Legislation

  • The Legal Intelligencer

    Rep: Disabled Children Should Not Be Taxed for Inheritance

    By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | July 27, 2017

    On July 25, state Sen. Mike Folmer, R-Dauphin, released a memorandum stating he intends to introduce legislation that would allow disabled children to inherit their parents' property at a 0 percent tax rate.

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    General Assembly Sends 'Planned Subsidence' Bill to Wolf

    By Victoria Hudgins | July 20, 2017

    The General Assembly approved SB 624, a bill that would prohibit "planned subsidence" in bituminous coal mining from being considered presumptive evidence that the mining has the potential to cause pollution as defined by the state's Clean Streams Law.

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    Capitol Report

    By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | July 20, 2017

    Following is a listing of executive and legislative action for July 14 and the week of July 17. Both houses of the General Assembly are in recess, subject to the call of the president of the Senate and speaker of the State House of Representatives. House leaders issued a call to reconvene beginning July 22.

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    State Senate Slashes $1M From PPA Funding

    By Victoria Hudgins | July 20, 2017

    The Pennsylvania Senate has approved an amended appropriation to the Philadelphia Parking Authority, portioning $3 million to the agency.

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    Capitol Report

    By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | July 13, 2017

    Following is a listing of executive and legislative action for the week of July 10. At press time members of the General Assembly were in recess subject to the call of the president of the Senate and speaker of the House.

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    State Senators Propose Education Savings Accounts for Students

    By Victoria Hudgins | July 13, 2017

    Sens. John DiSanto, Joseph B. Scarnati III and John H. Eichelberger Jr. published a memo announcing their plan to create education savings accounts to help students attending low-achieving schools obtain nonpublic schooling.

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    State Rep. Says He Wants to Slash Sales Tax

    By Victoria Hudgins | July 13, 2017

    State Rep. Russ Diamond, R-Annville, issued a memorandum declaring his intention to introduce a package of bills lowering Pennsylvania's sales and use tax to 1.9 percent, and to decrease Philadelphia and Allegheny counties' local sales and use taxes as well.

  • The Legal Intelligencer

    House Rejects Higher Penalty, Required E-Filing for Lobbyists

    By Victoria Hudgins | July 6, 2017

    An amendment that would have required lobbyists to electronically file and report expenses and would have doubled the maximum penalty for prohibited actions by lobbyists was nixed 98-101 on June 30 in the House.

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    Proposal Would Mandate Counsel in Civil Forfeiture Actions

    By Victoria Hudgins | July 6, 2017

    State Sen. Sharif Street, D-Philadelphia, issued a memorandum declaring his intention to introduce a measure that would guarantee legal representation in certain civil asset forfeiture cases.

  • The Legal Intelligencer

    Capitol Report

    By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | July 6, 2017

    The following is a listing of executive and legislative action for June 30 and the week of July 3. Members of the state House of Representatives were scheduled to return to session on July 7. State senators were set to reconvene on July 8.

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