduct a complete inventory of existing workforce development programs at both the secondary and postsecondary levels with emphasis on opportunities for business-education partnerships and share best practices with these entities.
  • HB 2205 (Rep. James Roebuck, D-Philadelphia): Creates occupational advisory committees for programs or clusters of programs to be established at the Intermediate Unit level to serve multiple school districts or CTCs to reduce the burden on local industry and school entities.
  • HB 2206 (Rep. James Roebuck, D-Philadelphia): Requires local Workforce Development Boards (WDB) to include administrators of career and technical centers whose attendance area is covered by the service area of the WDB or representatives appointed from a local school district.

INSURANCE, 11 a.m., Room 60, East Wing

  • HB 1800 (Rep. Eric Nelson, R-Westmoreland): Allows pharmacies the ability to synchronize multiple medication fill dates by prohibiting insurers from denying coverage for prescriptions filled by medication synchronization on the basis that it is a partial fill of the prescription.

LABOR AND INDUSTRY, 11:30 a.m., Room G-50, Irvis Office Building

  • Public hearing on HB 1781 (Rep. Fred Keller, R-Snyder/Union): Creates a process to certify whether an individual is an independent contractor for the purposes of worker’s compensation.

HEALTH, Noon, Room 205, Ryan Office Building

  • HB 1659 (Rep. Mike Tobash, R-Dauphin/Schuylkill): Prohibits the Department of Human Services from applying for, accepting or renewing waivers of the work requirements for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program without prior approval of the General Assembly.
  • HB 1997 (Rep. Aaron Bernstine, R-Beaver/Butler/Lawrence): Establishes a deemed eligibility program for in-patient behavioral health services.

 

Session

On Monday, the House will convene at 1 p.m. for legislative business. The members will vote the uncontested calendar and Rule 35 resolutions.

 

Votes on Second Consideration

  • HB 504 (Rep. Alex Charlton, R-Delaware): Creates a limited license for self-service storage facilities to sell content insurance to individuals who rent self-service storage space from the owner of the facility.
  • HB 1539 (Rep. Eddie Day Pashinski, D-Luzerne): Allows a grandparent of a child, or other family member related to the child, to petition a court of common pleas for temporary guardianship of that child when a parent of that child has entered a rehabilitation facility for treatment of a drug or alcohol addiction, or has been subject to emergency medical intervention due to abuse of drugs or alcohol.
  • HB 2133 (Rep. Kathy Watson, R-Bucks): Establishes the Kinship Caregiver Navigator Program to provide an informational resource for grandparents who are raising their grandchildren outside the formal child welfare system.
  • SB 108 (Sen. John Sabatina, D-Philadelphia): Prohibits the discrimination of any potential organ transplant recipient on the basis of a physical or mental disability.
  • SB 180 (Sen. Stewart Greenleaf, R-Bucks/Montgomery): Amends various provisions regarding donations of human organs, tissues and eyes and addresses donation of vascularized composite allografts.
  • SB 630 (Sen. Guy Reschenthaler, R-Allegheny/Washington): Establishes the Travel Insurance Modernization Act to reform insurance licensure requirements relating to travel retailers who offer travel insurance coverage.

 

Votes on Third Consideration

  • HB 25 (Rep. Ryan Mackenzie, R-Berks/Lehigh): Establishes the CareerBound program, a school-to-work pilot program.
  • HB 163 (Rep. Rick Saccone, R-Allegheny/Washington): Eliminates the mandatory driver’s license suspension for state or federal drug/controlled substance convictions, as well as state-imposed suspensions for six other crimes.
  • HB 564 (Rep. Karen Boback, R-Lackawanna/Luzerne/Wyoming): Requires students to take a locally developed assessment in civics between grades seven and 12.
  • HB 645 (Rep. Bernie O’Neill, R-Bucks): Amends the Tax Reform Code to increase the amount of available tax credits in the Neighborhood Assistance Program.
  • HB 1228 (Rep. Hal English, R-Allegheny): Allows certain sun protection measures for students, including the application of nonprescription sunscreen, during school hours or at a school-sponsored activity.
  • HB 1240 (Rep. Jim Marshall, R-Beaver/Butler): Limits when a vehicle owner must apply for a certificate of title branded as a theft vehicle and establishes restrictions for self-insurers.
  • HB 2030 (Rep. Aaron Bernstine, R-Beaver/Butler/Lawrence): Standardizes the process for billing municipal electric customers in boroughs situate in more than one county.
  • HB 2050 (Rep. Mike Turzai, R-Allegheny): Prohibits abortion based on a diagnosis of Down syndrome.
  • HB 2138 (Rep. Matthew Dowling, R-Fayette/Somerset): Amends the Human Services Code to add work requirements for eligible enrollees in Medical Assistance.
  • HR 390 (Rep. Eddie Day Pashinski, D-Luzerne): Directs the Joint State Government Commission to study the trend of grandfamilies in Pennsylvania and report its findings to the General Assembly.
  • HR 431 (Rep. Kristin Phillips-Hill, R-York): Urges the Auditor General to audit the Education Technology Program and the Education Technology Fund (E-Fund) and issue a report of the findings.

 

Tuesday, April 17, 2018

Committee Meetings/Hearings

JUDICIARY, 9 a.m., Room 140, Main Capitol

  • Public hearing on public safety, gun laws and violence.

FINANCE, 9:30 a.m., Room 205, Ryan Office Building

  • HB 415 (Rep. Thomas Murt, R-Montgomery/Philadelphia): Eliminates the inheritance tax that is applied when assets are transferred from a deceased parent, adoptive parent or stepparent to a disabled child.
  • HB 2040 (Rep. Tim Hennessey, R-Chester/Montgomery): Authorizes school districts to implement programs in which senior citizens may volunteer in the school district in which they reside and receive a real property tax credit in exchange for their services.

CHILDREN AND YOUTH, 10 a.m., Room 60, East Wing

  • HB 2213 (Rep. Dan Moul, R-Adams): Allows an adoptive family to appeal the amount of an adoption subsidy provided under the Adoption Opportunities Act.

STATE GOVERNMENT, 10 a.m., Room G-50, Irvis Office Building

  • HB 466 (Rep. Jim Marshall, R-Beaver/Butler): Gives sheriffs and deputy sheriffs the same power to enforce the laws of the Commonwealth as currently possessed by municipal police officers.
  • HB 1642 (Rep. Kristin Phillips-Hill, R-York): Directs the Department of General Services to conduct an annual inventory of all state department, agency, commission or institution-owned communication towers, poles, buildings and facilities to leverage existing state-owned assets for the provision of high-speed broadband internet to unserved and underserved areas.
  • HB 1843 (Rep. Seth Grove, R-York): Creates a Financial Watch Program under the Office of the Treasurer.

 

Session

On Tuesday the House will meet at 11 a.m. for legislative business.

 

Votes on Second Consideration

  • HB 209 (Rep. Kristin Phillips-Hill, R-York): Establishes the Independent Office of the Repealer to review statutes and regulations for possible revision/repeal.
  • HB 638 (Rep. Justin Simmons, R-Lehigh/Montgomery/Northampton): Removes the ability of candidates for school board to cross-file nomination petitions.
  • HB 1237 (Rep. Dawn Keefer, R-York): Establishes a process whereby a concurrent resolution is ultimately required to approve an “economically significant” final-form or final-omitted regulation.
  • HB 1792 (Rep. Kerry Benninghoff, R-Centre/Mifflin): Gives the General Assembly the ability to initiate the repeal of any regulation in effect in Pennsylvania by a concurrent resolution.
  • HB 1959 (Rep. Greg Rothman, R-Cumberland): Reforms the administration of permits by state agencies.
  • HB 1960 (Rep. Brian Ellis, R-Butler): Requires each state agency to designate an employee as the agency’s regulatory compliance officer.
  • HB 2078 (Rep. Joseph Markosek, D-Allegheny): Makes appropriations from the Professional Licensure Augmentation Account and from restricted revenue accounts within the General Fund to the Department of State for use by the Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs in support of the professional licensure boards assigned thereto.
  • HB 2079 (Markosek): Makes appropriations from the Workmen’s Compensation Administration Fund to the Department of Labor and Industry and the Department of Community and Economic Development to provide for the expenses of administering the Workers’ Compensation Act, the Pennsylvania Occupational Disease Act and the Office of Small Business Advocate for the fiscal year July 1, 2018, to June 30, 2019, and for the payment of bills incurred and remaining unpaid at the close of the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018.
  • HB 2080 (Markosek): Makes an appropriation from a restricted revenue account within the General Fund to the Office of Small Business Advocate in the Department of Community and Economic Development.
  • HB 2081 (Markosek): Makes an appropriation from a restricted revenue account within the General Fund to the Office of Consumer Advocate in the Office of Attorney General.
  • HB 2082 (Markosek): Makes appropriations from the Public School Employees’ Retirement Fund and from the PSERS Defined Contribution Fund to provide for expenses of the Public School Employees’ Retirement Board for the fiscal year July 1, 2018, to June 30, 2019, and for the payment of bills incurred and remaining unpaid at the close of the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018.
  • HB 2083 (Markosek): Makes an appropriation from the State Employees’ Retirement Fund and from the SERS Defined Contribution Fund to provide for expenses of the State Employees’ Retirement Board for the fiscal year July 1, 2018, to June 30, 2019, and for the payment of bills incurred and remaining unpaid at the close of the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018.
  • HB 2084 (Markosek): Makes appropriations from the Philadelphia Taxicab and Limousine Regulatory Fund and the Philadelphia Taxicab Medallion Fund to the Philadelphia Parking Authority for fiscal year July 1, 2018, to June 30, 2019.
  • HB 2085 (Markosek): Makes appropriations from a restricted revenue account within the General Fund and from federal augmentation funds to the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission for the fiscal year July 1, 2018, to June 30, 2019.
  • HB 2086 (Markosek): Makes appropriations from the restricted revenue accounts within the State Gaming Fund and from the restricted accounts within the Fantasy Contest Fund and Video Gaming Fund to the Attorney General, the Department of Revenue, the Pennsylvania State Police and the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018, to June 30, 2019, and for the payment of bills incurred and remaining unpaid at the close of the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018.
  • HB 2242 (Rep. Stan Saylor, R-York): Appropriates funding to the Pennsylvania State University for the 2018-19 fiscal year.
  • HB 2243 (Saylor): Appropriates funding to the University of Pittsburgh for the 2018-19 fiscal year.
  • HB 2244 (Saylor): Appropriates funding to Temple University for the 2018-19 fiscal year.
  • HB 2245 (Saylor): Appropriates funding to Lincoln University for the 2018-19 fiscal year.
  • HB 2246 (Saylor): Appropriates funding to the University of Pennsylvania for the 2018-19 fiscal year.

 

Votes on Third Consideration

  • HB 504 (Charlton)
  • HB 1539 (Pashinski)
  • HB 2133 (Watson)
  • HR 76 (Rep. Dan Miller, D-Allegheny): Expresses opposition to the enactment or enforcement of federal license suspension mandates for drug offenses.
  • SB 108 (Sabatina)
  • SB 180 (Greenleaf)
  • SB 630 (Reschenthaler)

 

Wednesday, April 18, 2018

Committee Meetings/Hearings

COMMERCE, 9 a.m., Harrisburg University, 14th Floor Auditorium, 326 Market St., Harrisburg

  • Public hearing on SB 234 (Sen. John Blake, D-Lackawanna/Luzerne/Monroe): Establishes Pennsylvania’s Property Assessed Clean Energy Program.

JUDICIARY, 9 a.m., Room 205, Ryan Office Building

  • Public hearing on public safety, gun laws and violence.

PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE, 9 a.m., Room B-31, Main Capitol

  • Public hearing on HB 789 (Rep. Jim Christiana, R-Beaver/Washington): Codifies existing Department of Health regulations governing which health care professionals are authorized to administer anesthesia in hospitals.

AGING AND OLDER ADULT SERVICES, 9:30 a.m., Room G-50, Irvis Office Building

  • Informational meeting on budget overview for aging-related services and supports.

HUMAN SERVICES, 10 a.m., Room 60, East Wing

  • HB 1535 (Rep. Judy Ward, R-Blair): Ensures that all aspects of provider payment rate setting calculations in the intellectual disability and autism system are transparent.
  • HB 2069 (Rep. Dan Miller, D-Allegheny): Codifies a pilot grant program which provides for services and assistance to persons who are deafblind.
  • HB 2126 (Rep. Jason Ortitay, R-Allegheny/Washington): Strengthens enforcement of the provisions of existing law which permit minor children to consent for their own treatment, but also allows their parents to consent on their behalf, and establishes a civil penalty for professionals failing to abide by the provisions.
  • HR 760 (Rep. Angel Cruz, D-Philadelphia): Recognizes the rights of individuals with cognitive disabilities to technology and information access.

 

Session

On Wednesday the House will meet at 11 a.m. for legislative business.

 

Votes on Third Consideration

  • HB 209 (Phillips-Hill)
  • HB 638 (Simmons)
  • HB 1237 (Keefer)
  • HB 1792 (Benninghoff)
  • HB 1959 (Rothman)
  • HB 1960 (Ellis)

 

Friday, April 20, 2018

Committee Meetings/Hearings

JUDICIARY/TRANSPORTATION, 10 a.m., Philadelphia City Hall, Room 676, 1401 John F. Kennedy Blvd., Philadelphia

  • Joint public hearing to evaluate the effects of DUI and drugged driving laws and programs.

 

 

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