Monday June 24th

House of Representatives

Senate Bill 739

The bill provides a technology-neutral definition of telemedicine, allowing practitioners to use synchronous modalities, asynchronous technologies, and remote patient monitoring technologies in health care delivery

194Y 8N 1 Leave

Jamie Barton, Doyle Heffley Ryan Mackenzie, Zack Mako, Jack Rader and Tim Twardzik, all voted yes.

Senate Bill 403

The bill provides updates related to licensing for professional engineers and land surveyors, including definitions, general powers of the board, licensing procedures, continuing professional competency requirements, fees, and penalties.

178Y 24N 1LVE

Yes: Barton, Heffley, Mackenzie, Mako, Rader, Twardzik.

House Bill 2153

The bill would expand the prevailing wage on public construction projects by prohibiting “split rates.” These split rates currently allow workers doing different jobs on the same site to be paid different wages based on their tasks

125Y 77N 1LVE

No: Barton, Heffley, Mackenzie, Mako and Twardzik.

Yes: Rader

House Bill 1963

The bill would ensure that the spouses and dependents of veterans are entitled to receive veteran’s preference death certificates

202Y 0N 1LVE

Yes: Barton, Heffley, Mackenzie, Mako, Rader, Twardzik

House Bill 1509

The bill would allow boards of inspectors for county jails and prisons the option to include 2-4 members of the public on their board.

103Y 99N 1LVE

No: Barton, Heffley, Mackenzie, Mako, Rader and Twardzik.

House Bill 350

The bill would provide legal framework on establishing parentage, specifically for families who require assisted reproductive services, like surrogacy, to have children.

119Y 83N 1LVE

No: Barton, Heffley, Mackenzie, Mako, Rader and Twardzik

Senate

Senate Bill 1157

The bill provides an exception from compulsory education for certain children with disabilities.

28Y 22N

Yes: Dave Argall, Rosemary Brown, Jarrett Coleman.

No: Nick Miller

Tuesday, June 25

House of Representatives

Senate Bill 824

The bill would prohibit the operation of dirt bikes and all-terrain vehicles on roadways in urban municipalities and provides for the forfeiture and disposal of these illegally operated vehicles, to include 2nd, 2nd class A, and 3rd Class Counties.

202Y 0N 1LVE

Yes: Barton, Heffley, Mackenzie, Mako, Rader and Twardzik.

House Bill 2338

The bill would update the duties and powers of the Pennsylvania Energy Development Authority to enable the body to apply for and leverage billions of federal clean energy dollars now available through the Inflation Reduction Act.

107Y 95N 1LVE

No: Barton, Heffley, Mackenzie, Mako, Rader and Twardzik

House Bill 1140

The bill would require insurance companies to cover all contraceptive drugs, devices, and other products and services at no cost to the consumer.

133Y 69N 1LVE

No: Barton, Heffley, Mackenzie, Mako, Rader and Twardzik

Senate

Senate Bill 1121

The bill would establish an Ireland Trade Commission in the Commonwealth.

50Y 0N

Yes: Argall, Brown, Coleman and Miller

House Bill 1754

The bill would expand the use of precision medicine, also referred to both as personalized health care and individualized medicine.

50Y 0N

Yes: Argall, Brown, Coleman and Miller

House Bill 1490

The bill would amend the Acupuncture Licensing Act to provide title protection for licensed acupuncturists and practitioners.

48Y 2N

Yes: Argall, Brown, Coleman and Miller

Senate Bill 1241

The bill would eliminate the requirement that licensed insurance producer applicants must complete 24 hours of pre-examination education credits before taking the producer licensing examination.

50Y 0N

Yes: Argall, Brown, Coleman and Miller

Compiled by Jarrad Hedes and Jill Mack