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Senator Cappelletti introduces Senate Bills 1166 & 1167
Updated Gluten Labeling Requirements for PA
Clean Energy and EV Expo
Invest in Menstrual Equity
PA Leaders Gather to Support Funding for Period Products in Public Schools
Harrisburg, PA − May 7, 2024 – Pennsylvania Senators, state Representatives, and others gathered for a press event to support and advocate for Governor Shapiro’s proposal to fund period products in public schools through this year’s budget. Nearly 1 in 4 U.S....
Senator Cappelletti Advocates for Menstrual Equity Funding
TriCounty SCORE Remarks
Recognizing Earth Day 2024
Recognizing Fair Housing Month in Pennsylvania
Recognizing Sexual Assault Awareness Month in Pennsylvania
Senator Cappelletti Responds to Screening Decision at Bryn Mawr Film Institute
Harrisburg, PA − April 9, 2024 − State Senator Amanda Cappelletti releases the following statement in response to screening decision at Bryn Mawr Film Institute: It has come to my attention that Bryn Mawr Film Institute has made a recent decision to cancel the...
Recognizing National Public Health Week in Pennsylvania
Senate Democratic Policy Committee – Death in Custody
Policy Committee Discusses Need for Comprehensive Reporting of Deaths in Custody at Capitol Hearing
HARRISBURG − April 2, 2024 – State Senator Katie Muth (D-Chester/Montgomery/Berks), chair of the Pennsylvania Senate Democratic Policy Committee, and Senator Amanda Cappelletti (D-Montgomery/Delaware) co-hosted a public hearing today in Harrisburg on the lack of...
Senator Amanda M. Cappelletti, Representatives Tim Briggs and Mary Jo Daley Announce Over $3 Million in CFA Grants for Montgomery County Projects
Lower Merion, PA – March 28, 2024 – At a meeting of the Commonwealth Financing Authority (CFA) this week, $3,048,755 was awarded to projects in Montgomery County through the Multimodal Transportation Fund. The Multimodal Transportation Fund (MTF) provides grants...
Senator Cappelletti joins the PA BMHC for #PAMomnibus announcement
PA Senators Cappelletti and Dillon Offer Legislation to Protect Renters from Exorbitant Rent Hikes
Harrisburg, PA – March 19, 2024 – Pennsylvania Senators Amanda M. Cappelletti (D-17) and Jimmy Dillon (D-5) today unveiled legislation to enforce rental rate protection measures to combat unfair and predatory rental increases. Senate Bill 1095, will cap rent increases...
New legislation could help renters from high rent increases
HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) – There are over 1.5 million renter households in Pennsylvania. Some of those people fear for when the next rise in rent will come. “We pay so much money,” renter Mauro Chiapinni said. Chiapinni lives on a fixed income through social security....
New Pennsylvania legislation hopes to protect renters from unfair price hikes
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- A new bill designed to protect tenants from exorbitant rent hikes was unveiled in Pennsylvania on Tuesday. The Action News Troubleshooters get a lot of complaints from people who say their rent has suddenly and unexpectedly skyrocketed and they...
Bi-partisan interest emerges in election security reforms
Elections technology experts say 20 Pennsylvania counties covering 30% of the state’s voters use voting machines that are vulnerable to malfunction or malfeasance. The experts, who testified on Monday to the Senate’s State Government Committee, critiqued a type of...