Issues

As the Pennsylvania General Assembly debates legislation and policy during the current 2007-2008 Legislative Session, it is very helpful to receive feedback from my constituents. By knowing your perspective on certain bills and issues, I believe that it helps me to better represent the 37th Senatorial District.

Below, I have provided a listing of the legislation of which I am the prime sponsor. The table lists the bill number in the left hand column and a plain English summary on the right. By clicking below on any of the bills I have sponsored, you will be taken to the Commonwealth's Legislative Data Processing website. While there you can find the full text of these bills, bill history, and other information by entering the bill number in the search box. In addition, you can find any other legislation that has been introduced during this session or previous sessions by

Please feel free to take some time and browse the list and let me know what you think. As I mentioned earlier, feedback from my constituents is very helpful as I evaluate and consider what legislation is best for the 37th District. I encourage you to pass along your thoughts and comments concerning these bills or any state-related issues by clicking HERE.

BILLS SPONSORED BY SENATOR JOHN PIPPY
- 2007-2008 LEGISLATIVE SESSION -

Senate Bill 176	Seeks to allows municipalities to expend public money to repair private sewer laterals when doing so would provide a significant benefit to the sanitation and water management of the municipality as a whole - (Full Text) (Summary)
Senate Bill 17 7	Seeks to provide for a personal income tax credit against long term care insurance premiums paid by individuals equal to the lesser of 50% of the premiums paid or $1000 per year - (Full Text) (Summary)
Senate Bill 17 8	Would allow businesses to use losses incurred as a result of a federally-declared disaster that have not been reimbursed through insurance to offset any gains in income for tax purposes. - (Full Text) (Summary)
Senate Bill 17 9	Would increase the income limit for Allegheny County’s Senior Citizen Property Tax Relief program to $31,500 (up from $30,000), counting half of any Social Security income - (Full Text) (Summary)
Senate Bill 180	Seeks to provide for Honor Guard burial details for veterans buried in the new National Cemetery of the Alleghenies in Washington County - (Full Text) (Summary)
Senate Bill 181	Would change the grade of the offense of trading, bartering, buying, selling, or otherwise dealing in infant children from a first degree misdemeanor to a second degree felony - (Full Text) (Summary)
Senate Bill 182	Would change the grade of the offense of aggravated assault against members of the U.S. armed forces, members of the PA National Guard, their spouses, and their families to the grading used for crimes against other officers and public servants assaulted in the course of duty (felony of the first or second degree) - (Full Text) (Summary)
Senate Bill 183	changes the grade of the offense of impersonating a law enforcement officer from a second degree misdemeanor to a third degree felony; also creates the offense of impersonating military personnel - (Full Text) (Summary)
Senate Bill 184	Seeks to require any driver involved in an accident where death or life-threatening injury occurs to submit to drug/alcohol testing - (Full Text) (Summary)
Senate Bill 185	Would permit employees of municipal police departments who are under 21 to possess, attempt to purchase, or transport alcohol in the course of duty - (Full Text) (Summary)
Senate Bill 247	Seeks to mandate that, regardless of the manner in which they vote, voters be presented with a paper ballot that can be verified and/or corrected by them before a final vote is preserved - (Full Text) (Summary)
Senate Bill 248	Would reduce the number of members in the House and Senate by 20% following the 2010 Census and redistricting; also provides for a 20% reduction in the budgets of both chambers - (Full Text) (Summary)
Senate Bill 465	Would require lodging establishments to conduct criminal background checks on all employees who may have access to guest room keys - (Full Text) (Summary)
Senate Bill 672	Would requires all buildings designed, constructed, or renovated with the assistance of state funding to comply with specific environmental and energy standards - (Full Text) (Summary)
Senate Bill 738	Seeks to prohibit public and private entities or individuals from keeping records or databases of firearms or of firearm owners except in specific cases relating to law enforcement, insurance, gun club membership, or business transactions by licensed firearm dealers - (Full Text) (Summary)
Senate Bill 739	Would allow higher education institutions to charge active duty military personnel in-state tuition rates when they are taking courses over the Internet or through other electronic means - (Full Text) (Summary)
Senate Bill 1161	Seeks to expand the Educational Improvement Tax Credit program to allow Approved Private Schools (that provide special education services to public schools) and the Chartered Schools for the Deaf and the Blind to receive funding for innovative educational programming. - (Full Text) (Summary)
Senate Bill 1225	Seeks to assist in facilitating municipal cooperation in the event of a situation that requires emergency personnel from multiple municipalities to respond. - (Full Text) (Summary)
Senate Bill 1232	Seeks to establish universal insurance reimbursement rates for eye care providers and allows providers to use the optical laboratory of their choice. - (Full Text) (Summary)
Senate Bill 1281	Seeks to allow a child whose parents have been called or ordered to active military duty to enroll in a Pennsylvania Cyber School. - (Full Text -coming soon) (Summary)

Please contact any of Senator Pippy's offices for more information.

Archived Legislative Information from Past Sessions

2005-2006 Legislative Session:
Legislation Sponsored by Senator John Pippy
Legislation Co-Sponsored by Senator John Pippy
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All legislation passed into law during the 2005-2006 Legislative Session

Issues

BILLS SPONSORED BY SENATOR JOHN PIPPY - 2007-2008 LEGISLATIVE SESSION -

BILLS SPONSORED BY SENATOR JOHN PIPPY
- 2007-2008 LEGISLATIVE SESSION -