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Senator Cappelletti Celebrates $4.5 Million in Grant Funding for District Seventeen
Norristown, PA – December 19, 2025 – Senator Amanda M. Cappelletti (D-17 Delaware/Montgomery) is proud to announce $4,589,720 in state grant funding for several projects across her district. The Commonwealth Finance Authority will disperse grant funding to...
Spotlight in the 17th: D’Iyanu
Senator Cappelletti Announces $4 Million in Funding to Support Victim Services, Violence Prevention, and Intervention Programming
Norristown, PA – December 15, 2025 – Senator Amanda M. Cappelletti (D-17 Delaware/Montgomery) announced $4,081,268 in grant funding approved by the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency (PCCD) last week that will be distributed to organizations serving the...
Senators Cappelletti, Collett, Schwank, Fight to Protect Pennsylvanians’ Access to Contraceptives
Harrisburg, PA − December 10, 2025 – To further reinforce every Pennsylvanian’s right to healthcare, Senator Amanda M. Cappelletti (D-17, Montgomery/Delaware), Senator Maria Collett (D-12, Montgomery), and Senator Judy Schwank (D-11, Berks), introduced Senate Bill...
Senator Cappelletti Responds to New Guidance Against Infant Hepatitis B Vaccinations
Norristown, PA − December 9, 2025 – The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted to roll back the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's longstanding recommendation to vaccinate newborns against hepatitis B last week. Following the vote, Pennsylvania...
Senators Cappelletti and Saval Fight for Accountable Policing, Introduce Bill to Unmask Federal ICE Agents
Harrisburg, PA − November 24, 2025 – As Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents continue to ramp up their efforts to detain and arrest civilians, Senator Amanda M. Cappelletti (D-17, Montgomery/Delaware) and Senator Nikil Saval (D-1, Philadelphia) introduced...
Women’s Health Caucus Co-Chairs Respond to Lifecycle Wellness and Birth Center Closure
Bryn Mawr, PA − November 21, 2025 – After 47 years of service to the Greater Philadelphia area, Lifecycle Wellness and Birth Center announced that they will be closing their doors in 2026. The Pennsylvania Women’s Health Caucus Co-Chairs—Senator Amanda Cappelletti...
Spotlight in the 17th: Touring Goodwill Keystone in East Norriton
Senator Cappelletti Speaks on 2025-2026 State Budget Passage
Senator Cappelletti Responds to PA Senate’s Long Overdue Budget Passage
Harrisburg, PA − November 12, 2025 – Now 135 days past the constitutionally-mandated deadline to pass a state budget, Senator Amanda M. Cappelletti (D-Montgomery/Delaware) voted “YES” on a Pennsylvania state budget today. The 2025-2026 final budget spend came to...
Senator Cappelletti Puts Families First, Moves Bill Prohibiting the Sale of Human Breast Milk Online
HARRISBURG, PA – October 28, 2025 – The Pennsylvania Senate Health and Human Services Committee unanimously passed Senator Amanda Cappelletti’s (D-17, Delaware/Montgomery) Senate Bill 270 on Tuesday, October 28. This bill, which Senator Cappelletti first introduced in...
Senator Cappelletti Advances SB270 through Health and Human Services Committee
Senator Cappelletti Responds to Senate Republicans Refusal to engage in a Bipartisan Budget
Harrisburg, PA − October 21, 2025 − Senator Amanda M. Cappelletti (D-Montgomery/Delaware) today released the statement below in response to the Senate vote on Senate Bill 160: “Today’s actions on the Senate Floor were telling for more than a few reasons. Senate...
Honoring October 2025 as Domestic Violence Awareness Month
Spotlight in the 17th: Exploring Plant 4 Good in Ardmore
Senator Cappelletti Discusses Immunizations This Flu Season
Uplifting PA’s Seniors: Senator Cappelletti Welcomes Community to Senior Fair, Distributes Hundreds of Vaccines with Local Pharmacy
Haverford, PA – October 14, 2025 – Senator Amanda M. Cappelletti (D-17 Delaware/Montgomery) was proud to welcome hundreds of aging adults in District 17 to her annual Senior Fair on Thursday, October 9 at the Haverford YMCA. The event featured dozens of local vendors...
Senator Cappelletti Hosts Her Annual Senior Fair
Senator Cappelletti Shares Story, Recognizes October 2025 as Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month
Senator Cappelletti Applauds More Than $6 Million in PCCD Funding to Support Crime Victims Across Her Community
Norristown, PA – September 12, 2025 – Senator Amanda M. Cappelletti (D-17 Delaware/Montgomery) announced $6,625,681 in funding approved by the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency (PCCD) this week that will be distributed to thirteen organizations serving...
Addressing Private Equity’s Destruction on Healthcare: Senator Cappelletti Joins U.S. House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Democrats for Roundtable Discussion
Washington, DC – September 10, 2025 – Pennsylvania State Senator Amanda M. Cappelletti (D-17 Montgomery/Delaware) joined the U.S. House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Democrats for a roundtable discussion, “Profit Over Quality: Examining the Effects of Private Equity...