Committee News Archives - Page 6 of 10

October 5, 2021

Acting Secretary Degraffenreid Refuses to Testify on Senate Bipartisan Election Reform

For the second time in two weeks, Acting Secretary Veronica Degraffenreid and other officials from the Governor’s Department of State failed to attend a public hearing of the Senate State Government Committee on Senate Bill 878, a bipartisan bill that would implement recommendations of the bipartisan Senate Special Committee on Election Integrity and Reform, after previously agreeing to attend. [Read More]

September 28, 2021

Updates to Election Code, Transparency Measures Passed by Senate State Government Committee

Five bills, including updates to the election code and measures that increase transparency while protecting individual privacy, were passed today by the Senate State Government Committee, according to Senator Dave Argall (R-Berks/Schuylkill), who chairs the Committee. [Read More]

September 23, 2021

Local Elections Officials, Stakeholders Testify on Bipartisan Election Reform Bill

Local elections officials and members of advocacy groups testified before the Senate State Government Committee today regarding Senate Bill 878, a bipartisan election reform bill sponsored by the two chairmen of the committee, Senator David G. Argall (R-Berks/Schuylkill) and Senator Sharif Street (D-Philadelphia). [Read More]

September 21, 2021

Bipartisan Election Reform Bills Passed by Senate State Government Committee

Four updates to Pennsylvania’s election code were passed by strongly bipartisan votes in the Senate State Government Committee today, according to Senator David G. Argall (R-Berks/Schuylkill), who chairs the committee. [Read More]

August 25, 2021

Senate State Government Committee begins Series of Hearings on Department of State Controversies

The Senate State Government Committee, chaired by Senator David G. Argall (R-Berks/Schuylkill), held the first in a series of hearings Tuesday reviewing many of the recent, controversial actions undertaken by the Department of State. [Read More]

June 22, 2021

State Government Committee Advances Bill to Curb Congressional Gerrymandering

On Tuesday, the Senate State Government Committee advanced a bill, Senate Bill 222, to reform the process of redrawing Pennsylvania’s congressional districts by a bipartisan vote of 8-3, according to Senator David G. Argall (R-Schuylkill/Berks). [Read More]

May 26, 2021

Senate State Government Committee holds First Hearing on Congressional Redistricting

The Senate State Government Committee held its first hearing of the 2021-22 legislative session on congressional redistricting, according to Senator David G. Argall (R-Berks/Schuylkill), who chairs the committee. [Read More]

March 24, 2021

Senate Committee Passes Anti-gerrymandering Bill

The Senate State Government Committee has passed a bill that would establish new, nonpartisan qualifications for the Legislative Reapportionment Chair with unanimous, bipartisan support, according to Senator David G. Argall (R-Berks/Schuylkill), the chair of the committee. [Read More]

March 11, 2021

Senate Special Committee on Election Integrity and Reform Begins Bipartisan Review

The bipartisan Senate panel will begin a comprehensive review of the 2020 General Election with their first hearing to review best practices of election integrity and security from other states on Monday, March 15 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Senate Chamber. [Read More]

February 22, 2021

Senate, House State Government Committees to Hold Joint Hearing on Census

The Senate State Government Committee will hold a joint hearing with the House State Government Committee on Wednesday, February 24, 2021 from 9:00 am to 11:00 am on how the anticipated delays in the 2020 Census could impact Pennsylvania’s redistricting and reapportionment process. [Read More]