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Legislative Testimony Archives 2019 - 2020
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.
Assessment and Taxation
- Tax Sale Bidder Registration (SB 775/HB 1559)
October 30, 2019: Senate Urban Affairs and Housing Committee and House Urban Affairs Committee
Community and Economic Development
- Broadband Expansion
October 20, 2020: Senate Communications and Technology Committee - Improving Internet Access for Telehealth
October 6, 2020: House Democratic Policy Committee - Robert Postal: House Transportation Task Force Funding Bill Package
August 19, 2020: House Transportation Committee - Rod Ruddock: Broadband Expansion
August 7, 2019: Senate Communications and Technology Committee
County Governance
- Proposed Changes to the 911 Funding Formula
September 22, 2020: House Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness Committee - EMS Issues and Proposed Authority Concept
August 24, 2020: Senate Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness Committee - Plans to Reopen Pennsylvania (COVID-19)
May 4, 2020: Senate Local Government and Senate Health and Human Services Committees - Kathi Cozzone: Modernizing Fire and EMS
October 3, 2019: Senate Democratic Policy Committee
Courts and Corrections
- Bob Thomas: Probation and Parole Reform
June 26, 2019: Senate Judiciary Committee - Justice Reinvestment Initiative II (SB 500, 501, 502)
June 17, 2019: House Judiciary Committee
Data
- Michael Sage: Breach of Personal Information Act (HB 1010)
February 25, 2020: House Commerce Committee
Elections
- Voting Issues Headed into the 2020 General Election
September 24, 2020: House Democratic Policy Committee - Changes to PA Elections Amid 2020 Coronavirus Pandemic
July 23, 2020: Senate State Government Committee - Changes to PA Elections Amid 2020 Coronavirus Pandemic
April 30, 2020: Senate State Government Committee - Joe Kantz: Review of Election Reforms (Act 77 and Act 94 of 2019)
January 27, 2020: Senate Republican Policy Committee - Election Reform Laws
April 30, 2019: Senate State Government - Forrest Lehman: Voting System Replacement
April 8, 2019: House State Government Committee - Jeff Haste: Election System Certification (SB 48)
March 26, 2019: Senate State Government Committee - Voting System Certification (SB 48)
March 26, 2019: Senate State Government Committee - Ken Lawrence: Election System Certification (SB 48)
March 26, 2019: Senate State Government Committee - Joe Kantz: Election System Certification (SB 48)
March 26, 2019: Senate State Government Committee
Energy and Land Use
- CIOC Data (SB 802)
November 20, 2019: Senate Urban Affairs and Housing Committee - Jim Zugay: CIOC Data (SB 802)
November 20, 2019: Senate Urban Affairs and Housing Committee - Barry Hutchins: CIOC Data (SB 802)
November 20, 2019: Senate Urban Affairs and Housing Committee - Pipeline Safety and Communication Board (HB 1568)
August 19, 2019: House Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness Committee - Matthew Quesenberry: Storm Water Management
June 19, 2019: House Local Government and House Environmental Resources and Energy Committees
Human Services
- Judy Rosser & Diane Rosati: Drug and Alcohol Programs and the COVID-19 Pandemic
August 25, 2020: House Human Services Committee - Cori Seilhamer: Police Response to Mental Health
August 13, 2020: House Democratic Policy Committee - Deb Neifert: Police Response to Mental Health
August 13, 2020: House Democratic Policy Committee - Ed Bustin: Mental Health Funding
February 4, 2020: House Human Services Committee - Valerie Arkoosh: Mental Health Funding
February 4, 2020: House Human Services Committee - Medical Assistance Transportation Program (MATP)
November 20; 2019: Senate Health and Human Services and Senate Transportation Committees - Medical Assistance Transportation Program (MATP)
October 28, 2019: House Transportation Committee - Brian Bornman: The Foster Care System in Pennsylvania
April 16, 2019: House Children and Youth Committee