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NEW LAWS ON THE WAY

The Pennsylvania House of Representatives Republican Caucus continued advancing its priorities of reforming government for the benefit of Pennsylvanians, with work this week specifically focused on protecting families and providing for an economic recovery. Action on protecting families included referring the investigation of the Wolf administration’s mis-handling of COVID-19 in nursing homes to the House Government Oversight Committee. Also, a bill was passed to protect law enforcement by criminalizing intentionally or knowingly causing a law enforcement officer to come into contact with saliva or other bodily fluid, and another will prohibit the parole board from prematurely releasing an inmate at the expiration of his minimum sentence if the inmate was convicted of a violent offense while incarcerated. Another new law will criminalize “upskirting” and yet another will increase penalties for those committing violent offenses against a person with a physical or intellectual disability.

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