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What's Happening in the #PAHouse week of feb. 19, 2019

The Weekly Schedule

Multiple House committees will take up workforce development initiatives this week. Some will vote on legislation, while others will hold hearings and informational meetings. It’s the start of action on a package of bills designed to help more Pennsylvanians into family-sustaining careers.

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.

Tuesday, February 19, 2019

Committee Meetings/Hearings

Children & Youth, 10 a.m., Room 60, East Wing

• HB 235 (Rep. Tarah Toohill, R-Luzerne): Reforms state adoption requirements/witness consent rules for adoption by an incarcerated parent.

• HB 309 (Rep. Tom Mehaffie, R- Dauphin): Requires all day care centers to post their rating as part of the Keystone Stars program.

Environmental Resources & Energy, 10 a.m., G-50, Irvis Office Building

• Informational meeting with the Secretary of the Department of Environmental Protection, who will discuss the department’s budget structure and different funding mechanisms for the programs the department oversees, as well as how the funding is used.

Health, 11 a.m., Room 140, Main Capitol

• Informational meeting on opioid issues.

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

• Informational meeting on network adequacy.

Labor & Industry, 11 a.m., Room 205, Ryan Office Building

• Public hearing on Workforce Development.

Urban Affairs, 11 a.m., Room B-32, Main Capitol

• HB 324 (Rep. Keith Gillespie, R-York): Allows municipalities to develop micro-enterprise loans to help start small businesses in blighted downtown communities.

• HB 407 (Rep. Kurt Masser, R-Northumberland/Columbia/Montour): Updates the definition of “blight.”

Consumer Affairs, Noon, Room G-50, Irvis

• Informational meeting with all five commissioners of the Public Utility Commission, along with the acting consumer advocate and small business advocate regarding their organizations and legislative priorities.

Transportation, 12:15 p.m., Room B31, Main Capitol

• HB 65 (Rep. Tommy Sankey, R- Clearfield/Cambria): Designates the Private First Class Steve L. Klosz Memorial Bridge.

• HB 66 (Sankey): Designates the United States Army Sergeant Scott O. Henry Memorial Bridge.

• HB 224 (Rep. Tina Pickett, R- Bradford/Sullivan/Susquehanna): Designates the Specialist Second Class W.H. “Doc” Shoemaker, Jr., Memorial Highway.

• HB 277 (Rep. Clint Owlett, R-Bradford/Potter): Designates the Troy Area Veterans Memorial Bridge.

• HB 374 (Rep. Garth Everett, R-Lycoming/Union): Establishes the “Keystone Tree Fund” as a means to fund a tree vitalize program and a riparian forest buffer grant program, and allows a person to make a $3 contribution to the fund when electronically renewing a driver's license, ID card, or vehicle registration through PennDOT's website.

• HB 384 (Rep. Josh Kail, R-Beaver/Washington): Increases the fine for driving a vehicle without the proper endorsement for that particular type of vehicle.

SESSION

On Tuesday, session will begin at 1 p.m.

Votes on Second Consideration

• HB 26 (Rep. Pam Snyder, R-Greene/Washington): Adds motorcycles to state’s automobile lemon law.

• HB 318 (Rep. Lori Mizgorski, R-Allegheny): Allows consumers to permanently sign up for state’s “do-not-call’ list.

• HB 350 (Rep. Jim Rigby, R-Cambria/Somerset): Changes rules for tracking precious metal sales and helps law enforcement potentially recover stolen property.

Wednesday, February 20, 2019

Committee Meetings/Hearings

Children & Youth, 9 a.m., Room 60, East Wing

• Public hearing to examine the issue of substance-exposed infants.

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

• Informational meeting on job creation tax credits.

Gaming Oversight, 9 a.m., G-50, Irvis Office Building

• Informational meeting on the Gaming Control Board to give a general overview of gaming expansion.

Professional Licesnsure, 9:30 a.m., B-31, Main Capitol

• HB 63 (Rep. Harry Readshaw, D-Allegheny): Updates the Bureau of Professional and Occupations Affairs Act to allow professionals under BPOA to accrue continuing education credits.

• HB 138 (Rep. Chris Quinn, R-Delaware): Provides further qualifications for license and examinations for physical therapists and physical therapist assistants.

Commerce, 10 a.m., Room 140, Main Capitol

• Informational meeting on DCED Workforce Programs.

Environmental Resources & Energy, 10 a.m., B-31, Main Capitol

• Informational meeting featuring a presentation by the Pennsylvania Manufacturers' Association and the Pennsylvania Chamber on the “Forge the Future” report, which discusses five key economic growth drivers associated with the natural gas industry – most notably, workforce development solutions.

Agriculture & Rural Affairs, Call of the Chair, Room 60, East Wing

• HB 370 (Rep. Kate Klunk, R- York): Amends the Agricultural Area Security Law to provide for restrictions, limitations and subdivision on preserved farmland.

• HB 404 (Rep. John Lawrence, R- Chester/Lancaster): Adds the “Tree of Heaven” plant, a favorite food source of the invasive spotted lanternfly, to the list of noxious weeds in Pennsylvania.

• HB 441 (Rep. Curt Sonney, R- Erie): Allows wind power generation systems on preserved farmland.

Judiciary, Call of the Chair, G50, Irvis

• HB 276 (Rep. Sheryl Delozier, R-Cumberland): Proposes an amendment to the Pennsylvania Constitution to include a crime victims’ bill of rights.

• HB 502 (Rep. John Hershey, R- Juniata/Franklin/Mifflin): Grants to crime victims the right to attend any proceeding relating to their cases, unless the court expressly determines that attendance would materially alter the victim’s’ testimony.

• HB 503 (Rep. Garth Everett, R-Lycoming/Union): Provides the same protections afforded to vulnerable children under the tender years exception to the rule against admission of hearsay evidence to those victims who are intellectually disabled or severely autistic.

• HB 504 (Rep. Natalie Mihalek, R- Allegheny/Washington): Ensures that prior sexual assaults or other prior acts of victimization against a rape victim cannot be used at trial for the purpose of attacking the victim’s character.

• HB 505 (Rep. Rob Kauffman, R- Franklin): Helps additional child victims of sexual or other violent crimes testify against their perpetrators by modestly expanding the number of crimes for which the tender years exception to the general rule against admitting hearsay (e.g. out-of-court statements) applies.

SESSION

On Wednesday, session will begin at 11 a.m.

Votes on Second Consideration

• HB 51 (Rep. Aaron Bernstine, R-Lawrence/Beaver/Butler): Create a new section for deemed eligibility for home care, home health care and older adult daily living services.

• HB 81 (Rep. Rob Kauffman, R-Franklin): Establishes the certification of central service technicians and surgical technologists.

• HB 128 (Rep. Rosemary Brown, R-Monroe/Pike): Creates the PA First-time Homebuyers Savings Account.

• HB 60 (Rep. Jim Cox, R-Berks): Prohibits future employees of the Susquehanna River Basin Commission from being members of the State Employees’ Retirement System.

Votes on Third Consideration:

• HB 26 (Snyder)

• HB 318 (Mizgorski)

• HB 350 (Rigby)

Thursday, February 21, 2019

SESSION

On Thursday, session will begin at 11 a.m.

Votes on Second Consideration

• HB 284 (Rep. Daryl Metcalfe, R-Butler): Modernizes the state’s History Code.

• HB 374 (Rep. Garth Everett, R-Lycoming/Union): Establishes the “Keystone Tree Fund” as a means to fund a tree vitalize program and a riparian forest buffer grant program, and allows a person to make a $3 contribution to the fund when electronically renewing a driver's license, ID card, or vehicle registration through PennDOT's website.

• HB 384 (Rep. Josh Kail, R-Beaver/Washington): Increases the fine for driving a vehicle without the proper endorsement for that particular type of vehicle.

• HB 224 (Rep. Tina Pickett, R- Bradford/Sullivan/Susquehanna): Designates the Specialist Second Class W.H. “Doc” Shoemaker, Jr., Memorial Highway.

• HB 65 (Rep. Tommy Sankey, R- Clearfield/Cambria): Designates the Private First Class Steve L. Klosz Memorial Bridge.

• HB 66 (Sankey): Designates the United States Army Sergeant Scott O. Henry Memorial Bridge.

• HB 277 (Rep. Clint Owlett, R-Bradford/Potter): Designates the Troy Area Veterans Memorial Bridge.

Votes on Third Consideration

• HB 51 (Rep. Aaron Bernstine, R-Lawrence/Beaver/Butler): Create a new section for deemed eligibility for home care, home health care and older adult daily living services.

• HB 81 (Rep. Rob Kauffman, R-Franklin): Establishes the certification of central service technicians and surgical technologists.

• HB 128 (Rep. Rosemary Brown, R-Monroe/Pike): Creates the PA First-time Homebuyers Savings Account.

• HB 60 (Rep. Jim Cox, R-Berks): Prohibits future employees of the Susquehanna River Basin Commission from being members of the State Employees’ Retirement System.

All of House session and most Committee meetings will stream live on PAHouseGOP.com.

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