News from 2nd & State
December 17, 2021 Weekly Wrap As 2021 is winding down, the House of Representatives and the Senate were in session…
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November 19, 2021 Weekly Wrap Before a nearly month-long recess, the House of Representatives were in session this week for…
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Weekly Wrap This was the last week that the House of Representatives and Senate were in session together until the…
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November 3, 2021 Pennsylvania’s Municipal Election took place yesterday. While the results are not final, as votes are still to…
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October 29, 2021 Weekly Wrap While last week was relatively quiet at the Capitol, this week was anything but, as…
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October 22, 2021 Weekly Wrap It was a short week in Harrisburg for the Senate, as the upper chamber held…
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October 8, 2021 Weekly Wrap The House of Representatives were in session for the third straight week. Even though full…
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October 1, 2021 Weekly Wrap It was the second week in a row that the House of Representatives and Senate…
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Weekly Wrap After a nearly three month recess, the House of Representatives and Senate were back in session this week…
Worth Another Look: Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI)
On July 13, 2021, the Environmental Quality Board (EQB) voted in favor of Final Rulemaking: CO2 Budget Trading Program (25…
Worth Another Look: Fiscal Code
Each fiscal year, a Fiscal Code bill accompanies the General Appropriations Act. The Fiscal Code provides instructions as to how…
Worth Another Look: Administrative Code
An omnibus Administrative Code bill was sent to the Governor as part of the 2021-22 budget package. H.B. 336 (Mackenzie,…
Worth Another Look: Public School Code
Along with the other bills that comprise a completed state spending plan, the General Assembly sent the Governor a bill…
Worth Another Look: Tax Reform Code
Today, the Legislature sent an omnibus Tax Reform Code bill to the Governor for his signature. This is just one…
Worth Another Look: General Appropriations Act
The FY 2021-22 General Appropriations bill provides for $40.815 billion in spending, a 2.6% ($1 billion) increase from last year’s…
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June 18, 2021 Weekly Wrap As the June 30 budget deadline looms, the House of Representatives and Senate were in…
Capitol Update – June 2, 2021
Governor DeSantis Signs Budget with Vetoes Governor DeSantis signed the $100 billion state budget today, but not before vetoing $1.5 billion…
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May 28, 2021 Weekly Wrap With the Memorial Day Weekend almost in reach, the House of Representatives and Senate were…
Capitol Update – 2021 Legislative Summary
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney’s Florida Government Relations Team has complied a Regular and Special Session Legislative Summary, linked below, outlining…
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May 19, 2021 Pennsylvania’s Municipal Primary Election took place yesterday. Individuals that were successful in the Primary will run in…
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May 14, 2021 Weekly Wrap The Senate was in session this week, starting on Monday, when the Senate Communications and…
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May 7, 2021 Weekly Wrap The House of Representatives began their session week on Monday, as the House Commerce Committee…
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April 30, 2021 Weekly Wrap While the Senate wasn’t in session until Tuesday this week, there were a few hearings…
Capitol Update – April 23, 2021
Budget Update Budget Conference began last weekend with subcommittees meeting to negotiate differences in remaining issue areas. The subcommittees had until…
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April 23, 2021 Weekly Wrap As the calendar inches closer to June, and the budget deadline nears, the General Assembly…
Buchanan client, Proterra, hosts President Biden for virtual factory tour
April 20, 2021 Buchanan client Proterra, the leading manufacturer of battery electric buses in America, hosted President Biden for a…
Capitol Update – April 16, 2021
Budget Update As of noon on Friday, legislative leadership has yet to appoint conferees to begin the budget conference process.…
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April 16, 2021 2021 Pennsylvania Primary Election Pennsylvania’s municipal primary election will take place on May 18, 2021. Along with…
Capitol Update – April 9, 2021
Budget Update The House and Senate have passed their respective budgets (40-0 in the Senate and 104-14 in the House)…
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April 9, 2021 Weekly Wrap Just the House of Representatives was in session this week. However, the Senate Appropriations Committee…
Capitol Update – April 2, 2021
Budget Update Lawmakers moved closer this week to crafting a FY 2021-22 State Budget. Senate and House full budget committees…
Capitol Update – March 26, 2021
Budget Update Appropriations subcommittees released their respective, initial spending plans this week beginning the budget process that will cumulate in…
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March 26, 2021 Weekly Wrap As the Capitol opened to the public for the first time in 2021, the House…
Capitol Update – March 19, 2021
Following up with our Federal Government Relations (GR) Team’s analysis of the federal stimulus bill passed last week, our firm…
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March 19, 2021 Weekly Wrap Both chambers were in Harrisburg this week for three session days. On Monday, the House…
Capitol Update – March 12, 2021
This week Congress passed another COVID-19 relief package, The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, at a cost of $1.9…
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March 12, 2021 Weekly Wrap This week was the Senate’s turn to hold budget hearings on the Governor’s proposed FY…
Analysis: Congress Passes $1.9 Trillion COVID-19 Relief Package
Delivering the first major legislative victory for President Biden, Congress passed another COVID-19 relief package that, at a cost of…
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March 5, 2021 Weekly Wrap Budget hearings wrapped up this week in the House of Representatives. Here’s a look at…
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February 26, 2021 Weekly Wrap While budget hearings in the House of Representatives continued this week, the Senate was also…
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February 19, 2021 Weekly Wrap Budget hearings to examine the Governor’s FY 2021-22 budget proposal began this week in the…
Capitol Update – February 19, 2021
Members met this week in Tallahassee concluding the 5 week Interim Committee schedule leading up to the Regular Session beginning…
Capitol Update – February 12, 2021
Friday completes the second to last Interim Committee Week in Tallahassee with one more remaining ( Feb. 15th-19th) before Regular…
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February 5, 2021 Weekly Wrap Due to this week’s snowstorm, session kicked off on Wednesday rather than the usual Monday…
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February 3, 2021 Today, Governor Tom Wolf gave his 2021-2022 FY budget address via video to a joint session of…
Capitol Update – February 1, 2021
Governor DeSantis’ FY 2021-22 State Budget Proposal Governor DeSantis released his budget recommendations for the upcoming 2021-22 Fiscal Year last…
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February 1, 2021 Tomorrow, Governor Tom Wolf will deliver (virtually) his FY 2021-2022 budget address to a joint session of…
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January 29, 2021 Weekly Wrap While the primary order of business of this week was committee reorganization for the 2021-2022…