Jul
19
2021
July 19, 2021
The Senate Communications and Technology Committee and Senate Health and Human Services Committee will hold a joint public hearing to review the recently announced $34 million contract issued by the Department of Health to Public Consulting Group, the latest third-party vendor tasked to perform contact tracing of COVID-19 positive patients over the next year. [Read More]
Jul
16
2021
July 16, 2021
In the days leading up to two public hearing scheduled for July 20 and 21, respectively, Senator Kristin Phillips-Hill (R-York) and Representative Jason Ortitay (R-Washington/Allegheny) discuss a massive data breach impacting 72,000 Pennsylvanians due to a third-party vendor’s failure to secure personal health records. [Read More]
Jul
08
2021
July 08, 2021
Senator Kristin Phillips-Hill (R-York) was named a ‘Guardian of Small Business’ by the National Federation of Independent Businesses. [Read More]
Jul
01
2021
July 01, 2021
Senator Kristin Phillips-Hill (R-York) released the following statement regarding Governor Tom Wolf’s veto of Senate Bill 618, legislation that would prohibit the state from implementing vaccine passports and limit entities that receive taxpayer subsidies from requiring proof of vaccination: Listen [Read More]
Jun
24
2021
June 24, 2021
The Senate of Pennsylvania sent Governor Tom Wolf a proposal that would block the state, as well as any county, municipality, school district, colleges and universities, from requiring proof of COVID-19 vaccination, according to the bill’s sponsors, Senators Kristin Phillips-Hill (R-28) and Judy Ward (R-30). Listen [Read More]
Jun
23
2021
June 23, 2021
Secretary of Health would also be prohibited from restricting travel, imposing shelter in place mandates HARRISBURG – The House of Representatives approved legislation authored by Senators Kristin Phillips-Hill (R-28) and Judy Ward (R-30) that would ban the state, counties, municipalities, school districts, colleges and universities from requiring proof of vaccination. Senate Bill 618 was amended […] [Read More]
Jun
23
2021
June 23, 2021
The Senate Banking and Insurance Committee unanimously approved legislation authored by Senator Kristin Phillips-Hill (R-York) that would streamline and standardize the process for prior authorization of medical services in Pennsylvania. Listen [Read More]
Jun
22
2021
June 22, 2021
The Senate State Government Committee advanced a measure that would require the Department of State to publicly post to its website a tracking system of any proposed constitutional amendment after the Wolf Administration’s Department of State failed to carry out a proposed constitutional amendment, according to the bill’s sponsor, Senator Kristin Phillips-Hill (R-York). AUDIO [Read More]
Jun
15
2021
June 15, 2021
The House Consumer Affairs Committee advanced legislation sponsored by Senator Kristin Phillips-Hill (R-York) that would address major challenges with expanding access to high-speed internet in unserved and underserved areas in the Commonwealth. Listen [Read More]
Jun
15
2021
June 15, 2021
The Senate Judiciary Committee approved legislation that addresses ransomware attacks against state government, county governments, municipalities, as well as school districts, and state-owned and state-related universities, according to the bill’s sponsor, Senator Kristin Phillips-Hill (R-York). Listen [Read More]
Jun
15
2021
June 15, 2021
Senator Kristin Phillips-Hill (R-York) supported a proposed constitutional amendment that would ask the voters to weigh in on a voter identification requirement in order to vote during a Senate State Government Committee meeting on Tuesday. Listen [Read More]
Jun
14
2021
June 14, 2021
The House Health Committee approved legislation sponsored by Senators Kristin Phillips-Hill (R-28) and Judy Ward (R-30) that would ban the state – as well as any county, local municipality, school district and publicly-funded university – from requiring a proof of vaccination. [Read More]