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HB97 - Establishing the Joint Legislative Equity Committee.
Donna Bullock, Leanne Krueger-Braneky, Danilo R. Burgos
Last updated over 1 year ago
13 Co-Sponsors
An Act establishing the Joint Legislative Equity Committee.
STATUS
Introduced
HR23 - Recognizing March 18, 2023, as "Public Defender Day" in Pennsylvania.
Daniel L. Miller, Joanna E. McClinton, Christopher Pielli
Last updated over 1 year ago
26 Co-Sponsors
A Resolution recognizing March 18, 2023, as "Public Defender Day" in Pennsylvania.
STATUS
Introduced
HB389 - In senior citizens property tax and rent rebate assistance, further providing for property tax and rent rebate.
Ismail Smith-Wade-El, Carol Hill-Evans, Tarah Probst
Last updated over 1 year ago
36 Co-Sponsors
An Act amending the act of June 27, 2006 (1st Sp.Sess., P.L.1873, No.1), known as the Taxpayer Relief Act, in senior citizens property tax and rent rebate assistance, further providing for property tax and rent rebate.
STATUS
Introduced
HB485 - A Joint Resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, further providing for removal of civil officers.
Jared G. Solomon, Malcolm Kenyatta, Mary Louise Isaacson
Last updated over 1 year ago
15 Co-Sponsors
STATUS
Introduced
HB307 - Providing for legal protections from abusive work environments and for remedies.
Patrick J. Harkins, Carol Hill-Evans, Joseph P. Ciresi
Last updated over 1 year ago
15 Co-Sponsors
An Act providing for legal protections from abusive work environments and for remedies.
STATUS
Introduced
HB335 - In inchoate crimes, further providing for prohibited offensive weapons.
Benjamin V. Sanchez, Malcolm Kenyatta, Joseph P. Ciresi
Last updated over 1 year ago
46 Co-Sponsors
An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in inchoate crimes, further providing for prohibited offensive weapons.
STATUS
Introduced
HB301 - In preliminary provisions, further providing for special provisions applicable to limited school years; in duties and powers of board of school directors, further providing for additional schools and departments; in grounds and buildings, further providing for limitation on new applications for Department of Education approval of public school building projects; in school directors' associations and county boards of school directors, further providing for powers and duties; in intermediate units, further providing for visual services and for school safety and security enhancements; in certification of teachers, further providing for substitute teaching permit for prospective teachers and for locally issued temporary certification for substitute teachers, repealing provisions relating to permit for classroom monitors and providing for permit for classroom monitors; providing for the Educator Pipeline Support Grant Program; in pupils and attendance, further providing for compulsory education of physical defectives, for school lunch and breakfast reimbursement, for dependent children, for actual cost of tuition and maintenance of certain exceptional children in the four chartered schools for education of the deaf and the blind, for payment of cost of tuition and maintenance of certain exceptional children, for transfer of funds for transferal programs and for children under six with defective hearing and parent or guardian advised of schools, etc.; in safe schools, further providing for definitions and for Office for Safe Schools, repealing provisions relating to regulations and to reporting, further providing for policy relating to bullying and for maintenance of records and repealing provisions relating to Safe Schools Advocate in School Districts of the First Class, to standing, to enforcement and to construction of article and other laws; in school safety and security, further providing for definitions and for school safety and security committee, providing for duties of committee, further providing for School Safety and Security Grant Program, providing for Targeted School Safety Grants for Nonpublic Schools and School Entities Program, for standardized protocols, for county safe schools' collaborative and for school mental health grants for 2023-2024 school year, further providing for school safety and security coordinator training and providing for reporting and memorandum of understanding, for safe schools advocate in school districts of the first class and for enforcement; in school security, further providing for definitions, for school police officers, for annual report and for school security guards; in character education program, further providing for character education program; in community colleges, further providing for financial program and reimbursement of payments; in educational tax credits, further providing for definitions, for qualification and application by organizations and for limitations; in school districts of the first class, further providing for qualifications of principals and teachers; in funding for public libraries, providing for State aid for fiscal year 2023-2024; in reimbursements by Commonwealth and between school districts, further providing for definitions and for payments on account of pupils enrolled in career and technical curriculums, for payments on account of courses for exceptional children, for payments to intermediate units, for assistance to school districts declared to be in financial recovery status or identified for financial watch status, for payments, for payments on account of pupil transportation, for Ready-to-Learn Block Grant and for payment of required contribution for public school employees' Social Security; in construction and renovation of buildings by school entities, further providing for applicability; providing for School Environmental Repairs Program; and making an editorial change.
Patrick J. Harkins, Stephen P. Samuelson, Stephen Kinsey
Last updated 9 months ago
23 Co-Sponsors
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 special provisions applicable to limited school years; in duties and powers of board of school directors, further providing for additional schools and departments; in grounds and buildings, further providing for limitation on new applications for Department of Education approval of public school building projects; in school directors' associations and county boards of school directors, further providing for powers and duties; in intermediate units, further providing for visual services and for school safety and security enhancements; in certification of teachers, further providing for substitute teaching permit for prospective teachers and for locally issued temporary certification for substitute teachers, repealing provisions relating to permit for classroom monitors and providing for permit for classroom monitors; providing for the Educator Pipeline Support Grant Program; in pupils and attendance, further providing for compulsory education of physical defectives, for school lunch and breakfast reimbursement, for dependent children, for actual cost of tuition and maintenance of certain exceptional children in the four chartered schools for education of the deaf and the blind, for payment of cost of tuition and maintenance of certain exceptional children, for transfer of funds for transferal programs and for children under six with defective hearing and parent or guardian advised of schools, etc.; in safe schools, further providing for definitions and for Office for Safe Schools, repealing provisions relating to regulations and to reporting, further providing for policy relating to bullying and for maintenance of records and repealing provisions relating to Safe Schools Advocate in School Districts of the First Class, to standing, to enforcement and to construction of article and other laws; in school safety and security, further providing for definitions and for school safety and security committee, providing for duties of committee, further providing for School Safety and Security Grant Program, providing for Targeted School Safety Grants for Nonpublic Schools and School Entities Program, for standardized protocols, for county safe schools' collaborative and for school mental health grants for 2023-2024 school year, further providing for school safety and security coordinator training and providing for reporting and memorandum of understanding, for safe schools advocate in school districts of the first class and for enforcement; in school security, further providing for definitions, for school police officers, for annual report and for school security guards; in character education program, further providing for character education program; in community colleges, further providing for financial program and reimbursement of payments; in educational tax credits, further providing for definitions, for qualification and application by organizations and for limitations; in school districts of the first class, further providing for qualifications of principals and teachers; in funding for public libraries, providing for State aid for fiscal year 2023-2024; in reimbursements by Commonwealth and between school districts, further providing for definitions and for payments on account of pupils enrolled in career and technical curriculums, for payments on account of courses for exceptional children, for payments to intermediate units, for assistance to school districts declared to be in financial recovery status or identified for financial watch status, for payments, for payments on account of pupil transportation, for Ready-to-Learn Block Grant and for payment of required contribution for public school employees' Social Security; in construction and renovation of buildings by school entities, further providing for applicability; providing for School Environmental Repairs Program; and making an editorial change.
STATUS
Passed
HB338 - In firearms and other dangerous articles, providing for report of theft or loss of firearm; and imposing penalties.
Benjamin V. Sanchez, Malcolm Kenyatta, Maureen E. Madden
Last updated over 1 year ago
58 Co-Sponsors
An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in firearms and other dangerous articles, providing for report of theft or loss of firearm; and imposing penalties.
STATUS
Introduced
HB224 - Establishing the Rebuild Pennsylvania Board, the Rebuild Pennsylvania Program and the Rebuild Pennsylvania Fund; providing for powers and duties of the board and for use of program money; and making an interfund transfer.
Mary Louise Isaacson, Patrick Liam Gallagher, Tina Marie Davis
Last updated over 1 year ago
18 Co-Sponsors
An Act establishing the Rebuild Pennsylvania Board, the Rebuild Pennsylvania Program and the Rebuild Pennsylvania Fund; providing for powers and duties of the board and for use of program money; and making an interfund transfer.
STATUS
Introduced
HB192 - In theft and related offenses, further providing for the offense of retail theft.
Daniel L. Miller, Benjamin R. Waxman, Christopher Pielli
Last updated over 1 year ago
19 Co-Sponsors
An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in theft and related offenses, further providing for the offense of retail theft.
STATUS
Introduced
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Representative from Pennsylvania district HD-182
COMMITTEES
Pennsylvania House
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Benjamin R. Waxman was a member of the New Jersey General Assembly, representing District 38 from 2008 to 2010. Waxman earned his B.A. in political science from Muhlenberg College in 1998. Prior to his election, Waxman served on the South Orange Village Board of Trustees from 2001 to 2007. He also worked as an attorney. While in the legislature, Waxman served on the Regulated Professions Committee as well as the Telecommunications and Utilities Committee.read less
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Pennsylvania House from Pennsylvania
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