2021 - 2022 Legislative Session
CCAP and its members are often called upon to provide testimony to legislative committees about the impact a particular bill or policy may have. Copies of written remarks submitted for hearings held in the current legislative session can be found below.
Legislative Testimony Archive
Assessment and Taxation
- Centralized Tax Lien Filing (HB 2438)
April 26, 2022: House Finance Committee - Property Tax Reform
August 30, 2021: House Republican Policy Committee
Community and Economic Development
- Broadband Programs Created Under the Infrastructure, Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA)
February 4, 2022: Notice and Request for Comment, NTIA-2021-0002 - Rural Broadband
November 10, 2021: House Consumer Affairs & Senate Communications and Technology Committees - Bridging the Digital Divide
March 30, 2021: House Democratic Policy Committee - Impacts of COVID-19 on Tourism and Lodging in Pennsylvania
March 15, 2021: House Tourism and Recreational Development Committee
County Governance
- Keith Wentz: Public Sector Safety Data (HB 2860)
October 24, 2022: House Labor and Industry Committee - Predictable Recorder of Deeds (SB 898)
August 10, 2022: Senate Local Government Committee - Right-To-Know Law Impacts on Counties as Local Government Agencies
June 23, 2022: Senate State Government Committee - State IT Consolidation (SB 482)
September 29, 2021: Senate Communications and Technology Committee - Kevin Boozel: COVID-19 Outcomes For Counties
September 13, 2021: House Local Government & Senate Local Government Committees - Public Worker Safety Data
May 27, 2021: House Labor and Industry Committee - Workers’ Compensation and Worker Protection Subcommittee - Daryl Miller: Sunshine Law Legal Advertising Requirements (HB 955)
May 26, 2021: House Local Government Committee - OSHA For Public Employees (SB 310)
May 20, 2021: Senate Democratic Policy Committee - Richard Perhacs: Right-To-Know Law and COVID-19 Impacts to Counties
March 9, 2021: House State Government Committee - Data Privacy/Breach of Personal Information Act (SB 696)
June 7, 2022: Senate Communications and Technology Committee
Courts and Corrections
- Juvenile Justice Reforms
May 23, 2022: Senate Judiciary Committee
Elections Reform
- Election Administration Before the General Election
September 14, 2022: House State Government Committee - Open Primaries (SB 690)
April 21, 2022: Senate State Government Committee - Election Administration Before the May Primary
April 7, 2022: House State Government Committee - Senate Bill 878, Related to Drop Boxes
March 29, 2022: Senate State Government Committee - Sherene Hess & Daryl Miller: Election Code Reforms
February 15, 2022: Senate State Government Committee - Election Code Reforms (SB 878)
September 23, 2021: Senate State Government Committee - County Experiences in the 2020 Elections
September 9, 2021: Senate Intergovernmental Operations Committee - Election Reforms
April 15, 2021: House State Government Committee - Sherene Hess: Elections Reforms
March 23, 2021: Senate Special Committee on Election Integrity and Reform - Pennsylvania's SURE System
January 28, 2021: House State Government Committee
Emergency Management and Veterans Affairs
- Mark Hamilton: Crisis in Pennsylvania's EMS System
March 1, 2022: House Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness Committee - Scott Dunn: Public Safety Authorities (SB 698)
October 12, 2021: Senate Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness Committee - Kevin Boozel: Public Safety Authorities (SB 698)
October 12, 2021: Senate Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness Committee
Energy, Environment and Land Use
- Daryl Miller: Stream Maintaining Our Creeks and Streams to Prevent Flooding
April 25, 2022: House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee - Decommissioning of Solar and Wind Energy Devices (HB 2104)
December 15, 2021: House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee
Human Services
- Complex Cases in Pennsylvania's Children and Youth System
November 16, 2022: Letter to Governor Wolf, Governor-elect Shapiro and Legislative Leadership - Behavioral Health Commission on Adult Mental Health Report and Recommendations
November 15, 2022: Senate Health and Human Services Committee - Behavioral Health Commission on Adult Mental Health
October 4, 2022: Letter to Governor Wolf and Legislative Leadership - Recommendations to the Behavioral Health Commission on Adult Mental Health
September 7, 2022: Behavioral Health Commission on Adult Mental Health - PACAH: Long Term Care Workforce
April 12, 2022: House Aging and Adult Services Committee - PCYA: Provider Liability Insurance
January 25, 2022: House Children and Youth Committee - PACDAA: Recovery Funding
January 20, 2022: Senate Democratic Policy Committee - PACDAA: Drug and Alcohol Reimbursement Rates
November 17, 2021: House Human Services Committee - Mental Health Funding
November 17, 2021: House Human Services Committee - PACAH: Nursing Home Proposed Regulations
September 15, 2021: Senate Aging and Youth & Senate Health and Human Services Committees - Ruth Ann Koss: Projected Mental Health Needs in Public Schools
August 25, 2021: House Children and Youth & House Education Committees - Gerard Mike: Projected Mental Health Needs in Public Schools
August 25, 2021: House Children and Youth & House Education Committees - Kathy Whalen: Projected Mental Health Needs in Public Schools
August 25, 2021: House Children and Youth & House Education Committees - Department of Human Services’ Intent to Contract with Maximus
August 23, 2021: House Aging and Older Adult Services, House Human Services, Senate Aging and Youth & Senate Health and Human Services Committees - Brian Bornman: Confidentiality of Child Welfare Information and Keeping Kid Safe in Schools
August 18, 2021: House Children and Youth Committee - Nursing Home Regulations: Part 1
Rulemakings 10-221 (Long-Term Care Facilities, Proposed Rulemaking 1) - Brian Bornman: Proposed Changes to the Child Protective Services Law
August 1, 2021: Senate Aging and Youth Committee - PACA MH/DS: Mental Health Services in Schools
May 24, 2021: House Education & House Human Services Committees - PACA MH/DS: Mental Health Services in Schools
March 3, 2021: House Democratic Policy Committee - Chase Cannon: Financial Issues in Long-Term Care
March 2, 2021: House Aging and Older Adult Services - Brian Bornman: The Child Welfare System in Pennsylvania
February 25, 2021: House Children and Youth Committee - COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution
February 3, 2021: House Health Committee