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Youth & Government

Model Convention

April 14-17, 2016

State Capitol, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

2016 Bill Book

“Being a politician is a poor profession. Being a public servant is

a noble one.” –Herbert Hoover

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Chief Justice

Rachel Hoover

Youth Governor

Wes Sheker

Presiding Officers

Editor In Chief

Sareena Fayaz

Speakers of the House

Blue

Siona Sharma

Gold

Nathaniel Pettit

Lieutenant Governors

Blue

Lainey Newman

Gold

Rafay Nasir

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Table of Contents

5. Honorable Board of Directors

5 Individual Contributors

6. Corporate Sponsors

7. Lt. Governor Daniel B. Strickler Service to Youth Award

8. Master Schedule

12. Legislative Schedule

14. Supreme Court Schedule

17. Capitol Committee & Program Area Room Assignments

18. Directions to House & Senate Committees

19. Capitol Complex Map

20. Interior Diagram of East Wing

21. Interior Diagram of Main Capitol

22. Seating Chart for House

23. Seating Chart for Senate

24. Committee Procedures

25. Rules for Respectful Debate – House

26. Rules for Respectful Debate – Senate

27. Parliamentary Procedure At-A-Glance

28. Program Area Rosters

28. Advisor Roster

30. Governor’s Administration Roster

31. Lobbyists Corp Roster

32. Blue Legislature Roster

37. Gold Legislature Roster

38. Press Corp Roster

39. Supreme Court Roster

41. Blue House Bills

323. Blue Senate Bills

435. Gold House Bills

603. Gold Senate Bills

687. Notes Pages

692. Club Rosters

704. Model Leadership Candidate Profiles 4



Board of Directors

2015 Contributors

Senators

Daniel B. Strickler, Jr. Bruce Beatty

Representatives

Ted Mowatt Laurence Bock

Jason L. Reimer Ted Mowatt

Doug Gellatly

Constituents

David John Jr. David Tive

Jason L. Reimer, Esq.

Board Chair

Post & Schell, P.C.

Margaret Whiteman Greecher

Vice Chair

Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP

Clint Cullison

Greenlee Partners

Rep. H. Sheldon Parker (Ret.),

PA House of Representatives

David Tive

Tive Lobbying

Sara Gellatly

Angela Rae Schoonover

Bruce Beatty,

Treasurer

CSL-Behring, Inc

Doug Gellatly

Secretary

The Vineyard at Hershey, LLC

Michael Gaetani, Esq.

Norton Rose Fulbright

Ted Mowatt,

Wanner Associates

Susan Newman

Harrisburg Area YMCA

David John Jr.

State Alliance of YMCAs

Steve Toprani

Leech Tishman Fuscaldo & Lampl

Much gratitude is given to those whose support and vision enables the YMCA to

impact the lives of so many young people.

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Corporate Sponsors

Members 1st

To serve our community and partner with our members to offer value-added

financial products, services, solutions, and no-compromise member service

www.commectionsacademy.com

Tive Lobbying

610 North Third Street

Harrisburg, PA 17110

Vineyard at Hershey

598 Schoolhouse Rd.

Middletown, PA 17057

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Lt. Governor Daniel B. Strickler Service to Youth Award

Daniel B. Strickler was born in Columbia, Pennsylvania, near Lancaster, on May 17, 1897. He was one

of the State’s best known military leaders, long associated with the Pennsylvania National Guard’s

28th Infantry Division. He served with the Division on active duty, commanding troops, during four

wars. Strickler was one of the country’s first boy scouts joining the Columbia troupe in 1910, within a

year after the international scouting movement was first founded. Upon graduating from Columbia

High School, where he was class President and highest honor student, he enlisted in the National

Guard when it was called to active duty on the Mexican border. In the campaign of 1916, he soldiered

with the 28th Division in southern Texas near El Paso searching for Pancho Villa and rose to the rank

of sergeant.

After World War I he attended Cornell University. Upon graduation from Cornell Law School in 1922,

Strickler returned to Lancaster to practice law. He became active in local politics. In the early 1930’s

he was a representative in the Pennsylvania legislature. In 1932, during prohibition, he was named

Lancaster’s Commissioner of Police. During this period he was also active in the military reserves

rising to the rank of full colonel.

After the Pearl Harbor attack, he returned to active duty, taking a reduction in rank to Lieutenant

Colonel so he could have a combat command. During World War II, first as a battalion commander

and later as a regimental commander, he fought with the 28th through France and Belgium. In the

Battle of the Bulge conflict he received a battlefield promotion from lieutenant colonel to full colonel.

After World War II, Strickler again returned to the practice of law in Lancaster.

In 1946 he was a leading contender to be the Republican candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania but

ended up on the ticket as Lt. Governor, behind Governor James Duff. It was during this time that he

led a group of Pennsylvania citizens which initiated the Youth & Government program in order to “help

the youth of [Pennsylvania] to understand the nature, merits, and workings of its own government.”

When the Korean War started in 1950, Strickler resigned his office as Lt. Governor to take over as

commanding general of the 28th Division. Strickler remained in active military service, with the rank

of major general, through most of the 1950’s. Strickler received many military decorations for his

World War II service, including the Bronze Star, the Silver Star with Oak Leaf Cluster and the Legion

of Merit. After retiring from the military in 1957, as a Lt. General, Strickler once again took up his law

practice in Lancaster. Even at the age of ninety, he could occasionally be seen at the local court house

filing a brief or probating a will.

He was active in local civic causes ranging from President of the Chamber of Commerce, the YMCA and

the Lancaster Bar Association to serving as an elder of his local Presbyterian Church. He headed

several local charities and was active in many other community groups.

He had simple patriotic feelings and believed in serving his country and community. It is in his honor

and with his spirit that YMCA Youth & Government presents the Lt. Governor Daniel B. Strickler

Service to Youth Award.

Past Recipients

2004 Bruce Beatty 2007 Chris Yurky 2010 Maryellen McMillan

2005 Daniel B. Strickler 2007 David John 2011 Chad Wissinger

2005 Rick McCann 2008 H. Sheldon Parker, Jr. 2012 Wiley Parker

2006 R. David Tive 2009 Ted Mowatt 2014 Jason Reimer

2015 Lydia Mitchel

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MASTER SCHEDULE THURSDAY, APRIL 14

10:30 AM Officers Training Registration Best Western Atrium

11:30 AM Officers Training Luncheon Heritage Room

12:30 PM Officers Training Welcome Heritage Room

1:00 PM Committee Chairs Central D

Justices Harris

Presiding Officers Cameron

Row Officers Cameron/Atrium

Administration Central C

Lobbyists Heritage Room

Press Corps Central E

6:00 PM Officers Training Dinner Heritage Room

7:00 PM Model Convention Registration Best Western Lobby

7:00-8:00 PM PO’s, Committee Chairs, Lobbyists, Admin Heritage

8:30 PM OPENING JOINT SESSION Central Ballroom

Lt. Governors Lainey Newman and Rafay Nasir Presiding

GOVERNOR’S WELCOME ADDRESS

SWEARING IN OF DELEGATES

9:15-9:45 PM Committee Advisors Pool

Supreme Court/Attorneys (All Members)* (See Judicial Schedule)

Press Corp* Central E

(* indicates training goes until 10:30 PM)

Blue and Gold Representatives Central A/B

Blue Senate Majority Party Elections Central C

Blue Senate Minority Party Elections Central D

Lobbyists/Administration Atrium

10:00–10:30 PM Lobbyist Fair Atrium or Central A/B

(All delegates not in specific training)

Gold Senate Majority Party Elections Central C

Gold Senate Minority Party Elections Central D

Delegation Leaders Cameron

Pages/Bill Coordinators Atrium

10:30 PM Mixer Central Ballroom

10:30 PM Advisor Meeting Heritage

11:00 PM Delegation Meetings Assigned Areas

11:30 - 6:00 AM Curfew

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MASTER SCHEDULE

FRIDAY, APRIL 15

6:00 AM Curfew Ends/Breakfast Open Heritage

7:00-7:20 AM Delegation Leaders Cameron

Committee Chairs Harris

8:00 AM Depart for Capitol Atrium

9:00 AM Lobbyists Senate Library 157

Legislature – Consult Legislative Schedule

Judicial – Consult Judicial Schedule

10:30 AM Governor’s Press Conference Rotunda

11:30 AM Lunch 1 (consult individual schedules) Strawberry Square/Cafe

12:30 PM Lunch 2 (consult individual schedules) Strawberry Square/Cafe

1:00 Pizza Orders Due Bill Coordinators Table

5:00 PM Dinner East Wing

6:30 PM Legislature – Consult Legislative Schedule


9:45 PM Return to hotel East Wing

10:15 PM Judicial Feedback and Review Cameron


11:00 PM On Halls/Quiet Time

11:30–6:00 AM Curfew

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MASTER SCHEDULE

SATURDAY, APRIL 16

6:00 AM Curfew Ends/Breakfast Open Heritage


Committee Chairs Harris

7:30 AM Depart for Capitol Atrium

8:30 AM Legislature – Consult Legislative Schedule


11:30 AM Lunch 1 (consult individual schedules) Strawberry Square

12:30 PM Lunch 2 (consult individual schedules) Strawberry Square

12:30 PM Turn in Pizza Orders Bill Coordinators Table

5:00 PM Dismiss to Hotel East Wing

6:00 PM Begin Seating in Ballroom Central Ballroom

6:30 PM SERVICE BANQUET Central Ballroom

Youth Governor Wes Sheker Presiding

8:30 PM Dance Central Ballroom

Game Room Heritage Room

Movie Room Cameron

10:00 PM Delegation Meetings

Assigned Areas


11:30–6:00 AM Curfew

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MASTER SCHEDULE SUNDAY, APRIL 17

6:00 AM Curfew Ends/Breakfast Open Atrium


8:00 – 8:30 AM Devotional Service Heritage

7:30 AM Candidates Fair Atrium

8:30 AM Report to Assigned Hotel Areas for

Administration, Lobbyists Central C

Senate Heritage

House Central A/B

Judicial Central D

Press Central E

9:30 AM Governors Town Hall/Elections Central Ballroom

11:00 AM Final Bill Signing Ceremony Central Ballroom

Reading of Supreme Court Decision

11:30 PM CLOSING JOINT SESSION Central Ballroom

Speakers of the House Siona Sharma and Nathaniel Pettit Presiding

AWARDS AND PRESENTATIONS:

Outstanding Delegate Awards

Premier Delegation Announcement

Bill/Brief Citation Awards

Announcement of Chief Justice Elect

Announcement of Speaker of the House Elect

Announcement of Lt. Governor Elect

Youth Governor Farewell Address

Announcement of Governor-Elect

Inauguration of 2017 Presiding Officers Corp-Elect

Announcement of National Delegates

Conference on National Affairs

National Judicial Competition

1:00 PM ADJOURNMENT

(National Delegation Winners and Alternates meet briefly outside of the

ballroom)

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LEGISLATIVE SCHEDULE FRIDAY, APRIL 15

9:00 AM Gold Student’s Tour Rotunda

9:15 AM Blue Legislature Report to Committee Assigned Rooms

10:00 AM Gold Legislature Report to Orientation 140 Main Capitol

10:30 AM Blue Senate Caucus then 10:40AM Report to Chambers

10:30AM Blue Legislature Report to Chambers House/Senate Chambers

Gold Legislature Report to Committee Assigned Rooms


Gold Legislature Report to Lunch 1 On Your Own

12:30 PM Gold Senate Caucus then 12:40 PM Report to Chambers

12:30 PM Blue Legislature Report to Lunch 2 On Your Own

Gold Legislature Report to Chambers 140 Main Capitol

Senate Chambers

1:30 PM Blue Senate Caucus then 1:40 PM Report to Chambers

1:30 PM Blue Legislature Report to Chambers House/Senate Chambers


3:00 PM Gold Senate Caucus then 3:10 PM Report to Chambers

3:00 PM Blue Legislature Report to Committee Assigned Rooms

Gold Legislature Report to Chambers House Chambers

Senate Chambers




5:00 PM Blue and Gold House Report to Dinner East Wing

5:30 PM Blue and Gold Senate Report to Dinner East Wing


Gold Legislature Report to Chambers 140 Main/Senate 461

7:45 PM Restroom/Water/Stretch Break

8:00PM Blue Legislature Report to Chambers House/Senate Chambers

Gold Legislature Report to Chambers 140 Main/Senate 461

9:15 PM End of Sessions

9:45 PM Leave for Hotel East Wing


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LEGISLATIVE SCHEDULE

SATURDAY, APRIL 16

8:30 AM Gold Senate Caucus then 8:40 AM Report to Chambers


Gold Legislature Report to Chamber 140 Main Capitol

Senate Chambers

9:30 AM Blue Senate Caucus then 9:40 AM Report to Chambers

9:30 AM Blue Legislature Report to Chambers House/Senate Chambers


10:30 AM Gold Senate Caucus then 10:40 AM Report to Chambers


Gold Legislature Report to Chamber House Chambers

Senate Chambers

11:30 AM Blue Legislature Report to Lunch 1 On Your Own



Gold Legislature Report to Lunch 2 On Your Own

1:30 PM Gold Legislature Report to Committees Assigned Rooms

3:00 PM Blue and Gold Senate Caucus then 3:10 PM report to Chambers

3:00 PM Blue House House Chambers

Blue Senate Senate Chambers

Gold House 140 Main Capitol

Gold Senate Senate 461



6:30 PM Service Banquet Central Ballroom



11:30 – 6:00 AM Curfew

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SUPREME COURT SCHEDULE

Thursday, APRIL 14 Practice round 900pm-11pm

7:00 PM Model Convention Registration Best Western Lobby

8:30 PM OPENING JOINT SESSION Central Ballroom

Lt. Governors Lainey Newman and Rafay Nasir Presiding

GOVERNOR’S WELCOME ADDRESS

SWEARING IN OF DELEGATES

9:15-11:00 PM Supreme Court/Attorneys (All Members)* Heritage

Prelim

Rounds

Cameron:

Hoover

Harris:

Hwang,

Humphries

Atrium:

Uy, Abraham

McCormick:

McQuillan,

McKee

9:15 PM 1 vs. A 6 vs. B 11 vs. G 17 vs. L

9:35 PM 2 vs. AB 7 vs. C 12 vs. H 18 vs. M

9:55 PM 3 vs. AC 8 vs. D 13 vs. I 19 vs. N

10:15 PM 4 vs. AD 9 vs. E 14 vs. J 20 vs. O

10:35 PM 5 vs. AE 10 vs. F 15 vs. K 21 vs. P


11:30 - 6:00 AM Curfew

Prelim

Rounds

Room 150:

Reed, Starner

Atrium 2:

Nambiar,

Waters

9:15 PM 22 vs. R 27 vs. X

9:35 PM 23 vs. S 28 vs. Y

9:55 PM 24 vs. U 29 vs. Z

10:15 PM 25 vs. V 26 vs. W

10:35 PM

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SUPREME COURT SCHEDULE

FRIDAY, APRIL 15

9:00 AM Preparation Area Open B-31 Main Capitol

Round 1 Room 1:

Supreme Court

Chambers

Hoover, Reed, UY

Room 2:

House 418

McKee,

Nambiar

Room 3:

205 Ryan

McQuillan,

Waters

Room 4:

Ryan Library

Humphries,

Hwang

9:00AM 23 vs. A 15 vs. D 8 vs. K 1 vs. S

9:40AM 24 vs. AB 17 vs. E 9 vs. L 2 vs. U

10:20AM 25 vs. AC 18 vs. F 10 vs. M 3 vs. V

11:00AM 26 vs. AD 19 vs. G 11 vs. N 4 vs. W

11:40AM 27 vs. AE 20 vs. H 12 vs. O 5 vs. X

12:20PM 28 vs. B 21 vs. I 13 vs. P 6 vs. Y

1:00PM 29 vs. C 22 vs. J 14 vs. R 7 vs. Z

12:00-2 PM Lunch Strawberry Square/Cafe

2:00 PM Feedback and Review B-31 Main Capitol

Round 2

Room 1:

Supreme Court

Chambers

Hoover, Reed, UY

Room 2:

House 418

McKee,

Nambiar

Room 3:

205 Ryan

McQuillan,

Waters

Room 4:

Ryan Library

Humphries,

Hwang

3:00PM 8 vs. S 1 vs. A 23 vs. D 15 vs. K

3:40PM 9 vs. U 2 vs. AB 24 vs. E 17 vs. L

4:20PM 10 vs. V 3 vs. AC 25 vs. F 18 vs. M

5:00PM 11 vs. W 4 vs. AD 26 vs. G 19 vs. N

5:00-630 PM Dinner East Wing

6:30 PM Attorney Prep Area B-31 Main Capitol

Round 2 Room 1:

Supreme Court

Chambers

Hoover, Reed, UY

Room 2:

House 418

McKee,

Nambiar

Room 3:

205 Ryan

McQuillan,

Waters

Room 4:

Ryan Library

Humphries,

Hwang

7:15PM 12 vs. X 5 vs. AE 27 vs. H 20 vs. O

7:55PM 13 vs. Y 6 vs. B 28 vs. I 21 vs. P

8:35PM 14 vs. Z 7 vs. C 29 vs. J 22 vs. R

9:45 PM Return to hotel East Wing

10:15 PM Feedback and Review Cameron



11:30 – 6:00 AM Curfew

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SUPREME COURT SCHEDULE SATURDAY, APRIL 16

9:00 AM Preparation Area Open B-31 Main Capitol

Round 4 Room 1:

Supreme Court Chambers

Hoover, Reed, UY

Room 2:

House 418

McKee, Nambiar

Room 3:

205 Ryan

McQuillan, Waters

Room 4:

Ryan Library

Humphries,

Hwang

9:00AM 1 vs. D 23 vs. K 15 vs. S 8 vs. A

9:40AM 2 vs. E 24 vs. L 17 vs. U 9 vs. AB

10:20AM 3 vs. F 25 vs. M 18 vs. V 10 vs. AC

11:00AM 4 vs. G 26 vs. N 19 vs. W 11 vs. AD

11:40AM 5 vs. H 27 vs. O 20 vs. X 12 vs. AE

12:20PM 6 vs. I 28 vs. P 21 vs. Y 13 vs. B

1:00PM 7 vs. J 29 vs. R 22 vs. Z 14 vs. C

12:00-2:00 PM Lunch Strawberry Square

2:30 PM Announcement of Semi-Finalist Supreme Court Chambers

3:00 PM Semi-Finals Supreme Court Chambers

3:45 PM Announcement of Finalists Supreme Court Chambers

4:00 PM Finals Supreme Court Chambers



6:30 PM Service Banquet Central Ballroom



11:30 – 6:00 AM Curfew

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Capitol Room Assignments SENATE

Gold Senate Education Senate Rules Committee Room (256)

Gold Senate Law & Justice 156 Main Capitol

Gold Senate Public Health & Welfare 14 East Wing

Gold Senate Environmental Resources & Energy Senate 461

Blue Senate Education Senate Rules Committee Room (256)

Blue Senate Law & Justice 156 Main Capitol

Blue Senate Public Health & Welfare 14 East Wing

Blue Senate Environmental Resources & Energy Senate 461

Gold Senate (Fri Night & Sat Last Session) Senate 461

Senate Minority Caucus Room Senate Chambers

Senate Majority Caucus Room Senate Minority Caucus Room

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Blue House Aging & Youth 100 Ryan Office Building

Blue Communications and Technology 205 Ryan Office Building

Blue House Consumer Protection 39 East Wing

Blue House Education 1 Senate East Wing 8 – Left

Blue House Education 2 60 East Wing – Right

Blue House Education 3 60 East Wing - Left

Blue House Environmental Resources & Energy Senate East Wing 8 – Right

Blue House Labor & Industry North Hearing Room 2

Blue House Labor & Industry 2 G50 Irvis Office Building

Blue House Law & Justice North Hearing Room 3

Blue House Law & Justice 2 302 Irvis Office Building

Blue House Public Health & Welfare 421 Irvis Office Building

Blue House Public Health & Welfare 2 North Hearing Room 1

Blue House Transportation 108 Irvis Office Building

Gold House Communications and Technology Senate East Wing 8 – Right

Gold House Education North Hearing Room 2

Gold House Environmental Resources & Energy 140 Main Capitol

Gold House Labor & Industry North Hearing Room 3

Gold House Law & Justice 60 East Wing – Right

Gold House Public Health & Welfare 60 East Wing - Left

Gold House Transportation 39 East WIng

Lobbyists Senate Library 157 Main Capitol

Administration 128 Main Capitol

Press Corps Media Center 17



DIRECTIONS TO HOUSE & SENATE COMMITTEES

ALL DIRECTIONS TO THE HOUSE & SENATE COMMITTEE ROOMS BEGIN WITH YOU

STANDING IN THE ROTUNDA FACING THE STAIRS

Senate Rooms 156 & 157 Senate Library - Turn left and walk half-way down hall. Senate Rules Committee Room - Go up to 2nd floor and head toward Senate Chamber. Go through double doors the Rules Committee Room is located on the

right. Senate Conference Room - Go into the front of the Senate, and through the small

doorway to the right of the Lt. Governor’s Chair. Room is on left. Room East Wing - 8 - Walk around behind steps into East Wing of Capitol. Go down escalator and turn sharp to the right and circle around behind escalator. Just before

the set of steps, you are now facing - turn left and go down hallway. Room E-8 is on your left.

Room East Wing - 39 - Walk around behind steps into East Wing of Capitol. Take escalator down one floor and walk straight ahead, Walk almost to Commonwealth Ave. Entrance. E-39 is on your right.

Room East Wing - 60 - Walk around behind steps into East Wing of Capitol. Take escalator down one floor and walk straight ahead just past the cafeteria. Turn left

and go down hall - room is on your left. Room 418 - Turn right and go down hall to elevator on left. Take elevator to 4th floor. Room 418 is on your left.

House Ante Room – Small room to the right of the House of Representatives podium.

House Lounge - (Governors Offices) Directly behind House of Representatives. Room 140 - Turn right, room is first room on the left.

Room East Wing-113 - Go around Rotunda stairs out into East Wing. Turn right before escalator, go down that hall to the end. Room is on right. Rooms 100, 203, 205, Ryan Office Building - Walk out front door of Capitol, turn

left and walk towards Strawberry Square. Rooms 203 & 205 are on the 2nd floor of the building sitting immediately to the South of the Main Capitol. Walk in front door

and up the stairway, and turn right. Room 100 is directly below 203. ROOMS IN IRVIS OFFICE BUILDING (formerly the South Office Building)

From the Rotunda walk around behind the steps into the East Wing of the Capitol. Go down the escalator into the EW Rotunda, veer right down the hallway, and stay

right at the split to the end of the hall. You will enter Irvis on the Ground floor Room 108 South Office –turn right then left, then left, up the elevators to the first floor, 108 is on your right as you exit the elevator.

Room 302 South Office Building - Take elevator to 3rd floor. Room 302 is right there when you get off elevator.

Room 421 - take elevator to 4th floor. Turn right when you get off elevator. Room G50 – Follow the directions above, go past the elevators, G50 is on your left NORTH OFFICE BUILDING HEARING ROOMS (Formerly the PUC Hearing Rooms)

Take elevator to basement on Senate side. Follow signs to North Office building. Hearing rooms are on the ground floor. Follow signs.

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Committee Procedures 1. Call to order

2. Old Business

3. New Business/Consideration of Bill Calendar a. After the chambers come to order and roll has been taken the chair will have the Secretary read the title and purpose

of the next bill up for consideration. “The item on the agenda is bill ______ of the ___ house.

4. The Secretary will read the title and purpose of the bill.” 5. Author recognized a. The chair will have the Sponsor rise to make their

sponsorship speech. Limited to 2 minutes. When they have finished the chair will proceed with “The Sponsor has yielded _____ time to his summation speech.”

1. The sponsor will stay standing for 2 minutes of NON-DEBATABLE technical questions.

6. Governors Administration Representative recognized (if present) for 2 minutes 7. Lobbyist recognized (if present) for 2 minutes

8. Pro/Con Debate a. The chair will recognize any delegate who wishes to speak on the bill. Pro/Con debate MUST start and end on a CON speech.) Each delegate is limited to two minutes. Then the chair will recognize any delegate who wishes to

speak PRO for up to two minutes. The chair will continue to recognize the PRO/CON debate for 15 minutes. After 15 minutes the presiding officer may or may not

announce that a motion to move to the previous question is in order. b. “Seeing as time for pro/con debate has expired, the chair will now recognize the bill sponsor for their closing summation.”

9. Amendments that are offered will follow a similar procedure i. Amendment

sponsor no more than one and one half minutes ii. Bill sponsor one minute iii. Speaker in support of the amendment followed by a speaker in opposition to the

amendment until time elapses iv. Vote on Amendment

10. When time for the consideration of the bill elapses the Bill sponsor gives closing remarks

11. Vote on bill as a whole a. We will now move to a vote on the question at hand. The question before the chamber is the passage of bill___. All those in favor say

aye, all those opposed say nay. 12. If the bill passes it is passed on to the corresponding chamber, if it fails it can

be reconsidered after all other bills have been heard and must be brought to consideration by a member of the committee that voted in the majority (opposed)

and have three secondary sponsors to be reconsidered 13. Move on to next bill and repeat until time of the committee session elapses 14. Move to recess, unless this is the last committee hearing of the conference in

which case the committee adjourns.

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House Procedures 1. Call to order

2. Reading of Bill Calendar

3. Secretary reads title of the next bill to be considered 4. Sponsor recognized for Sponsorship Speech 5. 2 minutes for technical/non-debatable questions

6. Debate begins with a speaker in opposition to the bill and alternates between con and pro speakers until time elapses.

7. It is not in order to move to previous question until half of the time allotted for the bill has been completed

8. Amendments that are offered will follow a similar procedure to bills as a whole

a) Amendment sponsor no more than one minute b) Bill sponsor one minute each

c) Speaker in support of the amendment followed by a speaker in opposition to the amendment until time elapses

d) Vote on Amendment 9. When time for the consideration of the bill elapses the bill sponsor is

recognized for their summation (closing) speech 10. Vote on bill as a whole 11. If the bill passes it is passed on to the opposite chamber or to the Governor.

12. Move on to next bill and repeat until time of the committee session elapses 13. Move to recess, unless this is the last committee hearing of the conference

in which case the committee adjourns.

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Senate Procedures 1. Call to Order

2. Reading of Bill Calendar

3. Secretary will read the title of the next bill to be considered 4. Senator sponsoring bill will be recognized for two-minute sponsorship speech. Any time not used will automatically be reserved for sponsor's concluding

remarks. 5. In the Senate, the presiding officer will assign 4 minutes of debate time to

the majority and minority leaders, respectively. a. The Party Leadership will determine during Caucus time who will be speaking on each bill and in what

order b. It is the responsibility of the Party Leader to facilitate all party caucus time,

discussion and actions. c. It is the responsibility of the Party Whip to record all decisions made during

caucus time and guide party members during debate to follow assignments determined during caucus time.

d. It is the responsibility of the Party Secretary to record all decisions made during caucus.

6. Two rounds of such debate will be allowed for a total time of 16 minutes. a. Each round includes 4 minutes of debate from the Majority Party and 4 minutes

from the Minority Party.

7. Amendments that are offered will follow a similar procedure to bills as a whole a. Amendment sponsor no more than one minute

b. Bill sponsor one minute c. Speaker in support of the amendment followed by a speaker in opposition to

the amendment until time elapses d. Vote on Amendment

8. After the first round of debate, the presiding officer shall inquire of the

majority leader as to his/her wishes for further debate. Should the majority leader decide that further debate on the bill is not needed, debate shall end.

The Lt. Governor will recognize the sponsoring Senator for concluding remarks. The sponsoring Senator will have two minutes, plus any reserve time for

concluding remarks. 9. When time for the consideration of the bill elapses the chamber will vote on bill as a whole If the bill passes it is passed on to the House or to the Governor.

10. Move on to next bill and repeat until time of the committee session elapses 11. Move to recess, unless this is the last committee hearing of the conference

in which case the committee adjourns.

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Parliamentary Procedure: Motions

MOTION phrasing Can Interrupt

SPEAKER? NEEDS A

SECOND? DEBATABLE AMENDABLE VOTE

NEEDED reassessed

Adjourn the meeting Motion to

adjourn NO YES NO NO Majority NO

Call an intermission Motion to

recess for… NO YES NO YES Majority NO

move about

chambers/ room

conditions

point of

personal

privilege YES YES NO NO

NO

VOTE NOT often

Suspend consideration

of something Motion to

table… NO YES NO NO Majority NO

Question the speaker Point of

information Yes

*during debate No No No No

Vote Yes

End debate and

amendments

motion to

move to the

previous

question

NO YES NO NO 2/3 NO

Postpone discussion

for a certain time

Motion to

postpone

discussion

until…

NO YES YES YES Majority YES

Introduce business I move that… NO YES YES YES Majority YES

Take up a matter

previously tabled

Motion to

take from the

table… NO YES NO NO Majority NO

Reconsider a hasty

action

Motion to

reconsider

the vote on… YES YES NO NO Majority NO

(THE ABOVE MOTIONS ARE TAKEN IN ORDER. The Motions below are in no order.)

Protest breach of

rules or conduct

point of

order YES NO NO NO

NO

VOTE NO

Vote on a ruling

from the chair

I appeal the

chair’s

decision YES YES YES NO Majority NO

Suspend the rules

temporarily

Motion to

suspend the

rules YES YES NO NO 2/3 NO

Avoid consideration of

an improper matter

I object to

consideration

of this motion YES NO NO NO 2/3 NO

Verify a voice vote

by a rising vote (I call for a)

division YES NO NO NO

NO

VOTE NO

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Delegation First Name Last Name PositionAvon Grove High School Joe Yohannan Adult Advisor

Boyertown Area Senior High Andrew Farnsworth Adult Advisor

Boyertown Junior High East Taylor Howard Adult Advisor

Boyertown Junior High East Amanda Wegman Adult Advisor

Boyertown Junior High West Tim Rothermel Adult Advisor

Boyertown Junior High West Danielle Weyersaeuser Adult Advisor

Boyertown YMCA Jill Dennin Adult Advisor

Boyertown YMCA Alicia Dinnell Adult Advisor

Brandywine YMCA Chris Hutelmyer Adult Advisor

Butler YMCA Garrett Kaiser Adult Advisor

Butler YMCA Bobby Maggio Adult Advisor

Commonwealth Connections Academy Stephanie Goforth Adult Advisor

Coventry Christian High School Jordan Demko Adult Advisor

East Pennsboro Area High School Rhett Baker Adult Advisor

East Shore YMCA Anastasia Cerritelli Adult Advisor

East Shore YMCA Scott Cerritelli Adult Advisor

East Shore YMCA Christopher Gotsch Adult Advisor

East Shore YMCA David John Adult Advisor

East Shore YMCA Alison Kroh Adult Advisor

East Shore YMCA Alexa Shank Adult Advisor

Hershey Shiela Hoover Adult Advisor

Hershey Rick Teetsel Adult Advisor

Homer-Center High School Christine Yurky Adult Advisor

Knoch High School Colleen Mack Adult Advisor

Knoch High School Jill Walls Adult Advisor

Ligonier Valley High School Johna Mcnulty Adult Advisor

Ligonier Valley High School Amy Wiegand Adult Advisor

Middletown Area High School Caitlin Hunt Adult Advisor

Middletown Area High School Emily Wolfe Adult Advisor

Obama Academy Kaitlin McCafferty Adult Advisor

Obama Academy William Schaefer Adult Advisor

Obama Academy Peter Vitti Adult Advisor

Philadelphia YMCA Achievers Yashi McGowan Adult Advisor

Philadelphia YMCA Achievers Shane Smith Adult Advisor

Rose E. Schneider YMCA Natalie Bridge Adult Advisor

Rose E. Schneider YMCA Karen Guise Adult Advisor

Sewickly Valley YMCA Dennis Pauley Adult Advisor

Somerset High School Connie Myers Adult Advisor

Somerset High School Chris Zanoni Adult Advisor

Springfield High School Dan Bruno Adult Advisor

Springfield High School Sue Rochman Adult Advisor

Springfield High School Mark Zehner Adult Advisor

Springfield High School Peggy Zehner Adult Advisor

State YMCA of PA Leslie Ader Adult Volunteer

State YMCA of PA Nicole Billie Adult Volunteer

State YMCA of PA Bruce Beatty Adult Volunteer

State YMCA of PA Mariah Corso Adult Volunteer

State YMCA of PA Neal Dresher Adult Volunteer

State YMCA of PA Matthew Fagerstrom Adult Volunteer

State YMCA of PA Patrick Flannigan Adult Volunteer

State YMCA of PA Tyler Grudi Adult Volunteer

State YMCA of PA Mike Gaetani Adult Volunteer

State YMCA of PA Doug Getani Adult Volunteer

State YMCA of PA Josh Getz Adult Volunteer

State YMCA of PA Jon McCeary Adult Volunteer

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Delegation First Name Last Name PositionState YMCA of PA Ted Mowatt Adult Volunteer

State YMCA of PA Sue Newman Adult Volunteer

State YMCA of PA Reganne Rapp Adult Volunteer

State YMCA of PA Greg Rudder Adult Volunteer

State YMCA of PA Angie Shoonover Adult Volunteer

State YMCA of PA Ethan Suban Adult Volunteer

State YMCA of PA Dave Tive Adult Volunteer

State YMCA of PA Cali Umpig Adult Volunteer

State YMCA of PA Maggie Greecher Adult Volunteer

State YMCA of PA Chris Barber Adult Volunteer

State YMCA of PA Jason Reimer Adult Volunteer

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Delegation First Name Last Name Chamber PositionBoyertown Junior High West Brynna Boyer Administration Governor's Cabinet

Middletown Area High School Chloe Buckwalter Administration Governor's Cabinet

Boyertown Junior High West Hannah Desko Administration Governor's Cabinet

East Shore YMCA Riley Forsyth Administration Page to the Admin

East Shore YMCA Amanda Issis Administration Governor's Cabinet

Knoch High School Taura Ivanko Administration Governor's Cabinet

Hershey Chad Karper Administration Governor's Cabinet

Somerset High School Brandon Kendall Administration Governor's Cabinet

Rose E. Schneider YMCA Ariella Meltzer Administration Governor's Cabinet

East Shore YMCA Matthew Plesco Administration Governor's Cabinet

Ligonier Valley High School Kc Prior Administration Governor's Cabinet

Obama Academy Grant Rauterkus Administration Governor's Cabinet

Obama Academy Louis Schoen III Administration Governor's Cabinet

East Shore YMCA Wesley Sheker Administration Youth Governor

Boyertown Junior High East Rachana Tith Administration Governor's Cabinet

Rose E. Schneider YMCA Madeline Tobolewski Administration Governor's Cabinet

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Delegation First Name Last Name Committee Chamber PositionMiddletown Area High School Samantha Altland Farmers Lobbyist Corp Lobbyist

Boyertown Junior High West Miranda Barker Hospitals Lobbyist Corp Lobbyist

Boyertown Junior High West ryane bernstiel Doctors Lobbyist Corp Lobbyist

Boyertown Junior High East Megan Cahill Organized Labor Lobbyist Corp Lobbyist

Boyertown Area Senior High Charlotte Calautti Environmental Lobbyist Corp Lobbyist

Springfield High School Jack Carlson Consumers Lobbyist Corp Lobbyist

Boyertown Area Senior High Olivia Coghlan Mom and Pop Shops Lobbyist Corp Lobbyist

Boyertown Area Senior High Teresa Draves Environmental Lobbyist Corp Lobbyist

Springfield High School Nigel Fox Consumers Lobbyist Corp Lobbyist

Boyertown Junior High West Tiana Gallagher Hospitals Lobbyist Corp Lobbyist

Boyertown Junior High West Avery Goffredo Senior Citizens Lobbyist Corp Lobbyist

Ligonier Valley High School Madie Henderson Big Business Lobbyist Corp Lobbyist

Middletown Area High School Jared Knaub Farmers Lobbyist Corp Lobbyist

Boyertown Junior High West Cassidy Landis Doctors Lobbyist Corp Lobbyist

Boyertown Area Senior High lauren lewis Mom and Pop Shops Lobbyist Corp Lobbyist

Boyertown Junior High East Natalie McGinniss Organized Labor Lobbyist Corp Lobbyist

Ligonier Valley High School Annie Michaels 1st Amendment Lobbyist Corp Lobbyist

Knoch High School Austin Micko Pharmaceutical Companies Lobbyist Corp Lobbyist

Boyertown Area Senior High Samantha Moser Students Lobbyist Corp Lobbyist

Springfield High School Anna Natale Teachers Lobbyist Corp Lobbyist

Springfield High School Carly Phelan Teachers Lobbyist Corp Lobbyist

Boyertown Area Senior High Maggie Prezuhy Students Lobbyist Corp Lobbyist

Ligonier Valley High School Jordan Sonnabend 1st Amendment Lobbyist Corp Lobbyist

Knoch High School Noelle Steedle Pharmaceutical Companies Lobbyist Corp Lobbyist

Boyertown Junior High West Cali Weller Senior Citizens Lobbyist Corp Lobbyist

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Delegation First Name Last Name Committee Seat # Chamber PositionRose E. Schneider YMCA Lauren Agnello Blue House Public Health and Welfare 150 Blue House Blue Representative

Boyertown Junior High West Madison Aldred Blue House Aging & Youth 91 Blue House Blue Representative

Butler YMCA Trey Alkire Blue House Law & Justice 2 100 Blue House Blue Representative

Springfield High School Josie Anderson Blue House Environmental Resources & Energy 76 Blue House Blue Representative

Obama Academy Angel Antosz Blue House Education 2 109 Blue House Blue Representative

Northern Dauphin YMCA Allison Auman Blue House Education 3 43 Blue House Blue Representative

Springfield High School Lilly Basgall Blue House Consumer Protection 73 Blue House Blue Representative

Somerset High School Andrew Bastian Blue House Environmental Resources & Energy 170 Blue House Blue Representative

Sewickly Valley YMCA Maria Beatty Blue House Labor & Industry 2 3 Blue House Blue Committee Chair

Hershey Paige Beck Blue House Environmental Resources & Energy 122 Blue House Blue Representative

Hershey Sophie Beckfield Blue House Environmental Resources & Energy 15 Blue House Blue Representative

Boyertown Area Senior High Zack Benning Blue House Labor & Industry 60 Blue House Blue Representative

Springfield High School Isabelle Boles Blue House Aging & Youth 188 Blue House Blue Representative

Knoch High School Jacob Borland Blue House Transportation 175 Blue House Blue Representative

Springfield High School Grace Bowden Blue House Environmental Resources & Energy 134 Blue House Blue Representative

Somerset High School Brock Bowers Blue House Labor & Industry 123 Blue House Blue Representative

Boyertown Area Senior High Jace Brackley Blue House Public Health and Welfare 2 142 Blue House Blue Representative

Obama Academy Keely Brady Blue House Consumer Protection 49 Blue House Blue Representative

Boyertown Junior High West Colin Brisbois Blue House Law & Justice 139 Blue House Blue Representative

Coventry Christian High School Cory Butcher Blue House Law & Justice 41 Blue House Blue Representative

Springfield High School Cameron Callands Blue House Consumer Protection 183 Blue House Blue Representative

Obama Academy Kelis Campbell Blue House Law & Justice 2 153 Blue House Blue Representative

Boyertown YMCA Robert Cavalari Blue House Consumer Protection 42 Blue House Blue Representative

Boyertown YMCA Maggierose Cave Blue House Aging & Youth 12 Blue House Blue Representative

Springfield High School Meg Chandler Blue House Education 74 Blue House Blue Representative

Obama Academy Isla Chapman Blue House Education 61 Blue House Blue Representative

Springfield High School Matthew Clifford Blue House Education 165 Blue House Blue Representative

Springfield High School Zaria Clifton Blue House Law & Justice 2 159 Blue House Blue Representative

Boyertown Area Senior High Dominic Coleman Blue House Environmental Resources & Energy 201 Blue House Blue Representative

Springfield High School Eliana Colzani Blue House Consumer Protection 161 Blue House Blue Representative

Springfield High School Gwyneth Cooney Blue House Consumer Protection 140 Blue House Blue Representative

Springfield High School Allie Cottone Blue House Public Health and Welfare 2 104 Blue House Blue Representative

Springfield High School Ella Cummings Blue House Labor & Industry 177 Blue House Blue Representative

Butler YMCA Jeffrey Cupp Blue House Labor & Industry 2 39 Blue House Blue Representative

Hershey Lynn Dang Blue House Environmental Resources & Energy 155 Blue House Blue Representative

Springfield High School Robert DeMerlis Blue House Labor & Industry 16 Blue House Blue Representative

Springfield High School Nicholas deQuevedo Blue House Aging & Youth 158 Blue House Blue Representative

Boyertown YMCA Garrison DeSieno Blue House Labor & Industry 2 117 Blue House Blue Representative

Boyertown Junior High West Derek Dierolf Blue House Labor & Industry 163 Blue House Blue Representative

Springfield High School Joe Dolan Blue House Consumer Protection 147 Blue House Blue Representative

Springfield High School Natalie Doll Blue House Law & Justice 174 Blue House Blue Representative

Rose E. Schneider YMCA Shaun Dougherty Blue House Labor & Industry 90 Blue House Blue Representative

Somerset High School Joe Dunton Blue House Education 3 26 Blue House Blue Representative

Boyertown Area Senior High Meredith Eicherly Blue House Aging & Youth 107 Blue House Blue Representative

Butler YMCA Justin Ellis Blue House Communications & Technology 4 Blue House Blue Committee Chair

Springfield High School Aly Evans Blue House Education 3 164 Blue House Blue Representative

Middletown Area High School Lillian Fager Blue House Labor & Industry 83 Blue House Blue Representative

Springfield High School Shane Farrell Blue House Public Health and Welfare 2 127 Blue House Blue Representative

Springfield High School Jaime Leo Figueras Blue House Labor & Industry 2 111 Blue House Blue Representative

Hershey Brendan Foster Blue House Law & Justice 2 106 Blue House Blue Representative

Boyertown Area Senior High Chad Gamler Blue House Communications & Technology 171 Blue House Blue Representative

Sewickly Valley YMCA Lyndsey Garbee Blue House Law & Justice 2 136 Blue House Blue Representative

Brandywine YMCA Erin Garrett Blue House Education 2 105 Blue House Blue Representative

Somerset High School Ben Geary Blue House Law & Justice 103 Blue House Blue Representative

Springfield High School Meredith Giordano Blue House Public Health and Welfare 181 Blue House Blue Representative

Knoch High School Emily Govan Blue House Law & Justice 2 172 Blue House Blue Representative

Boyertown Junior High East Dacia Green Blue House Public Health and Welfare 2 148 Blue House Blue Representative

East Shore YMCA James Griffith Blue House Labor & Industry 2 168 Blue House Blue Representative

Springfield High School Brennan Grimes Blue House Public Health and Welfare 2 35 Blue House Blue Representative

Springfield High School James Guckin Blue House Law & Justice 2 63 Blue House Blue Representative

Boyertown YMCA Kaitlin Haggert Blue House Education 2 5 Blue House Blue Committee Chair

Springfield High School Rachel Harmon Blue House Education 3 40 Blue House Blue Representative

Butler YMCA Jon Hassler Blue House Environmental Resources & Energy 98 Blue House Blue Representative

East Shore YMCA Ryan Hatfield Blue House Law & Justice 2 70 Blue House Blue Representative

Springfield High School Emily Henry Blue House Education 3 130 Blue House Blue Representative

Springfield High School Justin Hill Blue House Consumer Protection 180 Blue House Blue Representative

Springfield High School Grace Hinds Blue House Public Health and Welfare 97 Blue House Blue Representative

Somerset High School Tanner Hoffman Blue House Environmental Resources & Energy 72 Blue House Blue Representative

Somerset High School Andy Huang Blue House Communications & Technology 124 Blue House Blue Representative

Rose E. Schneider YMCA Jacob Huber Blue House Transportation 160 Blue House Blue Representative

Somerset High School jonathan huynh Blue House Labor & Industry 48 Blue House Blue Representative

Obama Academy Jonathan Valentin Jaspersen Blue House Education 3 86 Blue House Blue Representative

Knoch High School Zachary Jones Blue House Education 157 Blue House Blue Representative

Boyertown Area Senior High Jamie-Leigh Joss Blue House Communications & Technology 154 Blue House Blue Representative

Obama Academy Toby Junker Blue House Aging & Youth 6 Blue House Blue Committee Chair

Hershey Catherine Keenan Blue House Transportation 200 Blue House Blue Representative

East Shore YMCA Sameer Khan Blue House Transportation 7 Blue House Blue Committee Chair

Hershey Adeel Khan Blue House Public Health and Welfare 2 94 Blue House Blue Representative

Obama Academy Ben King Blue House Consumer Protection 8 Blue House Blue Committee Chair

Somerset High School Alex Lalley Blue House Labor & Industry 2 95 Blue House Blue Representative

Butler YMCA Paige Lambermont Blue House Environmental Resources & Energy 9 Blue House Blue Committee Chair

Obama Academy ZaDorian Lane Blue House Aging & Youth 198 Blue House Blue Representative

Hershey Jason Lehmann Blue House Public Health and Welfare 145 Blue House Blue Representative

Springfield High School Elizabeth Leibfreid Blue House Public Health and Welfare 113 Blue House Blue Representative

Boyertown Area Senior High Morgan Levengood Blue House Education 178 Blue House Blue Representative

Coventry Christian High School Ian Li Blue House Aging & Youth 152 Blue House Blue Representative

Boyertown Area Senior High Sabrina Light Blue House Consumer Protection 67 Blue House Blue Representative

Springfield High School Emma Lindsay Blue House Consumer Protection 64 Blue House Blue Representative

Boyertown Area Senior High Sam Longacre Blue House Aging & Youth 69 Blue House Blue Representative

Springfield High School Alyssa LoRusso Blue House Education 2 27 Blue House Blue Representative

Knoch High School Benjamin Lowery Blue House Transportation 96 Blue House Blue Representative

Hershey Cole Luttrell Blue House Law & Justice 2 173 Blue House Blue Representative

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Delegation First Name Last Name Committee Seat # Chamber PositionEast Shore YMCA Ryan Mackenzie Blue House Labor & Industry 47 Blue House Blue Representative

Butler YMCA Eric Manny Blue House Consumer Protection 176 Blue House Blue Representative

Sewickly Valley YMCA Elizabeth Manuel Blue House Environmental Resources & Energy 187 Blue House Blue Representative

Hershey Nick Martin Blue House Labor & Industry 68 Blue House Blue Representative

Philadelphia YMCA Achievers Axel Martinez Blue House Aging & Youth 146 Blue House Blue Representative

Somerset High School Dominic Mazzariello Blue House Education 2 115 Blue House Blue Representative

Boyertown Junior High West John McAteer Blue House Education 89 Blue House Blue Representative

Sewickly Valley YMCA LV McCoy Blue House Communications & Technology 101 Blue House Blue Representative

Hershey Michael Miller Blue House Law & Justice 2 20 Blue House Blue Committee Chair

Boyertown Area Senior High Kelsey Miller Blue House Consumer Protection 65 Blue House Blue Representative

Hershey Justin Mills Blue House Public Health and Welfare 2 156 Blue House Blue Representative

Butler YMCA Austin Monday Blue House Transportation 75 Blue House Blue Representative

Obama Academy Nick Mondor Blue House Law & Justice 162 Blue House Blue Representative

Obama Academy Zoe Moran Blue House Environmental Resources & Energy 167 Blue House Blue Representative

Hershey Andi Moritz Blue House Public Health and Welfare 110 Blue House Blue Representative

Knoch High School Aidan Neigh Blue House Law & Justice 133 Blue House Blue Representative

Springfield High School Katherine Nelson Blue House Communications & Technology 166 Blue House Blue Representative

Boyertown Junior High East Joshua Nikerle Blue House Education 2 28 Blue House Blue Representative

Knoch High School Alexis Nowicki Blue House Public Health and Welfare 112 Blue House Blue Representative

Boyertown Area Senior High Jennifer O'Connor Blue House Public Health and Welfare 2 Blue House Blue Representative

Boyertown Area Senior High Kevin O'Connor Blue House Public Health and Welfare 44 Blue House Blue Representative

Boyertown Junior High East Tara O'Connor Blue House Transportation 129 Blue House Blue Representative

Boyertown Area Senior High Alyson O'Donnell Blue House Public Health and Welfare 185 Blue House Blue Representative

Middletown Area High School Celeste Osayi Blue House Public Health and Welfare 2 125 Blue House Blue Representative

Somerset High School micaiah ostrander Blue House Labor & Industry 2 93 Blue House Blue Representative

Boyertown YMCA Harrison Otto Blue House Labor & Industry 21 Blue House Blue Committee Chair

Homer-Center High School Taylor Palmer Blue House Public Health and Welfare 22 Blue House Blue Committee Chair

Boyertown Junior High East Cameron Parker Blue House Education 85 Blue House Blue Representative

Boyertown Junior High East Kreena Patel Blue House Education 50 Blue House Blue Representative

Middletown Area High School Aayushi Patel Blue House Labor & Industry 2 189 Blue House Blue Representative

Boyertown Junior High West Tyler Patten Blue House Education 2 114 Blue House Blue Representative

Somerset High School Cj Pelliccione Blue House Public Health and Welfare 144 Blue House Blue Representative

Hershey Matthew Peters Blue House Environmental Resources & Energy 149 Blue House Blue Representative

Boyertown YMCA michael porreca Blue House Labor & Industry 2 119 Blue House Blue Representative

Somerset High School Briana Porter Blue House Education 92 Blue House Blue Representative

Hershey Omer Qureshi Blue House Law & Justice 23 Blue House Blue Committee Chair

Boyertown Junior High West Samara Rayco Blue House Aging & Youth 102 Blue House Blue Representative

Obama Academy Florian Reihl Blue House Public Health and Welfare 199 Blue House Blue Representative

Knoch High School Michael Renaud Blue House Transportation 108 Blue House Blue Representative

Springfield High School Elizabeth Reynolds Blue House Education 19 Blue House Blue Committee Chair

Homer-Center High School Joe Rhoades Blue House Education 3 71 Blue House Blue Representative

East Shore YMCA Ben Rifflard Blue House Transportation 143 Blue House Blue Representative

Knoch High School Nicholas Ripper Blue House Law & Justice 135 Blue House Blue Representative

Springfield High School Charles Rittenhouse Blue House Communications & Technology 88 Blue House Blue Representative

Boyertown Area Senior High kelli ritter Blue House Communications & Technology 77 Blue House Blue Representative

Obama Academy Tayler Robinson Blue House Communications & Technology 38 Blue House Blue Representative

Springfield High School Amanda Schagrin Blue House Labor & Industry 141 Blue House Blue Representative

Boyertown Junior High West Katie Schneider Blue House Education 2 66 Blue House Blue Representative

Boyertown YMCA Greg Schneider Blue House Labor & Industry 116 Blue House Blue Representative

East Pennsboro Area High School Jessica Semick Blue House Education 3 138 Blue House Blue Representative

Rose E. Schneider YMCA Siona Sharma Blue House Speaker of the House

Boyertown Area Senior High Mary Sherpinsky Blue House Aging & Youth 179 Blue House Blue Representative

Commonwealth Connections Academy Maryam Siddiqui Blue House Labor & Industry 2 45 Blue House Blue Representative

East Shore YMCA Olivia Smith Blue House Environmental Resources & Energy 132 Blue House Blue Representative

Hershey Ezra Smith Blue House Public Health and Welfare 2 190 Blue House Blue Representative

Springfield High School Lindsey Smith Blue House Education 3 99 Blue House Blue Representative

Springfield High School Amanda Staroba Blue House Communications & Technology 118 Blue House Blue Representative

Rose E. Schneider YMCA Matt Steinberg Blue House Public Health and Welfare 2 24 Blue House Blue Committee Chair

Boyertown Junior High East Ryan Stettner Stettner Blue House Education 2 120 Blue House Blue Representative

Rose E. Schneider YMCA Nathan Stoner Blue House Law & Justice 2 151 Blue House Blue Representative

Somerset High School Sam Svonavec Blue House Law & Justice 128 Blue House Blue Representative

Somerset High School Jared Swansboro Blue House Education 2 46 Blue House Blue Representative

Boyertown Area Senior High Marcus Thomas Blue House Education 2 137 Blue House Blue Representative

Obama Academy Courtney Thomas Blue House Education 3 1 Blue House Blue Representative

Rose E. Schneider YMCA Alyssa Jo Tice Blue House Law & Justice 182 Blue House Blue Representative

Boyertown Area Senior High Jimmy Towers Blue House Communications & Technology 197 Blue House Blue Representative

Rose E. Schneider YMCA Abigail Van Wormer Blue House Education 36 Blue House Blue Representative

Knoch High School Lydia Walls Blue House Transportation 87 Blue House Blue Representative

Somerset High School Makayla Walters Blue House Public Health and Welfare 2 84 Blue House Blue Representative

East Pennsboro Area High School Samantha Webster Blue House Transportation 11 Blue House Blue Representative

East Shore YMCA Alex West Blue House Education 3 18 Blue House Blue Committee Chair

Philadelphia YMCA Achievers Idris Wilson Blue House Education 62 Blue House Blue Representative

Philadelphia YMCA Achievers Takia Wilson Blue House Education 2 186 Blue House Blue Representative

Springfield High School Sharyn Wilson Blue House Consumer Protection 121 Blue House Blue Representative

Obama Academy Isaac Winograd Blue House Education 2 17 Blue House Blue Representative

Knoch High School Rachael Wittmer Blue House Communications & Technology 126 Blue House Blue Representative

Hershey Jason Wood Blue House Law & Justice 25 Blue House Blue Representative

Knoch High School Brooke Zukowski Blue House Public Health and Welfare 2 37 Blue House Blue Representative

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Delegation First Name Last Name Committee Chamber PositionEast Shore YMCA Nathan Adler Blue Senate Law & Justice Blue Senate Blue Senator

Springfield High School Benjamin Ascher Blue Senate Environmental Resources & Energy Blue Senate Blue Senator

Philadelphia YMCA Achievers Alex Badillo Blue Senate Education Blue Senate Blue Senator

Springfield High School George Baughan Blue Senate Education Blue Senate Blue Senator

Boyertown Area Senior High Colin Black Blue Senate Education Blue Senate Blue Committee Chair

Boyertown Junior High West Justin Bouthillette Blue Senate Public Health & Welfare Blue Senate Blue Senator

Commonwealth Connections Academy Quinn Broussard Blue Senate Public Health & Welfare Blue Senate Blue Senator

Hershey Cameron Brown Blue Senate Law & Justice Blue Senate Blue Senator

Hershey Riley Compton Blue Senate Law & Justice Blue Senate Blue Committee Chair

Coventry Christian High School David Curtin Blue Senate Law & Justice Blue Senate Blue Senator

Avon Grove High School Alex Day Blue Senate Education Blue Senate Blue Senator

Hershey Madeline Donahue Blue Senate Law & Justice Blue Senate Blue Senator

Hershey Daryl Dorch Blue Senate Education Blue Senate Blue Senator

Springfield High School Zoe Edalatpour Blue Senate Environmental Resources & Energy Blue Senate Blue Senator

Obama Academy Francis Eddy Harvey Blue Senate Education Blue Senate Blue Senator

Boyertown Junior High West Lindsay Flack Blue Senate Public Health & Welfare Blue Senate Blue Senator

Springfield High School Evan Garber Blue Senate Law & Justice Blue Senate Blue Senator

Boyertown YMCA Evan Giannetti Blue Senate Environmental Resources & Energy Blue Senate Blue Senator

Obama Academy Brittney Hayes Blue Senate Education Blue Senate Blue Senator

Hershey William Heck Blue Senate Education Blue Senate Blue Senator

Knoch High School Kolten Hilterman Blue Senate Environmental Resources & Energy Blue Senate Blue Committee Chair

Obama Academy Samuel Houser Blue Senate Environmental Resources & Energy Blue Senate Blue Senator

Hershey Jacob Jastrzebski Blue Senate Education Blue Senate Blue Senator

Springfield High School Michael Kassabian Blue Senate Public Health & Welfare Blue Senate Blue Senator

Ligonier Valley High School Emily Kim Blue Senate Law & Justice Blue Senate Blue Senator

Obama Academy Jessica Kiss Blue Senate Environmental Resources & Energy Blue Senate Blue Senator

Knoch High School Sydney Klabnik Blue Senate Public Health & Welfare Blue Senate Blue Committee Chair

Northern Dauphin YMCA Alexandra Kohr Blue Senate Education Blue Senate Blue Senator

East Shore YMCA Samantha Kough Blue Senate Environmental Resources & Energy Blue Senate Blue Senator

Knoch High School Jacob Love Blue Senate Environmental Resources & Energy Blue Senate Blue Senator

Springfield High School Frances Madeira Blue Senate Public Health & Welfare Blue Senate Blue Senator

Butler YMCA Zachary Milbert Blue Senate Environmental Resources & Energy Blue Senate Blue Senator

Butler YMCA Sarah Montag Blue Senate Environmental Resources & Energy Blue Senate Blue Senator

Somerset High School Max Myers Blue Senate Education Blue Senate Blue Senator

Sewickly Valley YMCA Natasha Napolitano Blue Senate Public Health & Welfare Blue Senate Blue Senator

Obama Academy Lainey Newman Blue Senate Lt Governor

Rose E. Schneider YMCA Jorge Olan Blue Senate Education Blue Senate Blue Senator

Obama Academy Jordan Picone Blue Senate Law & Justice Blue Senate Blue Senator

East Pennsboro Area High School Nolan Plantz Blue Senate Environmental Resources & Energy Blue Senate Blue Senator

Boyertown Junior High East Kasey Roberts Blue Senate Environmental Resources & Energy Blue Senate Blue Senator

Middletown Area High School Samantha Romberger Blue Senate Environmental Resources & Energy Blue Senate Blue Senator

Boyertown Area Senior High Connor Sargent Blue Senate Law & Justice Blue Senate Blue Senator

Boyertown YMCA Michael Sesher Blue Senate Public Health & Welfare Blue Senate Blue Senator

Individual Registration Emmanuel Sessegnon Blue Senate Law & Justice Blue Senate Blue Senator

Boyertown Area Senior High Joshua Shapin Blue Senate Law & Justice Blue Senate Blue Senator

East Shore YMCA Julian Sherr Blue Senate Public Health & Welfare Blue Senate Blue Senator

Sewickly Valley YMCA Brooke Stanley Blue Senate Education Blue Senate Blue Senator

East Shore YMCA Erin Thomas Blue Senate Environmental Resources & Energy Blue Senate Blue Senator

Springfield High School Briana Vetter Blue Senate Public Health & Welfare Blue Senate Blue Senator

Somerset High School Willis Walker Blue Senate Education Blue Senate Blue Senator

Springfield High School Annabelle Welch Blue Senate Law & Justice Blue Senate Blue Senator

Philadelphia YMCA Achievers Sasha Wilson Blue Senate Public Health & Welfare Blue Senate Blue Senator

Homer-Center High School Mya Zemlock Blue Senate Law & Justice Blue Senate Blue Senator

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Delegation First Name Last Name Committee Seat # Bill # Chamber PositionRose E. Schneider YMCA Will Adams Gold House Labor & Industry 47 GH - 643 Gold House Gold Representative

Springfield High School Josh Ascher Gold House Public Health & Welfare 91 GH - 864 Gold House Gold Representative

Boyertown Junior High West Mackenzie Baro Gold House Public Health & Welfare 100 GH - 868 Gold House Gold Representative

Springfield High School Katelyn Bennett Gold House Transportation 76 Gold House Gold Representative

Boyertown Junior High West Andrew Benning Gold House Education 109 GH - 474 Gold House Gold Representative

Boyertown Junior High West Emily Bernier Gold House Law & Justice 43 GH - 769 Gold House Gold Representative

Somerset High School Karlee Bittner Gold House Labor & Industry 73 Gold House Gold Representative

Rose E. Schneider YMCA Emma Bogdon Gold House Transportation 102 GH - 934 Gold House Gold Representative

Rose E. Schneider YMCA Alexandra Bolena Gold House Communications & Technology 17 GH - 257 Gold House Gold Representative

Hershey Olivia Bratton Gold House Transportation 15 GH - 939 Gold House Gold Representative

Boyertown Junior High West Kailey Bray Gold House Labor & Industry 60 GH - 648 Gold House Gold Representative

Hershey Julia Briselli Gold House Law & Justice 121 GH - 773 Gold House Gold Representative

Boyertown Junior High West Francesca Calautti Gold House Education 127 GH - 472 Gold House Gold Representative

Hershey Clare Canavan Gold House Labor & Industry 24 GH - 652 Gold House Gold Representative

Boyertown Junior High East Blaise Caroselli Gold House Education 18 Gold House Gold Representative

Philadelphia YMCA Achievers Sumayyah Carter Gold House Labor & Industry 37 GH - 644 Gold House Gold Representative

Springfield High School Drew Cavanaugh Gold House Education 49 GH - 469 Gold House Gold Representative

Somerset High School Rose Chan Gold House Law & Justice 50 Gold House Gold Representative

Springfield High School Johnny Choe Gold House Law & Justice 41 GH - 764 Gold House Gold Representative

Springfield High School Ryan Chybinski Gold House Law & Justice 133 GH - 762 Gold House Gold Representative

Knoch High School Emily Ciganik Gold House Communications & Technology 77 GH - 258 Gold House Gold Representative

Hershey Jack Clark Gold House Environmental Resources & Energy 3 GH - 541 Gold House Gold Committee Chair

Hershey Mia Cooper Gold House Law & Justice 42 Gold House Gold Representative

Middletown Area High School Khasai Cornish Gold House Education 12 GH - 471 Gold House Gold Representative

Springfield High School Caira Cox Gold House Transportation 74 GH - 931 Gold House Gold Representative

East Shore YMCA Shawky Darwish Gold House Law & Justice 61 GH - 760 Gold House Gold Representative

Hershey Buck Diacont Gold House Environmental Resources & Energy 117 GH - 548 Gold House Gold Representative

Springfield High School Max Doll Gold House Education 87 GH - 466 Gold House Gold Representative

Rose E. Schneider YMCA Sarah Donaldson Gold House Transportation 135 GH - 933 Gold House Gold Representative

Boyertown Junior High East Rachel Drakas Gold House Transportation 92 GH - 936 Gold House Gold Representative

Hershey Jamie Easterwood Gold House Law & Justice 36 GH - 771 Gold House Gold Representative

Boyertown Junior High East Ethan Eicherly Gold House Communications & Technology 129 Gold House Gold Representative

Hershey Salman Fayaz Gold House Transportation 4 GH - 930 Gold House Gold Committee Chair

Hershey Abbey Ferenci Gold House Law & Justice 39 GH - 767 Gold House Gold Representative

Middletown Area High School Stephanie Finsterbush Gold House Public Health & Welfare 71 GH - 865 Gold House Gold Representative

Avon Grove High School Kieran Francke Gold House Communications & Technology 16 Gold House Gold Representative

Hershey Jean Gamarra Gold House Environmental Resources & Energy 85 GH - 545 Gold House Gold Representative

Rose E. Schneider YMCA Jacob Geil Gold House Transportation 11 GH - 932 Gold House Gold Representative

Coventry Christian High School Ian Gelwicks Gold House Law & Justice 99 GH - 770 Gold House Gold Representative

Springfield High School Caroline Gozzard Gold House Communications & Technology 45 Gold House Gold Representative

Hershey Allie Grenoble Gold House Labor & Industry 126 GH - 650 Gold House Gold Representative

Springfield High School Collin Guckin Gold House Education 84 Gold House Gold Representative

Rose E. Schneider YMCA Logan Guise Gold House Education 134 GH - 467 Gold House Gold Representative

Springfield High School Sydney Hannings Gold House Public Health & Welfare 26 GH - 861 Gold House Gold Representative

Rose E. Schneider YMCA Ben Hess Gold House Public Health & Welfare 107 GH - 867 Gold House Gold Representative

Springfield High School Davis Hinds Gold House Environmental Resources & Energy 118 Gold House Gold Representative

Ligonier Valley High School Sadie Hockenberry Gold House Transportation 83 Gold House Gold Representative

Hershey Dane Hoover Gold House Law & Justice 5 GH - 761 Gold House Gold Committee Chair

Boyertown Junior High East Hailey Hopkins Gold House Communications & Technology 20 GH - 255 Gold House Gold Representative

Springfield High School Caroline Horn Gold House Law & Justice 111 GH - 763 Gold House Gold Representative

Hershey Lizzie Jaskulski Gold House Public Health & Welfare 106 GH - 868 Gold House Gold Representative

Knoch High School Sophia Johnson Gold House Transportation 123 GH - 935 Gold House Gold Representative

Knoch High School Patrick Jones Gold House Communications & Technology 25 GH - 259 Gold House Gold Representative

Knoch High School Emilie Jones Gold House Labor & Industry 105 GH - 646 Gold House Gold Representative

Springfield High School Connor Kendrick Gold House Environmental Resources & Energy 103 GH - 543 Gold House Gold Representative

Boyertown Junior High West Maggie Kiene Gold House Education 132 GH - 475 Gold House Gold Representative

Coventry Christian High School Soo Kim Gold House Communications & Technology 124 GH - 256 Gold House Gold Representative

Ligonier Valley High School Brook Kovalcik Gold House Transportation 46 Gold House Gold Representative

Boyertown Junior High East Jacob Kulesa Gold House Education 114 GH - 477 Gold House Gold Representative

Boyertown Junior High West Hailey Levengood Gold House Environmental Resources & Energy 35 GH - 547 Gold House Gold Representative

Knoch High School John Mack Gold House Law & Justice 63 GH - 772 Gold House Gold Representative

Philadelphia YMCA Achievers Michael Mandia Gold House Education 104 Gold House Gold Representative

Somerset High School Elizabeth Mazzariello Gold House Public Health & Welfare 40 Gold House Gold Representative

Springfield High School Joey McLaughlin Gold House Labor & Industry 98 GH - 640 Gold House Gold Representative

Boyertown Junior High East Sophia Montanye Gold House Labor & Industry 70 GH - 647 Gold House Gold Representative

Boyertown Junior High West Justin Morris Gold House Public Health & Welfare 21 GH - 869 Gold House Gold Representative

Springfield High School Meghan Nelson Gold House Public Health & Welfare 131 GH - 862 Gold House Gold Representative

Hershey Alec Newman Gold House Environmental Resources & Energy 97 GH - 549 Gold House Gold Representative

Springfield High School Siobhan Nolan Gold House Law & Justice 72 GH - 765 Gold House Gold Representative

East Shore YMCA Skyler Oken Gold House Public Health & Welfare 19 GH - 870 Gold House Gold Representative

Springfield High School Griffin Olson-Allen Gold House Communications & Technology 62 GH - 253 Gold House Gold Representative

Rose E. Schneider YMCA Marisa Ortiz Gold House Environmental Resources & Energy 48 GH - 544 Gold House Gold Representative

Knoch High School Suzanne Oswald Gold House Education 86 GH - 476 Gold House Gold Representative

Coventry Christian High School william overley Gold House Communications & Technology 90 GH - 262 Gold House Gold Representative

Springfield High School Ronni Panara Gold House Labor & Industry 108 Gold House Gold Representative

East Shore YMCA Viraj Patel Gold House Labor & Industry 119 GH - 649 Gold House Gold Representative

Rose E. Schneider YMCA Nivya Patel Gold House Education 94 GH - 470 Gold House Gold Representative

Springfield High School Sophia Perry Gold House Public Health & Welfare 95 GH - 863 Gold House Gold Representative

Knoch High School Nathaniel Pettit Gold House Gold Speaker of the House

Springfield High School Sarah Potocki Gold House Law & Justice 120 Gold House Gold Representative

Springfield High School Carolyn Price Gold House Education 22 GH - 468 Gold House Gold Representative

Boyertown Junior High West Kyle Raynor Gold House Environmental Resources & Energy 38 GH - 546 Gold House Gold Representative

Springfield High School Devon Reid Gold House Public Health & Welfare 113 Gold House Gold Representative

Springfield High School Scott Rochman Gold House Labor & Industry 130 GH - 642 Gold House Gold Representative

Philadelphia YMCA Achievers Paris Rogers Gold House Law & Justice 136 GH - 766 Gold House Gold Representative

Knoch High School Elle Santora Gold House Transportation 67 GH - 940 Gold House Gold Representative

Springfield High School David Scott Gold House Transportation 64 Gold House Gold Representative

Obama Academy Mariah Sellner Gold House Environmental Resources & Energy 69 GH - 540 Gold House Gold Representative

Rose E. Schneider YMCA Rishin Sharma Gold House Labor & Industry 7 GH - 641 Gold House Gold Committee Chair

East Shore YMCA Ben Sheker Gold House Education 8 GH - 465 Gold House Gold Committee Chair

East Shore YMCA Wil Sheker Gold House Transportation 27 GH - 938 Gold House Gold Representative

Springfield High School Caroline Shelly Gold House Environmental Resources & Energy 96 GH - 542 Gold House Gold Representative

Hershey Claire Sheppard Gold House Labor & Industry 125 GH - 651 Gold House Gold Representative

Hershey Nick Silvis Gold House Environmental Resources & Energy 47 GH - 550 Gold House Gold Representative

Boyertown Junior High West Jacob Smith Gold House Transportation 112 GH - 937 Gold House Gold Representative

Avon Grove High School Chloe Snader Gold House Education 122 Gold House Gold Representative

Boyertown Junior High East Payton Stanziani Gold House Communications & Technology 68 Gold House Gold Representative

Rose E. Schneider YMCA Anna Stroupe Gold House Public Health & Welfare 44 GH - 866 Gold House Gold Representative

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Delegation First Name Last Name Committee Seat # Bill # Chamber PositionKnoch High School Megan Swantner Gold House Public Health & Welfare 1 GH - 872 Gold House Gold Representative

Springfield High School Grace Talbot Gold House Communications & Technology 89 GH - 252 Gold House Gold Representative

Knoch High School Caroline Tanner Gold House Communications & Technology 101 GH - 261 Gold House Gold Representative

Philadelphia YMCA Achievers Raymond Tillman Gold House Environmental Resources & Energy 65 Gold House Gold Representative

East Shore YMCA Danny Tran Gold House Communications & Technology 88 GH - 260 Gold House Gold Representative

Boyertown Junior High East Nick Trowbridge Gold House Education 75 Gold House Gold Representative

Butler YMCA Darren Tynan Gold House Environmental Resources & Energy 93 Gold House Gold Representative

Boyertown Junior High West Madison Tyson Gold House Public Health & Welfare 115 GH - 871 Gold House Gold Representative

Obama Academy Marie Van Haitsma Gold House Communications & Technology 110 GH - 250 Gold House Gold Representative

Knoch High School Amelia Walls Gold House Communications & Technology 9 GH - 251 Gold House Gold Committee Chair

Knoch High School Evan Weston Gold House Environmental Resources & Energy 23 GH - 544 Gold House Gold Representative

Brandywine YMCA Kristian Williamson Gold House Labor & Industry 116 GH - 645 Gold House Gold Representative

Knoch High School Heather Wittmer Gold House Education 28 GH - 473 Gold House Gold Representative

Springfield High School Samantha Wynne Gold House Communications & Technology 128 GH - 254 Gold House Gold Representative

Butler YMCA Yasmine Zentz Gold House Public Health & Welfare 10 GH - 860 Gold House Gold Committee Chair

Knoch High School Braden Zukowski Gold House Law & Justice 2 GH - 768 Gold House Gold Representative

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Delegation First Name Last Name Committee Chamber PositionAvon Grove High School Adriannah Alpaugh Gold Senate Education Gold Senate Gold Senator

Boyertown Junior High West Ashley Anders Gold Senate Public Health & Welfare Gold Senate Gold Senator

Hershey Hamza Bachnak Gold Senate Environmental Resources & Energy Gold Senate Gold Senator

Obama Academy Kyra Baillie Gold Senate Education Gold Senate Gold Senator

Boyertown Junior High West Sarah Batche Gold Senate Education Gold Senate Gold Senator

Coventry Christian High School Beyonce' Brown Gold Senate Environmental Resources & Energy Gold Senate Gold Senator

Ligonier Valley High School Simon Brown Gold Senate Law & Justice Gold Senate Gold Senator

Springfield High School Amanda Brown Gold Senate Law & Justice Gold Senate Gold Senator

East Shore YMCA Michala Butler Gold Senate Public Health & Welfare Gold Senate Gold Senator

Springfield High School Jaden Callands Gold Senate Education Gold Senate Gold Senator

Somerset High School Mya Cameron Gold Senate Law & Justice Gold Senate Gold Senator

Obama Academy Elie Caruso Gold Senate Education Gold Senate Gold Senator

Boyertown Junior High West William Coleman Gold Senate Environmental Resources & Energy Gold Senate Gold Senator

Rose E. Schneider YMCA Samantha Condrick Gold Senate Law & Justice Gold Senate Gold Senator

East Shore YMCA Brennan Conway Gold Senate Law & Justice Gold Senate Gold Senator

Springfield High School Emily Cooney Gold Senate Law & Justice Gold Senate Gold Senator

Hershey Jonas Cream Gold Senate Environmental Resources & Energy Gold Senate Gold Senator

Boyertown Area Senior High MARTIN DAVIDHEISER Gold Senate Public Health & Welfare Gold Senate Gold Committee Chair

Obama Academy Mikaela DeCarlo Gold Senate Public Health & Welfare Gold Senate Gold Senator

Boyertown Junior High East Courtney Dennis Gold Senate Law & Justice Gold Senate Gold Senator

East Shore YMCA Gianna DeVincenzo Gold Senate Public Health & Welfare Gold Senate Gold Senator

Butler YMCA Nathan Ellis Gold Senate Education Gold Senate Gold Committee Chair

Butler YMCA Liam Farrell Gold Senate Education Gold Senate Gold Senator

Hershey Zach Hagan Gold Senate Public Health & Welfare Gold Senate Gold Senator

Philadelphia YMCA Achievers Elizabeth Healy Gold Senate Education Gold Senate Gold Senator

Knoch High School Kade Hilterman Gold Senate Education Gold Senate Gold Senator

Middletown Area High School Zeryab Ibrahim Gold Senate Law & Justice Gold Senate Gold Committee Chair

Knoch High School Claire Lindsey Gold Senate Environmental Resources & Energy Gold Senate Gold Committee Chair

Hershey David Mailman Gold Senate Environmental Resources & Energy Gold Senate Gold Senator

Boyertown Junior High West Matt Martin Gold Senate Environmental Resources & Energy Gold Senate Gold Senator

Hershey Ian Mills Gold Senate Public Health & Welfare Gold Senate Gold Senator

Butler YMCA Oliviah Montag Gold Senate Environmental Resources & Energy Gold Senate Gold Senator

Springfield High School Kaitlin Moyer Gold Senate Public Health & Welfare Gold Senate Gold Senator

Hershey Rafay Nasir Gold Senate Gold Lt Governor

Obama Academy Corey O'Brien Gold Senate Environmental Resources & Energy Gold Senate Gold Senator

Springfield High School Magdalene O'Rourke Gold Senate Public Health & Welfare Gold Senate Gold Senator

Hershey Moosa Qureshi Gold Senate Environmental Resources & Energy Gold Senate Gold Senator

Hershey Alexandra Rapp Gold Senate Law & Justice Gold Senate Gold Senator

Somerset High School Kaylee Richard Gold Senate Environmental Resources & Energy Gold Senate Gold Senator

Boyertown Junior High East James Sahakian Gold Senate Education Gold Senate Gold Senator

Butler YMCA cyril sheptak Gold Senate Education Gold Senate Gold Senator

Rose E. Schneider YMCA Arushi Subba Gold Senate Environmental Resources & Energy Gold Senate Gold Senator

Ligonier Valley High School Marissa Tunstall Gold Senate Law & Justice Gold Senate Gold Senator

Springfield High School Emily Walsh Gold Senate Public Health & Welfare Gold Senate Gold Senator

Springfield High School Gracie Woron Gold Senate Law & Justice Gold Senate Gold Senator

East Shore YMCA Kaijie Zhang Gold Senate Law & Justice Gold Senate Gold Senator

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Delegation First Name Last Name Committee Chamber PositionNorthern Dauphin YMCA Roofina Ali Social Media Correspondent Press Corp Press

Obama Academy Margot Allison Social Media Correspondent Press Corp Press

Hershey Bianca Angello Written Reporter, Photographer, Videographer Press Corp Press

Boyertown Area Senior High Samantha Bacino Written Reporter, Photographer Press Corp Press

Hershey Bryn Beck Written Reporter Press Corp Press

Hershey Riley Bemis Photographer Press Corp Press

Obama Academy Eden Boyer Photography Press Corp Press

Middletown Area High School Levi Buckwalter Written Reporter Press Corp Press

East Shore YMCA Kylie Buffington Photographer, Videographer Press Corp Press

Hershey Anna Cozzi Social Media Correspondent Press Corp Press

Butler YMCA Gina Denny Written Reporter Press Corp Press

Butler YMCA Gillian Farrell Press Manager Press Corp Press

Hershey Sareena Fayaz Press Corp Editor in Chief

Obama Academy Vera Fisk Written Reporter Press Corp Press

Hershey Maya Fitterer Written Reporter Press Corp Press

Obama Academy Crystal Fletcher Written Reporter Press Corp Press

Hershey alexis gazzio Photographer Press Corp Press

Hershey Jerusha George Written Reporter, Photographer Press Corp Press

East Shore YMCA Aidan Glas Photography, Videography Press Corp Press

East Shore YMCA Audrey Glas Written Reporter, Videographer, Social Media CorrespondentPress Corp Press

Boyertown YMCA Sarah Graver Photographer, Social Media Correspondent Press Corp Press

Northern Dauphin YMCA Elizabeth Kohr Photogragher Press Corp Press

Commonwealth Connections Academy Claire Kreider Written Reporter, Photographer Press Corp Press

Hershey Elena Lam written Reporter Press Corp Press

Obama Academy Rosa Loewenstein Written Reporter Press Corp Press

Boyertown Junior High West Kaitlyn Mancini Photographer, Videographer Press Corp Press

Hershey amanda marmolejos Written Reporter, Photography Press Corp Press

Boyertown Area Senior High Alexis Moyer Written Reporter, Photographer Press Corp Press

Hershey Jaylen Murphy Photography Press Corp Press

East Shore YMCA Maria Neboga Photographer Press Corp Press

East Shore YMCA Paige Neyman Press Manager Press Corp Press

Hershey Vathana Oukan Photographer Press Corp Press

Hershey Megan Peters Written Reporter, Social Media Correspondent Press Corp Press

Hershey Grace Peterson Social Media Correspondent Press Corp Press

Avon Grove High School Gabby Pino Written Reporter Press Corp Press

Obama Academy Marnie Quick Photographer, videographer Press Corp Press

East Shore YMCA britany raber Written Reporter, Photographer, Social Media CorrespondentPress Corp Press

East Shore YMCA Maggie Ross Written Reporter, Social Media Correspondent Press Corp Press

Hershey Ashley Sellars Photographer, Social Media Correspondent Press Corp Press

East Shore YMCA Julia Sheker Written Reporter, Videographer Press Corp Press

Knoch High School Amy Steedle Photographer Press Corp Press

Hershey Carrie Stevens Written Reporter, Photographer Press Corp Press

Hershey Quinn Strader Story Editor Press Corp Press

Obama Academy Makayla Suska Photographer Press Corp Press

East Shore YMCA Natalie Timko Written Reporter, Social Media Correspondent Press Corp Press

East Shore YMCA Amber Van Saun Photographer Press Corp Press

East Shore YMCA Alex Weaver Social Media Correspondent Press Corp Press

Hershey Abby Weiss Photographer Press Corp Press

East Shore YMCA Dalton Will Social Media Correspondent Press Corp Press

Hershey Claire Williams Written Reporter Press Corp Press

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Delegation First Name Last Name Committee Chamber PositionHershey Joseph Abraham Judicial Advisor Supreme Court Attorney

Hershey Elizabeth Abraham Team 9 Supreme Court Attorney

Hershey Hayden Angello Team 13 Supreme Court Attorney

Hershey Cecilia Arvelo Team 7 Supreme Court Attorney

East Shore YMCA Lutfay Azim Team 6 Supreme Court Attorney

Butler YMCA Rachael Blose Team 5 Supreme Court Attorney

Hershey Nick Blumenthal Team L Supreme Court Attorney

East Shore YMCA Tori Bottiglia Team I Supreme Court Attorney

Hershey Clay Breidenstine Supreme Court Baliff

East Shore YMCA Laura Broughton Team 6 Supreme Court Attorney

East Shore YMCA Zoie Broughton Team I Supreme Court Attorney

Hershey Christian Burris Team 27 Supreme Court Attorney

Springfield High School Kaitlyn Cannon Team Y Supreme Court Attorney

Boyertown Junior High West Michaela Craner Team F Supreme Court Attorney

Hershey Jesse Cui Team 29 Supreme Court Attorney

Boyertown Junior High East Miranda Curtiss Team 2 Supreme Court Attorney

Springfield High School William Durham Team 21 Supreme Court Attorney

Knoch High School Cameron Elliott Team P Supreme Court Attorney

Hershey Olivia Falcucci Team N Supreme Court Attorney

Springfield High School Katie Fitzpatrick Team 21 Supreme Court Attorney

Hershey Eirinn Flanagan Team 26 Supreme Court Attorney

Hershey Sam Forray Team 25 Supreme Court Attorney

Obama Academy Zoe Fuller Team R Supreme Court Attorney

Ligonier Valley High School Margo Gamble Team 15 Supreme Court Attorney

Hershey Evie Gentile Team 28 Supreme Court Attorney

Hershey Swati Ghosh Team O Supreme Court Attorney

Springfield High School Emily Giampietro Team X Supreme Court Attorney

Boyertown YMCA Maya Goldstein Team G Supreme Court Attorney

Hershey Carlos Gonzalez Team 29 Supreme Court Attorney

Springfield High School Hannah Grothusen Team 19 Supreme Court Attorney

Hershey Jason Guo Team 9 Supreme Court Attorney

Hershey Alex Haidet Team 24 Supreme Court Attorney

Hershey Jonathan Haidet Team L Supreme Court Attorney

Hershey Abby Han Team M Supreme Court Attorney

Springfield High School Dean Hanlon Team W Supreme Court Attorney

Obama Academy Katelyn Harris Team 17 Supreme Court Attorney

Hershey Laney Herndon Team 26 Supreme Court Attorney

Hershey Abby Hess Supreme Court Chief Justice

Hershey Rebecca Hetrick Team AE Supreme Court Attorney

Hershey Rachel Hoover Supreme Court Chief Justice

Hershey Joe Horner Team B Supreme Court Attorney

East Shore YMCA Ingrid Hrobuchak Team 23 Supreme Court Attorney

Obama Academy Kayla Humphries Supreme Court Judge

Hershey Alan Hwang Supreme Court Judge

Boyertown Junior High West Morgan Janiuk Team 3 Supreme Court Attorney

Hershey Al Jaskulski Team D Supreme Court Attorney

Hershey Matthew Jenkins Team B Supreme Court Attorney

Hershey Ha-Jong Jhun Team 27 Supreme Court Attorney

Springfield High School Alanna Kelly Team 20 Supreme Court Attorney

Boyertown Junior High West Maddie Kershner Team E Supreme Court Attorney

Hershey Raameen Khan Team O Supreme Court Attorney

Hershey Mallika Kodavatiganti Team 10 Supreme Court Attorney

Hershey Manisha Kodavatiganti Supreme Court Justice

Obama Academy josh koval Team 18 Supreme Court Attorney

Hershey Kole Kramer Team 11 Supreme Court Attorney

Hershey Douglas Lamb Team AD Supreme Court Attorney

Boyertown Junior High East Ashley Latshaw Team A Supreme Court Attorney

Butler YMCA Jenna Lauther Team 4 Supreme Court Attorney

Hershey Anneka Le Supreme Court Baliff

Obama Academy Honesty LeGrande Team U Supreme Court Attorney

Obama Academy Hope LeGrande Team U Supreme Court Attorney

Springfield High School Megan Leibfreid Team Y Supreme Court Attorney

Obama Academy Danielle Lewis Team 17 Supreme Court Attorney

Somerset High School Alex Ludy Team V Supreme Court Attorney

Hershey Avi Lukacher Team J Supreme Court Attorney

East Shore YMCA Adel Mansour Team AC Supreme Court Attorney

Boyertown Junior High East Brianna Manuel Team A Supreme Court Attorney

Boyertown Junior High West Benny Mash Team 3 Supreme Court Attorney

Boyertown Junior High East Maiya McDonnaugh Team 2 Supreme Court Attorney

Hershey James McGregor Team 25 Supreme Court Attorney

Butler YMCA Madison McKee Supreme Court Judge

Hershey Maddie McQuillan Supreme Court Judge

Commonwealth Connections Academy Rebecca Messimer Team 22 Supreme Court Attorney

Hershey Tooba Mir Team 11 Supreme Court Attorney

Hershey Alexis Moodie Team K Supreme Court Attorney

Springfield High School Carly Munger Team X Supreme Court Attorney

Springfield High School Brian Murphy Team W Supreme Court Attorney

Hershey Luke Musante Team 8 Supreme Court Attorney

Hershey Julia Nahm Team K Supreme Court Attorney

Hershey Pallavi Nambiar Supreme Court Judge

East Shore YMCA Jameson Neyman Team AB Supreme Court Attorney

Hershey Tony O'Shea Team 13 Supreme Court Attorney

Obama Academy Ekaterini Papazekos Team R Supreme Court Attorney

Hershey Julia Parrey Team M Supreme Court Attorney

Boyertown Junior High West Mahima Patel Team F Supreme Court Attorney

East Shore YMCA Derek Patterson Team AC Supreme Court Attorney

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Delegation First Name Last Name Committee Chamber PositionButler YMCA Chloe Paulisick Team H Supreme Court Attorney

Obama Academy Lucy Pearsall- Finch Team S Supreme Court Attorney

Commonwealth Connections Academy Nolen Petrosky Team 22 Supreme Court Attorney

Obama Academy James Picone Team 18 Supreme Court Attorney

Hershey William Prescott Team 8 Supreme Court Attorney

Avon Grove High School Kristen Reece Team 1 Supreme Court Attorney

Obama Academy Ethan Reed Supreme Court Judge

Butler YMCA Taylor Reinsel Team H Supreme Court Attorney

Commonwealth Connections Academy Madison Richards Team Z Supreme Court Attorney

Boyertown Junior High West Luke Rothenberger Team E Supreme Court Attorney

Springfield High School Gabriella Rudnick Team 19 Supreme Court Attorney

Springfield High School Julianna Rudnick Team 20 Supreme Court Attorney

Ligonier Valley High School Samantha Saloom Team 15 Supreme Court Attorney

Obama Academy Maddie Silvestri Team S Supreme Court Attorney

East Shore YMCA Mackenzie Skinner Team AB Supreme Court Attorney

Hershey Sawyer Smith Team D Supreme Court Attorney

Hershey Ethan Sniderman Team N Supreme Court Attorney

Knoch High School Mark Sotomayor Team P Supreme Court Attorney

Hershey Patrick Starner Judicial Advisor Supreme Court Attorney

Hershey Bridget Starner Team C Supreme Court Attorney

Somerset High School Olivia Straka Team V Supreme Court Attorney

Hershey Damla Undar Team C Supreme Court Attorney

Obama Academy Mary Grace Uy Supreme Court Judge

Hershey Tiffany Walker Team 7 Supreme Court Attorney

East Shore YMCA Tyrah Waters Supreme Court Judge

Hershey J'Michael Wedderburn Team AD Supreme Court Attorney

Hershey Alex Winnick Team 14 Supreme Court Attorney

Butler YMCA Lily Wong Team 5 Supreme Court Attorney

Hershey Eric Wood Team 12 Supreme Court Attorney

Hershey Amy Wu Team J Supreme Court Attorney

Hershey Jason Zaprazny Team 14 Supreme Court Attorney

Hershey Rosy Zhang Team AE Supreme Court Attorney

Hershey Rosie Zhang Supreme Court Baliff

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2016 Pennsylvania Model ConventionApril 14, 2016

Blue Representative Bill #BH - 100 Committee: Blue House Aging & YouthDelegation: Obama AcademyAuthor(s): Toby Junker, Seconday Sponsor Blue Senator Francis Eddy Harvey

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT

Title: Faster Isn't Better

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby enacts as follows:

Purpose: To increase the safety of those on the roads while weather could impair one's ability to drive.

Section 1 Short Title: This act shall be known and may be cited as the Faster Isn't Better Act.

Section 2 Definitions:

Buffer - A period of time in which counties will not have to pay the fine for being in violation of this bill.

County - A political and administrative division of state, providing certain local governmental services. Particularly the 67 regions of PA outlined in the state guidelines.

Ideal Road Conditions - Any state in which a driver's view of the road is completely unobstructed and where there is no residue from the weather.

Speed Limit - The maximum speed at which one is legally allowed to operate a vehicle on a given stretch of road.

Speeding - Driving at a faster speed than the posted speed limit.

Violation (Section 8) - Any posted speed limit sign that does not meet the requirements outlined in Section 4.

Weather Altered Road Conditions - Any state in which a weather related condition negatively impacts one's ability to safely operate a vehicle on the road.

Section 3 Effect:

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Every county in Pennsylvania is now required to list two speed limits on every speed limit poll, one for ideal road conditions and one for weather altered road conditions.

Section 4 Requirements:

Every speed limit poll must now have a speed limit for ideal road conditions, which will be posted in black font, and below it a speed limit for weather altered road conditions, will be posted in red font.

Section 5 Installation:

A plaque stating the weather altered speed limit will be installed onto each speed limit poll directly below the normal speed limit sign. The new plaque will be a third (1/3) of the height of the original sign and will have the same width. They will be made with the same material as the original sign. Each county in PA will be responsible for the installation of these plaques.

Section 6 Deciding New Speed Limits:

County governments will be responsible for determining speed limits for driving in weather altered road conditions.

Section 7 Enforcement:

The enforcement of this law will be the same as the enforcement of normal speeding violations. Drivers found in violation of the new speed limits will be subject to the same punishment as if they were speeding while driving in ideal road conditions.

Section 8 Penalties:

Counties will be fined One-Thousand dollars ($1,000) per violation. A violation for a given sign may be cited no more than once per month.

Section 9 Buffer:

Counties will be given a twelve (12) month buffer, beginning on the effective date of this bill, to update all speed limit signs.

Section 10 Funding:

Any funding needed for this bill will come from the annual county budget.

Section 11 Effective Date:

This Act shall take effect at the beginning of the year following the year of its passage.

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Blue Representative Bill # BH - 101 Committee: Blue House Aging & YouthDelegation: Obama AcademyAuthor(s): ZaDorian Lane, Secondary Sponsor Blue Seantor Sam Houser


Title: Bathrooms For Transgenders Act


Purpose: To mandate that all public schools in Pennsylvania have safe and accesible bathrooms for those who are transgender.

Section 1 Short Title: This act shall be known and may be cited as The Bathrooms For Transgenders Act.


Section 3 Provisions: Schools are legally required to have bathrooms specified for those who are transgender both male and female.

Section 4 Regulations: The current two types of bathrooms would remain the same, however they would be labled for those who are male or female transgender.

Section 5 Funding: The bill does not require funding.

Section 6 Enforcement: The Pennsylvania department of education shall have authority to regulate this act.

Section 6 Effective Date: This bill shall go into effect two years after passage.

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Blue Representative Bill # BH 102 Committee: Blue House Aging & YouthDelegation: Coventry Christian High SchoolAuthor(s): Ian Li, Secondary Sponsor Blue Senator David Curtin


Title: No playing around!


The purpose of this act is to consider the safety for the client and maintain order in the restaurant by stopping children or even some adult making big noises and running around to make others uncomfortable.

Section 1: Short Title: This Act shall be known and may be cited as Abolish the Childish Act.

Section 2:Definition.

noise:a sound, especially one that is loud or unpleasant or that causes disturbance.

order:the arrangement or disposition of people or things in relation to each other according to a particular sequence, pattern, or method.

child: The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the defines child as "a human being below the age of 18 years unless under the law applicable to the child

safety:the condition of being protected from or unlikely to cause danger, risk, or injury.

Uncomfortable: causing or feeling unease or awkwardness.

Section 3: the bill

Any people who make disorder in restaurant, like making big noises and running to others, are not allowed

Section 4: Penalties:

Any people who violates this bill, will first get a warning, if second time a people violates the law, him/she needs to pay fifty(50) precent more money of their consumption to the restaurant or even higher depend on how much disruption gets to the restaurant.

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Section 5: Funding:

There will be no funding needed.

Section 6: Effective date

This bill shall be effective one (1) year after passage.

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Blue Representative Bill # BH - 103 Committee: Blue House Aging & YouthDelegation: Philadelphia YMCA AchieversAuthor(s): Axel Martinez, Secondary Sponsor BLue Senator Alex Badillo


Title: Bully Registry Act


Pupose: To form a registry for those who acted as bullies and were prosecuted.

Section 1 Short Title: 3 Strike Act


Bullying: Use of force, threat, or coercion to abuse.

Strike:Hit forcibly and deliberately with one's hand or a weapon or other implement. Prosecute: continue with (a course of action) with a view to its completion.

Section 3 Regulations:

The offender will not be placed unto the list until they have been prosecuted three times. At the third strike the student go to a alternative school for one calendar year and be registered as a bully.

Section 4 Penalities:

The penalities will be $2000

Secion 5 Funding:

Any neccessary funding will come from the Pennsylvania Department of State.


September 1, 2016

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Blue Representative Bill # BH- 104 Committee: Blue House Aging & YouthDelegation: Springfield High SchoolAuthor(s): Isabelle Boles, Secondary Sponsor Blue Senator Ben Ascher


Title: No Need for Football


Bill Title: No Need for Football

PURPOSE: The purpose of this bill is to ban high school football in public schools to insure the well being of the developing teen brain.


Section 1: Short Title

This act will be known as the No Need for Football Act

Section 2: Definitions

Football-a form of team game played in North America with an oval ball on a field marked out as a gridiron.

Concussion-temporary unconsciousness caused by a blow to the head. The term is also used loosely of the aftereffects such as confusion or temporary incapacity.

Sports-an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes

against another or others for entertainment.

Section 3: Regulations

All public schools in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania will have to eliminate football from

the school’s list of sports.

Section 4: Funding

No funding is required

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Section 5: Penalties

If the ban is not enforced, the school will have half of its state funding taken away upon the first violation. After the second violation all of the school’s state funding will be taken away.

Section 6: Effective Date

The act shall be effective one (1) year from the date of passage

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Blue Representative Bill #BH - 105 Committee: Blue House Aging & YouthDelegation: Springfield High SchoolAuthor(s): Nicholas deQuevedo, Secondary Sponsor BLue Senator Matthew Clifford


Title: By By Collage Debt.


Section 1. The purpose of this bill, is to help people who are affected by their college debt.

Section 2. People who apply for the opportunity to decrease their college debt would be able to work off the remaining debt in a program that sets people up in part time community service jobs.

Section 3. The people should be allowed to chose from a list of jobs that fit their expertise.

Section 4. This would more time for younger individuals to excel in their current careers without being held back by large debts they owe.

Section 5. This bill will go into effect two years after the passage.

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Blue Representative Bill #106 Committee: Blue House Aging & YouthDelegation: Boyertown Junior High WestAuthor(s): Madison Aldred, Secondary Sponsor Blue Senator Lindsay Flack


Title: Sports over Physical Education


Purpose: The purpose of this bill is to decrease the amount of stress on student athletes during the school day.


This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Sports over Physcial Education" Act.


Student Athlete- A person formally engaged in learning at a public or private school who plays on a sports team for that school.

Physical Education-Systematic instructions in sports, exercises, and hygiene as a part of school.

Sports Season- A period of time where a person is engaged in a sport.

Section 3: Explanation

To decrease the amount of stress on student athletes the school must exempt any student athlete, grades 7-12, from participating in physical education during the sports seasons he or she plays for the school.

Section 4: Alternatives

If a student athlete takes a break in between the sports season or does not participate in a sport, then the student must join a physical education class.

Section 5: Doubling Up

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Student athletes have the option to participate in a physical education class as well as being involved in a sport at the same time.

Section 6: Open Periods

When the student starts their sport season, their gym period will then be replaced with a study hall.

Section 7: Funding

No funding is necessary for this bill.


The Department of Education will be enforcing this bill.


If a student does not participate in a sport or a physical education class, they will get a warning. If the student continues to not participate in either he or she will get detentions until they participate in either a sport or physical education class. As for the school, if they do not enforce this bill, they will have to pay $100 each month until they choose to enforce it.

Section 10: Effective Date:

This ball shall take effect on the first day of school, the following school year after the bill is passed.

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Blue Representative Bill #BH -107 Committee: Blue House Aging & YouthDelegation: Boyertown Area Senior HighAuthor(s): Sam Longacre, Secondary Sponsor Blue Senator Connor Sargent


Title: The Community Internship Act


Purpose: The purpose of this bill is to provide high school students with intership opprotunities in their communities.

Section 1 Short Title: This Act shall be known and may be cited as The Community Internship Act.

Section 2 Definitions: Business: A person, partnership, or corporation engaged in commerce, manufacturing, or a service.

Internship: An official or formal program to provide practical experience for beginners in an occupation or profession.

Employ: To hire or engage the services of a person or persons in a paid position or an unpaid internship.

Section 3 Procedure: Any business who employs a high school student part time or in an internship will recieve an income tax reduction for each student employed.

Section 4 Regulations: Businesses employing students will recive a one (1) percent income tax reduction for each student employed, with a maximum of a ten (10) percent tax reduction. Employment location must be confirmed by the school district of the student in order for the tax reduction to be received. The student must work at least 100 hours per year in order for the internship to count.

Section 5 Funding: Funding for this bill will come from a five (5) percent increase on the tax of cigarettes, e-cigarettes, vapes and alcohol.

Section 6 Effective Date: This bill will go into effect one (1) year after passage.

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Blue Representative Bill #BH -108 Committee: Blue House Aging & YouthDelegation: Boyertown Area Senior HighAuthor(s): Mary Sherpinsky, Secondary Sponsor Blue Senator Colin Black


Title: Certification of Emancipation


The purpose of this bill is to specify the laws for the Emancipation of Minors in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

The General Assembly of Pennsylvania hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1: Title

This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Certification of Emancipation” Act


Emancipation - the fact or process of being set free from legal, social, or political restrictions; liberation.

Minor - a person under the age of full legal responsibility.

Statute - a written law passed by a legislative body.

Section 3: Procedure

Set forth a law that will specifically set the requirements for being declared emancipated in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. This statute must include

A “Petition for Emancipation” availability to both a minor or a legal guardian

Court to review the minor’s situation and declare that he or she is self-supporting

Notification of the guardian of the minor

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Offer a testimony by current legal guardians to voice their support for emancipation or present arguments and evidence as to why the minor should not be emancipated

An equal testimony of the minor to offer their support for emancipation or present arguments and evidence as to why the minor should not be emancipated

Section 4: Funding

There is no funding needed.


Every case will be fully documented in complete detail. The judge will record his or her completion of the requirements of this act. Minutes will be taken of each testimony, and court hearing that is apparent to the case. Cases shall be tried in a District court. All certified court judges must acquaint themselves with the newly set requirements of a minor emancipating themselves


This bill will take effect six (6) months after the passage of the bill.

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Blue Representative Bill #BH -109 Committee: Blue House Aging & YouthDelegation: Boyertown Junior High WestAuthor(s): Samara Rayco, Secdondary Sponsor Blue Senator Lindsay Flack


Title: Stop the Standards Act


PURPOSE: to reduce the stress levels and increase the education of students within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.


SECTION 1: Short Title: This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Stop the Standards” Act

SECTION 2: DEFINITIONS

Standardized Test- any single form (written or electronic) of a large-scale test mandated by the Pennsylvania Department of Education, or individual school districts, requiring all test takers to answer the same format. This includes a set of assessments that test on major subjects.

State Administered Standardized Tests- TerraNova, Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSAs), Pennsylvania Alternative System of Assessment (PASAs), Scholastic Aptitude Test (SATs), American College Test (ACTs), and the Keystone Exams.

Public School- a district consisting of various levels of schools that are administered together publicly.

School Year- the period of time school is in session for a given public school district per six (6) months.

Elementary School- kindergarten through grade five (5).

Middle School- grades sixth (6) through eighth (8).

High School- grades ninth (9) through twelfth (12).

SECTION 3 Funding:

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All necessary funding will come from the current budget allocated towards standardized testing.

SECTION 4 Procedure:

Public school districts will be required by the Department of Education to reduce standardized tests taken throughout the school year to two (2) standardized test per school semester. A public school district is not required to administer any such assessment after one (1) standardized test since it is considered optional, but not mandatory. Currently there areThis bill will administer the Pennsylvania System of State Assessments for the third (3) through eighth (8) grade, also including the eleventh (11). The Keystone Exams for grades ninth (9) and tenth (10).

SECTION 5 Penalties:

If any public school district tries to deny this bill, they will pay a fine of $1,000 per year in addition to the payment of their test booklets.

SECTION 6 Effective Date:

This bill shall take effect two (2) school years after passage.

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Blue Representative Bill # BH-110 Committee: Blue House Aging & YouthDelegation: Boyertown YMCAAuthor(s): Maggierose Cave, Secondary Sponsor Blue Senator Evan Giannetti


Title: Dependent Alert


PURPOSE: The purpose of this bill is to save the lives of all dependents, minor or not by providing the opportunity for an amber alert to be sent out in the case of an emergency involving the safety or wellbeing of the dependent.

SECTION 1 Short Title: This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Dependent Alert Act.

SECTION 2 Definitions:

Amber Alert- an emergency response system that disseminates information about a missing person (usually a child), by media broadcasting or electronic roadway signs.

Dependent - any person who relies on someone or something for support or aid may include a child, mentally unstable adult or other.

Emancipation - when a minor has achieved independence from his or her parents.

Minor - someone under the age of eighteen.

SECTION 3 Qualifications:

1. Law enforcement confirms an abduction.

2. Risk of serious bodily injury or death.

3. Sufficient descriptive information

4. Person is a dependent over the age of eighteen, or a minor whether legally emancipated or not.

SECTION 4 Enforcement:

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This Act will be enforced by the Pennsylvania State Police Department.

SECTION 5 Funding:

Funding for this Act will come from the already existing funds from the U.S. Department of Justice.


Penalties for misuse of this system will include a $500 fine.

Penalties for failure to provide alert for someone who meets all the above criteria will result in immediate dismissal.


This bill will go into effect six months after passage.

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Blue Representative Bill # BH 200 Committee: Blue House Communications & TechnologyDelegation: Butler YMCA

Author(s): Justin Ellis, Secondary Sponsor Blue Senator Sarah Montag


Title: Color Blind, No Problem


PURPOSE: To ensure that all people in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania have a safe driving environment.

Section 1 Short Title: This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Color Blind, No Problem Act.


Standard Traffic Light Devices: A set of automatically operated colored circular lights, colored red, yellow, and green, used for controlling traffic.

Inverted Triangle: An equilateral triangle with the point facing down, the same as a yield sign.

Modified Traffic Light Devices: A set of automatically operated colored lights of varying shapes for different colors, used for directing traffic. The shapes are circle for green, an inverted triangle for yellow, and an octagon for red.

Color Blind: The partial or total inability to distinguish one or more chromatic colors, present in 1 in 13 males and 1 in 20 females.

Faceplate: An attachment that converts Standard Traffic Light Devices to Modified Traffic Light

Devices using cutouts in the shape designated for each color.

Municipality: A section of a county including townships, cities, and boroughs.

Running a Red Light: The illegal act of driving through an intersection when the Traffic Light indicates to stop.

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Section 3 Traffic Light Improvement:

This act shall require the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania through the Department of Transportation to convert all Standard Traffic Light Devices that are currently in use to Modified Traffic Light Devices by the addition of a faceplate. This will happen within a two (2) year period of the passage of this bill.

Section 4 Traffic Light Replacement:

Any Standard Traffic Light Device that needs to be replaced in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania will have a faceplate either installed or built into the Traffic Light before the Traffic Light Device shall be installed. This will be in effect following this bill going into effect.

Section 6 Advertisement:

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation will be responsible for making the new traffic light faceplate shapes know to the public how it deems to be fit. This could include, but is not limited to, a pamphlet, radio advertisment, or TV commercial.


Any municipality that does not install a faceplate or Modified Traffic Light Devices as described in Section 3 and 4 will be fined $1000 per device per quarter if they are not installed within the above stated two (2) year period.

Section 7 Funding:

The funding for this act will come from the existing fund for repair and replacement of traffic lights, however new traffic lights will be manufactured so they will have the improved faceplate already installed. These funds are already supplied by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. Any other necessary funds will come from the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.


This act shall go into effect one (1) year after passage.

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Blue Representative Bill # BH - 201 Committee: Blue House Communications & TechnologyDelegation: Springfield High School

Author(s): Katherine Nelson, Secondary Sponsor Blue Senator Frances Madeira


Title: Save the Puppies


PURPOSE: To require all dogs purchased from a pet store in the state of Pennsylvania to be microchipped in order to lower the number of dogs in shelters.

Section 1: Short Title Save the Puppies


Microchip:A chip (about 12mm) injected beneath the surface of an animal’s skin between the shoulder blades. The process is similar to a routine shot, takes only a few seconds, and the pet will not react any more than he would to a vaccination.

Animal Plant and Health Inspection Service (APHIS): An agency of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) responsible for protecting animal health, animal welfare, and plant health.

Section 3: Procedure: Before the puppy is sold from a Pennsylvania licensed pet store, it must receive a microchip. The microchip will be injected by a veterinarian when the puppy is 6-8 weeks old.

Section 5: Funding: This will cost between $25 and $45 and the cost will be added on to the cost of the animal. Section 6: Penalties: If a store is selling puppies that are not microchipped they will be charged $5,000 per offence. Section 7: Enforcement: The APHIS will enforce this law, by adding this requirement to other requirements already enforced on pet stores. Section 8: Effective Date: This bill will take effect one year after passage.

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Blue Representative Bill # BH - 202 Committee: Blue House Communications & TechnologyDelegation: Springfield High School

Author(s): Charles Rittenhouse, Secondary Sponsor Blue Senator Brianna Vetter


Title: No More Harmful Horns


Purpose: To ban the use of traffic sounds during PA radio commercials, preventing the distraction which the way pose for drivers.



This act shall be known and may be cited as the No More Harmful Horns.


Traffic Sounds-Any tire screech, car horn, or sirens meant to replicate a noise created by traffic or automobile use.

Helpline-A telephone service providing help with problems.

DMV-Department of Motor Vehicles

FCC-Federal Communication Commission


A Helpline will be created for concerned citizens who believe that a noise heard in a commercial replicates a traffic sound. This concern will then be relayed to the DMV, where workers will decide on whether or not the sound constitutes a concern, and they will then relay their thoughts to the Federal Communications Commission. A notice will then be given to the radio station or company who featured the sound, and they will be told what the benefits of removing the sound would be. Radio stations and companies which comply will then receive the benefits listed under the penalties section.

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Section 4: Funding

Advertisement for the Helpline will be placed on empty billboards which are currently waiting for another advertisement. In exchange for allowing the PA government to use the billboard, the company will be given a tax break. The task answering of phones voicing concerns over traffic sounds will be given to currently employed personnel at the PA DMV, meaning that the hiring of additional employees is not required. Any other costs of this bill can be handled by the over $300 million budget of the FCC, which is maintained by regulatory fees.


There is no penalty for not abiding by the recommendation of the government to remove the ad, but incentives will be created for radio stations and commercials who comply. Radio stations and companies which remove the harmful sounds from their ads will receive a tax break, and a certification from the FCC which streamlines the process of renewing broadcast licenses, and the reduction of the regulatory fees typically given by the FCC.


This bill will go into effect two years after passage.

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Blue Representative Bill # BH 203 Committee: Blue House Communications & TechnologyDelegation: Sewickly Valley YMCA

Author(s): LV McCoy, Secondary Sponsor Blue Senator Brook Stanley


Title: Keyboard Act


Definitions:

The school shall provide a closed network for trusted students and they must sign and their parent/guardian a legal contract. This bill is meant to let our generation further their interest beyond the basic firewall of the school. It is also to allow students to have a superior computer science class in an attempt to prevent students from learning in the wrong environment may lead them to possible wrongdoing. This bill is also meant to help with growing job opportunities needed in Cyber Security. The school shall have 12 months to recognise this request.

Enforcers :

The Pennsylvania Department of Education shall oversee and enforce this act

Procedure:

The Department of Education shall supply 3 computers to each public school. And renew the computers every 3 years.

Funding:

This bill shall be funded by the Pennsylvania Department of Education

Effective Date:

This act will go into effect the next school year

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Blue Representative Bill # BH - 204 Committee: Blue House Communications & TechnologyDelegation: Somerset High School

Author(s): Andy Huang, Secondary Sponsor Blue Senator Willis Walker


Title: Pennsylvania Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2016


Purpose:

To decrease the amount of crime committed on the internet in Pennsylvania

Section One: Short Title

Pennsylvania Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2016

Section Two: Definitions

Cybercrime – All types of crime committed by the use of the Internet and or a computer network.

Section Three: Provisions

The Department of Pennsylvania Cyber Security will be created to search the Internet for any cyber crimes committed. The department will also handle all cybers crimes reported from the Commonwealth. All crimes will be punished according to Pennsylvania law. The department headquarters will be located at the state capital Harrisburg. All employees of the department will be hired with a minimum requirement of a bachelor' degreee in computer science, information technology, or any computer related field.

Section Four: Funding

The bills funding will come from the state tax increase of .05% from 6% sales tax to a 6.05% sales

tax.

Section Five: Effective Date

This bill will be in effect three years after passage.

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Blue Representative Bill #BH - 205 Committee: Blue House Communications & TechnologyDelegation: Boyertown Area Senior High

Author(s): Jimmy Towers, Secondary Sponsor Blue Senator Connor Sargent


Title: Shot Clock Act


PURPOSE: The purpose of this bill is to make all high school basketball teams in Pennsylvania have a shot clock.


SECTION 1: Short Title

This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Shot Clock” Act

SECTION 2: Definitions

Basketball- a game played between two teams of five players in which goals are scored by throwing a ball

through a netted hoop fixed above end of the court

Basketball- inflated ball used in the game of basketball

PIAA- Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association

Shot clock- used in basketball, a timer designed to increase the game’s pace.

The offensive team must attempts field goal before the shot clock expires.

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SECTION 3: Plan

Currently only eight states across the nation use a shot clock for high school basketball games. There will be a 45 second shot clock in PIAA, compared to the 24 second in NBA and 35 second in NCAA. With a force of a shot clock in the PIAA, it will increase the pace of the game, and make players and coaches think strategically about the game. It will also prepare any student-athletes who decide to further their basketball career at the collegiate level.

SECTION 4: Funding

Funding for this bill will come from a shot clock(s) that cost $1,200 to $1,800 per school for buying two clocks, according to PIAA.

SECTION 5: Enforcement

This act will be enforced by the PIAA

SECTION 6: Effective Date

This bill shall take effect one year after its passage

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Blue Representative Bill #BH -206 Committee: Blue House Communications & TechnologyDelegation: Knoch High School

Author(s): Rachael Wittmer, Secondary Sponsor Blue Senator Jacob Love


Title: Mandatory Radon Testing Act


PURPOSE: To require public schools to inspect for the presence of radon gas and to prepare management plans designed to reduce radon levels to comply with the EPA standard.

SECTION 1 Short Title: This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Mandatory Radon Testing Act.


Radon: a naturally occurring but highly dangerous carcinogen.

EPA standard: 4PCi/L

Original Inspection: first test for the presence of radon gas

Employee Organizations: anyone employed by a public school

Licensed Professionals: qualified and trained persons with radon experience and expertise.

SECTION 3 Regulations:

All public schools will be required to perform an original inspection to determine whether high levels of radon are present and then reinspect area for high levels of radon every three (3) years. A radon gas management plan must be developed, maintained, updated and made available at the school for the publice. The school must provide yearly notification to parent, teacher, and employee organizations on the accessibility of the school's radon gas plan and any radon related action taken and/or planned within the school. The school must designate a contact person to ensure the responsibilties of the public school district are properly implemented and who will perform periodic surveillance of known or suspected areas containing high radon levels. In addition, the school must a licensed professional perform inspections and take responsive actions if necessary. Custodial staff must also be provided with radan awareness training.

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SECTION 4 Penalty:

If the school fails to complete a radon gas management plan, a decrease of 5% of the school's budget every three (3) years that the radon level is not checked or recorded.

SECTION 5 Funding:

Any necessary funding will come from the Department of Education.


This act shall go take effect one (1) year after its passage.

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Blue Representative Bill #BH 207 Committee: Blue House Communications & TechnologyDelegation: Boyertown Area Senior High

Author(s): Chad Gamler, Secondary Sponsor Blue Senator Colin Black


Title: Legalize Leashed Tracking Dogs


PURPOSE: The purpose of this bill is to legalize leashed tracking dogs to track legally wounded or killed big game animals.


Section 1: Tracking Dog Act

Section 2: Leashed tracking dog: Any dog that is licensed for tracking, has a leash on while tracking, and uses scent to track wounded killed animals. Big game animals: Any white-tailed deer, black bear, or elk in Pennsylvania. Legally wounded or killed: Any animal that is wounded or killed in its respective season and the shooter holds the proper license.

Section 3: Legally allow the use of leashed tracking dogs to track big game animals in an attempt to recover the legally killed or wounded big game animal. This act will affect all seasons with big game animals in them.

Section 4: There are no known costs, if any costs arise it will be funded by the PA Game Commision Department.

Section 5: This act will be enforced and regulated by the Game Commision Department.

Section 6: The handler of any dog that is not leashed or licensed will receive a $500 penalty for the first offense. Any additional offense will result in another $500 fine and the loss of the handlers tracking and hunting license.

Section 7: This bill will take effect 1 year after passage.

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Blue Representative Bill #BH - 208 Committee: Blue House Communications & TechnologyDelegation: Boyertown Area Senior High

Author(s): kelli ritter, Secondary Sponsor Blue Senator Connor Sargent


Title: Anti-Drone Hunting and Fishing


Purpose: To ban the use of a drone for hunting and fishing purposes, that would involve tracking and harvesting the animal.

Section 1 Short Title: This Act shall be known and may be cited as the ADFH Act.


Drones - unmanned aerial vehicle that is remote control operated, often with multiple motors and could have a mounted camera on it used to scout out an area

Tracking - stalking an animal and following it's movement

Harvesting - catch or kill animal for human consumption or use

Section 3 Anti-Drones:

Drones are being used to scout out and harvest animals, using unmanned flying objects with cameras attached to spot and target the animal, or to spook game in your favor.


The bill will be enforced by the Pennsylvania Fish and Game Commission.

Section 5 Funding:

There is no funding needed for this bill, if any funding came up the Pennsylvania Fish and Game Commission would fund it.


The Pennsylvania Fish and Game Commission would enforce responsibilites and regulations for

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this bill.

Section 7 Penalites:

Anyone found using a drone for hunting and fishing will be fine $300, if found more than once using a drone they will pay a fine of $850 and must give up drone to the Pennsylvania Fish and Game Commision.

Section 8 Effective:

This bill shall go into effect one (1) year after the date of passage.

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Blue Represenative Bill #BH - 209 Committee: Blue House Communications & TechnologyDelegation: Knoch High School

Author(s): Amy Steedle, Prim Sponsor Rep. Rachel Wittmer, Secondary -Blue Sen. Sydney Klabnik


Title: Reading the Signs: Communication is the Key


Purpose: To offer American Sign Language (ASL) classes in all public high schools

Section 1: Short title: Reading the Signs


American Sign Language: a form of sign language developed in the US and used also in English speaking parts of Canada

Public School: a school supported by public funds

Foreign Language Department: a group of courses within a school that are focused around the instruction of foreign languages, including, but not being limited to: French, Spanish, German, Russian, Latin, and Mandarin Chinese.

State College: a college that is financially supported by a state government, often specializes in a branch of technical or professional education, and often forms part of the state university.

Section 3: Plan: It will be required by all public schools to offer an ASL class within each school’s curriculum. The class will simply be added to the foreign language department the school already has. Thus, each school will have the power to determine how the class will be instructed (semester, full-year, online, etc).

Section 4: Penalty: Any school that does not follow this bill will have its funding cut by 2% every year it does not offer the class (unless it is proven that the school does not have adequate funding).

Section 5: Funding: the Pennsylvania Department of Education will cover any and all costs.

Section 6: Effective Date: This bill will go into effect ten (10) school years following the passage of

this bill to allow time for schools to get organized and to allow future teachers to go through college

education that will further support ASL instruction.

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Blue Representative Bill # BH 210 Committee:Blue House Communications & TechDelegation: Springfield High SchoolAuthor(s): Amanda Staroba, Secondary Sponsor Blue Senator Annabelle Welch


Title: Let the Fish Live Act


Bill Title: Let the Fish Live Act

PURPOSE: The purpose of this bill is to prohibit the sale of certain personal care products that contain plastic microbeads in Pennsylvania.



This act will be known as Let the Fish Live Act.


Person- An individual, business, or other entity.

Personal care product- An article intended to be rubbed, poured, sprinkled, or sprayed on, introduced to, or otherwise applied to, the human body or any part thereof for cleansing, beautifying, promoting attractiveness, or altering the appearance, and an article intended for use as a component of that type of article.

Plastic microbead- An intentionally added solid plastic particle measuring five millimeters or less in every dimension.

Promotional- Promotional material, events, or ideas are designed to increase the sales of a product or service.


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A person shall not sell or offer, for promotional purposes, in this state any personal care products containing plastic microbeads that are used to exfoliate or cleanse in a rinse-off product, including, but not limited to, toothpaste.

Section 4: Funding

The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture will put forward the funding for a representative to periodically visit the persons in Pennsylvania that produce products involving microbeads.


A person who has violated the regulations is liable for a civil penalty not to exceed two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) per day for each violation.


The act shall be effective one (1) year from the day it is passed.

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Blue Representative Bill#BH -300 Committee: Blue House Consumer ProtectionDelegation: Butler YMCAAuthor(s): Jenna Lauther, Primary Sponsor Blue Rep Eric Manny, Secondary Sponsor Blue Senator Sarah Montag


Title: Back the Truck Up Act


Purpose: To prevent further pollution in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby enacts as

follows:


This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Back the Truck Up Act.


Driver: One who has a legal license to drive a motor vehicle.

Fuel: A product used to power a motor vehicle.

Emissions: Chemicals produced when using fuel to power a motor vehicle.

SECTION 3: Requirements

Every registered motor vehicle in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania must have an

emission test preformed at the vehicles regular inspection. The emission level must

be as follows: all passenger cars and trucks that weigh less than or equal to six

thousand (6,000) pounds must have a carbon monoxide emission percentage less

than or equal to two and a half (2.5) percent. All trucks weighing more than six

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thousand (6,000) pounds to nine thousand (9,000) pounds must have a carbon

monoxide emission percentage less than or equal to three and a half (3.5) percent.

Any trucks or passenger cars weighing more than nine thousand (9,000) pounds

must have a carbon monoxide emission percentage less than or equivalent to four

and a half (4.5) percent.

SECTION 4: Penalties

If any registered driver in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania fails to have any

registered passenger car or truck registered once per year, the offender shall have to

pay a fine of five thousand dollars ($5,000). All vehicles that produce unlawful

emission amounts upon the passage of this bill will be impounded and sold for scrap.

SECTION 5: Funding

This Act shall be funded by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.


This Act will go into effect six (6) months after enactment.

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Blue Representative Bill #BH 301 Committee: Blue House Consumer ProtectionDelegation: Obama AcademyAuthor(s): Ben King, Secondary Sponsor BLue Senator Francis Eddy Harvey


Title: Judicial Impartiality Act


PURPOSE: To reduce outside influences on the courts of the Commonwealth by changing the method of selecting judges

Section 1 Short Title: This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Judicial Impartiality Act.


Resident- meeting one or more of the following criteria: renting, leasing, or owning property in Pennsylvania which you use as your primary residence and/or paying Pennsylvania state and local taxes and/or possessing a current Pennsylvania driver’s license and/or being registered to vote in Pennsylvania

Felony- crime punishable by capital punishment or imprisonment of more than one year.

Consent- a majority of the entire membership of the Senate voting in favor of confirmation

SECTION 3 Ammendment: This act will ammend the Constitution of the Commonweath of Pennsylvania as follows: Replace Article V Sections 13-15 with the following two sections:

SECTION 13 Appointments: All Magisterial District Judges, Courts of Common Pleas Judges, Philadelphia Municipal Court Judges, Commonwealth Court Judges, Superior Court Justices, and Supreme Court Justices in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania will be appointed by the Governor of Pennsylvania, with the advice and consent of the Pennsylvania Senate. If the Senate fails to give consent after voting, the Governor must nominate another qualified candidate. If a vacancy occurs when the Senate is not in session, the Governor may appoint a qualified person to serve in the position on a provisional basis until the Senate is next in session.

SECTION 14 Qualifications: In order to be nominated for a judicial appointment, a candidate must be a member of the Bar of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. They must also be a citizen of the United States. They must have been a resident of the Commonwealth for the five years before their appointment, and maintain residency throughout their time in the position. They must not have been

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convicted of a felony, currently on probation, or have any outstanding fines or warrants in any jusisdiction in Pennsylvania or any other state. Once appointed, they must not hold any other office of trust or profit for the Commonwealth. All judges of the Commonwealth serve in good behavior, until impeachment, resignation, or death. When judges reach the age of seventy (70) years old, they must submit their resignation.

SECTION 5 Funding: Minimal funding shall be provided from the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts.

SECTION 6 Effective Date: This bill will become effective immediately after passage. All judges and justices currently serving shall have their terms extended according to the terms defined in Section 14 of the ammended Constitution.

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Blue Representative Bill # BH 302 Committee: Blue House Consumer ProtectionDelegation: Springfield High SchoolAuthor(s): Justin Hill, Secondary Sponsor Blue Senator Frances Madeira


Title: Shooting for Sanitation


PURPOSE: To purchase miniature basketball hoops and backboards for every public trashcan in the state, in the hopes of encouraging more people to throw their trash away.



This act shall be known and may be cited as the Shooting for Sanitation Act.


Trashcan - A bin used to collect people's used waste products.

Miniature Basketball Hoop - A miniature sized, hard plastic replica of a basketball rim and backboard, with an attatched cotton net.

Section 3: Procedures

Each township is responsible for calculating the number of trashcans in their township. They will then order from a contracted mini basketball hoop company to fit their paticular needs. Section 4: FundingIt will be funded by loitering fees, and any surplus cost will be covered by township governments. Section 5: PenaltiesThe respective governments of each township will be fined for every trashcan that doen't have an attatched basketball hoop. Section 7: Effective DateThis bill will go into effect after six (6) months after passage.

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Blue Representative Bill #BH - 303 Committee: Blue House Consumer ProtectionDelegation: Springfield High SchoolAuthor(s): Emma Lindsay, Seconadary Sponsor


Title: Retest Referees


AN ACT

PURPOSE: To make all sports referees in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania take a vision test and hearing test before each sport season, as well as a recertification test.


Section 1 Short Title: This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Retest Referees Act.


Referee: an official who watches a game or match closely to ensure that the rules are adhered to and (in some sports) to arbitrate on matters arising from the play.

Section 3 First Function:

Upon passage of this Act, all sports referees in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania will take a vision and hearing test before each sport season, as well as a recertification test. This will ensure that the sport being played is being played by the rules and being played fair.

Section 4:

This bill will be put into effect one year after its passage.

Section 5 Funding:

The recertification test will be personally funded by the referees. The eyesight and hearing tests will also be personally funded, as most insurance covers it.

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Blue Representative Bill #BH 304 Committee: Blue House Consumer ProtectionDelegation: Boyertown YMCAAuthor(s): Robert Cavalari, Secondary Sponsor Blue Senator Evan Giannetti


Title: Lunch Time Anytime


Purpose: The purpose of this bill is to enable students to eat any type of food or beverage at any time during school.

Section 1 Short Title: This Act shall be known and may be cited as The Lunch Time Anytime Act.


Food: material consisting essentially of protein, carbohydrate, and fat used in the body of an organism to sustain growth, repair, and vital processes and to furnish energy.

Beverage: a drinkable liquid

Student: a person who attends a school, college, or university

School: an organization that provides instruction

Lab Experiment: a scientific test in which you perform a series of actions and carefully observe their effects in order to learn about something.

Chicken Parm Defense: an governed organization that will be created in the making of this bill. That will hold schools liable to carry out the following details in this bill and are taken into account as the enforcement.

Janitors: a person employed in an apartment house, office building, school, etc., to clean the public areas, remove garbage, and do minor repairs; caretaker

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Section 3 Description: This bill will allow any students to be able to eat or drink in class without having to worry about getting in any type of trouble with the teacher and will allow more freedom in schools with strict policies. This will benefit the schools by the increase of use of the school provided vending machines. This will also teach the students how to be more responsible and clean up after themselves.

Section 4 Funding: The funding for the extra janitorial services and the extra school provided food assistance work will be transferred through the Chicken Parm Defense and by the school administration.

Section 5 Punishments: The penalties for violations of this bill will be determined by the school administration or will be determined by the Chicken Parm Defense. Although if the school administratio stays with their strict policies even after being warned. Then the school administration will be largely fined by the Chicken Parm Defense.

Section 6 Exceptions: The exceptions towards this bill are if a student in the class has food allergies that are extremely sensitive towards certain types of foods, beverages, or ingredient. Then the teachers have to have a record of students and what they are allergic to. Another exception to this bill is if the class is conducting lab experimentations to hold caution towards the material that is being conducted in the experiment.

Section 7 Effective Date: This bill will go into effect one (1) after passage.

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Blue Representative Bill #BH- 305 Committee: Blue House Consumer ProtectionDelegation: Springfield High SchoolAuthor(s): Cameron Callands, Secondary Sponsor Blue Senator George Baughan


Title: Bicycle State Tax Break For Commuters Who Bike Ride To Work


Purpose:To offer a tax break to residence of PA who purchase a bike an use it for work commuting allowing for healthier employees and decrease in pollution.

SECTION 1 SHORT TITLE:This act shall be known and be cited as Biking Tax Break for PA Residents.

SECTION 2 DEFINTION:

Bicycle - any two or three wheel vechical with pedals and hanlel bars that dose not have a motor.

Tax Break- a savings to a tax payer through deduction or credit.

Commuters- any person who travels to a place of employment.

Work - mental or physical effort done in a place that provides wages to its employees.

SECTION 3 TERMS:

PA resisdents must purchase bike and sign a waver at the purchase that bike will be used for commuting to work.

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PA resisdent must calculate how much gas they use weekly when traveling to work by car so they know how much gas is no longer being emitted into the air decreasing polloution footprint.

Employee submits forms to Human Resources advising they are commuting by bike for work so they can recieve the tax break at the end of the year.

Employer will allow employees to log there weekly travel by bike to and from work

At the end of the year PA resisdent can submit there total travel time by bike and gas saved by not driving to work. This would determine the resisdents PA tax credit that year.

SECTION 4 PENALTIES and ENFORCEMENT:

If PA employee enters false bike travel information they will not be given a tax break.

If bicycle is changed to include a motor the PA employee is no longer eligable for a tax break.

If PA emlpoyee does not enter weekly travel information they will not be given a tax break.

If PA resident that is employed breaks any of the above rules they must wait until the following new year to register and be eligable for the Bike Tax Break.

SECTION 5 FUNDING:

2% Sales Taxes from PA gas stations

2% Sales Taxes from any PA store that sells bicycles

2% Sales Taxes from PA corperations

SECTION 6 DATA EFFECTIVE:

This legislation will go into effect at the beginning of the new year following the bills passage.

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Blue Representative Bill #BH - 306 Committee: Blue House Consumer ProtectionDelegation: Springfield High SchoolAuthor(s): Gwyneth Cooney, Secondary Sponsor Blue Senator Ben Ascher


Title: Drill Bill


Purpose: to establish the number of drills to be practiced per year in the Commonwealth

Section 1 Short Title: This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Drill Bill Act


Fire Drill: a practice of an emergency procedures to use in case of a fire

Lock Down Drill: lockdown drills are means of practicing prepardness in the event of an intruder

Severe Weather Drill: In case of severe weather, in which the inhhabitants of the building find shelter

Evacuation Drill: a practice of leaving a building to a nearby safe place in case of an emergency

Section 3 Fire Drills:

All Pennsylvania pre, elementary, and middle schools will be required to practice one fire drill each month of the school year. All Pennsylvania high schools will be required to conduct two fire drills per school year

Section 4 Lock Down Drills

All Pennsylvania pre, elementary, and middle schools will be required to practice one lockdown drill each month of the school year. All Pennsylvania high schools will be required to conduct one lockdown drill per school year

Section 5 Severe Weather Drills

All Pennsylvania pre, elementary, and middle schools will be required to practice one severe weather drill each month of the school year. All Pennsylvania high schools will be required to

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conduct one severe weather drill per school year

Section 6 Evacuation Drills

All Pennsylvania pre, elementary, and middle schools will be required to practice three evacuation drills three evacuation drills a year. All Pennsylvania high schools will be required to conduct one evacuation drill per school year

Section 7 Guidelines

All drills shall be conducted according to Pennsylvania state guidlines. The principal of each public school in the Commonwealth shall keep a record of when each drill was conducted. This record shall be filed and copied to the Superintendent of the school district as well.

Section 8 Funding

There is no funding for this bill

Section 9 Effective Date

This act shall go into place one year after passage

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Blue Representative Bill #BH 307 Committee: Blue House Consumer ProtectionDelegation: Springfield High SchoolAuthor(s): Joe Dolan, Secondary Sponsor BLue Senator Evan Garber


Title: Suns Out Guns Out


PURPOSE: To provide the right to bear arms to students on state affiliated university campuses who are of 21 years of age or older, and have passed state regulated mental health exams.



This act shall be known and may be cited as the Suns Out, Guns Out Act


Mental Health- A person’s condition with regard to their psychological and emotional well-being.

University- An institution of learning of the highest level, having a college of liberal arts and a program of graduate studies together with several professional schools, as of theology, law, medicine, and engineering, and authorized to confer both undergraduate and graduate degrees.

Exam- A medical test of a specific kind.

Sidearm- A weapon worn at a person's side, such as a pistol or other small firearm


All state affiliated universities within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania will allow students 21 years of age or older, and who have passed state regulated mental health exams to carry a sidearm. This sidearm must be fully concealed as the owner sees fit. The owner must have a permit to own such a weapon. The Commonwealth will not supply this sidearm, and must be bought by the owner. If the weapon is used for defense the university’s head or director of public safety must submit a report to the local police department that either justifies the use of the weapon, or does not.

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Section 4: Funding

This bill does not require funding.


Any school that violates this act will be penalized with a 5% reduction in endowments by the Pennsylvania Department of Education.


This act will come into effect 1 year after its passage.

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Blue Representative Bill #BH 308 Committee: Blue House Consumer ProtectionDelegation: Springfield High SchoolAuthor(s): Lilly Basgall, Secondary Sponsor Blue Senator Ben Ascher


Title: Education Connection Protection


PURPOSE: Protect school students and personnel from people who may put their safety at risk.

SECTION 1: Short Title: This act shall be known and may be cited as the Education Connection Protection Act.


School Personnel: Anyone who is employed by a school in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Security screening: A body screening performed using a body scanner wand and analysed by a trained guard

Potentially harmful device: Any object with the ability to be used to injure oneself or another person

Guard: a person who keeps watch and enforces rules

Security Wand: A handheld electronic device, often shaped like a rod, that is used for security purposes to detect metal.

SECTION 3: Procedure

Upon entering a school any one considered a visitor to the school will be required to go through the process of being screened by a guard with a security wand. Once scanning is complete the guard on duty will confiscate any potentially harmful devices and determine whether or not the visitor is a threat based on the scan. If the guard deems the visitor a threat he may ask the visitor to leave, or use force to make them leave. The guard will be on duty during all hours that school and extracurricular activities are in session, including sporting events, shows, dances, etc. This does not include events taking place in the building that are not related to the school.

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Section: 4 Process

Potential visitors will be required to schedule appointments with the attendance office before visiting. Visitors will be required to use the entrance closest to the guard with the wand. There will be only one entrance that visitors can use. The visitor will then undergo the scanning process. Once the scanning process is completed the guard will then deem if the visitor is a threat. In the event of a wand that is malfunctioning, visitors will either be asked to reschedule an appointment to visit the school or submit to a pat down by the guard.

Section 5: Guard Selection

Schools will be required to hire a security guard. Individual schools will select their security guard.

Section 6: Guard training

Once a school has selected a guard said guard will have to attend a course on how to accurately read a body scanner. Guards will undergo trying to learn how to accurately perform a pat down. Guards will have to undergo any standardized training that faculty members undergo.


One (1) year after this bill takes effect members of Pennsylvania's Department of Education will visit the schools. If the procedure and process laid forth by the Education Connection Protection Act is not followed then the school not following the protocol will be penalized. This process will continue; at least once a year representatives may come on any day of the year without warning.


If the procedure and process laid forth by the Education Connection Protection Act is not followed then an investigation will follow. If the guard is deemed incompetent then the guard will be fired and the school district will have to hire a new guard. If the administration is blocking the use of the body scanner then that district will be fined $100 per month without a guard.

SECTION 6: Funding

The yearly salary of the guard will be paid for by the state. All security wands will be paid for by the

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state. The classes guards must take will be provided by the state. Any repairs or replacements of security wands needed will be paid for by the state.

SECTION 7: Effective date

This bill will come into effect one (1) year after passage.

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Blue Representative Bill #BH 309 Committee: Blue House Consumer ProtectionDelegation: Springfield High SchoolAuthor(s): Eliana Colzani, Secondary Sponsor Blue Senator George Baughan


Title: Unrestricted Restrooms


BILL TITLE: Unrestricted Restrooms

PURPOSE: To ensure safety and equality of all students in restroom facilities

SECTION 1 Short Title: This Act shall be known as and may be cited as the Unrestricted Restrooms Act


Public School- A school funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Restroom- A room containing a sink and toilet for use in a public building

Gender Neutral Space- A space that is available to any person regardless of gender identification or sex.

Gender Identity- One's innermost concept of self as male, female, a blend of both or neither – how individuals perceive themselves and what they call themselves. One's gender identity can be the same or different from their sex assigned at birth.

Gender Expression- External appearance of one's gender identity

SECTION 3 Terms:

This Act requires that every public school in Pennsylvania designate at least one single-user, lockable restroom as gender neutral for student use. This restroom must be visibly marked with clear signage, indicating that it is open to anyone regardless of gender identity or expression. The restroom must be located in an area that is accessible to students at all times during school hours.

SECTION 4 Restrictions:

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Schools may not require any student to use this restroom.


The Pennsylvania Department of Education will enforce this bill.

SECTION 6 Funding:

Any money necessary for renovations or signage will be funded by the Pennsylvania Department of Education. Additional funding for construction of restrooms will be provided by penalties found in section 7. Amount of funding necessary will vary school to school depending on the school's level of construction needed. Each school must submit a proposal of construction and budget before receiving funding.


If a school fails to comply in the time given, it risks losing federal Title IX funding and will pay a fine to the state of no less than $10,000 per year until the school complies.

SECTION 8 Date Effective:

Schools will have one year to comply after passage. Schools may be granted an extension of one additional year with documentation detailing the need for construction/renovations to become compliant.

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Blue Representative Bill # BH- 310 Committee: Blue House Consumer ProtectionDelegation: Butler YMCAAuthor(s): Eric Manny, Secondary Sponsor Blue Senator Zach Milbert


Title: Stripping the Fog


Purpose: To improve student safety in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania


Section 1: Title

This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Stripping the Fog Act.


Bus- a large automobile used to transport students to school

Student- a person who studies at a school

School- a public institution used to educated kids in Kindergarten through twelfth (12th

) grades

Minimal- of a minimum amount, quantity, or degree; negligible

Reflective Visibility Tape- red tape that reflects light to increase visibility

Visibility- the state of being able to see or be seen

Section 3: Function

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Upon passage of this Act, all buses in the state of Pennsylvania will be required to have reflective visibility tape on the outside of buses.

Section 4: Functions

Reflective visibility tape should cover at least (240) sq. inches on all four sides of the bus and be easily visible.


Whenever a bus is found to not have the required amount of reflective visibility tape, the bus company responsible for the bus will be fined seven hundred and fifty US dollars ($750) per month that they do not meet the requirements in Section 4. If they violate this Act three or more times, they will be fined two thousand five hundred US dollars ($2,500) per month.

Section 6: Funding

This Act shall be funded by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.


This Act shall take effect one (1) year after its enactment.

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Blue Representative Bill #BH - 311 Committee: Blue House Consumer ProtectionDelegation: Boyertown Area Senior HighAuthor(s): Sabrina Light, Secondary Sponsor Blue Senator Joshua Shapin


Title: The Right to Remain Anonymous


PURPOSE: The Purpose of this bill is to protect the privacy of a Pennsylvania lottery winner.



This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Right to Remain Anonymous” Act


Lottery- a means of raising money by selling numbered tickets and giving prizes to the holders of numbers drawn at random.

Privacy- the state or condition of being free from being observed or disturbed by other people

Disclosed- make (secret or new information) known.

Anonymous- (of a person) not identified by name; of unknown name.


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If a resident in Pennsylvania wins the lottery, they have the option to have their personal information to be disclosed or for it to be kept anonymous.

SECTION __: Funding

There is no funding needed for this bill.

SECTION __: Regulations

If the personal information of a Pennsylvania lottery winner is published, the winner and the company publishing the information will have to confirm the approval of the winner. Before any personal information of a Pennsylvania lottery winner is published, there must be a process of attaining signed approval of the winner. If a lottery winner has not yet confirmed or denied for their personal information to be public, the personal information will automatically be withheld.

SECTION __: Penalties

Any company (newspaper or online) that publishes the personal information of a lottery winner who has not given consent, specific publisher(s)will be suspended without the warning of a fee. If the source continues to publish personal information without the signed consent of the lottery winner, the company will be shut down.

SECTION __: Effective Date

This bill shall take effect two (2) years after the passage of the bill

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Blue Representative Bill #BH 400 Committee: Blue House Education 2Delegation: Boyertown YMCAAuthor(s): Kaitlin Haggert, Secondary Sponsor: Blue Senator Evan Giannetti


Title: Extra Buses for Extracurriculars Act


Purpose: To allow more students to expand their extracurricular interests.

The General Assembly of Commonwealth of Pennsylvania enacts as follows:

Section 1 Short Title:

This act shall be known and may be cited as Extra Buses for Extracurriculars.


Secondary education schools- schools with students grades 9 through 12.

Late Transportation- transportation that is provided during after school hours

Section 3 Transportation:

Students must be provided with optional late transportation to take them home after attending extracurricular activities concluding with in two hours of the end of the school day. This applies to schools that already provide transportation to students to and from school at the beginning and end of the day. Exact times for late transportation can be arranged individually by school, but may not be scheduled to leave the school earlier than a half an hour after the school day ends. This act only implies to secondary education schools.

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This act is regulated by the Pennsylvania State Department of Transportation.


Schools that do not comply with this act will have their transportation funds frozen.

Section 6 Funding:

Schools will be expected to provide funding for this act. Schools can apply for grants from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.


This Act shall take effect two schools yearsafter passage.

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Blue Representative Bill #BH 401 Committee: Blue House Education 2Delegation: Obama AcademyAuthor(s): Angel Antosz, Secondary Sponsor Blue Senator Sam Houser


Title: Mandating music in high schools


PURPOSE: To get Pennsylvanian high school students to take music in high school.

Section 1 Short Title: This act shall be known as and may be cited as Mandating Music in public high schools.


Music: a way to express ideas by singing or playing an instrument; the way to express oneself creatively

High school career: the years you are in high school. Grades 9-12

music theory: a class where you study music and learn more about composers and how to make a piece of music

Elective: a class that the student chooses to take and a class that is offered for students to take

Continuous: keeps happening; occurs all the time

official: person in charge

donors: people who donate money to something for a certain cause

passage: passing of something

transcript: copy of student's permanent academic record

steel band: a class where you play drums that are made of steel

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Section 3 Plan:

Students who want to take a music class choose music theory, chorus, instrumental or steel band. Students will have to take some sort of music class at least once in their high school career, not each year they are in high school. Schools who don't already offer any type of music class will have to start offering some sort of music class even if it's general music. A student can choose music as an elective in whatever way they choose their classes for the next school year. Students may choose this elective or it may be given to them. Although students will take an elective if they choose it or they are given it, there may not be no secure way to be positive that the student took a music class of some sort except on the student's transcript.


If a school fails to at least offer any type of music class as an elective then they will have to face penalties. The first penalty will be a warning. The second time it happens, there will be a small fine. For continuous times after the second time, the fine will be seventy-five dollars. ($75) An official from the school district can also fine them and use it to help the music program.

Section 5 Funding:

Some of the money will come from school taxes but not most. Most of the money will come from donors who want to see music being taught in high schools. Also, some money will be raised by fundraising if necessary. The tax on alcohol and all jewelry will go up to support this bill/law.


This act will be enforced by Pennsylvania's department of education and the school district leaders.

Section 7 Date Effective:

This bill, if passed, will go into effect two full school years after the passage of this bill.

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Blue Representative Bill #BH 402 Committee: Blue House Education 2Delegation: Springfield High SchoolAuthor(s): Alyssa LoRusso, Secondary Sponsor Blue Senator Brianna Vetter


Title: Sooner Rather Than Later


PURPOSE: To require all public schools in the state of Pennsylvania to require Spanish, French, Latin, and/or German foreign language classes in primary school and above.



This act shall be known and may be cited as the Sooner Rather Than Later Act.


Public School- A school supported by public funds.

Foreign Language- A language that is not English.

Primary School- Elementary school beginning in third grade.

Schooling Textbooks- textbook used in schools and colleges for the formal teaching of a subject

Language Assistance Program- software used to accelerate language learning.

Section 3:Procedure

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From the third grade curriculum course and on, all students will be required to be in and pass seven (7) Spanish, French, Latin, and/or German classes. All public schools are required and responsible for offering students with at least one language for them to take. Foreign language courses will be mandatory classes for each student to take from grades 3-12. Students will be required to take a minimum of seven (7) foreign language courses offered by the school over the course of their elementary, middle, and high school careers to graduate and receive a high school diploma.

Section 4: Funding

This bill will be funded by a 2% tax increase on all mathematic and english textbooks.


If the school district does not comply with this bill they will face a fine of eight-hundred (800) dollars for every 5 months they do not have a foreign language course in place for all students. If the school fails to comply with the bill for a full 2 years, they will then be fined an additional two-thousand (2,000) dollars at the end of that time period.


This bill will go into effect two (2) full school curriculum cycles after passage.

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Blue Representative Bill #BH 403 Committee: Blue House Education 2Delegation: Somerset High SchoolAuthor(s): Jared Swansboro, Secondary Sponsor Blue Senator Max Myers


Title: The Organ donation education act


PURPOSE: To increase the amount of educated young adults in our schools on the topic of organ donation.


Section 1: Title

This Bill shall be known as the Organ donation education act.


Organ donation: the process of giving an organ or a part of an organ for the purpose of transplantation into another person.

Transplant: the moving of an organ from one body to another or from a donor site to another location on the person's own body, to replace the recipient's damaged or absent organ.

Recipient: receiving or capable or receiving something.

Procedure: a surgical operation.

Volunteer: freely offer to do something.

Core Organ Donation: A nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting donation, education and research for the purpose of saving and improving lives through organ, tissue and cornea transplantation. freely offer to do something.

Representative: a person chosen or appointed to act or speak for another or others, in particular.


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Public schools will be required to devote forty-five (45) minutes total per year in health and/or Drivers education classes to the act of educating students on Organ donation. Additionally, a licensed core organ donation volunteer or Representative will be available to teach the classes on these days if needed although the school may use a licensed teacher or educator. If the district complies with these actions there will be an increase in non discretionary funding in the form of 500 dollars which shall come out of education funding.


If the school district does not comply they will lose the 500 dollars of non discretionary funding.

Section 5: Funding

Any necessary funding shall come from the Pennsylvania state education fund.


This act shall take place the following school year after passage.

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Blue Representative Bill #BH 404 Committee: Blue House Education 2Delegation: Philadelphia YMCA AchieversAuthor(s): Takia Wilson, Secondary Sponsor Blue Senator Sasha Wilson


Title: Free Community College Act


Purpose: To establish free community college for two years for students who are low income. This will encourage teens to excel in school and have an equal chance to puruse higher educations


This act shall be known and may be cited as the Free College Act


Community College-

a nonresidential junior college offering courses to people living in a particular area.

Equality-

the state of being equal, especially in status, rights, and opportunities.

Higher Education-

education beyond high school, especially at a college or university. Section 3 Regulations: The students who will recieve this free education must qualfy for admission at the community college. Section 4 Penalities: None Section 5 Funding: Any neccessary funding will come from the Pennsylvania Department of State. Section 6 Effective Date: This act will be effect one year after it passes

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Blue Representative Bill #BH 405 Committee: Blue House Education 2Delegation: Obama AcademyAuthor(s): Isaac Winograd, Secondary Sponsor Blue Senator Francis Eddy Harvey


Title: Financial Future Act



PURPOSE: The purpose of this bill is to educate high school students in Pennsylvania about doing their taxes.


SECTION 1 Short Title:

This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Financial Future Act.


Upper class citizen: Someone who collects a yearly income of 300 thousand dollars a year.

Curriculum: the subjects comprising a course of study in a school or college.

Public Schools: a school that doesn't charge for tuition, and is funded by the government, or property taxes.

SECTION 3 Plan:

This bill will require public schools in Pennsylvania to add a mandatory semester long course to the curriculum for students in their senior year, that will teach students how to do their taxes in the future. The class must be instructed by an economics teacher. This class will be a requirement for all senior students to partake in.

SECTION 4 Funding:

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Implementation of this law will be funded by tax dollars coming from Pennsylvania residents and citizens in the highest income bracket, with a yearly income of $300,000.

SECTION 5 Regulation:

Upon enactment of this legislation, the public school board corresponding to a schools district will regulate, create, and monitor the class and curriculum.


If a student does not take the course and/or pass it then they will be forced to take the course again until they pass it. Students must pass the course in order to graduate.


All Public schools in Pennsylvania must comply with the specifications of the law no later than 10 months after its enactment.

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Blue Representative Bill #BH 406 Committee: Blue House Education 2Delegation: Boyertown Junior High WestAuthor(s): Tyler Patten, Secondary Sponsor Blue Senator Lindsay Flack


Title: Tuition Assistance Act


Purpose: The purpose of this bill is to increase the amount of community service done in Pennsylvania and to help students pay for college.


This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Tuition Assistance" Act.

Section 2: Defintions

College- Educational institution attended after high school

Financial Aid- Grant or scholarship given to a student to help pay for college

Community Service- Work done without pay for a good cause

Pennsylvania State Income Tax- Money paid to the state of Pennsylvania based on how much a person earns

Fraud- Criminal deception of others to result in financial gain

Section 3: Requirements

For a student to receive the financial aid, they must complete at least ten (10) hours of community service during their senior year of high school. This financial aid is only applicable to state funded universities and community colleges. Students are only eligible to use the money they earn during their freshman year of college. For every ten (10) hours completed, the student will receive one (1) percent off of their college tuition to all state funded universities and community colleges. There will be a two-thousand ($2,000) dollar limit to the amount financial aid available to students.

Section 4: Funding

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To help pay for the reduction in tuition, there will be a one tenth (.1) percent increase to the Pennsylvania State Income Tax.


The Pennsylvania Department of Education will enforce this bill and make sure all of the applicable colleges allow their applicants to receive this financial aid. High school guidance counselors will provide verification of the community service hours completed by the students.


Students who fraudulently apply for the financial aid without doing the amount of hours they applied for may be charged with fraud. All students charged will not be allowed to attend any state universities in Pennsylvania.


This bill shall take effect one (1) year after passage.

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Blue Representative Bill #BH 407 Committee: Blue House Education 2Delegation: Boyertown Junior High WestAuthor(s): Katie Schneider, Secondary Sponsor Blue Senator Lindsay Flack


Title: Extra Curricular and Phys. Ed.


PURPOSE: This bill is intended for students who participate in an after-school sport. Students would not be required to participate in Physical Education class, allowing students to enroll in other classes.

SECTION 1 Short Title: This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Extracurricular and Physical Education Act.

SECTION 2 Defitions:

Extracurricular Sports- organized sports that do not fall within the regular curriculum

Coach- mentor that teaches athletics

Athlete- one who participates in a sport

SECTION 3 Plan: To provide students that play extracurricular sport the ability to opt of Physical Education. Physical Education could be taken as an elective, but would not a requirement. Proof of required Physical Education hours should be verified by the coach of the student for tracking purposes

SECTION 4 Penalty: The after school hours must meet the required number of physical education hours or credit hours will not be rewarded.

SECTION 5 Effective Date: 1 year from the passing of the bill.

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Blue Representative Bill #BH 408 Committee: Blue House Education 2Delegation: Brandywine YMCAAuthor(s): Erin Garrett, Secondary Sponsor Blue Senator Emmanuel Sessegnon


Title: School Start


Purpose: To start high school and middle school a little later

Definitions:

school: an institution for educating children

elememtary school: a school for the first four to six grades, and usually including kindergarten

middle school: a school intermediate between an elementary school and a high school, typically for children in the sixth, seventh, and eighth grades.

high school: a school that typically comprises grades 9 through 12,

start and end times: the time a school starts and ends the day

block schedules:type of academic scheduling in which each student has fewer classes per day. Each class is scheduled for a longer period of time than normal

Time Change:

High school and middle schools that have a regular schedule, not a block schedule, will start at 8:15 every day. Classes will be forty (40) minutes, with five (5) minutes in between classes. Lunches will be twenty-five (25) minutes long. School will end at two-oh-five (2:05), giving students enough time to go to their buses and any after school activity.

Classes: The class system will be as followed:

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1st period: 8:15-8:55

2nd period: 9:00-9:40

3rd period: 9:45-10:25

4th period: 10:30-10:55

5/6: 11:00-11:40

7/8: 11:45-12:25

9th period: 12:30-1:10

10th period: 1:15-1:55

homeroom: 1:55-2:05

If a school district does not go by this set of periods, they will still have to start at 8:15 and end at 2:00. If a school follows a block schedule, they will remain as they are. Elementary schools will also stay as they are

Funding:

Funding for this bill will come from the Department of Education, if the school needs to supply more buses

Effective Date:

This bill will go in effect the next school year after passage.

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Blue Representative Bill #BH - 409 Committee: Blue House Education 2Delegation: Boyertown Area Senior HighAuthor(s): Marcus Thomas, Secondary Sponsor Blue Senator Colin Black


Title: Talk is Cheap


PURPOSE: To allow high-schools in Pennsylvania to take disciplinary action if student-athletes are reported posting negative content on social media referring to other student athletes or school athletic programs.

SECTION 1: Short title

This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Talk is Cheap” Act


Disciplinary- intended to correct or punish bad behavior : of or relating to discipline

Social Media- forms of electronic communication (as Web sites for social networking and microblogging) through which users create online communities to share information, ideas, personal messages, and other content (such as videos)

student-athlete- a participant in an organized competitive sport sponsored by the educational institution in which he or she is enrolled.


A school will be able to punish a student-athlete if their social media post are deemed explicit or insulting to another student athlete or a school athletic program. Discipline can vary from

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extremeness or vulgarness of the students actions on social media. Punishments can include detention, suspension from team activities (games and/or practices), or permanent removal of an athlete from his or her respective sport.

SECTION:Funding

No funding will be necessary for this act

SECTION: Regulations

The district school board will determine whether a student-athlete’s social media page is in violation of this act, and result in a form of disciplinary action.

SECTION: Penalties

If a school fails to follow proper disciplinary procedure of a certain student-athlete the school board will be placed under investigation. If found guilty, the school board members can be in jeopardy of losing their seat. The school will be fined two-hundred (200) dollars for every student-athlete they fail to discipline according to the guidelines.

SECTION: Effective Date


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Blue Representative Bill #BH 415 Committee: Blue House Education 3Delegation: East Shore YMCAAuthor(s): Alex West, Secondary Sponsor Blue Senator Erin Thomas


Title: The Inheritance Tax Reform Act (ITRA)


Purpose: To minimize government intervention regarding beneficiaries and wills.

Section 1 Short Title: This Act shall be known and may be cited as “The Inheritance Tax Reform Act (ITRA)”.


Inheritance Tax- tax imposed as a percentage of the value of a decedent's estate transferred to beneficiaries by will, heirs by intestacy and transferees by operation of law. The tax rate varies depending on the relationship of the heir to the decedent.

Section 3 Tax Reform:

The rates for Pennsylvania inheritance tax will be as follows:

0 percent on transfers to a surviving spouse or to a parent from a child aged 21 or younger;

0 percent on transfers to direct descendants and lineal heirs;

4 percent on transfers to siblings; and

10 percent on transfers to other heirs, except charitable organizations, exempt institutions and government entities exempt from tax

Section 6 Funding:

This Act will be funded by the remains of the Pennsylvania Inheritance Tax.


This Act shall go into effect one (1) year after passage.

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Blue Representative Bill # BH 416 Committee: Blue House Education 3Delegation: Obama AcademyAuthor(s): Jonathan Valentin Jaspersen, Sec. Sponsor Blue Senator Sam Houser


Title: Easy Rider Act


Purpose: Make all public transportation free for children under the age of 18.

Section 1 Short Title: This act will be known and may be cited as the Easy Rider Act.

Section 2 Definitions: Public transportation defines all institutions providing transportation via bus, subway, tram or ferry, privately or publicly owned. However, taxi services, including Uber, as well as interstate transportation such as air planes and trains, are excluded.

Section 3 Regulation: All public transportation for underage children shall be made free of charge.

Section 4 Funding: The act shall be funded by a two percent tax increase on all private car sales.

Section 5 Effective Date: This act shall go into effect one (1) year after passage.

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Blue Representative Bill #BH 417 Committee: Blue House Education 3Delegation: Springfield High SchoolAuthor(s): Emily Henry Secondary Sponsor Blue Senator Michael Kassabian


Title: Communication For All


PURPOSE: The purpose of this bill is when kids reach the third grade in public school, they should have to take a second language.


Section 1: This bill shall be known as and may be referred to as Communication For All.


Third grade- The fourth year of a kids education, including kindergarten. It is in between second and fourth grade.

Second Language- a language learned in addition to a person's first language.

Disability- a physical or mental condition that limits a person's movements, senses, or activities.


This bill will make all public schools have to teach third grade students a second language. The languages offered will differ from each school, depending on what they have to offer. If there is more than one language option, a parent or guardian will help their child choose one of the languages offered. Certain students with disabilities would not be required to take a second language.


All public schools that do not follow through with this bill will have to pay a $10,500 fine.

Section 5: Funding

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The funding would come from a tax raise on tobacco products.


This date will come into effect one year after passage.

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Blue Representative Bill #BH 418 Committee: Blue House Education 3Delegation: Springfield High SchoolAuthor(s): Rachel Harmon, Secondary Sponsor Blue Senator Michael Kassabian


Title: Smaller is Better Act


PURPOSE: To ensure that every student has an equal chance to learn and succeed in school.


Section 1 Short Title: This Act shall be known and may be cited as Smaller is Better Act


School- Public, private, and parochial schools, including kindergartens, special education classes, home education programs, and vocational classes in this Commonwealth

Optimal Class Size: Refers to the number of students in a given course or classroom, specifically either (1) the number of students being taught by individual teachers in a course or classroom or (2) the average number of students being taught by teachers in a school, district, or education system.

Section 3: Provisions

This bill will require schools to have no more than twelve (12) students per classroom from kindergarten through twelfth grade. This will provide students with a better learning experience in the classroom since the teacher will have more time to work one on one with students. This will allow students to perform better in the classroom setting by the teacher having a smaller amount of students to help.

Section 4: Enforcement

This bill will be enforced by the Pennsylvania Department of Education. The Department will conduct inspections every year to make sure the school is enforcing this legislation.

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If a school does not follow this classroom limit, then they will have to pay a fine of a ten thousand (10,000) dollars for their first offense. This first penalty of ten thousand (10,000) will give school’s a warning to follow this legislation. If the school violates this legislation again, then the school will lose funding that is provided to them from the state. This will force schools to follow this legislation because they will not receive any funding until they do.

Section 6: Funding

This bill will be funded with a five (5) percent tax increase on taxpayers in the school district. This will pay for the reconstruction of schools and the salaries of teachers.


This act shall take effect one (1) year after its passage.

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Blue Representative Bill #BH 419 Committee: Blue House Education 3Delegation: Springfield High SchoolAuthor(s): Lindsey Smith, Secondary Sponsor Blue Senator Annabelle Welch


Title: Home Ec Yourself Before You Wreck Yourself


PURPOSE: In order to graduate high school, students are required to pass a home economic course.



Section 2: Definitions:

Pass- a passing grade in a class is an average of a 65% or above.

Home Economic- A course teaching students how to handle daily household tasks, as well as finance.

Section 3:Requirements

Everyone shall pass a home economics course to gain intelligence for future life situations and scenarios. This course will be a 0.5 credit for high school graduation requirements.

Section 4:Action

The Home Economics course will mainly focus on financial elements, including taxes, mortgage, and how to spend your money. Another portion of the course will focus on daily household actions, including cleaning, time management, and nutrition education.

Section 5: Funding

In order for schools to have the ability to pay for this course, tax will increase by 0.1% on property.

Section 6 :Penalties

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If this course isn’t taken before high school graduation, the student will not have the ability to graduate.

If schools don’t enforce this class for their kids to pass, they will be fined $1500.


This act will be effective one (1) year after passage.

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Blue Representative Bill #BH 420 Committee: Blue House Education 3Delegation: East Pennsboro Area High SchoolAuthor(s): Jessica Semick, Samantha Webster, Secondary Sponsor Nolan Plantz


Title: Alternative Physical Education for ill or injured students of Pennsylvania’s Public Schools


This bill proposes an alternative way for public school students with a documented physical or mental illness or injury that will result in them missing the majority of their in-school physical education requirement.They will be able to log their out of school exercise and have it approved by a physical education instructor, similar to cyber schooled students, to fulfill the physical education requirement in the state of Pennsylvania.

Alternative Physical Education for ill or injured students

Physical/mental Illness- any illness that is documented by a medical professional and recognized by the public school as a valid excuse for missing long periods of school.

Physical Injury- Must occur or be prolonged throughout the time period during which the student would have been meant to take their physical education class.

Physical Education- gym class; this does not include the health class portion of a school’s curriculum

This proposal calls for all public schools in the state of Pennsylvania to adopt an alternative way for physically or mentally ill or injured students in Pennsylvania’s public school system to fulfill their physical education requirements for the active school year.In the state of Pennsylvania, it is required that students complete a physical education class every year, but if students are ill or injured and will be missing a lot of school, they should be given an alternative way to complete the class without being forced to retake it or take a failing grade.This bill, if passed into law, will require all schools to allow these students who meet the standards to log one hour of “structured, organized, and supervised activities” and have the log signed by their parents in order to be recognized as legitimate by their instructors.This is similar to how students in cyber school fulfil their physical education requirements.This will make it much easier for ill or injured students to fulfil their physical education requirements.

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Students will have to reapply to be accepted into the program each year, and will require a doctor’s note suggesting that they be accepted into the program.

This program requires no funding, as it relies solely on the parents’ and teachers’ cooperation.

Any school that refuses to enact this program into its curriculum will be fined $500 per year.

This will go into law effective September 1, 2018.

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Blue Representative Bill #BH 421 Committee: Blue House Education 3Delegation: Homer-Center High SchoolAuthor(s): Joe Rhoades, Joseph Rhoades, Secondary Spon. Blue Sen. Mya Zemlock


Title: Physical Education and Athletes


PURPOSE: To allow high school athletes to be exempt from physical education requirements


Section 1 Short Title: This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Physical Education and Athletes Act.


Physical Education class – a course as described by 11 Pa. Code, Chapter 4

High School Athlete – a student enrolled in grades 9-12 who participates in an approved

interscholastic athletic team

Non school related sport – an athletic program not associated with the local school district

SECTION 3 Exculsion:

A high school athlete shall be exempt from a compulsory physical education class for each year that they participate in an approved sport.

SECTION 4 Non School Sport:

A student who participates in a non school related sport may petition the local school board of directors for physical education exclusion, providing that they show that the athletic activity includes at least 120 hours per school year of practice and/or competition.

SECTION 5 Credit:

A high school athlete shall be given physical education credit towards graduation requirements for

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participating in an approved sport.


The Pennsylvania Board of Education shall be responsible for carrying out the provisions of this bill.


This act shall take effect at the beginning of the 2016-2017 school year.

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Blue Representative Bill # BH 422 Committee: Blue House Education 3Delegation: Homer CenterAuthor(s): Author Joe Rhoades Primary sponsor- Joe Rhoades Secondary Sponsor- Mya Zemlock


Title: Crime Shouldn't Pay Act


Purpose: The purpose of this act is to prohibit people from suing for damages incurred while the person was in the act of committing crime.


Damages-Compensation for medical costs, lost wages, pain, suffering, restitution or reparations

Section 2: Any person convicted of a misdemeanor or felony act shall be prohibited from suing the victim for damages sustained while the crime was being committed.

Penalties: Any person convicted of a misdemeanor or felony act shall be subjected to penalties already established by the State. The court may also award damages to the victim incurred as a result of the misdemeanor or felony act.

Funding: The cost associated with implementing this bill shall be the responsibility of the Department of Justice. Enforcement: The Department of Justice will be responsible for enforcing this act. Enactment: This act Shall take effect sixty days after passage.

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Blue Representative Bill # BH 423 Committee: Blue House Education 3Delegation: Obama AcademyAuthor(s): Courtney Thomas, Secondary Sponsor Blue Senator Brittney Hayes


Title: Free Year Act


PURPOSE: To provide the first year of college free to any Pennsylvania public school student with a 2.5 GPA or over within the state.

Section 1 Short Title: This Act shall be known and may be cited as the The Free Year Act. Section 2 Definitions:

public school- a school supported by public funds

GPA- grade point average

Pittsburgh Promise- scholarships given to pittsburgh public school students

Fair Market Value- market value of the porperty

Section 3 Provisions: Students will be given the opportunity to attend their first year of college for free. The student must have had to attend a public school within the state and have AT LEAST a 2.5 GPA (unwieghted). This gives the student a year to save up to continue the remaining years of college and increase the number of people who graduate college.

Section 4 Regulations: They would be alternative funding as opposed to the Pittsburgh Promise. If the Pittsburgh Promise money wasn't accepted at a certain college then it will not be apart of the Free Year Act.

Section 5 Funding: This bill will require funding, which would come from property taxes. Allegheny County taxes 2.22% of the property's asserted market fair, this would be raised to 2.35%.

Section 6 Effective Date: In the Year of 2020

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Blue Representative Bill #BH 424 Committee: Blue House Education 3Delegation: East Shore YMCAAuthor(s): Alex West, Primary Sponsor: Blue Representative Alex West, Secondary Sponsor: Blue Senator: Sam Kough


Title: The Sex-Ed Standards Act


Purpose: To protect the livelihood and lifestyle of LGBTQQPIA+ identifying youth in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.


This act shall be known and may be cited as Leelah’s Law.


Minor- unemancipated child under the age of eighteen (18) years of age

Conversion therapy- a range of treatments that aim to change sexual orientation from homosexual to heterosexual, or to convince a transgender person to give up their true gender and identify with their sex assigned at birth, any practices by mental health providers that seek to change an individual’s sexual orientation. This includes efforts to change behaviors or gender expressions, or to eliminate or reduce sexual or romantic attractions or feelings toward individuals of the same sex.

Mental health provider- a physician and surgeon specializing in the practice of psychiatry, a psychologist, a psychological assistant, intern, or trainee, a licensed marriage and family therapist, a registered marriage and family therapist, intern, or trainee, a licensed educational psychologist, a credentialed school psychologist, a licensed clinical social worker, an associate clinical social worker, a licensed professional clinical counselor, a registered clinical counselor, intern, or trainee, or any other person designated as a mental health professional under Pennsylvania law or regulation.

Section 3 Recognition of Sexual Choices:

Sexuality, gender identity, or gender dysphoria is not recognized as a disease, disorder, illness, deficiency, or shortcoming by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

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Section 4 Ban:

Conversion therapy by mental health providers for minors shall be banned except when documented consent to partake in the conversion therapy has been explicitly given by the minor/patient.

Section 5 Termination of Appointments:

The minor/patient may revoke consent at any time and stop attendance of the appointments.

Section 6 Currently Enrolled Patients:

Minors currently participating in conversion therapy must express explicit consent before continuing with the therapy. This consent may be given prior to or after the effective date, but must be given before proceeding with the conversion therapy.


Any conversion therapy attempted on a minor without the minor’s explicit and documented consent by a mental health provider shall be considered unprofessional conduct and shall subject a mental health provider to discipline by the licensing entity for that mental health provider.

Section 8 Funding:

The operational expenses of this Act shall be allocated from the the dues pay to the State Board of Social Workers, Marriage, and Family Therapists and Professional Counselors.


This Act shall be regulated by the State Board of Social Workers, Marriage, and Family Therapists and Professional Counselors.


This Act shall take effect one (1) year after passage.

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Blue Representative Bill #BH 425 Committee:Blue House Education 3Delegation: East Shore YMCAAuthor(s): Alex West, Primary Sponsor: Blue Representative Alex West, Secondary Sponsor: Blue Senator: Sam Kough


Title: The Abortion Amendment Act


Purpose: To provide minors in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania more reproductive rights and access to safer abortion methods.


This Act shall be known and may be cited as the “Abortion Amendment Act”.


abortion- the medical termination of a pregnancy

incest- sexual intercourse between close blood relatives, including, but not limited to, brothers and sisters, parents and children, grandparents and grandchildren, or aunts or uncles with nephews or nieces.

married- to be brought together in a civil union

emancipated- free from legal, social, or political restrictions; liberated.

medical emergency- a situation that is life threatening to the pregnant person

physician- someone licensed to practice medicine

Section 3 Abortion for Minors:

A physician may perform an abortion upon a person of less than eighteen (18) years of age without parental consent if she, herself, consents to the abortion and meets one or more of the following circumstances:

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If the person has graduated high school.

If the person has been emancipated.

If the person is pregnant under the circumstance of incest.

If the person has had parental consent waived by court.

If the person is in the case of a medical emergency and the execution of an abortion would potentially save the life of that person.


If an abortion is performed upon a person of less than eighteen (18) years of age who does not consent, does not meet one of the aforementioned circumstances, or does not have parental consent, the physician would receive the same penalties that have been pre-established in existing law.

Section 5 Funding:

Any operational expenses of this Act shall be allocated from the Pennsylvania Department of Health budget. The execution of abortions would be funded privately between the physician, insurance companies, and the patient.

Section 6 Regulation:

This is Act shall be regulated by the Pennsylvania Department of Health.



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Blue Representative Bill #BH 426 Committee:Blue House Education 3Delegation: East Shore YMCAAuthor(s): Alex West, Primary Sponsor: Blue Representative Alex West, Secondary Sponsor: Blue Senator: Erin Thomas


Title: The Sex-Ed Standards Act


Purpose: To ensure youth across Pennsylvania have an equal opportunity to learn about sex in a truthful way.

Section 1 Short Title: This Act shall be known and may be cited as “The Sex-Ed Standards Act”.


Truthful- able to be cited by credible unbiased sources

Contraceptives- a device or drug serving to prevent pregnancy

Sanitary products- tampons and pads

Vending machines- a machine that dispenses small articles in exchange for change

Section 3 Curriculum:

School districts funded by the State must provide and instruct a curriculum to all of their students that fulfills the following stipulations:

Information provided must be truthful

Must cover both sets of genitalia in an equally thorough way

Must cover contraceptives and safe abortion clinic information

Must cover rape, abuse, and sexual consent laws of the Commonwealth

Must cover STDs, STIs, but must also cover the preventative measures

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Must cover menstruation and the usage of sanitary products

The delivery of this information is up to the school district. The curriculum must be delivered between their 4th-11th grade years.

In addition, school districts also do not have to comply to the abstinence-only-until-marriage curricula.

Section 4 Optional:

School districts or school administration may provide, at their discretion, an optional out to allow parents the option to opt their student(s) out of the educational program. The delivery method of this education may be left to the school district or school administration.

Section 5 Distribution of Contraceptives:

Every school that educates students of the 7th grade and above, shall be required to have male external condoms and female internal condoms available in their schools. These condoms can be made available in the nurse’s office and also in at least one, if not all, of the student restrooms. Condoms in restrooms will be distributed through the use of vending machines. These condoms must be made available to all students who are in 9th grade or above, but may be available to younger students at the school district’s discretion.

Section 6 Condom Vending Machines:

Schools will be responsible for purchasing enough vending machines to distribute condoms in the restroom(s) of their schools. These vending machines will charge $0.25 per condom. Schools will be responsible for ensuring that these vending machines are stocked with condoms. Condoms that are expired may not be distributed.


School districts that fail to implement this program will have their funds frozen until such time that they begin to comply with this standard. In the event of condoms running out, or if schools are unable to supply condoms for another reason, they will be allowed a three (3) month window before having the penalty apply.

Section 8 Funding:

Schools will make the initial investment for these programs from their current funding, but then any profits made off of the condom sales may be collected by the school and used to fund future condom purchases. Revenue may also be used to fund the sexual education.


This Act shall be regulated and enforced by the Pennsylvania Department of Education.

Section 10 Effective Date: This Act shall go into effect two (2) school years after passage.

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Blue Representative Bill # BH 427 Committee:Blue House Education 3Delegation: Springfield High SchoolAuthor(s): Aly Evans, Secondary Sponsor Blue Senator Evan Garber


Title: Humane End Act


PURPOSE: An Act to legalize the option of physician assisted suicide for patients with terminal illness.



This bill shall be known and may be cited as the Humane End Act.


Physician: a professional with a doctorate degree who practices medicine and maintains/restores human health through study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, injury, and other physical and mental impairments; a licensed medical practitioner.

Assisted Suicide: suicide committed with the aid of a licensed physician. The taking of lethal drugs provided by a doctor for the purpose of death.

Terminal Illness: a disease that cannot be cured or adequately treated and is expected to result in the death of the patient within a short period of time.

Lethal Injection: the practice of injecting a person with a fatal dose of drugs for the purpose of causing immediate death, applied for the purpose of euthanasia.


Any hospital that denies a patient who meets the qualifications of receiving this treatment shall be fined .05% of their yearly budget. A physician may choose to not perform this procedure due to religious or personal beliefs. If a physician refuses, the hospital must provide the patient another qualified physician to perform the procedure.

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The patient must be at least 18 years of age and free of mental disorders that may affect their decision of assisted suicide. Patients must send in a request for the procedure to be approved. Once it is granted approval, they must follow up in two weeks to confirm their decision.

Section 5:Funding

The approximate cost of supplies for the procedure is $200. This shall be paid for by the patient receiving this procedure. Any other fees and hospital expenses shall be decided by the hospital performing the procedure and paid for by the patient.


This act shall take effect 90 days after passage.

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Blue Representative Bill # BH 430 Committee: Blue House EducationDelegation: Springfield High SchoolAuthor(s): Elizabeth Reynolds, Secondary Sponsor Blue Senator Briana Vetter


Title: Sex Education


PURPOSE: To require education for teenagers on sex, diseases, consequences in schools .


Section 1: Short Title: Sexual Education


Sexual Education - education in schools on the subject of sexual activity and sexual relationships

High School - a school that typically comprises grades 9 through 12, attended after primary school or middle school.

Section 3: Procedure: Sexual Education will become a section of health classes. The section will elaborate on more than just HIV/AIDS and STD’s. The schools will talk about abstinence and and contraceptives.

Section 4: Penalties: If the school does not cover sexual education during the health class courses then the school will be fined an annual fee of $5000.

Section 5: Enforcement: Pennsylvania Department of Education will enforce this law if it is passed. The Department of Education will send out someone to check on the schools twice during the school year. The person checking in will talk with the health teachers discussing their plans for the sexual education sections or previous plans depending on the time of visit during the school year or semester.

Section 6: Effective Date: This bill will come into effect one year after passage.

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Blue Representative Bill #BH 431 Committee: Blue House EducationDelegation: Rose E. Schneider YMCAAuthor(s): Abigail Van Wormer, Secondary Sponsor Blue Senator Madeline Tobolewski


Title: Speech For Success


Purpose: To make speech a mandatory class for 11th graders in all state-funded schools in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Section 1: Short title

This bill shall be known as the Speech for Success Act.


Junior: A student in 11th grade in a high school level.

Speech class: A class where students learn how to speak more effectively and become more comfortable with public speaking.

Public speaking: The process or act of performing a presentation (a speech) focused around an individual directly speaking to a live audience in a structured, deliberate manner in order to inform, influence, or entertain them.

Pennsylvania state-sponsored school: A school supported by public funds.

Semester class: A half-year term in a school, typically lasting fifteen to eighteen weeks.

Section 3: Current Law

There are currently no laws in Pennsylvania that requires students to take any form of speech class. The laws in state-sponsored schools currently requires students to have four (4) credits of English, three (3) credits of Math, three (3) credits of science, three (3) credits of social studies, two (2) credits of arts or humanities, one (1) credit of physical education and five (5) credits of electives.

Section 4: New Law

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A speech class will be added to all Pennsylvania state-sponsored schools which will count for 0.5 of elective credits. This act will require all juniors in a state-sponsored high school to take a speech class.


Any school who refuses to implement the new class will be fined one-hundred dollars ($100) per student for each semester that the school does not implement this speech class.

Section 6: Funding

All necessary funding needed will be funded by each individual school. Any extra funds needed will be supplied by the Pennsylvania Department of Education.


This bill will go into effect for the 2017-2018 school year.

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Blue Representative Bill #BH 432 Committee: Blue House EducationDelegation: Obama AcademyAuthor(s): Isla Chapman, Secondary Sponsor Blue Senator Jessica Kiss


Title: Arts For All


Purpose: To mandate art classes in public schools

Section 1: Short Title: This act shall be known and cited as the Arts for All Act.


Art class- One period length class that's vocal point is music and/or visual arts.

School Week- the days in a seven day week that a student attends school

Students- Children from elementary school to high school, attending a public school

Junk Food- Nutrition that has unregulated amounts of excess processed sugars or sodium.

Section 3: Regulations: An art class must be offered to students at least once a school week in order to produce well rounded and exposed students.

Section 4: Enforcement:This bill will be enforced by the school district. There will be a five year check for each district. An extension may be made if a district has trouble finding necessary supplies.

Section 5: Penalities: If a school and/or district is not found not implimenting measures of hiring and offering art classes, the budget will be revoked and the school/district will be put on probation. There will be a five year check-in for each district to see the implimentation.

Section 6: Funding: This bill, with the overall cost of hiring teachers, obtaining the facilities, and finding resources for the class will cost $100,000 per school. Funding will come from a 0.5% tax on local junk food sales.

Section 7: Effective Date: This bill shall be effective three years after passage.

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Blue Representative Bill #BH 433 Committee: Blue House EducationDelegation: Somerset High SchoolAuthor(s): Briana Porter, Secondary Sponsor Blue Senator


Title: Music Program


Purpose: To have a mandatory music program

Section One: Short title

This act shall be known and may be cited as The Music Program Act.


Music Program: a program that includes, but is not limited to a band, chorus, or any other musical based program.

Sport Program: a program that includes any sport based program.

Section Three: Mandate

The Pennsylvania Board of Education will enforce this legislation

Section Four: Location

This bill will affect all schools in Pennsylvania

Section Five: Consequence

If a school fails to fund the music program with 35% of the funds made by the sport program, a fine of 35% of income from the school will be issued

Section Six: Effective Date

This bill shall go into effect two full school years after passage.

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Blue Representative Bill #BH 434 Committee: Blue House EducationDelegation: Springfield High SchoolAuthor(s): Matthew Clifford, Secondary Sponsor Blue Senator George Baughan


Title: PE is Not For Me


Purpose to have a non required physical education classes for varsity athletes

Section 1; Short Title: Physical Education Act

Section 2; Definition

1) PE: Physical Education

2) Varsity: Competitive athletic sports that require tremendous amounts of effort and skill

3) Non graduation requirement: is not included in the graduation process of high school students

Section 3; Provisions: This is to allow students that participate in varsity sports that are not meeting graduation requirements with PE, to remove that requirement from the graduation process

Section 4; Regulations: Since this would be applied to public state funded schools in PA. Since the regulation of private school graduation requirements cannot be regulated by state. It is also the duty of state funded schools to abide by PA State Laws.

Section 5; Funding: The funding for this process comes from the school district. Since that removing the requirement would not involve money.

Section 6: Effective Date: Effective as soon as possible, but without any severe rush.

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Blue Representative Bill #BH 435 Committee: Blue House EducationDelegation: Springfield High SchoolAuthor(s): Meg Chandler, Secondary Sponsor Blue Senator George Baughan


Title: Learn your Letters Act


PURPOSE: To make kindergarten a requirement in all public schools.


Section 1: Short Title: This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Learn your Letters Act


Kindergarten- a school or class that prepares children for first grade. A child in kindergarten is typically 5 or 6 years old.

School Tax- is generally included in Property taxes and is used as a funding source for public schools.

Phonemic- The smallest phonetic unit in a language that is capable of conveying a distinction in meaning, as the m of mat and the b of bat in English.

Section 3: Funding

This bill will add a 0.01% addition to school tax.


If the parent does not sign their kid up for kindergarten, they will be required to go to court as well as pay a minimum fine of 500 dollars to the department of education. If the school does not require the student to go to kindergarten the school will be fined 1,000 dollars for each infraction.


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If one skips their court date the previously set laws will be enforced.

Section 6: Exceptions

If a child has reached the age of seven and still failed to be put into kindergarten, he/she must pass a test on the kindergarten curriculum. If the student fails the test, the child must take a 3 week class to move on to first grade.


This bill will be effective the next August after passage.

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Blue Representative Bill #BH 436 Committee: Blue House EducationDelegation: Knoch High SchoolAuthor(s): Zachary Jones, Secondary Sponsor Kolten Hilterman, Blue Senator


Title: The Construction Zone Safety Act


Section I. Purpose:

To reduce the unused distance on roadways throughout Pennsylvania that is under construction in work zones.

Section II. Short Title:

This bill may be cited as the Construction Zone Safety Act

Section III. Definitions:

PennDOT - Pennsylvania Department of Transportation

Active work zone - The portion of a work zone where construction, maintenance or utility workers are on the roadway or on the shoulder of the highway, and workers are adjacent to an active travel lane. Workers are not considered adjacent to an open travel lane if they are protected by a traffic barrier and no ingress or egress to the work zone exists through an opening in the traffic barrier.

Work zone - The area of a highway where construction, maintenance or utility work activities are being conducted, and in which traffic-control devices are required.

Road rage - Violent anger caused by the stress and frustration involved in driving a motor vehicle in difficult conditions.

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Section IV. Plan:

All road work zones must reduce the amount of distance of roadways that have not been active work zones in the past 30 days (including weekends) to 1 mile on each side of those active zones’ space. This will allow for a greater flow of traffic while still allowing for the proper work to be accomplished

Section V. Penalty:

PennDOT will be responsible for paying all insurance deductibles for all car repairs and medical bills resulting from crashes in all road work zones that do not follow this bill.

Section VI. Funding:

Although not a significant amount of funding is needed, all the funding will come from the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT).

Section VII. Effective date:

January 1st of the year following passage.

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Blue Representative Bill #BH - 437 Committee: Blue House EducationDelegation: Boyertown Junior High WestAuthor(s): John McAteer, Secondary Sponsor Blue Senator Lindsay Flack


Title: A Uniformed Act


Purpose: The purpose of this bill is to make all public schools in Pennsylvania require students to wear school uniforms.


This act shall be known and may be cited as A Uniformed Act.


School Uniforms- Similar clothing that all students in public are required to wear to school.

Public School- A school where taxpayers pay for students to attend.

Jewelry- earrings, bracelets, and necklaces


The PDE (Pennsylvania Department of Education) will regulate this bill. They will decide what the students will wear. Jewelry and other accessories will be decided by the school.

Section 4: Funding

There will be a three (3) percent increase on school taxes.


If a student wears something other than the school uniform the school can decide what the punishment for that student should be.

Section 6: Enofrcement

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The high schools of Pennsylvania will enforce this law how they see fit.


This bill shall take effect one (1) year after its passage.

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Blue Representative Bill #BH 438 Committee: Blue House EducationDelegation: Boyertown Junior High EastAuthor(s): Kreena Patel, Secondary Sponsor Kasey Roberts Blue Senate


Title: Keystone Exams Elimination Act


Bill Title: Keystone Exams Elimination Act

PURPOSE: The purpose of this act is to eradicate the Pennsylvania State Keystone Exams and not be a requirement for graduating high school.


SECTION 1 Short Title: This act shall be known and cited as The Keystone Exam Elimination Act.


Keystone Exam: A Pennsylvania standardized test administered to the public schools of Pennsylvania, United States. Departments of tests include Algebra I, Algebra II, Geometry, Literature, English Composition, Biology, Chemistry, U.S. History, World History, and Civics and Government.

Public School: A school maintained at public expense for the education of the children of a community or district and that constitutes a part of a system of free public education commonly including primary and secondary schools.

Primary School: Elementary school in which children receive primary or elementary education from the age’s five to eleven before secondary school.

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Secondary School: A school that provides secondary education from the ages eleven to nineteen before higher education.

Curriculum: The subjects compromising a course of study in a school or college.

Graduation: The receiving or conferring of an academic degree or diploma.

Credit: A unit that gives weight to the value, level or time requirements of an academic course taken at a school or other educational institution.

SECTION 3 Plan:

There will be no taking of the Keystone Exams and will not be required to take for high school graduation. Students will be eligible to graduate if they have a minimum of 21 credits.

SECTION 4 Funding:

No funding will be required for this bill.

SECTION 5 Enforcements:

The Pennsylvania Department of Education will send representatives to each school yearly to guarantee that there will be no distribution of the Keystone exam to students.


Any school that has been found distributing Keystone exams and has enforced students to take the exam will receive a $50,000.00 fine.

SECTION 6 Effective Data:

This bill will go into effect one year after passage.

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Blue Representative Bill #BH 439 Committee: Blue House EducationDelegation: Boyertown Area Senior HighAuthor(s): Morgan Levengood, Secondary Sponsor Blue Senator Colin Black


Title: CPR: Know how to save a life


PURPOSE: The purpose of this bill is to increase the number of lives saved by educating high school students of proper CPR life saving techniques.

Section: Short Title: CPR: Know how to save a life

Section: Definitions:

Automated External Defibrillator or AED- A portable device that uses electric shock to restore a stable heart rhythm to an individual in cardiac arrest.

CPR- Cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

School entity- An area vocational-technical school, a charter school, a cyber charter school, an intermediate unit, a nonpublic school or any school district.

Psychomotor - Ability to learn and demonstrate one’s manual dexterity.

Section: Procedure:

School Entities shall require students to undergo a cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) instructional program which uses the most current evidence based emergency cardiovascular care guidelines, and incorporates psychomotor skills learning into the instruction, as well as the use of an Automated External Defibrillator (AED) in order to graduate from high school.

Section: CPR and First Aid Instruction:

Instruction-All of the following shall apply: (1) A school entity shall provide instruction in the principles and techniques of CPR and first aid on the school premises as necessary to ensure continuous certification of all of the following: (i) The professional employees of the school entity. (ii)

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The athletic coaches of the school entity.

Section: Documentation of Training:

Completion of training, including testing of skills and knowledge, shall be documented by the signature and title of a representative of the training entity and shall include the date training was completed. Documentation shall be retained by the school entity in that employee's or volunteer's file. Training shall be conducted by any of the following: The American Red Cross, The American Heart Association, any other certifying agency approved by the Department of Health, or an individual certified to conduct CPR and first aid training by the American Red Cross, American Heart Association or any other certifying agency approved by the Pennsylvania State Department of Health.

Section: Enforcement:

In every school entity, the Pennsylvania State Department of Health will ensure that all students have received certification prior to high school graduation.

Section: Exceptions:

Any student or staff member that has an ailment that would interfere with the certification or application of CPR and and the use of AED’s.

Section: Funding:

This bill will be funded by the Pennsylvania Department of Education by increasing the school tax revenue by one percent (0.01%).

Section: Penalties:

If a school entity refuses to follow the sections of this bill, they will be penalized a monetary amount of the number of students multiplied by the cost of CPR certification, twenty five dollars ($25) as punishment.

Section: Effective Date:

This bill will go into effect one (1) year after passage.

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Blue Representative Bill #BH 440 Committee: Blue House EducationDelegation: Boyertown Junior High EastAuthor(s): Cameron Parker, Secondary Sponsor Blue Senator Kasey Roberts


Title: Education Test Track

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby enacts as follows: PURPOSE: To add a mandatory drivers education class to all highs schools in the state of Pennsylvania The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby enacts as follows: Section 1 Short Title: This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Education test track act 7. Section 2 Definitions: Drivers permit: is a restricted license that is given to a person who is learning to drive, but has not yet satisfied the requirements to obtain a driver's license Drivers Licenses: a document permitting a person to drive a motor vehicle Auto mobile: a road vehicle, typically with four wheels, powered by an internal combustion engine or electric motor and able to carry a small number of people Traffic ticket: is a notice issued by a law enforcement official to a motorist or other Road user, accusing violation of traffic laws. Penn Dot: Pennsylvania Department of transportation. DUI: the act or crime of driving while affected by alcohol or drugs. SECTION 3 Provisions All High schools in the state of Pennsylvania would be required by law to, teach students 16 years of age or older how to properly drive and maintain auto mobiles, And Help them prepare for their Permit and license application in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania. If a student completes the class, He or She can use the hours of practicing Driving towards the obtainment of the Student’s driver’s License in the state Pennsylvania. After the initial passage of this bill schools will have two years to setup and establish this Course. If schools fail to set this class up after the 2 year grace period then the school shall receive a letter stating that the school district has 1 more year to do so, if they still fail to do this then they shall lose a 5% of funding from the state the first year, then 10% the second Year, and finally 15% after the third year and any year after that. SECTION 4 Course Details The program will be a requirement to graduate the 11th

grade. It will only be worth .5 credits And last half a semester long. It would be best if the course is taken during the 3rd and 4th quarters for better drivings Conditions. The first quarter the students would learn how to maintain a motor vehicle. Then during the 4th quarter students would learn how to apply, what they Have learned and actually take the learner’s permit application course.

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SECTION 5 Regulations: (a.) DUI fines would be increased from $300 or/and 30 days in jail

or both, to $500 dollars or/and 30 days in jail for the first DUI charge, $300 dollars and 60 days in jail

would be changed to $700 dollars and 60 days in jail for the second charge, and $500 To $2500 and

90 days in jail be changed to $900-$3000 and 90 days in jail. (b.) Also Traffic ticket surcharges would

increase from $45 dollars to $60 so drivers caught driving under the influence, and braking traffic Safety

laws would help Pay for the educating Of better drivers.

SECTION 6 Funding:Funding will be provided from

the new traffic ticket surcharges as noted In section 4 paragraph (b.) of this act. Also the funding would

come from the new charges For DUI charges as stated in section education

SECTION 7 Effective Date: This act will take place 2 year(s) after passage.

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Blue Representative Bill #BH 500 Committee: Blue House Environmental Resources & EnergyDelegation: Butler YMCA

Author(s): Paige Lambermont, Secondary Sponsor Sarah Montag


Title: You Can`t Judge Me (As You Are Not Qualified)


Purpose: To encourage and increase competency of state and local Judiciaries

The General assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby enacts as follows

Section 1: Short Title: This act shall be known and may be cited as the you can`t judge me act


Magistrates- A civil officer or lay judge who administers the law

State Supreme Court-the ultimate judicial tribunal in the court system of a particular state

Pennsylvania State Bar Association- A professional body of lawyers, responsible for the regulation of the legal profession in Pennsylvania

Bipartisan Commission- A committee made up of members of both parties who will choose prospective judge candidates

Judicial Conduct Board of Pennsylvania- Governmental body which investigates allegations of ethical misconduct against Pennsylvania judges, and brings cases against judges who are accused of unethical actions.

Section 3: Procedure: An appointment/retention system will replace the current election system for Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justices.

Section 4: Appointment: Bipartisan commissions will submit slates of possible nominees to the Governor who will choose from that list. Each appointment will be approved by a majority in both the house and the senate.

Section 5: Retention: Following their appointment, judges will periodically be subject to one-candidate "retention" elections wherein the public simply votes yes or no on whether to grant them

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another term

Section 6: Additional Requirements : All judge positions, including magistrates will be required to be members of the Bar of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. The general requirements for which are satisfactory completion of the bar examination administered by or under under the authority of the Board; and absence of prior conduct by the applicant which in the opinion of the Board indicates character and general qualifications (other than scholastic) incompatible with the standards expected to be observed by members of the bar of this Commonwealth.

Section 7: Enforcement: Current magistrates will be allowed a period of four (4) years to be approved by the State Bar, this will be enforced by the Judicial Conduct Board of Pennsylvania. No unapproved magistrate will be allowed to attain a position.

Section 8: Penalties: Any magistrate who fails to become approved by the state bar within the allotted time frame will be removed from their positions.

Section 9 : Effective Date: This bill will go into effect before the first election following it`s passage, provided that election is to occur at least six (6) months after its passage.

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Blue Representative Bill #BH 501 Committee: Blue House Environmental Resources & EnergyDelegation: Springfield High School

Author(s): Josie Anderson, Secondary Sponsor Blue Senator Ben Ascher


Title: Go Green or Go Home


Bill Title: Go Green or Go Home

PURPOSE: to promote general awareness of recycling in schools, and help to reduce waste that could be recycled in Pennsylvania Public Schools.


Section 1: Short Title: This bill shall be known as and can be cited as the Go Green or Go Home Bill


Recycle- convert (waste) into reusable material

Waste- (of a material, substance, or byproduct) eliminated or discarded as no longer useful or required after the completion of a process

Recyclable materials- metals, paper, cardboard, plastics, glass

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Public school- a school supported by public funds, not including charter, online, juvenile detention centers, or home-schools.


This Act will require all Public Schools in the Commonwealth to have at least one recycling bin in each classroom and lunchroom. On each bin there must be a sign that says exactly what can be recycled (metals, paper, cardboard, plastics, glass). Each week the maintenance must collect the recycling and ensure that it will be recycled.


The Pennsylvania Environmental Protection Agency will send representatives randomly at least three times a year to oversee the Public Schools recycling.

Section 4: Penalties:

Should a school not fit the requirements they will be fined $500 for every month that the school did not recycle, or fit the minimum requirements.

Section 6 Funding:

The funding of the recycling bins will be provided by the Pennsylvania Department of Education, as well as the salary of the maintenance employees. The Pennsylvania Department of Education will provide the the amount of recycling bins needed in the school, and any additional salary the maintenance employees require for collecting the recycling each day. The Pennsylvania Department of Education will gain the money by issueing a 6.0% tax on cigarettes.

Section 5: Effective Date:

The Go Green or Go Home Bill shall take effect one year after passage

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Blue Representative Bill #BH 502 Committee: Blue House Environmental Resources & EnergyDelegation: Springfield High School

Author(s): grace bowden, Secondary Sponsor Blue Senator Ben Ascher


Title: Sty-NO-Foam


PURPOSE: To eliminate the use of styrofoam cups and plates in public schools and provide biodegradable plates and cups to students and staff therefore reducing the risk of ingesting carcinogens and reducing the amount of non degradable waste.



No Styrofoam


styrofoam- a kind of expanded polystyrene; a petroleum-based product composed of the chemicals benzene and styrene.

public school- a school supported by public funds.

Biodegradable- (of a substance or object) capable of being decomposed by bacteria or other living organisms.

styrene- an unsaturated liquid hydrocarbon obtained as a petroleum byproduct. It is easily polymerized and is used to make plastics and resins.

Benzene- a colorless volatile liquid hydrocarbon present in coal tar and petroleum, used in chemical synthesis. Its use as a solvent has been reduced because of its carcinogenic properties.

Carcinogen- a substance capable of causing cancer in living tissue.

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania- any government in which all people involved have a say, or a loose formation of nations with a shared loyalty.

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Department of Education- A department of the federal executive branch responsible for providing federal aid to educational institutions and financial aid to students, keeping national educational records, and conducting some educational research.


This bill will be regulated by the department education of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Section 4: Funding

This bill will be funded by taxing all styrofoam products. The funds that are allotted for the purchase of the styrofoam cups and plates will be given for the purchase of biodegradable cups and plates.


There will be a fine of two thousand dollars ($2,000) for every month a public school does not purchase and/or use biodegradable cups or plates.


This act shall be effective one (1) year from the date of passage.

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Blue Representative Bill #BH 503 Committee: Blue House Environmental Resources & EnergyDelegation: Obama Academy

Author(s): Zoe Moran, Louis Schoen Secondary Sponsor Blue Sen. Jessica Kiss


Title: Green Can Act


Bill tittle:

Recycling for Parks

Purpose:

To provide a recycling can for all official state parks in the state of Pennsylvania.

Section 1 Short title:

This act shall be known and may be cited as the Green Can Act.


State park: are parks or other protected areas managed at the sub-national level within those nations which use "state" or "province" as a political subdivision.

Recycling Can: A bin used to hold plastic trash that is capable to be turned into something new/different. For example: bottled water, cans of empty soda, plastic bags, and plastic plates.

Section 3 Plan:

The plan for this Act is to ensure the safety of animals in the state parks and the provide plants with a healthy environment.

Section 4 Funding:

Funding will be provided from the state parks and recreation department.

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If one is caught using the wrong bin in state parks or not using a bin at all to dispose their trash by park rangers or cameras they are to be let off with a warning. For their second offense they are fined 50 dollars for pollution of state property. After the second offense they are fined 100 dollars consecutively.

Section 6 Effective date:

This bill will take effect after 1 year of passage.

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Blue Representative Bill #BH 504 Committee: Blue House Environmental Resources & EnergyDelegation: Butler YMCA

Author(s): Jon Hassler, Secondary Sponsor Blue Senator Zach Milbert


Title: This "Litter"-Bugs Me


Bill Sponsor: Jonathan Hassler

Bill Title: This “Litter”-Bugs Me

Purpose: To increase funding for Pennsylvania state parks.


Section 1: Title

This Act shall be known and may be cited as the This “Litter”-Bugs Me Act.


State Parks - parks or other protected areas managed at the sub-national level within those nations which use "state" or "province" as a political subdivision.

DCNR- The Department of Conservation of Natural Resources.

Section 3: Actions

Upon passage of this Act, there will be a twenty-five percent (25%) increase in littering fines that are already set in place by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. This percentage of money will then be given to the DCNR to spend on state parks they deem in need of these funds.

Section 4: Funding

Any funding needed should be provided by the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources

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This Act will be enforced by those already enforcing the littering laws set in place by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.


This Act shall take effect one (1) year after its enactment.

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Blue Representative Bill #BH 505 Committee: Blue House Environmental Resources & EnergyDelegation: Sewickly Valley YMCA

Author(s): Elizabeth Manuel, Sec. Spon. Blue Senator Natasha Napolitano


Title: Perps to Plantings


PURPOSE: An opportunity for inmates that benefits the community and the earth.

SECTION 1 Short Title: This act shall be known and may be cited as the Perps to Plantings Act.


Minimal Risk Inmates- The offender has no prior conviction or court ordered supervisions for DUI, no prior statutory summary suspensions, and no prior reckless driving conviction reduced from DUI; and a BAC of less than .15 as a result of the most current arrest for DUI; and no other symptoms of substance abuse or dependence.

Volunteer- a person who freely offers to take part in an enterprise or undertake a task.

Supervised- to oversee (a process, work, workers, etc.) during execution or performance; superintend; have the oversight and direction of.

Correctional Officer- are responsible for the care, custody, and control of individuals who have been arrested and are awaiting trial while on remand or who have been convicted of a crime and sentenced to serve time in a prison or jail.

Annual Plants- plants with a life cycle that lasts only one year. They grow from seed, bloom, produce seeds and die in one growing season. They then need to be replanted each spring.

Prison Uniform- special clothing that distinguishes them as jail inmates.

Roadway- the part of a road intended for vehicles, in contrast to a sidewalk.

Highway- a main road, especially one connecting major towns or cities.

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Carbon Footprint- the amount of carbon dioxide and other carbon compounds emitted due to the consumption of fossil fuels by a particular person, group, etc.

SECTION 3 Procedures: A minimal risk inmate can plant annual flowers along any roadway or highway within a ten mile radius of the prison. They will be required to wear a prison uniform to distinguish them as inmates. Not only will the program help beautify the roads, but the annual flowers will reduce the earth's carbon footprint.

SECTION 4 Enforcement: Will not be enforced but instead is an option for inmates to utilize and volunteer for.

SECTION 5 Supervision: At all times there must be at least one correctional officer present per six inmates.

SECTION 6 Hours: A minimal risk inmate will work 3 hours per day, up to 8 hours per week and the shifts will be posted weekly depending on who volunteers.

SECTION 7 Program Schedule: This program will only be available during the planting season of annual flowers (mid spring). If not enough people sign up for the program it will not run until the next planting season.

SECTION 8 Rewards: Sentences will be reduced by 30 days for every 6 months work worth of hours.

SECTION 9 Cost: A package of seeds, approximately 35-40 seeds per pack, usually costs between 25 cents to 2 dollars. Guards will not receive overtime because they will leave with the assigned inmates than return with them after the 8 hours of work.

SECTION 10 Funding: This bill will be funded by the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections.

SECTION 11 Penalties: If an inmate does something deemed unsatisfactory by the supervising officer they will no longer be allowed to partake in the program.

SECTION 12 Effective Date: This bill will go into effect 1 year after passage.

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Blue Representative Bill #BH 506 Committee: Blue House Environmental Resources & EnergyDelegation: Somerset High School

Author(s): Andrew Bastian, Secondary Sponsor Max Myers


Title: Greener Future Sooner Act


Purpose: To promote research and development of clean and alternative energy in Pennsylvania


This act shall be known and may be cited as the Greener Future Sooner Act


Clean and Alternative Energy- energies that are environmentally friendly such as solar, nuclear, wind, and hydroelectric energy sources


Grants will be provided to companies who research energy within the borders of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The grant shall not exceed one-hundred-thousand dollars.

Section Four: Qualifications

The companies who are eligible for this grant include groups that work to research cleaner alternatives means of energy. Companies will be required to submit an application to the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development. The Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development will review the applicants and select any number of applicants to supply with grants as long as the total amount of grant funding distributed is below two million dollars.

Section Five: Funding

Funding for this act will be provided by the proceeds of the Pennsylvania lottery.


Bill will go into effect one year after passage

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Blue Representative Bill #BH 507 Committee: Blue House Environmental Resources & EnergyDelegation: Hershey

Author(s): Matthew Peters, Secondary Sponsor Blue Senator Will Heck


Title: Water for Future Generations Act


Purpose: To ensure that our water remains a usable resource for future generations of humans and other living things.


This act shall be known and may be cited as the Water for Future Generations Act.


Farming: The practice of cultivating crops or livestock on a farm.

Active agricultural zone: A plot of land that is used for farming at least 1/8th of the year.

Unmanaged land: Land not used for agriculture that is left unmowed and unburned. The land is also untreated by fertilizers, pesticides, and herbicides.

Body of water: For the purpose of this Act only: Rivers, streams, creeks, lakes, ponds, or any accumulation of water greater than 35,000 gallons.

Drainage ditch: A ditch designed to carry runoff away from the property and into a nearby body of water or storm sewer/drain.

Buffer strip: A swath of unmanaged land at least 15 yards wide, preferably populated with hardy grasses and shrubs.


Any active agricultural zone adjacent to a body of water or drainage ditch must have a buffer strip present between it and the body of water or drainage ditch.

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If a landowner is unable to utilize more than 10% of his/her land as a result of this act then the buffer strips on his/her property may be narrowed such that no less than 90% of his/her property is usable.


This act shall be enforced by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.


If an individual or company is found to be in violation of this act, said entity shall pay a fine equal to 15% of the property tax on the land that the violation was committed on.

Section 7: Funding

This act does not require any funding.

Section 8: Enactment

This law shall be enacted two (2) years after its passage.

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Author(s): Paige Beck, Secondary Sponsor Blue Senator Daryl Dorch


Title: To Bee or Not To Bee


Purpose: To reduce to loss of honey bee population in Pennsylvania.

Definitions:

Pesticide- A pesticide is any substance or mixture of substances intended for preventing, destroying, repelling, attracting or mitigating any insects, rodents, nematodes, fungi, weeds or other forms of plant or animal life and/or bacteria and viruses, except bacteria or viruses on or in living man or other animals, which is determined to be a pest.

Neonicotinoid- Any of a class of synthetic compounds having a chemical structure similar to that of nicotine and related alkaloids,used as systemic insecticides on plants and as topical or systemic insecticides on animals.

Farmer- One who works on or operates a farm.

Regulations: Farmers will be subjected to inspections of their farm for the use of neonicotinoids every other year. Inspections will be conducted by the PA Department of Environmental Protection. Any farmers found using neonicotinoids for the first year after passage will be void of penalties.

Funding: All funding shall come from a two percent (2%) tax on the sale of fertilizer.

Enforcement: This bill shall be enforced by the Department of Environmental Protection of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Penalties: If found that a farmer is using a pesticide of the neonicotinoid variety, that farmer will be imposed a one thousand (1,000) dollar fine for each acre of land found using this pesticide

Effective Date: This bill shall take effect one (1) year after passage.

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Author(s): Lynn Dang, Lynn Dang, Secondary Sponsor Blue Senator Cameron Brown


Title: Manure Methane Reduction Act


Bill Title (section 1): Manure Methane Reduction Act

Purpose (section 3):To reduce methane emissions of livestock manure in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania to diminish the effects of climate change.

Definitions (section 4):

Farm - Any place from which ten-thousand (10,000) dollars or more of ruminant livestock was produced and sold, or normally would have been sold, during the year.

Ruminant Livestock - mammals that are able to acquire nutrients from plant-based food by fermenting it in a specialized stomach prior to digestion, principally through microbial actions.

Farmer - A person who raises ruminant livestock on a farm.

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Methane- A chemical compound with the chemical formula CH?

Manure Methane Recovery System: A technological system to recover methane from manure and collect, store, and treat manure.

Methane recovery system requirements (section 5)

All farms must use a manure methane recovery system either through purchase or subscription.

Inspections (section 6):

The Methane Recovery Systems shall be inspected during the regularly scheduled farm inspections.

Enforcement (section 7):This bill shall be enforced by the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture.

Penalties (section 8):

If found that a participating farm is in violation of section 5, a fine of five (5) percent of the farmer’s net income shall be imposed per each consecutive year that it fails to install an appropriate methane recovery system.

Funding (section 9):

This Act shall require no funding.

Effective date (section 10):This bill shall go into effect one (1) year after passage.

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Blue Representative Bill #BH 510 Committee: Blue House Environmental Resources & EnergyDelegation: East Shore YMCA

Author(s): Olivia Smith, Secondary Sponsor Blue Senator Erin Thomas


Title: Pennsylvania Animal Welfare (P.A.W.) Resolution


Purpose – The purpose of this resolution is to protect the commonwealth of animals in the United States of America.

WHEREAS, every year, over 100 million animals perish due to animal testing. These animals include dogs, cats, monkeys, guinea pigs, rabbits, hamsters, birds, reptiles, and mice.

WHEREAS, there are numerous alternatives that many companies use to test their products efficiently. This will not alter chemical or medical progress, and

WHEREAS, in vitro cells are human cells grown in a state of the art system that mimics the growth and functions of human cells and organs. It can be used in disease research, drug testing, and toxicity testing and can replace human physiology, diseases, and drug responses more accurately than animal experimentation. In vitro can also be used to assess cosmetics, drugs, chemicals, and consumer products, and

WHEREAS, people can donate their healthy and diseased tissue for cell research. This is a more accurate testing method, because doctors can rely on the human cells for accuracy rather than another species, and

WHEREAS, researchers developed computer simulated models called in silico that simulate human biology and progression of developing diseases. These can predict how drugs can process in the human body, and

WHEREAS, the United States is one of only two countries that allow testing on chimpanzees. It is banned in the United Kingdom and has not licensed animal testing for over fifteen years, and

WHEREAS, Austria, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Germany banned animal testing. As of 2013, no animals may be used in cosmetic testing in the European Union, and

WHEREAS, from the Humane Society International, numerous tests comparing animal experimentation and alternatives show that the animal experimentation is much more expensive to

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taxpayers. To compare, chromosome aberration tests using animal testing is about $30,000, compared to alternatives which are about $20,000. Sister chromatid exchange using animal testing costs about $22,000, while alternatives cost $8,000. Unscheduled DNA synthesis using animal testing costs about $32,000, while alternatives cost about $11,000, and

WHEREAS, the state of California passed the first state law in 2000 (section 1834.9) limiting product-testing where alternative non-animal tests are available. This law allows companies to use the alternatives instead of animals for manufacturer and contract testing facilities, and therefore be it

RESOLVED, the Pennsylvania General Assembly memorializes the United States Congress to phase out animal testing in the United States of America.

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Author(s): Sophie Beckfield, Jacob Jastrzebski, Blue Senator Cameron Brown


Title: The Protection of Animals in Amish Communities Act


Purpose: To ensure the wellbeing of animals in communities that are not

highly regulated and prevent abuse.

Definitions:

Abuse-the improper usage or treatment of an entity, often to unfairly or improperly gain benefit.

Amish (people)-the members of a strict Mennonite sect that established major settlements in Pennsylvania

Animal-a living organism that feeds on organic matter, typically having specialized sense organs and nervous system and able to respond rapidly to stimuli.

Animal Shelter-a place where stray, lost, abandoned or surrendered animals, mostly dogs and cats, and sometimes sick or wounded wildlife are brought.

Area-a region or part of a town, a country, or the world.

Bred for Profit-to allow animals to reproduce in order to sell their offspring for a net financial gain.

Carcass-the dead body of an animal.

Community-a group of people living in the same place or having a particular characteristic in common.

Condition-the state of something, especially with regard to its appearance, quality, or working order.

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Confinement-the area in which someone or something is kept, typically against their will.

Constitute-to establish or create (an organization, a government, etc.)

County-a political and administrative division of a state, providing certain local governmental services.

Court System-a collective who interpret and apply the law in the name of the state.

Danger-the possibility of suffering harm or injury.

Dangerous Conditions-conditions which could plausibly cause harm or death to those subjected to them

Dangerous Environment-conditions which could plausibly cause harm or death to those subjected to them

Dirty-covered or marked with an unclean substance.

Fine-a demand of money for an unlawful action.

Food-any nutritious substance that people or animals eat or drink, or that plants absorb, in order to maintain life and growth.

Good Condition-In almost optimal condition, as further defined by the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture

Government-the governing body of Pennsylvania

Improper-not in accordance with accepted rules or standards of the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture.

Injured-harmed, damaged, impaired, or any painful or potentially life-threatening condition

Inspection-careful examination or scrutiny.

Interpretation-the action of explaining the meaning of something

Jurisdiction-the official power to make legal decisions and judgments.

Large Scale-not sparse or in a concentrated area, but rather widespread and severe.

Lifetime-the duration of someone’s lifespan.

Living Conditions-the condition of one's shelter, food, clothing, safety, access to clean water, and such.

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Law Enforcement-the civil force of a local government, responsible for the prevention and detection of crime and the maintenance of public order.

Living Environment-the area in which an organism inhabits or is restrained within.

Mammal-a warm-blooded vertebrate animal of a class that is distinguished by the possession of hair or fur, the secretion of milk by females for the nourishment of the young, and (typically) the birth of live young.

Minor Violation-a non-severe or mild violation, as further defined by the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture.

Moderate Condition-not in optimal nor severe condition, as further defined by the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture.

Moderate Violation-a violation that is neither mild nor severe, as further defined by the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture.

Offense-a violation of the rules set forth.

Offender-one who violates the rules set forth

Optimal Condition-the best and most proper circumstances and physicality, as further defined by by the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture.

Own-used with a possessive to emphasize that someone or something belongs or relates to the person mentioned.

Quarters (living)-the area within which one is stationed or lodged.

Police Officer-a person whose job is to enforce laws, investigate crimes, and make arrests.

Poor Condition-in a negative, harmful, painful, or potentially dangerous circumstance, as further defined by the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture.

Potentially Harmful-has the ability to or is likely to cause harm or danger.

Precinct-any one of the sections that a town or city is divided into when people vote in an election.

Prison-a building (or vessel) in which people are legally held as a punishment for crimes they have committed or while awaiting trial.

Property-a thing or things belonging to someone; possessions collectively. Also, the land owned by this individual or group.

Puppy Mill-an establishment that breeds puppies for sale, typically on an intensive basis and in conditions regarded as inhumane.

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Purchase-acquire (something) by paying for it; buy.

Report-give a spoken or written account of something that one has observed, heard, done, or investigated.

Rescue (animal)-an animal that has been saved from a dangerous environment or one that requires a new home due to abandonment.

Seizure-the action of capturing someone or something using force.

Sell-give or hand over (something) in exchange for money

Severity/Severe-the fact or condition of being severe. Severe treatment includes any cruel, harmful, dangerous, or any treatment that could cause pain or extreme discomfort to an animal.

Tax-a compulsory contribution to state revenue, levied by the government on workers' income and business profits or added to the cost of some goods, services, and transactions.

Trade-the action of buying and selling goods and services.

Treatment (of animals)-the manner in which someone behaves toward or deals with someone or something.

Unsafe-dangerous, potentially harmful, or not safe.

Vaccination-an injection of a killed microbe in order to stimulate the immune system against the microbe, thereby preventing disease.

Violation-the action of violating someone or something

Well-being-the state of being comfortable, healthy, or happy.

Welfare-the health, happiness, and fortunes of a person or group

Regulations:

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Every six (6) months, every property owned by an Amish person or group must be inspected for animal welfare by law enforcement who have jurisdiction over the area and will be in charge of this task, with police officers being the default. From there, the conditions of the animals and living environment will be ranked on a scale from 0-10 based on what the officers find on the property. Properties determined to be in good condition (7-10) will not require another inspection until one (1) year later. Properties determined to be in a moderate condition (4-6) will receive a warning and an inspection 6 months later; if conditions have not improved, they will be charged as having poor conditions (0-3). Any property owner whose animals are determined to be in a poor condition (0-3) or living in a dangerous environment will be penalized as defined in the “Penalties” section of this act. Any property owner whose land is found to have more than three animal carcases on it that are determined to have died at the fault of the owner will be treated as second time offenders.

If personnel from the United States Humane Society or American Society for the Protection of Animals request to council with law enforcement, attend, or conduct these inspections, they may do so with law enforcement present.

After at least ninety percent (90%) of properties in Amish communities have been graded as being in good condition for ten (10) years, they will then be subjected to the same standards as non-amish farmers, outlined by the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture.

Until such time, the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture has the jurisdiction to outline and redefine what constitutes a minor, moderate, or severe offense.

Evaluation:

The treatment of animals will be ranked on a scale from 0-10, zero (0) being the worst and ten (10) being the best. A ten (10) shall only be given to persons whose animals are in optimal condition. A nine (9) would be awarded to anyone who commits one (1) minor violation, an eight (8) for two (2) minor violations, and a seven (7) for three (3) minor violations. Minor violations include dirty living conditions, animals missing a vaccination, dirty water, improper food, and other such conditions, as further defined by the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture. A six (6) will be awarded to anyone who has committed one (1) moderate violation or more than three (3) minor violations, with a five (5) being awarded for two (2) moderate violations, and a four (4) for three (3) moderate violations. Moderate violations include quarters smaller than the legal allotment, feces being on the floor of the animal’s confinement in a large scale, feces in the food that the animals are given, potentially harmful food or living quarters, unsafe temperatures, and other violations, as defined by the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture. A three (3) will be awarded to anyone who commits more than three (3) moderate violations or one (1) major violation, with a two (2) being awarded for two (2) major violations, one (1) for three (3) violations, and zero (0) for more than three (3). Major violations include injured animals, severely unsafe living conditions, any carcasses on the properties, and other conditions defined by the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture.

Penalties:

First-time offenders will be fined $10-$1000 for every animal determined to be in unsafe or in

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otherwise dangerous conditions or state, the dollar amount within the range being determined by law enforcement depending on severity. Offenders in the zero to six (0-6) range will also not be allowed to own mammals for the next one (1) year, or until they have a living environment that is would fit within the good range (7-10). They may sell the animals they already have within a month, or the animals will be seized by the government and taken to an animal shelter. Major offenders (0-3) will be fined an additional $5,000. Second-time offenders will have their animals seized and will not be allowed to own, purchase, or trade for another animal for the following ten (10) years. Anyone found in violation of this will be fined $5,000 for each animal purchased, the animals will be seized, and the offender will never be allowed to own, purchase, or trade for another animal again in their lifetime. Third-time offenders will be sentenced to 5-10 years in prison or a $10,000 to $20,000 fine determined by law enforcement and the court system of that county.

Any law enforcement precinct found not reporting animal abuse on Amish properties, or not inspecting Amish properties every six (6) months for more than a year, will be fined $10,000.

Funding:

Funding needed will be derived from fines, as defined in the penalties section. There will also be a tax of 5% on animals that have been bred for profit, or originate from a puppy mill. Any other funding will be derived from the law enforcement of that county.

Enforcement:

This Act shall be enforced by the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture.

Effective Date:

This bill shall go into effect (1) one year after passage.

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Blue Representative Bill #BH 512 Committee: Blue House Environmental Resources & EnergyDelegation: Boyertown Area Senior High

Author(s): Dominic Coleman, Secondary Sponsor Blue Senator Joshua Shapin


Title: PA Wildlife Crossing


PURPOSE: The Purpose of this bill is to add wild life crossing through highways intersecting with where there are high amounts of animal sighting and roadkill hotspots of land animals to reduce car crashes involving wildlife


This act shall be known and may be cited as the “_Let Them Cross_” Act


Wildlife crossing- a path for animals to cross over, or under man-made infrastructure

Infrastructure- basic physical and organizational structure and facilities needed for the operation of a society or enterprise

Road-kill hotspots- area on highway where there is a significant amount of collisions between animals and vehicles

Car crash- a collision involving a motor vehicle

Highway- a major or main road connecting between major towns or cities

Intersecting- a crossing or meeting of a path or line

Fencing- a barrier, railing, or other upright structure

Scent-a distinctive smell

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Wildlife crossings will be built over, or under highways from areas of high road-kill hotspots rate to low

SECTION 4: Funding

Will be provided by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection

SECTION 5: Regulations

At most every 10 years a new wildlife bridge should be built or be in the process of being built


For every year exceeding the 10 years of no construction of wildlife bridges there will be a $25,000 penalty



SECTION 8: Description

The animals will use the wildlife crossing because there will be fencing to funnel the animals away from the highway and to the crossing. These crossings if over the highway which are preferred by some species who prefer to be in an environment that is open to the sky such as deer. While others don’t mined the underpass such as black bear. These crossings will also have the scent of humans removed for the animals not to fear the crossing.

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Blue Committee Chair Bill #BH 600 Committee: Blue House Labor & Industry 2Delegation: Sewickly Valley YMCAAuthor(s): Maria Beatty, Secondary Sponsor Blue Senator Natasha Napolitano


Title: Early Childhood Education Act


PURPOSE: A way to increase the education of youths.

SECTION 1 Short Title: This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Early Childhood Education Act

SECTION 2 Definitions: Compulsory school age- The age legally required to attend school. Public School Districts- A form of special-purpose district which serves to operate local public primary and secondary schools.High School: The section of schooling between ninth (9) grade to twelfth (12) grade.Amish- the members of a strict Mennonite society

SECTION 3 Procedures: The Pennsylvania Department of Education may lower the compulsory age for public school districts from eight (8) to seventeen (17) to six (6) to seventeen (17) or until the date of their graduation from high school, which ever may occur first.

SECTION 4 Enforcement: The Pennsylvania Department of Education will oversee and enforce this act.

SECTION 5 Exemption: The reason Pennsylvania’s compulsory age starts so late is because Pennsylvania has a large population of Amish people. Therefore members of the Amish will be exempt from attending school at the age of six (6) however will still have to start school at the age of eight (8).

SECTION 6 Funding: All funding will be governed by the Pennsylvania Department of Education.

SECTION 7 Penalties: All penalties will be governed by the Pennsylvania Department of Education.

SECTION 8 Effective Date: This bill will go into effect one (1) year after passage.

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Blue Representative Bill #BH 601 Committee: Blue House Labor & Industry 2Delegation: Commonwealth Connections AcademyAuthor(s): Maryam Siddiqui, Secondary Sponsor Quinn Broussard


Title: Eliminate Waste and Donate Act


Purpose: To encourage restaurants to donate leftover food instead of discarding it by offering tax deductions as an incentive


This act shall be known and may be cited as the Eliminate Waste and Donate Act. It may also be cited as the EWAD Act.


Restaurants: Businesses in which food is prepared and available for purchase

Food Supply: Edible items in possession of a business

Food Waste: Edible items that have been discarded by the business

Section 3: Terms

Any restaurant that has produced food waste that is 10% or less of their yearly food supply over the course of each year will be eligible to recieve a 5% business tax deduction. Edible items that have been donated to shelters, soup kitchens, food pantries, and other similar establishments will not be counted as food waste.

Section 4: Regulation

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Owners of restaurants wanting to recieve the tax deduction will send their purchase history in regards to food, in the form of bank account activity and reciepts or other accurate records, at the end of each month to the Department of Revenue. They will also send proof of donation forms that include the size and content of the donation as well as a signature from the establishment being donated to.The Department of Revenue will then calculate the percentage of food waste at the end of each year using the information give tax deductions accordingly.


Any restaurants found fabricating or omitting relevant information will be fined $5000 and will be ineligible for the tax deduction for the following 2 years.

Section 6: Funding

Any additional funding will come from the existing budget of the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry.


This act shall take effect one year after passing.

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Blue Representative Bill #BH 602 Committee: Blue House Labor & Industry 2Delegation: Somerset High SchoolAuthor(s): Alex Lalley, Secondary Sponsor Willis Walker


Title: It is my liquor and I want it now!


Purpose:

To privatize the sale of alcoholic beverages from state stores to private stores.


This bill is to be known as it is my liquor and I want it now!


Alcoholic Beverage: Drink with greater than two percent alcohol content.

Section Three: Regulations

The state liquor stores will gradually be closed across Pennsylvania. For every state liquor store that is closed, there will be six liquor licenses available for approval by the state for public businesses. The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board will regulate this bill until all state stores are closed.


This bill will become effective six months after passage.

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Blue Representative Bill #BH 603 Committee: Blue House Labor & Industry 2Delegation: Springfield High SchoolAuthor(s): Jaime Leo Figueras, Secondary Sponsor Blue Senator Evan Garber


Title: Family First Act of 2016


Purpose: To match the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania with major countries in the Eastern Hemisphere in giving parents paid family leave.


This Act shall be known and may be cited as Family First Act of 2016


Major countries- first world, developed and advanced countries such as USA, Canada, Japan, UK, Germany, France, Australia, etc.

Full-time jobs- employment in which a person works at least forty (40) hours in a week

Part-time job- employment in which a person works for less than thirty (30) hours in a week

Parental leave- extended time away from work so a parent can bond with his/her newborn or newly adopted child

Mothers and Fathers- legal guardians, biological and adoptive parents

Successful childbirth- when a baby is born alive, with or without complications

Child- a young human being below the legal age of eighteen (18) years

Reimburse- to compensate or pay

Insurance- an arrangement by which a company or government agency provides a guarantee of compensation for specified loss, damage, illness, or death in return for payment of a premium

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Premium- an amount paid periodically to the insurer by the insured for covering his or her risk


This Act calls for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to mandate employers of more than fifty (50) full-time workers to guarantee paid parental leave for mothers and fathers of a newborn or newly adopted child for at least three (3) months or twelve (12) weeks. Parents shall be reimbursed half (1/2) of their previous earnings or salary. Paid parental leave is effective on the first three successful childbirths after the passage of the Act only. Employers are still liable to give three (3) months or twelve (12) weeks of parental leave for future childbirths, however, parents will only be reimbursed a quarter (1/4) of their previous earnings. Along with guaranteeing workers paid parental leave, employers must also ensure their workers job security for when they return from the leave. Part-time workers are exempt from receiving paid parental leave.

Section 4: Parental Leave Qualifications

In order to qualify for paid parental leave, one must be a full-time worker of a company that has a minimum of fifty (50) workers, a father or mother of a newly born/adopted child, and have signed up for the Pennsylvania Parental Leave Insurance.

Section 5: Parental Leave Insurance

The Commonwealth shall create a state version of the Social Security Disability Insurance. It shall be known as the Pennsylvania Parental Leave Insurance. The insurance shall cover parents or legal guardians of a newly born child or children or newly adopted child or children. The PPLI will be under the supervision of the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry.

Section 6: Funding for Parental Leave Insurance

The Parental Leave Insurance will be funded through a half percent (0.5%) increase on income tax for citizens of the Commonwealth and corporations in the Commonwealth, and a pool of premiums of all the PPLI policyholders. Insurance premiums shall be set by the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry.


This Act shall be enforced by the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry.

Section 8: Funding for Workers Compensation

Thirty percent (30%) of funding shall come from the worker’s employer and seventy percent (70%) shall be covered by the Pennsylvania Parental Leave Insurance.


This Act shall take effect two (2) years after its passage.

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Blue Representative Bill #BH 604 Committee: Blue House Labor & Industry 2Delegation: East Shore YMCAAuthor(s): James Griffith, Secondary Sponsor Blue Senator Julian Sherr


Title: YMCA YAG Voluntary Contribution System


Bill Title: YMCA YAG Voluntary Contribution System

AN ACT

Purpose: Providing for a voluntary contribution system to aid in the funding of the Pennsylvania state YMCA Youth and Government program



This act shall be known and may be cited as YMCA YAG Voluntary Contribution System


Voluntary contribution- an election made by the taxpayer to designate amounts on his or her tax return to charitable fund(s).

Section 3 Creation:

There is hereby created, for the purpose of this act, a special restricted receipts account within the General Fund to be known as the Pennsylvania YMCA Youth and Government Fund.

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Section 4 Designation:

The Department of Revenue shall provide a space on the face of the individual income tax return form whereby an individual may voluntarily designate a contribution of any amount desired to the Pennsylvania YMCA Youth and Government Fund. The amount so designated by a taxpayer on the income tax return shall be deducted from the tax refund to which the individual is entitled and shall not constitute a charge against the income tax revenues due the Commonwealth.

Section 5 Transfer of Funds:

The Department of Revenue shall determine annually the total amount designated pursuant to section 6 less reasonable administrative costs, and shall report the amount to the State Treasurer, who shall transfer the amount from the General Fund to the restricted receipts account established for the Pennsylvania YMCA Youth and Government Fund.

Section 6 Funding:

Funding will be acquired through the Department of Revenue’s budget.


This Act shall be regulated by the Department of Revenue.


This Act shall take effect one year after passage.

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Blue Representative Bill #BH 605 Committee: Blue House Labor & Industry 2Delegation: Boyertown YMCAAuthor(s): Michael Draves, Secondary Sponsor Blue Senator Evan Giannetti


Title: The Reduced Inheritance Taxes Act


Purpose: To prevent over taxation of the property of citizens of the Commonwealth by reducing and eliminating tax rates on inheritance taxes.

Section 1 Short Title: This act shall be known and may be cited as the Property Protection Act


Lineal heir- Children and their descendants (whether or not they have been adopted by others) and step-descendants

Other heirs- Any heir not of immediate family relations, excluding charitable organizations, exempt institutions and government entities which are exempt from tax

Inheritance tax- Tax paid to the Commonwealth by recipients of property left behind by the deceased party, in an amount based on the value of the property.

Section 3 Tax Rates

The zero (0) percent inheritance tax for transfers to a surviving spouse or to a parent from a child aged 21 or younger, shall remain at zero (0) percent.

The four-and-a-half (4.5) percent inheritance tax on transfers to direct descendants and lineal heirs shall be changed to zero (0) percent.

The twelve (12) percent inheritance tax on transfers to siblings shall be changed to five (5) percent.

The fifteen (15) percent inheritance tax on transfers to all other heirs shall be changed to ten (10) percent.

Section 4 Enforcement

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This act shall be enforced by the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue.

Section 6 Funding

An eleven (11) percent reduction in the budget for the General Fund of Directive and Supportive Services.

A five (5) percent reduction in the budget for Cultural Enrichment.

A ten (10) percent reduction in the budget for Horse Racing Regulation.

Section 7 Effective Date

This bill shall take effect at the beginning of the new tax year following the passage of this bill.

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Blue Representative Bill #BH 606 Committee: Blue House Labor & Industry 2Delegation: Middletown Area High SchoolAuthor(s): Aayushi Patel, Primary Sponsor Blue Representative Aayushi Patel, Secondary Sponsor Blue Senator Sam Romberger


Title: Equal Pay For Equal Work


Purpose: To equalize the wage gap between all people.


This act shall be known and cited as the Equal Pay For Equal Work.

Section 2: Definition

Annual wage - yearly fixed payment.

Compliance - the action of following the law, wish, act, or command.

Employee - a person hired by an employer.

Employer - a person that hires people and pays those people.

Equalize - make equal.

Equivalent - same amount.

Identical - same amount of work labor (both physical and mental) and education regardless of gender. For example, a cafeteria lady and the janitors have identical skill sets based on the number of hours as well as their education. However, a Bachelor's degree would result in more pay when compared to an Associate's degree because of more education.

Income - money received by the employee.

Mental Labor - work done with minimal use of the body and maximum use of the mind.

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Physical labor - work done by any muscles, bones, or organs of the human body.

Proportionally - income corresponds to skill set and educations.

Proportionate - reasonable; balanced.

Same Education - same degrees. For example, two people with Bachelor's degrees that have the same amount of labor should have the same pay, and a Bachelor's degree is worth more than an Associate's degree when it comes to income. The degree should also be relevant to the work field the person is working in.

Skill Set - the education and abilities to perform a certain task. For example, a secretary would have a skill set of the ability to type, communicate, and write.

Wage - fixed payment.

Wage Gap - the difference between wages of females and males.


This bill will require all employers to set equivalent wages for jobs that require identical skill sets. The pay is non-negotiable no matter how in-demand the given occupation is. This also applies to raises and bonuses. For example, if a raise is given to a specific worker of a specific skill set, then the same raise must be given to all other workers of the identical skill set in the future. Employees could fight or request for the same raise at any given time to an employer. All of the employees will not be given the same raise at the same time for the same occupation. Otherwise, it wouldn't be a raise as everyone would be rewarded at the same time. Employers can pay employees with higher education more money, but it must be proportionate. The education also needs to be related to the employee's work. For example, employees with Bachelor's degree in the field in which they are hired can have a proportionally higher wage then someone with an Associate's degree in the same field.


The Department of Labor would hire a third party who would check and make sure that all employers are complying with this bill. The regular checks would be done at least once a year.


If employers do not show proof of compliance, the employer in question will be fined 3 (three) percent of the questioned individual's annual income.

Section 6: Funding

Any funding that arises from this bill shall be obtained from the Department of Labor.


This bill shall take effect 1 (one) year after passage.

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Blue Representative Bill #BH 607 Committee: Blue House Labor & Industry 2Delegation: Butler YMCAAuthor(s): Jeffrey Cupp, Secondary SPonsor Blue Senator Zach Milbert


Title: The Better For Business Act


Short Title: BFBA

Purpose: To promote and encourage business in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Article 1: Definitions

Corporation- An independent legal entity owned by its shareholders.

Proportional Tax- A flat tax, the same percentage is used on every amount of income.

Limited Liability Corporation- it is a legal form of a company that provides limited liability to its owners.

S Corporation- Corporations that elect to pass the federal income tax onto its shareholders.

Sole Proprietorship- A business that is owned by one person.

Partnership- A business that is owned by two or more people, which is not incorporated.

Incorporation- The process of legally declaring a corporate entity as separate from its owners.

Article 2: Corporate Income Tax

This act hereby lowers the current 9.99% tax on the income of corporations that do not identify as S Corporations to a proportional tax rate of 7%.

Article 3: Sole Proprietorship Tax and Partnership Tax

This act hereby reduces the tax on the income of businesses that are declared as Sole Proprietorships or Partnerships from 3.07% to a proportional tax rate of 2%.

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Article 4: LLCs and S Corporations

This act hereby reduces the tax on Limited Liability Companies that are incorporated to a proportional tax rate of 5.5%. Any Limited Liability Companies that are not incorporated shall be taxed at 3.07%. S Corporations shall be taxed at a proportional rate of 8%.

Article 5: Funding

This bill will not need any funding as it is revenue bill.

Article 6: Effect

This act shall come into effect at the beginning of the next fiscal year as long as the act is passed before December 1st.

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Blue Representative Bill #BH 608 Committee: Blue House Labor & Industry 2Delegation: Middletown Area High SchoolAuthor(s): Chloe Buckwalter,Prim Spon. Rep. Aayushi Patel, Sec. Sen. Samantha Romberger


Title: Minimums for the Maximums


Purpose: To provide inmates in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania with a source of income for the betterment of themselves and their families.


This bill may be know and shall be cited as the Minimums for the Maximums Act


Company: An organization of individuals conducting a commercial or industrial enterprise. A corporation, partnership, association, or joint stock company.

Employer: A person or entity which hires the services of another.

Entity: An organization or being that possesses separate existence for tax purposes.

Inmate: An individual who is legally confined in a county or state prison or jail.

Monetary compensation: An incentive that has monetary value in United States currency that is given to inmates who participate in a work program.

Organization: Any type of group or association of individuals who are joined together either formally or legally.

Work program: As defined by Pennsylvania state law § 95.235.


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All inmates who participate in a work program must receive monetary compensation from the company or employer providing them with work. The amount of compensation must be no less than twenty-five percent (25%) of the national minimum wage (29 U.S.C. 206(a)(1)). Section 4: Funding

All funding required by state-run work programs will come from that prison. The money budgeted by the prison to pay regular prison employees will be used to pay prisoners participating in work programs. Any additional funding required will come from the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections.


This bill shall take effect five (5) years after passage.

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Blue Representative Bill #BH 620 Committee: Blue House Labor & IndustryDelegation: Boyertown YMCAAuthor(s): Harrison Otto, Secondary Sponsor Blue Senator Evan Gianetti


Title: Ben's Big Day


PURPOSE: To honor and recognize Benjamin Franklin's impact on Pennsylvania's history


This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Frankin Day Act


Holiday- a day free from work that one may spend at leisure in order to observe the significance of a person or event

State Employees- workers employed by the state government of Pensylvania or who work in any such state government office or institution

State Government Office- A state government owned office or place where state employees of Pennsylvana work

State Government Institution- An established organization, foundation, or business that is owned, funded, or regulated by the state government of Pennsylvania

Section 3: Enactment

Franklin Day will be recognized as a state-wide holiday by the Commonwealth of Pennsylania on April 17 of every calendar year.

Section 4: Closings

All state government offices and state government institutions will be closed on this holiday.

Section 5: Compensation

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All state employees not required to work due to Franklin Day receive their basic rate of pay for the applicable number of holiday hours.


This Act shall take effect at the start of the next calendar year.

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Blue Representative Bill #BH 621 Committee: Blue House Labor & IndustryDelegation: Rose E. Schneider YMCAAuthor(s): Shaun Dougherty, Matt Steinberg, Secondary Sponsor Blue Sen. Jorge Olan


Title: High Speed Internet for Municipalities


AN ACT

PURPOSE: This act will allow municipalities to invest and build their own fiber optic networks. This will create more competition in the market and will create more jobs for installing the fiber lines for the network.


This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Fiber Internet Act


Fiber Optic Communication: A method of transmitting information from one place to another by sending pulses of light through an optical fiber.

Optical Fiber: A thin flexible fiber with a glass core through which light signals can be sent with very little loss of strength.

Copper Wire: The current infrastructure for many cable company’s internet offerings

Municipality: A City or town that has corporate status and local government.

Section 3: Funding

This bill will not require any funding, as it will come from local governments, but if needed it will come from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development.


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This bill will not be enforced because local governments are allowed to opt into or out of the program based on their current budget.


There will be no penalties for this bill.

Section 6: Benefits

This act will provide a lot of job opportunities for those communities that opt into creating their own internet networks for construction, network administrators, and network security . This will also provide more competition in the market for areas that don’t have multiple options for internet service providers.


This act will take effect one year after passage.

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Blue Representative Bill #BH 622 Committee: Blue House Labor & IndustryDelegation: Springfield High SchoolAuthor(s): Amanda Schagrin, Secondary Sponsor Blue Senator Annabelle Welch


Title: Cans for Cash


PURPOSE:


Section 1: Short Title- Cans for Cash


Parking Ticket- a notice telling a driver of a fine imposed for parking illegally, typically attached to a car windshield.

Canned Good- Canning is a method of preserving food in which the food contents are processed and sealed in an airtight container. Canningprovides a shelf life typically ranging from one to five years, although under specific circumstances it can be much longer.

Section 3: Procedure- When a person goes to pay their parking ticket in person only, they are eligible to receive a $15 credit toward parking fines for every 10 cans they donate. The cans will be donated to local food banks.

Section 4: This only applies to people who pay the ticket in person. Expired cans will not be accepted. Accepted Items include

• Canned meat and protein such as canned ravioli, chicken, ham, tuna, meat spreads, etc.

• Beef stew and soup

• Canned vegetables such as beans, peas, carrots and corn

Section 5: Penalties- There are no penalties for this bill.

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Section 6: Effective Date- This bill goes into effect 2 months after passage.

Section 7: Funding- This bill does not require funding.

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Blue Representative Bill #BH 623 Committee: Blue House Labor & IndustryDelegation: Springfield High SchoolAuthor(s): Ella Cummings, Secondary Sponsor blue Senator Zoe Edalatpour


Title: Impel ASL Act


Bill Title: Impel ASL

PURPOSE: To make dining and food services in the Commonwealth more convenient and enjoyable for the deaf and aurally impaired.



This act will be known as the Impel ASL Act.


ASL - American Sign Language

deafness - total or extremely significant hearing loss

food/dining services - any business within the Commonwealth whose primary source of income is based on the production and distribution of edible goods

server - a waiter or waitress

fluent - can express oneself easily or accurately


All food and dining services within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania must have a minimum of

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one (1) individual on staff who is fluent in ASL.


This bill will be regulated by specific designated individuals in the Department of Industry of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. These individuals will be assigned a certain number of dining services around the Commonwealth and must confirm that there is at least one staff member that speaks ASL.

Section 5: Funding

This bill’s penalty regulators will be funded by a tax increase on food and dining services. The tax will increase from the current six (6) percent to an eight (8) percent tax.


There will be a five thousand dollar ($5,000) fine for each month a business refuses to hire an individual fluent in ASL.


The act shall be effective one (1) years from the date of passage.

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Blue Representative Bill #BH 624 Committee: Blue House Labor & IndustryDelegation: Springfield High SchoolAuthor(s): Robert DeMerlis, Secondary Sponsor Blue Senator Evan Garber


Title: A Penny Saved is a Penny Earned


PURPOSE: To encourage teenagers to work by relieving their tax burden.


This act shall be known and may be cited as the A Penny Saved is a Penny Earned Act.


State Income Tax: Tax paid to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania on any amount of filed income earned.

Relieve: Cause pain, stress, or difficulty to become less severe or serious.

Burden: A heavy load.

Wage Earner: Someone who is paid by an employer who reports the income.


Any wage earner sixteen years old or younger is not required to pay state income tax on any income earned from any source. Employers shall not deduct state taxes from paychecks of employees sixteen years old or younger.


The Internal Revenue Service will not have to distribute state income tax forms to anyone age sixteen or younger who earned any sort of income.

Section 5: Funding

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After the age of sixteen, all wage earners must pay state income taxes. If caught not paying, wage earners will pay the tax owed plus an additional 6% of that tax.

Section 7: Effective Date This bill will be effective one (1) year after its passage.

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Blue Representative Bill #BH 625 Committee: Blue House Labor & IndustryDelegation: Boyertown Area Senior HighAuthor(s): Zack Benning, Secondary SPonsor Blue Senator Connor Sargent


Title: Super Bowl Monday



This act shall be known as the Super Bowl act.


Super Bowl- Championship game of the NFL, typically played either on the last Sunday of January, or the first Sunday of February.

NFL- National Football League

Football- a form of team game played in North America with an oval ball on a field marked out as a gridiron.

Section 3:Purpose

The purpose of this bill is to give students in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania a day off from school the Monday after the Super Bowl.


This act will be enforced by the Pennsylvania Department of Education.

Section 5: Funding

There is no funding required for this bill.


This bill will go into effect at the beginning of the new year, 2017.

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Blue Representative Bill #BH 626 Committee: Blue House Labor & IndustryDelegation: Somerset High SchoolAuthor(s): Brock Bowers, Secondary Sponsor Blue Senator Max Myers


Title: Let's Go Voting


Purpose:

To mandate Election Day to become a state holiday to increase voting turnout.

Section 1 Short title:

This act shall be known and cited as the Let’s Go Voting Act.


Election Day- a day legally established for the election of public officials; usually held on the 2nd

Tuesday after the 1st Monday of November

State Jobs- People that work for the state

General Election- a regular election of candidates for office

Tax Exemption- A monetary exemption which reduces taxable income

Small Business- a business that employs a small number of workers and does not have a high volume of sales.


Election Day will become a state holiday, enforced by the Department of State and Bureau of Commissions, Elections and Legislation


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This law will be only in effect for General elections, and people with state jobs will get the day off. This bill will not be in effect for people that work out of the state

Section 5 Incentives:

People who run a small business who choose to have Election Day off will receive a tax exemption


This bill will go into effect two (2) years after passage

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Blue Representative Bill #BH 627 Committee: Blue House Labor & IndustryDelegation: Middletown Area High SchoolAuthor(s): Lillian Fager, Secondary Sponsor Blue Senator Sam Romberger


Title: Fooderal Home


Purpose: To allow the option of food in funeral homes.

Section 1: This bill shall be known and may be cited as the Fooderal Home Act


Funeral Home: a building where funerals and viewings take place.

State Board of Funeral Directors Pennsylvania: an elected board who are in charge of ensuring a funeral home's services.


There must be a separate and designated area strictly for food to be served and consumed.

Designated area must be inspected by health inspectors prior to food being served.

Designated area must be clearly posted as a designated food area.

Designated food area must be noted through the State Board of Funeral Directors.

Eating area must conform to all state regulations of service and safety (quality and cleanliness).

No alcohol is permitted in funeral home.

Funeral home must understand that they will be held responsible just as any other establishment that serves food.

Disposal of any left over food and other remains must be kept separate from all other waste for disposal.

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Section 4: Enforcements

If food is not served and consumed in a separate and designated area, the State Board of Funeral Directors Pennsylvania will determine the fine based on the severity of the situation.

If any waste produced from serving food is not kept separate from all other waste associated with the funeral home, the State Board of Funeral Directors Pennsylvania will determine a fine based on the severity of the situation and also be responsible for any other costs associated with the incident.

If alcohol is brought and served, the funeral home must pay a fine that is defined by the state based on its severity.

If the funeral home does not meet quality and cleanliness regulations, the state will determine a fine based on its severity.

Section 5: Funding

Funding will be provided by funeral homes who show interest in serving food inside of funeral homes



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Blue Representative Bill #BH 628 Committee: Blue House Labor & IndustryDelegation: HersheyAuthor(s): Nick Martin, Secondary Sponsor Blue Senator Riley Compton


Title: This act shall be known and may be cited as Financial Literacy Act


PURPOSE:

To ensure future generations with the neccessary financial skills used later in life.


This act shall be known and may be cited as Financial Literacy Act


Teacher: One who teaches, especially one hired to teach.

Public School: An elementary or secondary school in the United States supported by public funds and providing free education for children of a community or district.

Student: One who is enrolled or attends classes at a school, college, or university

Charter School: a publicly funded independent school established by teachers, parents, or community groups under the terms of a charter with a local or nation.

Junk Food: A high-calorie food that is low in nutritional value, typically produced in the form of prepackaged snacks needing little or no preparation.

Financial literacy: the ability to understand how money works in the world: how someone manages to earn or make it, how that person manages it, how he/she invests it (turn it into more) and how that person donates it to help others.

17.SECTION 3: Explanation of Bill

The Financial Literacy Act will mandate a financial literacy class in every public and charter school in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Teaching students necessary financial skills such as the

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proper way to complete taxes, take out loans, use of a checkbook, personal banking, how to manage loans, take our mortgages, saving for retirement, personal investing, and how to build credit.

SECTION 4 : Course details

This course will be a semester course that is one class period in length. It will be left up to the discretion of each school to properly fit the course into each school's schedule.

SECTION 5 : additional staff

It will be left up to the discretion of each school to either elect a qualified teacher who is currently on employed to.teach this class or hire a new teacher to teach this course.

SECTION 6: Funding

There will be a 0.001% increase on the tax for Junk food products to allow each school the sufficient funds to.support this added course. Including classroom supplies.


The Pennsylvania State Board of Education will enforce this Act.


In the event of non participation, schools will be charged 250 American dollars per enrolled student and employed teachers.


This bill shall take effect one year after passage.

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Blue Representative Bill #BH 629 Committee: Blue House Labor & IndustryDelegation: East Shore YMCAAuthor(s): Ryan Mackenzie, Secondary SPonsor Blue Senator Erin Thomas


Title: Burn the Stigma


AN ACT

Purpose: To provide economic benefits through the sale of marijuana to boost the economy of Pennsylvania



This act shall be known and may be cited as Burn the Stigma


Medical marijuana: Refers to the use of cannabis, including the constituents of cannabis, and other cannabinoids, as a recommended form of medicine or herbal therapy.

Recreational marijuana:Marijuana used without medical justification, often in the belief that occasional use of such a substance is not habit-forming or addictive at the user's free will Marijuana card:Astate issued identification card that enables a patient with adoctor's recommendation to obtain cannabis for medicinal use despite marijuana's lack of the normal Food and Drug Administration testing for safety and efficacy.

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Marijuana Dispensary: A store that legally sells marijuana either for a medicinal or recreational use.

Section 3 Medical Marijuana users:

Patients looking to receive medical marijuana must receive a card through the state, that states their dosage needed. Medical marijuana may only be purchased from approved suppliers through the state. Patients under the age of 21 must have parental/guardian approval.

Section 4 Recreational Marijuana users:

Anyone looking to receive recreational marijuana must obtain a recreational marijuana user card. They may only buy from approved state suppliers with a maximum of ten(10) grams per every two (2) weeks.

Section 5 Marijuana Supply Stores:

State stores will already have an apparatus for this program as an online application.

Section 6 Taxation:

All marijuana purchases under the provisions of this act shall be subject to a ten(10) percent sales tax.


Any person using a medical/recreational card that is not approved shall be put on a six(6) month ban from getting or using a card. After another offense they shall be put on a ban for two(2) years.

Suppliers with no card or the incorrect card will not be allowed to supply marijuana again and will face a fine of $5,000.

Anyone under the age of 21 in possession of marijuana will have their license revoked for six (6). Further offenses will result in fines, enrollment in marijuana education programs, and community service.

An online application through the DEA will distribute marijuana cards.

Section 8 Funding: All costs associated with the provisions of this act shall be funded through the General Operations appropriation of the Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs.

Section 9 Regulations: The Pennsylvania Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs shall adopt all such regulations as necessary for the enforcement of this act.

Section 10 Effective Date:This Act shall take effect one year after passage

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Blue Representative Bill #BH 630 Committee: Blue House Labor & IndustryDelegation: Boyertown Junior High WestAuthor(s): Derek Dierolf, Secondary Sponsor Blue Senator Justin Bouthillette


Title: Bullying Act


PURPOSE: The purpose of this bill is to improve bullying policies in public schools in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.



This bill shall be cited as the “Bullying policy” act.


Public school: a school that is funded by taxes, and is open to all persons of that age group in the area of the school district

School District: public schools all in the same designated area that are all supervised by the school board and superintendent

Bullying: repeated malicious behavior that is purposely hurting and offending another less powerful individual

Verbal harm: distressing another individual that makes them feel embarrassed or sad

Extreme verbal abuse: Mentally distressing another individual by making them feel scared

Physical abuse: harming another individual in a physical way

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ISS: in school suspension

OSS: Out of school suspension


The bullying policy in section four(4) shall be implemented to all public school districts in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The department in charge of regulating this bill is the Pennsylvania Department of Education. A representative for the PDE will check biannually to make sure the school district has the bullying policy.

Section 4: Bullying policy

A level one offense is verbal harm. A first time offender will receive a warning. A second time offender of a level one offense will receive a detention. A third time level one offender will receive two days of ISS. A fourth time offender of a level one offense will receive four days of OSS. A fifth time level one offender will be expelled. A level two offender is physical abuse, or extreme verbal abuse. A first time level two offender shall be given a detention. A second time level two offender shall be given two days of ISS. A third time level two offender will be given two days of OSS. A fourth time level two offender will be expelled. To be a first time offender, there must be three separate instances of bullying. Each level higher, two most separate offences must take place. There must be evidence or a witness present for each separate bullying instance, for at least half of the total instances. It is up to any adult with the power to punish a student, if the instance is considered bullying. A detention will be a forty(40) minute period after school where the student must remain in a classroom under supervision. A student with ISS will remain in an isolated room all day, that is for just the students that have ISS. The student may be permitted to leave under the supervisor's desision. OSS is when a student is not allowed to go to school, or on school propertyfor the designated number of days. The specifications of ISS OSS, and detention only apply to the students who are receiving the punishment due to breaking the bullying policy. It is up to any adult with the power to punish a student, if the instance is considered bullying. This policy does not include cyber bullying, only bullying in school.


The first time a school district has been caught without the designated policy, it will receive a warning. The second time this happens, the state funding will be cut, until the policy is reimplemented. All the regular funds, as well as the funds that the school did not receive during the time the funding was cut, will be given back the to the school district.

Section 6: Funding

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Any funding required for this bill will come from the Pennsylvania Department of Education.


This bill shall go into effect one(1) year after it is passed.

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Blue Representative Bill #BH 700 Committee: Blue House Law & Justice 2Delegation: HersheyAuthor(s): Michael Miller, Secondary Sponsor Blue Senator Riley Compton


Title: ZZZ's to A's Act


Purpose:

To promote the physical and mental health, safety, attendance, and academic performance of adolescents while limiting the prevalence of chronic sleep loss, exhaustion, stress, and other adverse health effects among youth caused by insufficient sleep.


This act shall be known and may be cited as the ZZZ’s to A’s Act.


Public school - An elementary, secondary, or charter school in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania supported by public funds and provides free education for children of a community or district.

Start time - the time of day at which students are required to be present at the public school in which they are enrolled as established by PA Code Chapter 51.

Student - any person who is enrolled at a public school in Pennsylvania.

School year - themonthsoftheyearduringwhich a public schoolisopenandattendanceat schoolisrequired.

Designated school - any Pennsylvania school identified within Section 3 of this Act.

Act - The ZZZ’s to A’s Act.

Cyber school - a school officially licensed by the Pennsylvania Department of Education in which 100 percent of a student's public instruction occurs through online learning.

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Section 3: Regulations for New Start Time

All high schools and middle schools that are designated as public schools shall not have a start time earlier than 8:00 A.M. during the school year. This Act does not alter either the number of instructional days required or the length of a school day as previously established in PA Code § 51.61.


The regulations put forth in this Act do not apply to any school designated in Section 3 that already has a permanent, established start time later than 8:00 A.M., but will apply to such a school if it implements a new start time in violation of this Act. This Act also does not apply to any cyber school, cyber charter school, or other online school within Pennsylvania.


The Pennsylvania Department of Education shall ensure and enforce that all Pennsylvania schools designated in Section 3 comply with the regulations stated in this Act.

Section 6: Funding

All necessary funding for this Act shall be provided by the penalties outlined in Section 7 of this Act. The money collected from these penalties shall be allocated to the Pennsylvania Department of Education for assisting schools designated by the Pennsylvania Department of Education as requiring funding for implementing and enforcing this Act.


The Pennsylvania Department of Education has the sole discretion and authority to levy penalties and fines of an appropriate amount on designated schools that are not compliant with these regulations. The money from this fine shall be allocated to the Pennsylvania Department of Education as outlined in Section 6.


This bill shall be enacted at least one (1) year after its passage. If the passage of the Act occurs before August 1 in the calendar year, the regulations specified within the Act will be implemented for the following school year. If the passage of the Act occurs after August 1 in the calendar year, the Act will be implemented for the school year after the following school year.

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2016 Pennsylvania Model Convention

April 14, 2016

Blue Representative Bill# BH 701 Committee: Blue House Law & Justice 2

Delegation: Hershey Author(s): Michael Miller, Secondary Sponsor BLue Senator Riley Compton


Title: To P.E. or Not to P.E., That is the Question Act The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby enacts as follows:

Purpose:

To enable student athletes to pursue additional educational opportunities, courses, and electives unavailable

due to required participation in physical education classes while promoting participation in interscholastic

sports.


This act shall be known and may be cited as the To P.E. or Not to P.E., That is the Question Act.


Public school an elementary, secondary, or charter school in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania supported by public funds that provides free education for children of a community or district

Student athlete any student enrolled fulltime at a public school in the state of Pennsylvania who is a

member of an interscholastic sports team for the school at which they are enrolled

Physical education class a course mandated by PA Code Title 22 § 57.31 that instructs students on sports,

exercise, and physical activity

Semester half of a school year

Interscholastic sport an official athletic team for a public school in Pennsylvania officially recognized by the

Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association as representing that school


All high schools and middle schools that are designated as public schools shall not require any student

athlete to be enrolled in a physical education class during the semester for which the student athlete is

participating in an interscholastic sport. Each student athlete shall receive equal credit for enrollment in the

interscholastic sport that the physical education course offers for the same semester. This Act shall not

prevent a student athlete from enrolling in physical education as an elective in addition to the interscholastic

sport. The implementation of this Act in schools shall be subject to appropriate rules to be later established

by the Pennsylvania Department of Education.

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The exemption established in this Act shall not apply to student athletes designated in Section 3 who would

be precluded from taking a health course, mandated by PA Code Title 22 § 57.31, due to the integration of

health and physical education into a single course.


The Pennsylvania Department of Education shall ensure and enforce that all Pennsylvania schools

designated in Section 3 comply with the regulations stated in this Act.

Section 6: Funding

All necessary funding for this Act shall be provided by the penalties outlined in Section 7 of this Act. The

money collected from these penalties shall be allocated to the Pennsylvania Department of Education for

assisting schools designated by the Pennsylvania Department of Education as requiring funding for

implementing and enforcing this Act.


The Pennsylvania Department of Education has the sole discretion and authority to levy penalties and fines

of an appropriate amount on designated schools that are not compliant with these regulations. The money

from this fine shall be allocated to the Pennsylvania Department of Education as outlined in Section 6.


This bill shall take effect at least one (1) year after its passage. If the passage of the Act occurs before

August 1 in the calendar year, the regulations specified within the Act will be implemented for the following

school year. If the passage of the Act occurs after August 1 in the calendar year, the Act will be implemented

for the school year after the following school year.

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Title: Permanent Special Prosecutor's Office


PURPOSE: To establish a permanent Special Prosecutor's Office at the State level for cases where police kill or seriously injure a civilian, in-custody deaths and cases where a civilian alleges criminal misconduct against a police officer.

Section 1 Short Title: This act shall be known and may be cited as the Special Prosecutor's Office Act.


Special Prosecutor- A lawyer who is usually chosen to investigate a government official for misconduct while in office.

Civilian- A person not on the police force.

In-Custody- Arrested or being held in jail.

Criminal Misconduct- Any kind of bad, unethical, or illegal activity.

Chief Prosecuter- Head prosecuter in the Special Prosecuter's Office

Authorized- Having official permission or approval.

Community Organization- An organization whose goal is to bring about desired improvement in the social well being of individuals, groups and their neighborhood.

Section 3 Procedure: The Special Prosecuters Office will be ran by a group of prosecuters at the state level. The prosecuters will be authorized and required to investigate all cases where police kill or seriously injure a civilian, in-custody deaths and cases where a civilian alleges criminal misconduct against a police officer. Local police departments will be required to report any of the incidents to the Special Prosecuter's Office. The state will suply the office with any resources needed.The Chief Prosecuter will be chosen from a list on candidates nominated by community

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organizations. The Special Prosecuter's Office will be required to report their findings to the public.

Section 4 Funding:

Section 2 Effective Date: This bill take effect one (1) year after passage.

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Blue Representative Bill #BH 703 Committee: Blue House Law & Justice 2Delegation: Springfield High SchoolAuthor(s): James Guckin, Secondary Sponsor Blue Senator Michael Kassabian


Title: Substance Legalization Act


PURPOSE: To decrease prison populations and spending, decrease addiction, and expand civil liberties of citizens by allowing adults to use substances at their own risk in the state of Pennsylvania.


Section 1: Short Title- Drug Legalization Act

Section 2: Definitions-

Drug- intoxicant; articles that are intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease in humans or animals, and any articles other than food, water, or oxygen that are intended to affect the mental or body function of humans or animals. For the purpose of this bill, “Drug” will be synonymous with “Substance”, and “Narcotic”. Nocotine may be excluded from this category for the purpose of this drug.

Depressant- a drug that lowers neurotransmission levels which is to reduce stimulation in various areas of the brain. examples: alcohol, marijuana, and heroin. Hallucinogen- a drug which can cause hallucinations, abnormalities, and other changes in thought. examples: LSD, PCP, Psilocybin mushrooms.

Stimulant- psychoactive drugs that induce temporary improvements in either mental, or physical functions, or both. May cause advanced alertness, wakefulness, and locomotion, among many others. examples: Cocaine, or Methamphetamine. Nicotine may be excluded from this category for the purpose of this bill.

Informed consent- permission granted in the knowledge of the possible consequences, typically that which is given by a patient to a doctor for treatment with full knowledge of the possible risks and benefits.

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Safe- Protected from or not exposed to danger or risk; not likely to be harmed or lost.

Treatment Facility- A facility where one can recieve treatment for addiction and abuse of drugs and/or alcohol.

Section 3: Procedure-

All substances are to be exclusively sold to and manufactured by adults aged 21 years of age, or older.

All substances sold in Pennsylvania will receive a substance tax of 50% of the retail price.

Alcohol and Tobbacco shall be excluded from the 50% tax defined in this bill, but instead be subject to independant taxes.

One cannot provide care to children while under the influence of any substance.

One cannot operate a motor vehicle while under the influence of any substance.

Hallucinogens and stimulants, if used, must be used exclusively on private property.

One cannot leave private property while under the influence of a hallucinogen or stimulant.

One must receive informed consent from a landowner before using a substance on land that does not belong to him/her.

No person under the influence of a substance may be in the possession of, or discharge a firearm.

Section 4: Penalties-

Any person proven to have provided care for a child while under the influence of a substance when the child is unarmed may be charged with child endangerment. If said child was older than thirteen years the offender shall be charged with a second degree misdemeanor and may serve up to two years in prison and no more than a $5,000 fine. If the offender endangers a child younger than thirteen years old he/she shall be charged with a first degree misdemeanor and may serve up to five years in prison and pay a fine of no more than $10,000

Any person proven responsible for the death of a child whom they were providing care for while under the influence of a substance may be charged with a non categorized felony.

Anyone proven to have operated a motor vehicle while under the influence of a substance may be charged with a DUI

Anyone proven to have used or have been under the influence of a Hallucinogen or Stimulant on public property may be charged with disorderly conduct. If the public intoxication leads to the harm of an individual other than the offender, additional charges may be applied.

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Failure to comply with the terms defined in section 8 will result in a Felony 3 and punishable by up to 7 years in prison.

Section 5: Non Pennsylvania Residents

Non Pennsylvania residents are free to purchase substances within pennsylvania borders with the same restrictions as Pennsylvania residents.

Section 6: Substances Crossing State Borders

If a resident or nonresident crosses state borders from Pennsylvania into another state with a substance that is illegal in the state crossed into, it is up to that state to detain and try that individual.

Any person

Section 7- Enforcement-

This bill will be enforced by the Pennsylvania Drug Enforcement Coordination System.

Section 8: Treatment and Prevention-

Dispensers of substances that may be administered via injection must provide clean needles for use of the drug.

Dispensers of substances that may be administered via inhalation must provide a safe method of inhalation ie. pipe, vaporizer, etc

Dispensers of substances that may be administered via pills or tablets must provide safe capsules or tablets.

Section 9: Exceptions-

Heroin and Alcohol must be used on private property

One must not leave private property while under the influence of Heroin or Alcohol.

Anyone proven to have used or have been under the influence of Heroin or Alcohol on public property may be charged with public intoxication

Given the minimal effects of Tobacco, one may provide child care while under the influence of Tobacco, so long as it does not put the child in danger (ie. secondhand smoke)

Section 10: Appropriation

Funding for treatment facilities shall be provided by the taxes collected from the sale of substances within the state of Pennsylvania.

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Any ample funds collected through taxation of substances shall be redirected to fund any Pennsylvania state government funded program.

Section 10: Funding-

Funding for this bill will be provided by the Pennsylvania Narcotic Officer's Association and by the penalties and taxes collected.

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Blue Representative Bill #BH 704 Committee: Blue House Law & Justice 2Delegation: HersheyAuthor(s): Cole Luttrell, Secondary Sponsor Blue Senator Riley Compton


Title: Sanctuary City Act


Purpose: To ensure that the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is in full cooperation with the laws and directives of the federal government.

definitions

City : a place where people live that is larger than or more important than a town: an area where many people live and work.

Sanctuary City: a term that is applied by some to cities in the United States or Canada that have policies designed to not prosecute undocumented immigrants in the United States.

Undocumented immigrant : A foreign-born person who lacks a right to be in the United States having either without inspection (and not subsequently obtained any right to remain) or stayed beyond the expiration date of visa or other status.

Regulations: No city within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania shall be permitted to break the federal immigration law by declaring itself as a sanctuary city harboring undocumented immigrants.

Enforcement:this city shall be regulated by the Pennsylvania department of state.

Penalties: any city which is found to be in violation of this act shall be denied any and all state revenue until such time as the Pennsylvania Department of State can determine the cities compliance.

Funding : this act shall be funded by any revenue which is withheld from non-compliant cities.

Effective Date: This Act shall take effect one (1) calendar year after passage.

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Blue Representative Bill #BH 705 Committee: Blue House Law & Justice 2Delegation: Sewickly Valley YMCAAuthor(s): Lyndsey Garbee, Secondary Sponsor Blue Senator Natasha Napolitano


Title: Benefits of Betterment


Section I. DEFINITIONS:

Incarceration – the state of being in prison

Recidivism – one’s relapse into criminal behavior

Public Prison – a prison run and funded by the government

Private Prison – a jail in which the individuals held within are confined by a third party contracted by the government

General Education Diploma (GED) – a set of tests that certify the test taker to meet high school level academics if they are passed

Vocational Training – a form of education in which types of a trade are studied, diverging from traditional academia

Higher Education – a form of education that extends beyond high school

Solitary Confinement - a form of imprisonment in which a prisoner is isolated from any human contact

Section II. PROVISIONS:

The correctional education programs run through the state prisons of Pennsylvania underneath the command of the Department of Education will split into two separate donation programs, one for those under the age of 21, which will be titled the CEY (Correctional Education for Youth) and one for those over the age of 21, titled as CEA (Correctional Education for Adults). The funds funneled into the original program will intitally be split equally between the two.

A tax break of 1.4% of one’s annual income will be applied to all of those who donate 1% of

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their annual income to the CEY.

The use of the money and distribution to the various educational programs, whether it be vocational, GED-oriented, or colegiate, will be determined and divied by the chair of the CEY.

After ten years, the amount of money that would have been paid to recidivism of these inmates will be used to extend the funding of the program for those over the age of 21. The use of the money with respect to the CEA will be supervised and controlled by the chair of the CEA.

After another ten years, the two programs will be merged and the tax break will apply to all of those who donate to the once again merged program.

A separate tax break of the same percentage will be offered to teachers who donate at least 10 hours of their time and or services to the correctional education program. Time and service can include: teaching at a prison, instructing an online course, creating a curriculum or syllabus for one of the programs.

Section III. Expansion

The current educational programs of Pennsylvania will be required to offer a supplemental music and/or arts program with its standing educational program if 1/3 of inmates in the prison showinterest.

Section III. Solitary Confinement

If a prisoner is in isolation, they will not be exempted from this act. The money of the CEY and CEA will extend to those kept in solitary confinement. However, it is up to the discretion of the heads of both programs as to whether the education these inmates receive is one-on-one, or adminstered through an online program.

Section IV. Private Prisons

Private prisons in Pennsylvania will have the option of adhering to the program, but underneath the federal constitution, have no obligation to do so. If they do so choose to follow the guidelines outlined in the act, the provisions of the act will prevail in their operations.

Section V. Funding

Funding will be regulated by the CEY and CEA, provided by the donations the two independent organizations receive. The funding will be regulated by a person or group of people approved by both organizations when merged.

Section VI. Effective Date

This act shall take effect ninety (90) days after the adjournment of the Youth Legislature.

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Blue Representative Bill #BH 706 Committee:Blue House Law & Justice 2Delegation: Sewickly Valley YMCAAuthor(s): Lyndsey Garbee, Seondary SPonsor Blue Senator Brook Stanley


Title: Sticks and Stones


Section I. Definitions:

Child - an individual below the age of 18

Child Protective Services (CPS) - a governmental agency in the United States that responds to reports of child abuse or neglect.

Foster Care - a system in which a minor has been placed into a ward, group home, or private home of a state-certified caregiver.

Guardian Ad Litem - a guardian appointed by a court to protect the interests of a minor or incompetent in a particular matter.

Physical abuse - An act when committed by a perpetrator that endangers a child's life or health, threatens a child's well-being, causes bodily injury or impairs a child's health, development or functioning:

Sexual abuse - The employment, use, persuasion, inducement, enticement or coercion of a child to engage in or assist another individual to engage in sexually explicit conduct.

(2) The employment, use, persuasion, inducement, enticement or coercion of a child to engage in or assist another individual to engage in simulation of sexually explicit conduct for the purpose of producing visual depiction, including photographing, videotaping, computer depicting and filming.

Child abuse - Any recent act or failure to act by a perpetrator which causes nonaccidental serious physical injury to a child under 18 years of age.

(ii) An act or failure to act by a perpetrator which causes nonaccidental serious mental injury to or sexual abuse or sexual exploitation of a child under 18 years of age.

(iii) Any recent act, failure to act or series of such acts or failures to act by a perpetrator which

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creates an imminent risk of serious physical injury to or sexual abuse or sexual exploitation of a child under 18 years of age.

(iv) Serious physical neglect by a perpetrator constituting prolonged or repeated lack of supervision or the failure to provide essentials of life, including adequate medical care, which endangers a child's life or development or impairs the child's functioning.

Disturbed Behavior - showing symptoms of emotional illness or mental disorder.

Persons Required to Report - A person required to report evidence of child abuse as defined in the Pennsylvanian law. Persons include: a licensed physician, medical examiner, coroner, funeral director, dentist, optometrist, osteopath, chiropractor, psychologist, podiatrist, intern, registered nurse, hospital personnel treating the child, a Christian Science Practicioner, member of the clergy, school administrator, school teacher, school nurse, social services worker, day care center worker, foster care worker, mental health professional, peace officer, or law enforcement officer.

Section II. Provisions:

The definition of child abuse in the current PA legislation will be changed to include verbal, emotional, and psychological child abuse.

Psychological, emotional, and verbal abuse will be defined as nonphysical, repeated, intentional cruelty from a parent or guardian toward a child who felt powerless to prevent it. This includes threatening a child's emotional well-being, causing disturbed behavior in the child, and causing the child to mentally suffer.

Section III. Implementation:

Child Protective Services will start to investigate claims of verbal, emotional, and psychological child abuse under the parameters of the new definition. Persons required to report will also have to now report evidence or suspicions of verbal, emotional, and psychological child abuse to CPS.

Section IV. Procedure:

After a report of abuse underneath the new clause, the child and parent will be submitted to compulsory therapy once every two weeks for two months.

If the child, therapist, or one of the required reporters continues to see signs or evidence of the abuse, an investigation will be conducted by CPS to verify the veracity of the claims.

The investigation will include separate interviews with the child and parental guardian(s) conducted by a professional family psychologist. If the relationship between the parent and child is deemed to be a healthy one by two separate family psychologists, no further action will be taken by CPS, though the family will be obligated to go to one family therapy session a month for sixth months afterward. If the relationship is deemed incorrigible then CPS will start its standard procedure. If both family psychologists yield separate conclusions, one in the affirmative and one in the negative, then a third psychologist will be brought in to make the final decision.

If the investigation yields results conducive with the new definition of child abuse, the child will be put under the care of CPS and go through the same procedure as those within CPS due to physical

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or sexual child abuse. This will include receiving a guardian ad litem to protect the child's rights in the subsequent process.

Section III. Funding:

Funding for this bill will be covered by the Department of Human Services.

Section IV. Effective Date:


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Blue Representative Bill #BH 707 Committee: Blue House Law & Justice 2Delegation: Rose E. Schneider YMCAAuthor(s): Nathan Stoner, Secondary Sponsor Blue Senator Jorge Olan


Title: Sober for Stamps Act


Purpose: To enforce a rule on citizens receiving food stamps that they must take and pass a drug test in order to continue receiving food stamps.


This act shall be known and may be cited as Sober for Stamps Act


Food Stamps: A voucher issued by the government to those on low income, exchangeable for food

Drug Test: A test designed to check if an individual has any signs of a drug in his system, usually done by the individual urinating in a cup and running tests on the urine to determine if substance is in it.

Drug: A substance declared by the Drug Enforcement Agency as dangerous and illegal, examples include Heroin, Marijuana, and Cocaine

Citizens: Any resident of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Section 3: Rules and Regulations

Citizens receiving food stamps must take a drug test once a week to determine if they are using illegal drugs. If they are found to have drugs in their system, they will be barred from receiving food stamps for a fixed amount of time

Section 4: Funding

Funding for this bill will be provided by the State Department of Agriculture, the same Department that funds Food Stamps.

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If the citizen is found to have any traces of a drug in their bodily system for the first time, they shall be denied food stamps for a week. If they are found to have traces of a drug in their bodily system a second time, they shall be denied food stamps for a month. If they are found to have traces of a drug in their bodily system a third time, they shall be denied food stamps for a year. Any future offenses will result in another year and a fine of $500. If they refuse to take a weekly drug test, then they shall be denied food stamps until they agree to take a drug. Those who are caught three or more times will be referred to rehabilitation centers in order to overcome their problem, and, if proven clean by the center and demonstrates having a clean system for a period of time, they may have their year without stamps shortened. Children of those who are in rehabilitation centers shall be put into foster care.


This act shall take effect six months after passage

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Blue Representative Bill #BH 708 Committee: Blue House Law & Justice 2Delegation: Butler YMCAAuthor(s): Trey Alkire, Seondary Sponsor Blue Senator Sarah Montag


Title: Budget for Pennsylvania Act


Purpose: To get a budget passed for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Section One: For the purpose of this bill, a Budget shall be defined as an estimation of the revenue and expenses over a specified period of time.

Section Two: If no budget is passed six months after this bill is passed, new elections will be called for all positions in Pennsylvania's House of Representatives.

Section Three:In the event that after the new elections for the House of Representatives for the new bill does not provide a new budget for Pennsylvania after six months, then it will fall upon the Senate for new elections in all of its positions.

Section Four: This bill requires no funding.

Section Five: For the enforcement of this bill, it will fall upon the executive of Pennsylvania, the govenor, to enforce this bill.

Section Six: This bill shall take effect at the start of the next year after this bill has been passed.

Section Seven: All laws and acts in conflict with this law are hereby repealed.

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Blue Representative Bill #BH 709 Committee: Blue House Law & Justice 2Delegation: HersheyAuthor(s): Brendan Foster, Seondary Sponsor Blue Senator Jacob Jastrzebski


Title: Private Prison Prohibition Act


Purpose: To end the practice of profiting off the imprisonment and gross mistreatment of human beings.

Section 1: TitleThis bill may be known and cited as the Private Prison Prohibition Act.


Private prison- a prison run by a third-party company that is contracted by the government to confine and rehabilitate criminals.

State prison- a prison operated and maintained by the State of Pennsylvania and used to confine and rehabilitate criminals.

Third-party company- non-government company that operates for profit.

Section 3: Procedure The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (PADOC) will be prohibited from contracting any private third-party company to manage and oversee any type of state prison. Prisons currently run by a private third-party will be converted to state prisons. All contracts with third-party companies will be paid out.

Section 4: FundingFunding from this bill shall come from a 1% tax on mattresses.

Section 5: PenaltyIf the PADOC is found to not be in compliance by the time this bill goes into effect, the Secretary, Executive Deputy Secretary, and Active Deputy Secretaries will have their respective salaries cut by five (5) percent.

Section 6: RegulationThis bill will be regulated by the Attorney General’s Office.

Section 7:Effective DateThis bill will go into effect one (1) year after passage.

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Blue Representative Bill #BH 710 Committee: Blue House Law & Justice 2Delegation: East Shore YMCAAuthor(s): Ryan Hatfield, Seondary Sponsor Blue Senator Nathan Adler


Title: Easy Vote Act


AN ACT Purpose: To allow for citizens of Pennsylvania to register to vote the same day as the election.


Section 1 Short Title:This act shall be known and may be cited as The Easy Vote Act

Section 2 Definitions:Proof of ID- Any form of identification provided by the state or an official institution or branch.Proof of Residency- Form of identification or Social Security card. Something that proves residency in the state of Pennsylvania.

Section 3 Procedure:Any citizen of the state of Pennsylvania must bring in a birth certificate, driver’s license, or other form of valid identification. Once they arrive at the voting center, they must complete a voter registration form and show their valid identification to the trained staff at the polls. Once completed, they may participate in the vote.

Section 4 Penalties:Anybody who does not have the proper paperwork and identification will be turned away. Voter fraud penalties will remain the same.

Section 5 Funding: Funding will be supplied by the Bureau of Commissions, Election, and Legislation within the Department of State.

Section 6 Regulations:This act will be enforced by vote center workers.

Section 7 Effective Date:This Act shall take effect 1 year after passage

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Blue Representative Bill #BH 711 Committee: Blue House Law & Justice 2Delegation: Knoch High SchoolAuthor(s): Emily Govan, Seondary Sponsor Blue Senator Kolten Hilterman


Title: Diplomas for Delinquents


Purpose: The purpose of this bill is to create a better educated society by ensuring troubled youth with a high school education. Minors with misdemeanors will have to finish high school and either get a GED or a high school diploma in order to have their records expunged

Section 1: Short Title- This act shall be known and may be cited as the Diplomas for Delinquents Act.


Permanent record: a document which is retained permanently because of its administrative, legal, or historical value

Diploma:the academic school leaving qualification awarded upon high school graduation. The high school diploma is typically studied for over the course of four years, from Grade 9 to Grade 12

GED: a set of tests that when passed certify the test taker has met high-school level academic skills.

Expunged: is a court-ordered process in which the legal record of an arrest or a criminal conviction is "sealed," or erased in the eyes of the law. When a conviction is expunged, the process may also be referred to as "setting aside a criminal conviction."

First-degree misdemeanor: Up to five years' incarceration and no more than $10,000 in fines

Second-degree misdemeanor: Up to two years' incarceration and no more than $5,000 in fines.

Third-degree misdemeanor: Up to one year of incarceration and no more than $2,500 in fines.

Section 3: Requirements- The minor would have to receive a high school diploma or GED in order for the record to be deemed “wiped clean”.

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Section 4: Incentives- removal of misdemeanors from permanent record

Section 5: Funding- All funding for this bill will come from the Department of Education.

Section 6: Effective Date- This legislation will go into effect one year after passage.

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Blue Representative Bill #BH 720 Committee: Blue House Law & JusticeDelegation: HersheyAuthor(s): Omer Qureshi, Seondary Sponsor Blue Senator Daryl Dorch


Title: Public Defender Relief Act


Purpose: To decrease the burden of the legal system on public defenders, increase their effectiveness, and increase equality through the Public Defender system.

Section I: Short Title

This bill shall be known and cited as the Public Defender Relief Act.

Section II: Definitions

Public defender: A lawyer employed at public expense in a criminal trial to represent a defendant who is unable to afford legal assistance

Legal case: A dispute between opposing parties resolved by a court

Crime: An action or omission that constitutes an offense that may be prosecuted by the state and is punishable by law

Defendant: An individual sued or accused in a court of law

County: A political and administrative division of a state, providing certain local governmental services

State: A governmental body which presides over citizens of Pennsylvania

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Section III: Transition of oversight

The burden of maintaining an institution of public defenders shifts from individual counties onto the state of Pennsylvania. The state’s sixty-seven (67) individual counties administrative bodies will be dissolved and a single administrative body will be enacted to provide oversight over the public defender program for the entire state.

Section IV: Allocation of Public Defenders

The state must employ one (1) public defender per 1,000 state residents to maintain an acceptable ratio of defenders to defendants. Defenders will be allocated locationally based on a system involving population and crimes per capita to effectively and efficiently disseminate cases.

Section V: Distribution of cases

A minimum of thirty (30) minutes will be dedicated to each case by the public defender. In addition, defenders will receive a maximum of twenty (20) cases a day.

Section VI: Prerequisites to qualify for a public defender:

Defendants may receive a defender if and only if they have an income of less than $50,000 per year, have not been charged for criminal activity in the past two (2) months, and if they are approved on a case-by-case basis decided by the defender based on the ability to retain their own lawyer.

Section VII: Penalties:

If a defender does not follow required regulations or is found of acting with malicious intent, they will be immediately discharged and must pay a penalty of $100,000.

Section VIII: Enforcement:

This Act will be enforced by the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts in conjunction with the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections.

Section IX: Funding

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This bill shall shall be funded by a point-seven-five percent (.75%) reallocation of the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections $2.6 billion annual budget towards and redirect a small portion towards the public defender system.

Section X: Effective Date


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Blue Representative Bill #BH 721 Committee: Blue House Law & JusticeDelegation: Springfield High SchoolAuthor(s): Natalie Doll, Seondary Sponsor Blue Senator Evan Garber


Title: Felonies for Phones



Title: Felonies for Phones

PURPOSE: To convict any driver in Pennsylvania who uses an electronic device while driving guilty of a felony.


Section 1 Short Title: This bill shall be known and may be cited as the Felonies for Phones Act


Electronic Device: A device that accomplishes its purpose electronically (i.e. cell phones, tablets, computers).

First Degree Felony: A crime, typically one involving violence, regarded as more serious than a misdemeanor, and usually punishable by imprisonment for more than one year or by death.

Misdemeanor:a minor wrongdoing. A nonindictable offense, regarded in the US (and formerly in the UK) as less serious than a felony.

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automobile, including gross negligence, drunk driving, reckless driving or speeding. Vehicular manslaughter can be charged as a misdemeanor (minor crime with a maximum punishment of a year in county jail or only a fine) or a felony (punishable by a term in state prison) depending on the circumstances.

Section 3 Procedures: The police who arrive on the scene of the accident will file a report and be responsible for taking the driver into custody, as charged with vehicular manslaughter. If there is thought that the driver could have been using an electronic device at the time of the accident, the police department is then able to search the driver's device for any proof of use. In the case that evidence of use is obtained the driver will no longer be charged with vehicular manslaughter as a misdemeanor, but as a felony. Depending on the severity of the accident and the extent of electronic usage drivers could be given up to a lifetime in prison as a sentence.

Section 4 Regulations: The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (PADOC) will enforce this bill.

Section 5 Penalties: Drivers who flee the scene of the accident will receive between a fine as well as a potential sentence. Specifically, if the accident resulted in only property damage, you could face a 3rd degree misdemeanor charge which carries up to one year in prison and fines reaching $2,500, but if the accident resulted in injury or death of another person, the penalty is far more severe. Leaving the scene of an accident where injury results is considered a 3rd degree felony, carrying a mandatory minimum 90 day jail sentence and up to 7 years in prison, along with a minimum $1,000 fine and if someone were to die, a mandatory minimum of 1 year in prison, with a maximum of 7 years would be the sentence. It also requires a minimum fine of $2,500. Depending on the severity of the accident and the extent of electronic usage drivers could be given up to a lifetime in a state prison as a sentence. Additionally all driving privileges will be revoked.

Section 6 Funding: Funding for jails will come from pre existing taxes, as well as money obtained from fines, such as DUI and speeding.

Section 7 Effective Date: This bill shall take effect one year after passage.

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Blue Representative Bill #BH 722 Committee: Blue House Law & JusticeDelegation: Rose E. Schneider YMCAAuthor(s): Alyssa Jo Tice, Secondary Sponsor Blue Senator Jorge Olan


Title: Voter Pre-Registration


Purpose: To allow minors under the age of eighteen to pre-register to vote.


This Act shall be known as and may be cited as the Voter Pre-Registration Act.


Minors: Someone under the age of eighteen (18) that will be legally able to vote when they turn eighteen(18).


Minors under the age of eighteen will be able to pre-register to vote. This will take place at any Pennsylvania Department of Motor Vehicles Office. They will fill out all necessary paperwork and provide any materials necessary. When they turn eighteen, they will automatically be registered to vote. Minors can still follow normal voting registration procedures and register after they turn 18. The person pre-registering must be at least 16 years of age. Pre-registered individuals will not be permitted to vote in any official election before they turn 18.

Section 4: Funding

Any necessary funding will come from the Pennsylvania Department of State.


Any Department of Moter Vehicles Office that does not allow minors to register to vote will be fined $500 for each person that is not allowed to register.

Section 6: Effective Date: This act shall take effect one year after passage.

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Blue Representative Bill #BH 723 Committee: Blue House Law & JusticeDelegation: Somerset High SchoolAuthor(s): Ben Geary, Secondary Sponsor Blue Senator Max Myers


Title: Make Pennsylvania Relevant


PURPOSE: To move the Pennsylvania presidential primary to the third Tuesday in February.


Section 1: Short Title- Make Pennsylvania Relevant


Presidential Primary- The day in which citizens vote to nominate a presidential candidate in the primary election.

Section 3: Enacting Relevance:

The Presidential Primary for both republican and democratic candidates will be held on the third Tuesday in February. It will no longer be held in April.

Section 4: Enforcement: This act will be enforced by Bureau of Commissions, Elections, and Legislation.

Section 5: Effective date: This bill will go in effect in the following Presidential Primary election after passage.

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Blue Representative Bill #BH 724 Committee: Blue House Law & JusticeDelegation: Coventry Christian High SchoolAuthor(s): Cory Butcher, Secondary Sponsor Blue Senator David Curtin


Title: Defunding of Abortion Clinics

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby enacts as follows: Title: Defund Abortion,Expand Prevention The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby enacts as follows:

PURPOSE:

The purpose of this bill is to defund state run abortion clinics and to transfer the funds to preventative services.

SECTION 2 Defintion:

Abortion- The deliberate termination of a human pregnancy, most often performed during the first 28 weeks of pregnancy

Defund- Prevent from continuing to receive funds

SECTION 3 Regualtions: A women will be able to get one abortion, once they women gets that abortion then she will get put in a system keeping track of all the women that have gotten an abortion. This will help the abortion clinics to keep track of who got abortions. This will force the young lady to explore other options.


If they get around the system in any way. They will be given a ticket to pay. The cost of the ticket will be in range from $150-250. This will prevent any flaws in the system.

SECTION 5 Funding:

There will be no funding for this bill at all.

SECTION 6 Effective Date: January 1, after the passing of the bill.

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Blue Representative Bill #BH 725 Committee: Blue House Law & JusticeDelegation: Obama AcademyAuthor(s): Nick Mondor, Secondary Sponsor Blue Senator Sam Houser


Title: Police Protection Act


Section 1 Short Title: This Act will be known as The Police Protection Act.


Police Officers - Any Law Enforcement Professional, Public or Private.

Threat - A dangerous claim or statement

Viable Threats - Saying that you will act on it or making plans to act on it.

Section 3 Plan: To make it a crime to make viable threats against police officers. This bill would make it illegal to speak seriously about killing or injuring police officers, in person or on social media. The pushiment can vary by location and severity.

Section 4 Punishment: 1-5 years depending on the severity.

Section 5 Bugdet: This bill will not require any new funds.

Section 6 Effective Date: One year after the passage of this bill.

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Blue Representative Bill #BH 726 Committee: Blue House Law & JusticeDelegation: Knoch High SchoolAuthor(s): Nicholas Ripper, Secondary Sponsor Blue Senator Jacob Love


Title: Fairness for All Act


SECTION 1 Short Title: This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Fairness for All Act.

PURPOSE: To create a graduated state income tax for the state of Pennsylvania to ensure a lower tax burden on the poor, working and middle classes and to increase revenue for the state from levied taxes. This will be achieved by abolishing Pennsylvania’s flat income tax and establishing an income tax based on personal income.

SECTION 2: Definitions:

Income—the net amount of money made by an adult over the course of one year. State income tax—a tax levied by the state government based on a person’s income. For instance, in Pennsylvania there is a universal state income tax at a rate of 3.07%, with very few exemptions. Graduated income tax—a tax based on one’s actual income. For instance, in a graduated income tax a $30000 salary could have a 2% tax, while a $60000 salary could have a 3% tax. Tax Rate: the percentage of a persons’ total income that is to be paid off for taxes, usually in the form of state income taxes, federal income taxes, property taxes, etc. Lowest 20%: the lowest quintile of adults, both in the workforce and unemployed, based on the income that is made. To be in the lowest 20%, a yearly income should be less than $21,433. Second 20%: The second-lowest income-based quintile. Persons in this category typically have a yearly income of $21433 to $41109. Middle 20%: The third income-based quintile. Persons in this category typically have an income of $41110 to $65952. Fourth 20%: The second-highest income-based quintile. Persons in this category typically have an income of $65953 to $106100. Next 15%: The first three-fourths of the highest income-based quintile. Persons in this category typically have an income of $106101 to $200000. Next 4%: The next 4% of the highest income-based quintile. Persons in this category typically have an income of $200000 to $387000. Upper 1%: The highest 1% of adults in the workforce based on income. Persons in this category typically have an income that is greater than $387000. Tax Exemption: Law that allows the alleviation of a person’s tax burden; for instance, decreasing one’s income tax or removing his or her income tax entirely.

SECTION 3: Graduated Income Tax Guidelines

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If a person is in the lowest 20%, he or she is automatically and completely exempt from the state income tax. While there are some programs for tax exemption amongst poorer Pennsylvanians, not everyone in this quintile would be legible and taxes usually still are levied. If a person is in the second 20%, he or she is only taxed at a 1.2% rate. If a person is in the middle 20%, he or she is taxed at a 1.7% rate. If a person is in the fourth 20%, he or she is taxed at a 3.44% rate. If a person is in the next 15%, he or she is taxed at a 3.8% rate. If a person is in the next 4%, he or she is taxed at a 5.2% rate. If a person is in the upper 1%, he or she is taxed at a 7.8% rate. Note: This only applies to state income taxes.

SECTION 4: Reasoning Behind New Tax Rates

Because Pennsylvania has a flat income tax of 3.07% with very few exceptions, this disproportionally and unfairly affects the poor, increasing their total tax rate (including other taxes) to 12.0%, whereas the upper 1.0% has a total tax rate of just 4.2%. These new income tax rates are meant to equalize the tax rates of every socioeconomic class in Pennsylvania. Furthermore, these new tax rates will allow a significant increase in taxes levied for the state government to use, thereby offering an opportunity to decrease state debt and improve upon such state programs as education and infrastructure. Also, these new tax rates would lessen the financial burden on working-class women even more than men, who disproportionally have a lower income in the same vocation compared to men.

SECTION 5: Enforcement and Penalties

The same laws concerning the enforcement of taxes will be applied with this act. Fraud, tax evasion, etc. will receive due penalties as prescribed by already standing laws.

SECTION 6: Funding

Although unlikely, if funding is necessary for this act, it will be subsidized from the Department of Revenue.


The effective date of this bill is the beginning of the first new tax season after this bill is passed.

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Blue Representative Bill #BH 727 Committee: Blue House Law & JusticeDelegation: HersheyAuthor(s): Jason Wood, Secondary Sponsor Blue Senator Daryl Dorch


Title: Voting Rights act of the 21st century


Purpose

The purpose of this bill is to expand access of voting opportunities

Short Title:

This act shall be known and may be cited as the Time to Vote Act.

Definitions:

Public High School - Any state-funded and organized institution that is open to the public for the purpose of secondary education. Schools not included in this classification are private and parochial schools, as well as colleges and universities.

Election for Governor of Pennsylvania- The processes of voting to decide a public question or to select one person from a designated group to perform certain obligations in a government, corporation, or society. Elections are commonly understood as the processes of voting for public office or public policy, but they also are used to choose leaders and to settle policy questions in private organizations, such as corporations, labor unions, and religious groups. They also take

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place within specific government bodies.

Pennsylvania Board of Elections- An election commission is a body charged with overseeing the implementation of election procedures

Pennsylvania department of state- A principal administrative division of a government

polling place- a place where voters go to cast their votes in an election

Regulations:

All polling places that would otherwise be open on the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November, will also be open on the previous Saturday. This Act pertains to all general elections. Any polling location that desires to be exempt shall request to do so to the PA Department of State by 120 days prior to the election. If any polling location is deemed exempt, the voters will be sent a notice of the change and where the new polling place is held.

Penalties:

Punishments for not following voting laws will be handled directly by the Pennsylvania Board of Elections. If these places do not comply, a twenty five hundred dollar ($2500) fine will be penalized to the places not wanting to operate for Saturday voting. The penalties for (choosing) not to vote will stay the same. No changes shall be made to the current regulations and/or penalties for the voting processes of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Exemptions:

All exemptions shall be handled by the Pennsylvania Department of State, and at the discretion of the Department.

Enforcement:

The Pennsylvania State Department of State shall enforce this Act.

Funding:

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This Act will also include penalties for polling locations not complying.

Effective Date:

This law shall go into effect in the next gubernatorial election in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania after passing, if there is one (1) year or more remaining until this next election. If there is less than one (1) year until the next gubernatorial election in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, this bill shall go into effect the next gubernatorial election.

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Blue Representative Bill #BH 728 Committee: Blue House Law & JusticeDelegation: Boyertown Junior High WestAuthor(s): Colin Brisbois, Secondary Sponsor Blue Senator Justin Bouthilette


Title: Safe Streets Act


PURPOSE: The purpose of this bill is to help make the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania safer.


Section 1: Short Title: This bill shall be cited as “Safe Streets” act.


Driver’s License: Document permitting a person the use of motor vehicles on land.

Renewed: To resume (activity/thing) after pause or period of time.

DMV: Department of Motor Vehicles


Every fifth year, a driver is to retake the intial driving course, both written and physical, to keep only properly educated drivers on the road.

Section 4: Funding

This bill requires a 100 dollar fee per renewal of a driver’s license.


The Department of Transportation will enforce this bill.


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If a citizen refuses or does not renew their driver’s license, the citizen will be fined an initial fee of 500$, then 1000$ for a second offense plus jail time.


This bill shall be put into law one (1) year after passing.


If a citizen has a suspended permit, the five year “count-down” will only continue once the suspension has been lifted.

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Blue Representative Bill #BH 729 Committee: Blue House Law & JusticeDelegation: Knoch High SchoolAuthor(s): Aidan Neigh, Secondary Sponsor Blue Senator Kolten Hilterman


Title: Young Voters Act


Purpose: To enable voters who will be of eligible age in an upcoming election but not

for its primary, to vote in that Pennsylvania primary election.

Section 1: Short Title:

This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Young Voters Act.


Primary Election: a preliminary election to appoint delegates to a party conference or

to select the candidates for a principal, especially presidential, election.

Identification: a means of proving a person's identity, especially in the form of official

Papers. Such examples include, driver’s license, birth certificate, state I.D., both

photo and non-photo I.D. will be accepted.


Qualified minors will be granted temporary voting rights for primary elections

happening prior to their eighteenth birthday that are for elections that will occur

after the minor’s eighteenth birthday. These affected minors must adhere to the

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Current laws regarding registration deadlines to vote.


If a voting district does not comply with this legislation they will be fined 2,000

dollars for each minor that is not permitted to vote.

Section 5: Funding

Any necessary funding will come from the Pennsylvania Department of State


This act will be put into effect one year after passage

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Blue Representative Bill #BH 800 Committee: Blue House Public Health and Welfare 2Delegation: Rose E. Schneider YMCAAuthor(s): Matt Steinberg, Jack Connors, Madeline Tobolewski,Sec Spon Blue Sen Jorge Olan


Title: Light Up the Economy


PURPOSE: To provide social and economic benefit in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania by legalizing recreational marijuana.

Section 1 Short Title: This act shall be known and may be cited as the Light Up the Economy Act


Marijuana: The dried leaves of the hemp plant, used as a narcotic that is ingested through smoking

Recreational: Used for enjoyment rather than to treat a medical condition

License: Formal permission from a governmental or constituted authority to do something, as to carry some business or profession

Excise Tax: A tax that is primarily imposed on luxuries (similar to a sales tax)

Income Tax: A tax levied on incomes

Tetrahydrocannabinol: Referred to as THC, it is the compound in marijuana that produces an effect on the body

Section 3 Age Requirements:

The use/purchase of marijuana will only be permitted for citizens in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania who are of age twenty-one or older

Section 4 Laws and Penalties:

Distributors of marijuana (for recreational use) will be required to recieve a license to do so by the Pennsylvania Department of Health. Any citizen of the Commonwealth caught re-selling marijuana bought from a licensed dispensary will face anywhere between one to seven years in prison. Also,

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anyone under the age of twenty-one caught using marijuana will recieve an underage citation. Lastly, the purchasing of marijuana by non-citizens of Pennsylvania will be strictly prohibited.

Section 5 Obtaining a License to Sell Recreational Marijuana:

Anyone whow wishes to obtain a license to sell recreation marijuana in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania will do so through the Pennsylvania Department of Health.

Section 6 Limit:

People who purchase recreation marijuana in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania will be limited to purchasing a maximum of one ounce (twenty-eight grams) in a single transaction, and will not be permitted to have an amount exceeding five ounces on their person at any given time.

Section 7 Tax:

Marijuana purchased by a licensed distributor in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania will have a ten percent excise tax and a five percent income tax (amounting to fifteen percent tax total). The tax revenue generated by recreational marijuana sales will be used to improve the quiality of roads in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Section 8 Process of Regulating:

In order to avoid recreational marijuana being laced with other chemicals or drugs, to monitor the levels of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) in marijuana being sold in legal dispensaries, and to oversee the progress that legalizing marijuana is having on the Commonwealth socially and economically after passage of this bill, the Pennsylvania Marijuana Control Board will be created.

Section 9 Funding:

The Pennsylvania Marijuana Control Board (PMCB) will be a sub-panel of the Pennsylvania Department of Health and will be funded by it as well.

Section 10 Voting:

Every year after passage of this bill, the PMCB will review the social and economic progress that legalizing recreational marijuana use has had on the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and decide if marijuana should still be legalized or if legalization should be discontinued.

Section 11 12:00:00 AM:

This bill will become effective exactly one year after passage.

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Blue Representative Bill #BH 801 Committee: Blue House Public Health and Welfare 2Delegation: Knoch High SchoolAuthor(s): Brooke Zukowski, Secondary Sponsor Blue Senator Sydney Klabnik


Title: Mandatory Stroke Test Act


Purpose: To require mandatory testing to determine a person’s susceptibility of suffering from a stroke for any individual with a family history of stroke.

Section 1 Short Title: This act shall be known and may be cited as the Mandatory Stroke Test Act

Section 2 Definitions: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) lists three main types of stroke: ischemic stroke (caused by blood clots) hemorrhagic stroke(caused by ruptured blood vessels that cause brain bleeding) transient ischemic attack (TIA) (a “mini-stroke,” caused by a temporary blood clot).

CT Scan-Computed axial tomography - A CT scan uses X-rays to produce a 3-dimensional image of your head. A CT scan can be used to diagnose ischemic stroke, hemorrhagic stroke, and other problems of the brain and brainstem.

MRI Scan-Magnetic resonance imaging- A MRI uses magnetic fields to produce a 3-dimensional image of your head. The MR scan shows the brain and spinal cord in more detail than CT. MR can be used to diagnose ischemic stroke, hemorrhagic stroke, and other problems involving the brain, brain stem, and spinal cord.

Section 3 Plan: When patients attend their yearly physical and fill out their medical forms, there will be an option asking the patient about a family history of stroke. If anyone answers “yes”, they will be asked what kind of stroke and then be tested for that type of stroke to aid with early prevention of stroke. For all three types of stroke, a CT or MRI can be used depending on what the patient’s physician thinks is necessary. This testing will be done yearly to make sure the testing is thorough to try and prevent stroke in all three cases.

Section 4 Funding: If this testing is necessary the person's insurance should cover the cost of the testing, if not the Pennsylvania Department of Health will cover the cost as well as enforce this act. Section 5 Effective Date: This bill will go into effective one (1) year after passage.

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Blue Representative Bill #BH 802 Committee: Blue House Public Health and Welfare 2Delegation: Springfield High SchoolAuthor(s): Allie Cottone, Secondary Sponsor Blue Senator Zoe Edalatpour


Title: Vaccination is a Must-Do


Club Name: Springfield Township Black

PURPOSE: To ensure the safety of public school children, every child must get a flu vaccination in order to attend the schools.


Section 1: Short Title: This Act shall be known as the Vaccination is a Must-Do Act.


Vaccinated: To treat with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease.

Immunity: The ability of an organism to resist a particular infection.

Public School: Any school supported by public funds.

Section 3: Action

In order to attend any public school in the state of Pennsylvania, all children must get a flu shot. Many families do not get the flu shot because of religious beliefs. This Bill requires all children to be vaccinated, no matter what their religion is.

Section 4: Placement

All public schools in Pennsylvania must provide an in-school vaccination, or must endow families with a place where they can receive a free vaccination.

Section 5: Funding

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All funding for this bill will be covered by the Pennsylvania Department of Health.


Any family that refuses to get a vaccination will be asked to leave the school district being that they are putting other children at risk for disease. They will also be penalized with a fine of $300 that will be put towards the purchase of vaccinations for other children.


Every public school will have a specific date in which children can receive these vaccinations.


This bill will become effective exactly one (1) year after passage.

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Blue Representative Bill #BH 803 Committee: Blue House Public Health and Welfare 2Delegation: Somerset High SchoolAuthor(s): Makayla Walters , Secondary Sponsor Blue Senator Willis Walker


Title: Fun Time for Elderly


Purpose: To increase the standard of living in the elderly in nursing homes.


This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Fun Time for Elderly


Nursing Home – A building that has nursing staff to take care of elderly residents.

Activities – A gathering of people to work out mentally or physically. (Like bingo, music concert, water aerobics, shuffle bordering, ect…)


An activities manager of the Nursing Homes will offer daily activities for the residents to go do; however, they cannot force citizens to go to the activities.


All nursing homes across Pennsylvania.


The state agency in charge of the nursing homes will fine the nursing home 35% of the yearly income made by the nursing home.


This will come in to effect one year after passage.

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Blue Representative Bill #BH 804 Committee: Blue House Public Health and Welfare 2Delegation: Springfield High SchoolAuthor(s): Shane Farrell, Secondary Sponsor Blue Senator Evan Garber


Title: A Bubbly Tax


Bill Title: A Bubbly Tax

PURPOSE: To reduce the incidence of childhood obesity in the Commonwealth.


Section 1: Short Title: This Act shall be known and may be cited as the A Bubbly Tax Act.


Soda: carbonated water (with the exception of energy drinks and flavored water)

Childhood obesity: a serious medical condition that affects children and adolescents. It occurs when a child is in the 95th percentile or higher for his/her weight.

Section 3: Regulations: This bill would impose a 0.2% tax on soda purchased in the commonwealth.

Section 4: Terms: The bill does not require funding, but all of the money acquired from the tax will go to the Pennsylvania Department of Health and used to promote education about healthy living.

Section 5: Enforcement: When businesses get their routine inspections by the Health Department, proof of enforcement of this tax on soda will be checked for. Section 6: Penalties: Any business found not charging the soda tax will be charged a $1,000 fine, which will increase by $500 each time the business is found to be in violation. Section 7: Effective Date: This act will take effect 1 year after passage.

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Blue Representative Bill #BH 805 Committee: Blue House Public Health and Welfare 2Delegation: Boyertown Area Senior HighAuthor(s): Jace Brackley, Secondary Sponsor Blue Senator Colin Black


Title: The Adults' Rights of Alcohol Consumption Act


PURPOSE: To lower the legal age of alcohol consumption from twenty-one (21) years to eighteen (18) years of age.



This act shall be known and may be cited as the “____Adults’ Rights of Alcohol Consumption_______” Act


Consumption – the act of eating or drinking something

Pertaining – be appropriate, related, or applicable

Perpetrator – someone who commits an illegal, criminal, or evil act


All distributors and owners of alcohol distribution and selling licenses will be mailed

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a new license and information regarding the age limit reduction. All distributors of alcohol licenses will be informed of the new regulation and will permit anyone of the age 18 or older to acquire a license. A national announcement will be made to inform every one of the update, as well an update to any official source with information pertaining to the topic.

SECTION __: Regulations

The legal drinking age will be lowered from eighteen (18) to twenty-one (21) in every state and every distributor of alcohol will now be permitted to sell to anyone who is 18 years or older. Anyone who is eighteen (18) years or older may consume alcohol.

SECTION __: Penalties

Any distributor or state store that does not abide by the new legal drinking age will be issued a $200 fine upon the first misdemeanor. If the perpetrator continues to disregard the new age limit, another fine of $600 and a 60 day suspension of their license. If there is another incidence where the new law is failed to be followed, a $1000 fine will be placed as well as the removal of the perpetrators license which can be reacquired through retaking the proper procedures previously needed to obtain their original license.

SECTION __: Effective Date

This bill shall take effect five (5) years after the passage of the bill

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Blue Representative Bill #BH 806 Committee: Blue House Public Health and Welfare 2Delegation: Middletown Area High SchoolAuthor(s): Celeste Osayi, Secondary Sponsor Blue Senator Sam Romberger


Title: Save a Life


PURPOSE:

To decrease the amount of suicides in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania by installing suicide barriers over bridges.


This act shall be known and may be cited as the Save a Life Act.


Suicide barrier- a tall, fence-like structure that is used to prevent people from attempting suicide deliberately by jumping

Rapid Bridge Replacement Project (RBR) - a project that will quickly replace 558 structurally deficient bridges around the Commonwealth

Structurally deficient - a bridge that has deterioration to one or more of its major components (pile, cap, bent, girders, and decking)

Pile - a concrete post that is driven into the ground to act as a leg for support

Cap - part of a bridge that sits on top of a group of piles and helps disperse pressure to the piles below

Bent - the combination of the cap and the pile and acts as support for the bridge

Girders - the arms of a bridge that support the bridge decking

Decking - the road surface of a bridge

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Call box - a roadside telephone for use only in an emergency

SECTION 3: Funding

This will be funded by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) and Plenary Walsh Keystone Partner to cover expenses.

SECTION 4: Description

The RBR Project will replace 558 structurally deficient bridges in the Commonwealth. The installation of a suicide barrier and a call box and hotline signs will be included in the project.


Bridges under construction after the effective date and in compliance with the Rapid Bridge Replacement Project will be required to be equipped with a suicide barrier. Variations of the barrier's height will be proportionate to each of the bridges. In addition, each bridge equipped with a suicide barrier will have a call box as well as signs with the suicide hotline number on the bridge in order for the troubled individual to have an opportunity for help.


The project will be monitored by PennDOT and they will maintain ownership of all the bridges under the project.

SECTION 5: Effective Date.

This bill shall take effect six (6) months after passage.

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Blue Representative Bill #BH 807 Committee: Blue House Public Health and Welfare 2Delegation: Boyertown Junior High EastAuthor(s): Dacia Green, Secondary Sponsor Blue Senator Kasey Roberts


Title: Prescription


Bill Title : Prescription

An Act

Purpose: To help low income Pennslylvanians to pay for the prescribed drugs by their doctors.

General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1 Short Title: This Act shall be known and may be cited as the RX Act


RX: A medical prescription

Low-income: citizens earning less than twice the federal poverty line

Prescribed: (of a medical practitioner) advice and authorize the use of (a medicine or treatment) for someone, especially in writing.

Section 3 Description:

In a 2015 study; nearly, 1 in 10 Americans adults don't take their medications as prescribed because they can't afford to, so this bill is going to help Penslyvanians pay for these medicated

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drugs by giving the citizen a card voutre thats takes off 50% to 80% of the prescribed drugs .


This ACT shall go into effect a year after passage

Section 5 Eligibility:

For this act to apply to a Pennsylvania citizen, they must meet the following requirements: The citizen must make a salary of around $20,000 a year.


The penalties for abusing this privilege is in the form of three ways: First penalty: $50 fine Second penalty: $100 fine Third penalty: 20 days in jail and 200 hours of community service.

Section 7 Funding:

This bill will be funded with the help of local Pennsylvanian pharmaceutical companies also a partnership which would pay 50 to 80% of the price.

Section 8 Rations:

In order for a citizen to get the medication the would to show a certified and signed by a lincensed doctor to get the medicated drug and only can get the assigned amount of the drug.

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Blue Representative Bill #BH 808 Committee: Blue House Public Health and Welfare 2Delegation: HersheyAuthor(s): Adeel Khan, Secondary Sponsor Blue Senator Cameron Brown


Title: Anencephalic Organ Donation Act


Section 1 Short Title: This act shall be known and may be cited as the Organs for Life

act.

Section 2 Purpose: To make harvesting organs from anencephalic babies legal in the

commonwealth of Pennsylvania.


Anencephaly: Anencephaly is the absence of a major portion of the brain, skull, and

scalp that occurs during embryonic development. It is a cephalic disorder that results

from a neural tube defect that occurs when the rostral end of the neural tube fails to

close.

Death: Irreversible cessation of circulatory and respiratory functions and of all

functions of the entire brain, including the brain stem.

Organs: a part of an organism that is typically self-contained and has a specific vital

function, such as the heart or liver in humans.

Baby: Every infant member of the species homo sapiens who is born alive at any stage

of development.

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Donation: allow the removal of (blood or an organ) from one's body for transplantation,

transfusion, or other use.

Birth Mother: thewomanwhogivesbirth to a child,regardless of whethershe is the

geneticmother or subsequentlybrings up thechild

Legal Guardian: a person who has the legal authority and the corresponding duty to

care for the personal and property interests of another person, called a ward.

Section 4 Legal Parameters:

A special provision for anencephalic babies shall be included in Pennsylvania's organ

donation laws. The provision shall include that it is not necessary for the anencephalic

baby to be pronounced “brain dead” or “dead” in order for organs to be harvested.

Section 5 Restrictions:

Certain restrictions must apply to an anencephalic baby donating organs. The baby’s

birth mother or legal guardian must give a verbal and written agreement. The baby

is not permitted to be put on life support in the interest of organ preservation unless

approved by the baby’s legal guardians. The time that a baby is permitted to be on life

support is limited to six (6) months. The baby is required to be diagnosed with

anencephaly by a properly trained and licensed medical doctor.


The removal and donation of the baby’s organs are the hospitals responsibility.

However, the Pennsylvania Medical Association shall regulate the enactment of this

bill.

Section 7 Penalty:

Failure to comply with this bill will result in a $50,000 fine towards the hospital.

Section 8 Funding:

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This bill shall require no funding


This bill shall go into effect one (1) year after passage

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Blue Representative Bill #BH 809 Committee: Blue House Public Health and Welfare 2Delegation: Middletown Area High SchoolAuthor(s): Samantha Altland, Primary Sponsor Blue Representative Celeste Osayi, Secondary sponsor: Blue senator Sam Romberger


Title: No Use Crying Over Spilt Ink


Purpose: To exercise the first amendment within the press without infringing upon the civil liberties of newsworthy individuals.

Requirements: Any individual over the age of 18 who is convicted of a crime, charged with a crime, or is the victim of a crime must receive a notification from any media source that wishes to publicly publish any personal information regarding the person's involvement in a criminal case. The media source must communicate the alert directly to the individual at least 24 hours prior to the media publication. This notification will not serve as a matter of consent; it is only required to inform the individual of their imminent publication. If the alert is sent by the media and the individual chooses not to view it, the alert is still deemed as sent, and the source will not be penalized.

Definitions:

Personal information: Any part of information that is recorded about an individual person including name, email, address, ethnicity, race, identifying number, employment history, etc.

Media source: Any local, regional, or national news medium that publicly exhibits information via newspapers, magazines, TV, radio, billboards, direct mail, telephone, fax, or Internet.

Criminal Case: Any action, suit, or cause instituted to punish an infraction of the criminal laws.

Civil Liberty: The political freedom that is enjoyed by members of society that restrains its people as far as is necessary to maintain the general welfare of everyone.

Funding: The notification should be of no cost to the media source, but any attributed expenditures must be provided by the media source.

Penalties: Any media source who fails to notify all individuals who are having their information released must pay a fine of $500 to the individual who was not notified. Enforcement: This act will be monitored by the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services.Effective date: This act will be effective one year after passage.

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Blue Committee Chair Bill #BH 815 Committee: Blue House Public Health and WelfareDelegation: Homer-Center High SchoolAuthor(s): Taylor Palmer, Secondary Sponsor Blue Senator Mya Zemlock


Title: Let's Talk About It


Purpose: The purpose of this bill is to mandate all high schools in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to include rape awareness in an already existing health and physical education curriculum.

Section 1 Short Title: This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Let’s Talk About It Act.


High School: A school that typically comprises grades nine (9) through twelve (12), attended after primary or middle school.

Health-Care Professional: an individual who provides preventive, curative, promotional or rehabilitative health care services in a systematic way to people, families or communities.

Rape: a type of sexual assault usually involving sexual intercourse or other forms of sexual penetration perpetrated against a person without that person's consent.

Awareness: Knowledge or perception of a fact.

Curriculum: The subjects comprising a course of study in a school or college.

Unit: Area of study within a course of curriculum.

Section 3 Student Curriculum:

As of current day, all students in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania are required to partake in a Health Education Class. Adding to the existing curriculum will be a rape awareness unit. In this unit, students will learn about the dangers, the signs, preventative actions, awareness, and the steps to take if such a situation would occur.

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Section 4: Teaching Requirements:

The summer before this bill is implemented, on two separate teacher in-service days, each district in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania will be required to have a health care professional come in and educate all health and physical education teachers on the information that will be covered in this Rape Awareness unit. The health care professional will be up the discretion of each individual district. The curriculum of this unit will be updated as the district, or Commonwealth, sees fit.

Section 5 Exceptions:

Exceptions to the implication of this bill will include, but not be limited to, religious purposes, personal related purposes or other purposes that the school district seems fit for exemption.


The Pennsylvania Department of Education, along with assistance from The Pennsylvania Department of Health if an individual district deems it necessary, shall enforce this bill. A representative from the Pennsylvania Department of Education will review each school’s curriculum and be aware that this unit needs to be included.

Section 7 Funding:

Each district will have to budget for a health care professional to educate their teachers on the material of what will be covered in this unit.


This bill will go into the effect the following school year after passage.

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Blue Representative Bill #BH 816 Committee: Blue House Public Health and WelfareDelegation: Somerset High SchoolAuthor(s): Cj Pelliccione, Secondary Sponsor Blue Senator Willis Walker


Title: Check for a Check


Purpose: To mandate random drug testing in order for welfare recipients to receive money and benefits from the state.

Section 1- Definitions:

Simple Random Sample Drug Test- A drug test where participants are comprised of a completely randomized selection of individuals where each eligible person has an equal chance of being selected as everyone else and does not discriminate against people in the sample.

Welfare or unemployment benefits- any money and or additional benefits received from the state on the basis of not having a job or being under the poverty line.

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Welfare- A type of welfare from the state that supplies money and benefits to people who are either aged (65 or older), blind, or disabled physically and/or mentally.

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Welfare-

Section 2- Provisions:

Anyone who is on Supplemental Security Income (SSI) welfare shall not be affected by this bill.

Section 3- Regulations:

In order for citizens on Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) welfare to receive money and benefits supplied by this program, they must agree to subject themselves to the possibility of a random drug test administered by the state.

Section 4- Penalties:

If a welfare recipient does not agree to take a drug test when they are chosen, they shall forfeit 25%

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of all the money and benefits that they are currently receiving from TANF welfare for one (1) year. If they fail a drug test, they will be immediately required to take a blood test within twelve (12) hours. If they pass this drug test, no penalties shall be enforced. If they do not take the test again within this time period or they fail it again, they shall also forfeit 25% of their welfare supplements for one (1) year. Additionally, they will also be referred to a rehabilitation program for drug usage assigned by their district judge(s). After that year, all of their benefits will be reinstated. A second offense shall ban them from their benefits for one (1) year. A third offense will ban them for their benefits for three (3) years. A fourth offense will ban them from the program indefinitely.

Section 5- Frequency:

There shall be two (2) cycles of a simple random sample of drug testing done each year. The total amount tested shall be 4% of the total eligible number of welfare recipients each cycle.

Section 6- Enforcement:

This bill shall be enforced by the Pennsylvania Department of Health.

Section 7- Funding:

The necessary funding for this bill shall come from the Pennsylvania Department of Health.

Section 8- Effective Date:

This bill shall go into effect two (2) years after passage.

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Blue Representative Bill #BH 817 Committee: Blue House Public Health and WelfareDelegation: Springfield High SchoolAuthor(s): Elizabeth Leibfreid, Secondary Sponsor Blue Senator Frances Madeira


Title: Tan for Teens


Authorizing persons under the age of 18 to use indoor tanning facilities with consent


This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Tan for Teens Act


Indoor tanning facilities: a business that provides persons access to or use of tanning devices.

Consent: permission for something to happen or agreement to do something from a legal parent/guardian.

Legal parent/guardian: a person who has the legal authority (and the corresponding duty) to care for the personal and property interests of a minor.

Section 3: Posted Warning Required

(a) The facility owner or operator shall conspicuously post the warning signs described in paragraph (b) within three feet of each tanning station. The sign must be clearly visible, not obstructed by any barrier, equipment, or other object, and must be posted so that it can be easily viewed by the consumer before energizing the tanning equipment.

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(b) The warning sign required in paragraph (a) shall have dimensions not less than eight inches by ten inches, and must have the following wording:

"DANGER - ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION

-Follow instructions.

-Avoid overexposure. As with natural sunlight, overexposure can cause eye and skin

injury and allergic reactions. Repeated exposure may cause premature aging

of the skin and skin cancer.

-Wear protective eyewear.

FAILURE TO USE PROTECTIVE EYEWEAR MAY RESULT IN SEVERE BURNS OR LONG-TERM INJURY TO THE EYES.

-Medications or cosmetics may increase your sensitivity to the ultraviolet radiation.

Consult a physician before using sunlamp or tanning equipment if you are

using medications or have a history of skin problems or believe yourself to be

especially sensitive to sunlight."

Section 4: Notice to Consumer

The tanning facility owner or operator shall provide each consumer under the age of 18, before initial exposure at the facility with a copy of the following warning, which must be signed, witnessed, and dated as indicated in the warning:

"WARNING STATEMENT

This statement must be read and signed by the consumer BEFORE first exposure to

ultraviolet radiation for tanning purposes at the below signed facility.

"DANGER - ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION WARNING

-Follow instructions.

-Avoid overexposure. As with natural sunlight, overexposure can cause eye and skin

injury and allergic reactions. Repeated exposure may cause premature aging

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of the skin and skin cancer.

-Wear protective eyewear.

FAILURE TO USE PROTECTIVE EYEWEAR MAY RESULT IN

SEVERE BURNS OR LONG-TERM INJURY TO THE EYES.

-Medications or cosmetics may increase your sensitivity to the ultraviolet radiation.

Consult a physician before using sunlamp or tanning equipment if you are

using medications or have a history of skin problems or believe yourself to be

especially sensitive to sunlight.

I have read the above warning and understand what it means before undertaking any

tanning equipment exposure.”

Section 5: Consent Required

(a) Before allowing the initial exposure at a tanning facility of a person under the age of 18, the owner or operator shall witness the person's parent's or legal guardian's signing and dating of the warning statement required under section 4: Notice to Consumer.

(b) For a person under the age of 16, the consent required by this section expires 365 days from the date the warning statement is signed and dated by the parent or legal guardian pursuant to paragraph (a) and must again be obtained by the tanning facility for successive 365-day periods until the person reaches the age of 16 as a condition for allowing the person to use the tanning facility. The notice required under section 4: Notice to Consumer must be provided by the tanning facility to the customer upon the expiration of any 365-day period under this paragraph.


This bill will be enforced by the Pennsylvania Department of Health.


Any person who leases tanning equipment or who owns a tanning facility and who

operates or permits the equipment or facility to be operated in noncompliance with the

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requirements of sections 3, 4, and 5 is guilty of a petty misdemeanor.

Section 8: Funding

This bill requires no additional funding.


This bill will be effective 6 months after passage.

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Blue Representative Bill #BH 818 Committee: Blue House Public Health and WelfareDelegation: Rose E. Schneider YMCAAuthor(s): Lauren Agnello, Secondary Sponsor Blue Senator Jorge Olan


Title: Liquor for Lessons


Purpose: The purpose of this bill is to allocate a portion of profits from the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board to the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape (PCAR). The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1,

Short Title: This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Liquor for Lessons Act.

Section 2, Definitions:

Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board- an entity which regulates the distribution of beverage alcohol in Pennsylvania, operating more that 600 wine and spirit stores state-wide and licensing more that 20,000 beverage alcohol producers and retailers, which works to prevent dangerous and underage drinking through partnerships with schools, community groups, and licensees

Sexual assault- any type of sexual contact or behavior that occurs without the explicit consent of the recipient

Alcohol- a liquid that is the intoxicating constituent of wine, beer, spirits, and other drinks

Liquor- an alcoholic drink, especially distilled spirits

Under the influence- affected by alcoholic drink

Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape (PCAR)- a non-profit that works to end sexual violence and advocates for the rights and needs of sexual assault victims

Gross profits- the profit a company makes after deducting the costs associated with making and selling its products, or the costs associated with providing its services. Gross profit can be calculated by using this formula: Gross Profit= revenue - cost of goods sold.

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Section 3, Implementation:

The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board will be required to transfer 5% of the previous year's gross profits to the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape (PCAR). All transferred profit must be used with the intention of sexual assault prevention while under the influence. PCAR will have full control over the methods and types of education used. Additionally, PCAR may give monetary grants to other non-profits for sexual assault prevention it sees fit.

Section 4, Regulation/Penalties:

The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board will be monitored by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the Pennsylvania Department of Health and Human Services. PCAR will also be required to provide the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board with bi-annual reports (every 6 months) detailing how the funds from the Liquor Control Board were allocated. If PCAR fails to comply with the regulations set forth, which state that all grants shall be used for the purposes of sexual assault prevention and education while under the influence, the full amount which was improperly spent must be repaid to the Liquor Control Board within 30 days. In the event of this occurrence, the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board can choose to either retain the money until the next calendar year, or to donate the money to another non-profit for the same purpose of preventing sexual assault while under the influence.

Section 5, Funding:

Any funding additional to the 5% of the gross profits from the Liquor Control Board will come from the Pennsylvania Department of Health and Human Services.

Section 6, Effective Date:

This bill will take effect in the next calendar year after passage.

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Blue Representative Bill #BH 819 Committee:Blue House Public Health and WelfareDelegation: Rose E. Schneider YMCAAuthor(s): Primary Sponsor: Lauren Agnello, Blue Representative Secondary Sponsor: Jorge Olan, Blue Senator


Title: Fair Assault Investigations


Purpose: The purpose of this bill is to minimize bias in campus sexual assault investigations and trials by requiring all campus officials of colleges or universities in Pennsylvania to report all sexual assault reports to the local police.

Section 1, Short Title: This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Fair Assault Investigations Act.

Section 2, Definitions:

Campus official- any person paid by a college or university that is of high authority than a student and works at the college or university College/university- an educational institution designed for instruction, examination, or both, of students in many branches of advanced learning Sexual Assault- any type of sexual contact or behavior that occurs without the explicit consent of the recipient Report- a spoken or written account of something that one has observed, heard, seen, done, or was the recipient of Local police- an organized body of police officers responsible for the area in which the college or university is located

Section 3, Implementation:

In the event in which a college or university student would notify a campus official or a sexual assault which occurred between two or more university students or between two or more university students or officials, the campus official who received the notification would be required to notify the local police force of the occurrence within 3 days or the original report.

Section 4, Regulation/Penalties:

If a campus official does not report the sexual assault occurrence within three days of the original report, the college or university will be penalized with a fine of $15,000 for each time the offense is committed. After the third offense, the college or university will undergo tan investigation from the Pennsylvania Department of Education. If the PA Department of Education finds that there are

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faulty procedure being used, it will responsible for making recommendations or taking actions that will remedy the issue accordingly.

Section 5, Funding:

Any funding required will come from the Pennsylvania Department of Education.

Section 6, Effective Date:

This bill will take effect one year after passage.

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Blue Representative Bill # BH 820 Committee: Blue House Public Health and WelfareDelegation: Springfield High SchoolAuthor(s): Grace Hinds, Secondary Sponsor Blue Senator Frances Madeira


Title: The Epipen Bill


Purpose: To ensure the total safety of students suffering from life threatening allergies.


Section 1 Short Title: This Act shall be known and may be sighted as the Action on Allergies Act.


Allergy: A damaging immune response by the body to a substance, especially pollen, fur, a particular food, or dust, to which it has become hypersensitive.

Anaphylactic Shock: A widespread and very serious allergic reaction. Symptoms include dizziness, loss of consciousness, labored breathing, swelling of the tongue and breathing tubes, blueness of the skin, low blood pressure, heart failure, and death.

Nurse- a person trained to care for the sick or infirm, especially in a hospital.

Epipen- an epinephrine auto-injector device used to manage potentially life-threatening anaphylactic reactions to allergens. Epinephrine is the first-line treatment for life-threatening allergic reactions. Patients are recommended to have an epinephrine auto-injector immediately available if they have a history of life-threatening allergic reactions (anaphylaxis).

Epinephrine- sympathomimetic hormone that is the principal blood-pressure raising hormone secreted by the adrenal medulla and is used medicinally especially as a heart stimulant, a vasoconstrictor in controlling hemorrhages of the skin, and a muscle relaxant in bronchial asthma. It is also called adrenaline.

Section 3 Procedure:

Every public school in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania must have at least five (5) Epipens for every 100 kids held in secure places around the school. The school will designate ten (10) adults,

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one being the school nurse, to be called in for emergency purposes. The ten adults must be regularly scheduled, working full hours. These ten adults will then attend a class on the first monday of every other month that will inform the teachers on topics such as when to use the Epipen, signs and symptoms of anaphylactic shock, and how to properly use an Epipen. This training will reduce error, ultimately determining the difference between life and death in serious circumstances. Depending on the severity of the allergy, this may help to save their life.

Section 4 Funding: This bill will be funded by the department of education for all of the training and supplies of the epipens.

Section 5 Enforcement: This bill will be enforced and regulated by the board of education.

Section 6 Punishment: If all ten of the designated employees assigned to training do not attend the education and training program, this will be reported to the Department of Education. The school will be fined $5,000. Additionally, the employee that misses the training will be fined $1,000. This money will be given to the Department of Education. If the school is not staffed with the mandatory five epipens per 100 students the school must immediately ensure that there are five working epipens. If there is a failure to do so, then the school will be fined $1,000 for each epipen missing.

Section 7 Effective date: This bill will be enacted the first August after it is passed, to allow time for training the teachers selected.

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Blue Representative Bill #BH - 821 Committee: Blue House Public Health and WelfareDelegation: Boyertown Area Senior HighAuthor(s): Kevin O'Connor,Secondary Sponsor Blue Senator Connor Sargent


Title: Anti-STOLI Act


PURPOSE: To prevent the undertaking of STOLI scams throughout Pennsylvania

Section 1 Short Title: This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Anti-STOLI Act .


Stranger-Originated Life Insurance (STOLI) - Life insurance issued on the life of someone as part of a transaction in which they agree to transfer the policy to a stranger.

Stranger - A person or group of investors unknown or not related to the insured party.

Life Insurance - Insurance that pays out a sum of money either on the death of the insured person or after a set period.

Investor - Someone who provides (or invests) money or resources with the expectation of financial or other gain.

Non-Recourse Premium Financing – Additional life insurance coverage at a free or fairly low cost.

Life Expectancy Evaluation – Life expectancy is used by the investor to determine the selling price of a life insurance policy being sold.

Guarantee of Settlement – Payments made for a guaranteed period of time to the beneficiary.


To prevent STOLI scams in Pennsylvania, the NAIC Model will be put into effect in insurance companies, requiring a (5) year waiting period for deals involving non-recourse premium financing, a life expectancy evaluation, and/or a guarantee of settlement.

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Section 4 STOLI Info:

The STOLI transaction being prevented is where an investor or its representative induces an individual, typically a senior citizen, to purchase a life insurance policy that the senior likely would not otherwise have purchased. The senior applies for the policy with a prior understanding that, after a certain period of time, the senior will need to come up with the money to pay the premiums or give up the policy to the investor, or some other third party, who would expect to receive the death benefit when the senior dies. The investor generally arranges for financing of the premiums during the time the senior owns the policy by means of non-recourse premium financing


Bill will be enforced by the Pennsylvania Insurance Department.


Insurance companies that refuse to abide by the NAIC Model will have their clients temporarily transferred to a federal insurance company until the penalized company complies.


Insurance companies will have (6) months to adapt the NAIC Model into their policies after the passing of this bill.

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Blue Representative Bill #BH 822 Committee: Blue House Public Health and WelfareDelegation: Boyertown Area Senior HighAuthor(s): Jennifer O'Connor ,Secondary Sponsor Blue Senator Connor Sargent


Title: Laxin' out Concussions

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby enacts as follows: Title: Laxin' Out Concussions The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby enacts as follows:

Bill Title: Laxin’ Out Concussions

PURPOSE: To require the PIAA to require all female lacrosse players to wear a concussion band while playing on the field.


Section 1 Short Title: This act shall be known and may be cited as the Laxin’ Out Concussions act.


Lacrosse- a team sport, in which a ball is thrown, caught, and carried with a long handled stick having a curved L-shaped or triangular frame at one end with a piece of shallow netting in the angle

Players- people taking part in a sport or game

Wear- to have on one’s body or a part of one’s body as clothing, protection, or for some other purpose

Concussion- a traumatic brain injury that alters the way your brain functions

Concussion Band- flexible padding covered in cloth that starts at the forehead and completely circles the head

Playing- to engage in sport or recreation

Field- an acre or so of open land, lined to play sports on

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PIAA- the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association

Referees- an official who watches the game to ensure that the rule are followed correctly

Section 3 Laxin’ Out Concussions:

The PIAA will require all female lacrosse players playing in an organization to wear a concussion band while playing on the field.


Before the game, all players will be inspected by the referees to make sure they are wearing their PIAA required concussion band.


If a player does not have the proper concussion band they will not be allowed to participate in the game until properly equipped.


The Laxin’ Out Concussions Act will be enforced by the PIAA.


This bill will go into effect (1) year from when the bill is passed.

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Blue Representative Bill #BH 823 Committee: Blue House Public Health and WelfareDelegation: HersheyAuthor(s): Andi Moritz, Secondary Sponsor Blue Senator Riley Compton


Title: Time For Justice


Purpose:To allow victims of sexual abuse to file charges against their abuser at any time.

Short Title:This act shall be known and may be cited as the Time For Justice Act.

Definitions:Sexual Abuse: The following sexual activities, provided that the individual bringing the civil action engaged in such activities as a result of forcible compulsion or by threat of forcible compulsion which would prevent resistance by a person of reasonable resolution.

Sexual intercourse, which includes penetration, however slight, of any body part or object onto the sex organ of another.

Deviate sexual intercourse, which includes sexual intercourse per os or per anus.Indecent contact, which includes any touching of the sexual or other intimate parts of the person for the purpose of arousing or gratifying sexual desire in either person.

42 Pa. Consol. Stat. 5552(b)(1): Major sexual offenses.A prosecution for sexual abuse must be commenced within 12 year after it is committed.

Regulations:Repeal 42 Pa. Consol. Stat. 5552(b)(1) from current law.No other statutes of limitation(s) would be changed.

Funding:This bill does not require any funding.

Effective Date:This act shall take effect in sixty (60) days.

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Blue Representative Bill #BH 824 Committee: Blue House Public Health and WelfareDelegation: Boyertown Area Senior HighAuthor(s): Alyson O'Donnell, Secondary Sponsor Blue Senator Joshua Shaplin


Title: Motorcycle Helmet Safety Act


PURPOSE: The purpose of this bill is to save the lives of motorcyclists by requiring riders of all ages to wear helmets at all times while on a motorcycle.


Section 1: Short Title -

Helmet Safety Act

Section 2: Definitions -

Helmet: A hard, padded protective hat.

Motorcycle: A motorized vehicle similar to a bicycle, but much larger and heavier. These bikes are primarily for one rider, but can carry an additional person if it has 2 saddles or an attached sidecar.

Section 3: Enforcement -

To be able to ride on a motorcycle legally, all motorcyclists and their passengers are required to wear a helmet at all times with no exceptions.

Section 4: Funding -

There is no funding required for this bill because there are already police on patrol enforcing road safety laws and motorcyclists are required to purchase their own helmets.

Section 5: Regulations -

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All police departments in the state of Pennsylvania will be responsible for enforcing the helmet requirement.

Section 6: Penalties -

First time offenders will be fined $25. Second time offenders will be fined $150. Third time

offenders will have their driver’s license suspended for 1 year.

Section 7: Effective Date -

There will be a 6 month warning period effective January 1, 2017 and until the law is put into full effect.

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Blue Representative Bill #BH 825 Committee: Blue House Public Health and WelfareDelegation: Knoch High SchoolAuthor(s): Alexis Nowicki, Secondary Sponsor Blue Senator Kolten Hilterman


Title: No Freedom Until We're Equal


Purpose: To protect those in the LGBTQ+ community from discrimination in matters of employment regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity

Section 1 Short Title: This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Equality Act.

Section 2 Definitions:LGBTQ+ community: lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning/queer, and all other person(s) whom do not identify with the sex they were assigned at birth and/or as heterosexual

Gender Identity- one’s inner sense of being male, female, a blend of both or neither

Sexual Orientation- one’s natural preference in sexual partners

Discrimination- practices that disproportionately impact citizens on the basis of gender identity and/or sexual orientation

Section 3 Implementation: Discrimination in the workplace on the basis of gender identity and/or sexual orientation will be made illegal in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. One may not be terminated from their place of employment based on their gender identity and/or sexual orientation.

Section 4 Enforcement: Both public and privately owned businesses must adhere to this Act. Those who do not will face a progressive fine.

Section 5 Penalties: Any person who willfully violates this act shall be subject to a fine. Businesses will be fined $10,000 for a first offense and the penalty will increase by 50% for each repeated offense.

Section 6 Funding: Any funding needed will be provided by the Department of Labor and Industry

Section 7 Effective Date: This Act shall go into effect one year after passage

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Blue Representative Bill #BH 826 Committee: Blue House Public Health and WelfareDelegation: Obama AcademyAuthor(s): Florian Reihl, Secondary Sponsor Blue Senator Francis Eddy Harvey


Title: Who’s got Shoes Act


Purpose: To prevent car accidents from taking place.


This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Who’s got Shoes Act.


Drivers – A person who drives a vehicle.

Pedestrians – a person walking along a road or in a developed area.

Footwear - outer coverings for the feet

Barefoot – Not wearing and footwear

Counter – A piece of material forming the back of a shoe to give support and stiffen the material around the heel.

Open Back Shoes – A Shoe with no Counter.

Flip flop – a light sandal, typically of plastic or rubber, with a thong between the big and second toe.

Sandals – a light shoe with either an openwork upper or straps attaching the sole to the foot.


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All drivers are mandated, while driving, to wearing footwear that has a Heel counter in their shoes to provide support. Under this law shoes that have open back as flip flops, open back footwear, or other shoes that do not have a heel counter are banned while driving. This Act does not ban driving barefoot.

Section 4 Funding:



This act will be enforced by the Pennsylvania State police.


If any driver is caught offending this law for the first time, they will be given a thirty-dollar ticket penalty. When they are caught offending the law more than once then they will be given a sixty-dollar penalty.

Section 7 Effective Date: This legislation will go into effect one year after the bill’s passage.

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Blue Representative Bill #900 Committee: Blue House TransportationDelegation: East Shore YMCAAuthor(s): Sameer Khan, Secondary Sponsor: Blue Senator Julian Sherr


Title: No Budget, No Pay Act


Purpose: To enable proper initiative and provide strong incentive to members of the Senate, House of Representatives and the governor to pass a balanced financial state budget.



This Act may be cited as the “No Budget, No Pay Act”.


Balanced budget- one in which spending equals revenue

Fiscal budget- A statement of the financial position of government during its fiscal year based on estimates of anticipated tax revenues and expenditures

General Assembly: the Senate and House of Representatives of the state of Pennsylvania

Section 3 TIMELY APPROVAL OF CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET

If both Houses of the General Assembly have not approved a concurrent resolution on the budget before July 1 of that fiscal year, the pay of each Member of the General Assembly and the governor may not be paid for each day following that July 1 until the date on which both Houses of the General Assembly and the governor approve a concurrent resolution on the budget for that fiscal year.

Section 4 NO PAY WITHOUT CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET:

(a) In General.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds may be appropriated or

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otherwise be made available from the Pennsylvania Department of Treasury for the pay of any Member of the General Assembly during any period determined by the Chairpersons of the Committee on the Budget and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate or the Chairpersons of the Committee on the Budget and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.

(b) No Retroactive Pay.—A Member of the General Assembly may not receive pay for any period determined by the Chairpersons of the Committee on the Budget and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate or the Chairpersons of the Committee on the Budget and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives, at any time after the end of that period.

Section 5 Funding:

This bill requires no funding.


This bill shall be regulated by of Office of the Budget of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.


This Act shall take effect twelve (12) months after passage.

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Blue Representative Bill #BH 901 Committee: Blue House TransportationDelegation: Butler YMCAAuthor(s): Austin Monday, Secondary Sponsor Blue Senator Zach Milbert


Title: Protect Your Noggin


Purpose: To ensure the safety of motorcycle drivers in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Section 1: Short Tittle

This act shall be known and cited as the Protect Your Noggin Act


Motorcycle: a two wheeled vehicle that is powered by a motor and has no pedals

Spider and Trike : A motorcycle with a total of three wheels

Motorcycle Helmet: a hard or padded protective hat that is approved by the department of transportation

Public Road: a road that is used by the public and funded by the government

Section 3: Law

All motorcycle, trike and spider drivers must wear a helmet while driving on public roads. All passengers also must wear a helmet.


All motorcycle drivers that refuse to comply with this act shall be fined $200.00 for each driver or passenger that is not wearing a helmet. After five offenses in less than one year, the drivers license will be suspended.


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Police officers will be permitted to pull over any driver that violates this act.

Section 6: Funding

This act shall be funded by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.


This act shall become effective one year after passage.

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Blue Representative Bill # BH 902 Committee: Blue House TransportationDelegation: Rose E. Schneider YMCAAuthor(s): Jacob Huber, Secondary Sponsor Blue Senator Jorge Olan


Title: The Safe Driving Act


Bill Title: Safe Driving Act

Purpose: To ensure that all passengers in a vehicle remain safe by requiring seat belts to be worn at all times.


This act shall be known and may be cited as the Safe Driving Act.


Vehicle: Any private motorized automobile (cars, trucks, freightliners, private buses) that uses commonwealth funded roads.

Commonwealth Funded Road: Any road funded by the taxpayer.

Police Officer: Any person, state or local, that is certified and employed by the state to carry out the duties of a police officer.

Primary Offense: An offense for which a law enforcement officer can stop a vehicle and issue a citation.

Citation: A summons.

Points: A demerit system used by the commonwealth as a form of punishment.

Section 3: New Law

The current rule for children under eight will remain the same. However, anyone over the age of eight will be required by law to wear a seat belt no matter the situation or placement in the vehicle.

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Section 4: Primary Offense

An officer will have the right to view the absence of a seat belt as a primary offense.


The fine for not properly restraining children under eight will be increased to five-hundred (500) dollars per offense. The fine for not wearing a seat belt will be two-hundred and fifty (250) dollars, charged to the driver. In addition, the driver will be charged with two (2) points on their license.

Section 6: Funding

All funding will be covered by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.



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Blue Representative Bill #BH 903 Committee: Blue House TransportationDelegation: East Pennsboro Area High SchoolAuthor(s): Samantha Webster, Primary Sponsor: Blue Represenative Jessica Semick, Secondary Sponsor: Blue Senator Nolan Plantz


Title: Motorcycle Safety Act


PURPOSE: This bill is to ensure all motorcycle drivers and riders are wearing proper helmets for their own protection.

SECTION 1 Short Title This bill shall be known as the Motorcycle Safety Act.

SECTION 2 Guidelines: Guidelines will be that all motorcycle drivers and riders will have to wear a proper motorcycle helmet when operating a motorcycle, no matter age within Pennsylvania state borders.

SECTION 3 Enforcement/Penalties: If any police officer identifies a driver or rider without a helmet, said officer will fine the driver $300. The fine goes to the driver of he or she does not have a helmet and an additional fine of $300 if their passenger does not wear a helmet. But in the case, there is a passenger without a helmet, the passenger will also be fined $300.

SECTION 4 Funding: Any necessary funding shall come from the Pennsylvania Department of Motor Vehicles.

SECTION 5 Effective Date: This bill shall go into effect 3 months after the approval of the bill.

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Blue Representative Bill #BH 904 Committee: Blue House TransportationDelegation: Knoch High SchoolAuthor(s): Benjamin Lowery, Secondary Sponsor Blue Senator Kolten Hilterman


Title: Safe School Speed Limit


PURPOSE: To place a safe school speed limit in all public and private schools.


Section 1 Short Title: This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Safe School Speed Limit Act.


School- Any public or private school that teaches kindergarten through 12th grade.

School Zone Speed Limit- 15 Miles Per Hour

Section 3 Description:

This Act requires all public and private schools to have a safe school speed zone.

Section 4 Funding:

This funding for these safety requirements will be the responsibility of the school.


This Act shall go into effect one year after enactment.

Section 6 Penalty:

Each school that does not meet the safety requirements will be fined twenty thousand dollars ($20,000).

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Blue Representative Bill #BH 905 Committee: Blue House TransportationDelegation: Boyertown Junior High EastAuthor(s): Tara O'Connor, Secondary Sponsor Blue Senator Kasey Roberts


Title: Same Air Act


Purpose: to require every county in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania to have an emissions test on vehicles.

SECTION 1 Short title: This bill will be known as the Same Air Act.


Vehicle: any vehicle that has a purpose for idling or always running (ex. Fire trucks and taxis) will have the same testing as motorcycles, cars, and trucks except they will be tested 2 twice a year instead of once a year.

Emissions test: a protocol contained in an emission standard to allow repeatable and comparable measurement of exhaust emissions for different engines or vehicles.

County: a political and administrative division of a state, providing certain local governmental services.

SECTION 4 The purpose of emissions: The primary purpose of emissions testing is to lower polluting emissions into the environment.

SECTION 5 Requirements: The owner of the car must have the emissions test once or twice a year which is mandated in the yearly inspection. The company that fixes the vehicles, is already required to have a person who does the emissions test. Only cars that are registered in the common wealth of Pennsylvania must have an emissions test.

SECTION 6 Moving: A person who is relocating to the common wealth of Pennsylvania has a year until they have to get an emissions test.

SECTION 7 Enforcement: Department of transformation.

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SECTION 8 Funding: no funding required

SECTION 9 Punishment: the person that breaks this law will have to pay a fine of $35, and then the pay will increase over time if the person still does not pay the fine.

SECTION 10 affected date: one year after passing

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Blue Representative Bill #BH 906 Committee: Blue House TransportationDelegation: East Shore YMCAAuthor(s): Ben Rifflard, Primary Sponsor: Ben Rifflard blue representative Secondary Sponsor: Erin Thomas blue senate


Title: Senior Safety Act


Section 1. Purpose:

To ensure senior citizens are able to properly operate a motor vehicle.

Section 2. Definitions:

DMV: Department of Motor Vehicles

Senior citizen: Any resident of Pennsylvania who is the age of 65 or over.

Section 3. Procedure:

In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, driver license renewal for senior citizens (65 and up) is required every two years. Currently, the Pennsylvania DMV has no authority to require re-testing or deny applicants who show signs of aging that could be dangerous while driving. However, studies show that with the increase in age, difficulty with driving also increases due to physical and mental deterioration. Requiring a doctor’s approval for all senior citizens 65 years and older to renew their license will help ensure safety for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Approaching the end of the two-year renewal period, every citizen 65 and older will be required to obtain documented approval or a recommendation for testing from the doctor stating if this person may be a danger on the road. Documentation should be sent from the doctor to the renewal office. The renewal office will then either require the citizen to retake the driver’s test or deny a renewal of the license.

Section 4. Funding:

This bill requires no cost. The required tests are similar to a regular check-up to observe impairments and check previous medical history for diagnosis that could hinder driving. It is the responsibility of the citizen to seek this approval from a doctor.

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Section 5. Penalities:

Regulations will apply normally for the citizen driving with an expired license if they refuse to complete this process. (Class B misdemeanor resulting in $250 fine).

Section 6.Effective Date:

This bill will go into effect one year after approval and apply to all citizens in the state of Pennsylvania who are 65 and older.

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Blue Representative Bill #BH 907 Committee: Blue House TransportationDelegation: HersheyAuthor(s): Catherine Keenan, Secondary Sponsor Blue Senator Riley Compton


Title: Improved Roads, Improved Lives


Purpose: To improve the conditions of state-owned roads in Pennsylvania.

Definitions:

Highway: any public street, road, turnpike, or canal which any member of the public has the right to use, provided she or he follows the laws governing its use.

Private Road: a road or driveway on private property limited to the use of the owner or agroup of owners who share the use and maintain the road without a government agency.

Condition: a term or requirement stated in a contract, which must be met for the other party to have the duty fulfill she or he obligations

Publicly owned: Any property that is not owned by a private individual or a company. It belongs to the public at large and not to any one person.

Regulations: Citizens of Pennsylvania may request an inspection of any state-owned road online or at any Department of Transportation (PennDot) location. The department will schedule inspections on a best-efforts basis with priority given to roads with the most requests. If the condition of the road is found to be unsafe, it will be given priority in scheduling for repair. Standards will be set in consultation with an independent agency of transportation experts appointed by the governor.

Exemptions: This act does not affect railroads, bridges, or tunnels.

Enforcement: This Act will be enforced by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDot).

Funding: A 7% tax will be applied to the sale of all tires intended for use on a passenger or commercial vehicle within Pennsylvania.

Effective Date: This law shall be enacted one (1) year after its passage.

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Blue Representative Bill #BH 908 Committee: Blue House TransportationDelegation: Knoch High SchoolAuthor(s): Lydia Walls, Secondary Sponsor Blue Senator Sydney Klabnik


Title: Learner's Permit at Fifteen and a Half Act


Purpose: To reduce the age eligible to obtain a learner’s permit to fifteen and a half years old.

Section 1 Short Title: This Act shall be known and will be cited as the Reduced Learner's Permit Age Act.


Learner's Permit-is a restricted license that is given to a person who is learning to drive, but has not yet satisfied the requirements to obtain a driver's license

Driver's License- a document permitting a person to drive a motor vehicle

Section 3 Regulations: After aquiring a learner's permit at age fifteen and a half, the person will have had it for at least one full year and have had the proper amount of driving time to be qualified to be tested to recieve their driver's license.

Section 4 Funding: Any necessary funding will come from the Department of Transportation.

Section 5 Effective Date: This Act shall take effect one(1) year after passage.

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Blue Representative Bill #BH - 909 Committee: Blue House TransportationDelegation: Knoch High SchoolAuthor(s): Jacob Borland, Secondary Sponsor Blue Senator Jacob Love


Title: Car Light Lumen Restriction


Purpose: Restricting the amount of lumens per headlight, which will help driver on driver passing; When driving past another driver, mostly at night, you will be able to see better.

Section 1(short title): Lumen Restriction


Lumens- A measure of the total quanity of visible light emitted by a source.

Headlight- A powerful light at the front of a motor vehicle

Drivers License- An official document or card which shows that you have the legal right to drive a vehicle

Section 3: Plan: The plan for this bill is not to restrict drivers vision at night by not providing enough light, but rather to try to modify current headlights to certain standards set by testing people's vision to different light, and light sources.

Section 4: Penalty: If caught wihtout these restricted headlights, given warning for first offense. Second offense, charger with a 350$ fine. Third offense will be charged with a $500 fine and 2 points charged onto Drivers license. Every offense after that is charged with a third offense charge.

Section 5: Funding: To fund this bill, we would need little funds. When testing certain lights to peoples eyes, that may cost money, or we could have volunteers to do so.

Section 6: Effective Date: I plan to enact this bill 3 years after passing to give people the ability to change their headlights or get them modified, or fixed.

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Officer Bill #BH 911 Committee: Blue House TransportationDelegation: Knoch High SchoolAuthor(s): Michael Renaud, Secondary Sponsor Blue Senator Jacob Love


Title: The Safe Driving Act


Bill Title: The Safe Driving Act

Purpose: The purpose of this bill is to lower the maximum allowed blood alcohol level during driving and increase penalties of those caught drunk driving.

Section 1-Short Title: This bill will be referred to as The Safe Driving Act

Section 2-Definitions:

Law enforcement officer- any person operating under government authority that has been tasked to protect and serve the people

BAC-(Blood Alcohol Content) measurement of alcohol that has been absorbed into the blood stream

Breathalyzer- device commonly used by law enforcement to estimate an individual’s BAC that operates by measuring the amount of alcohol in that individual’s breathe

Section 3-Plan: The enforcement of this act would continue to remain in the hands of the law enforcement that are currently carrying it out. For drivers over the age of 21, the limit of an individual’s BAC to continue to legally drive an automobile will be lowered to .04%. The under 21 BAC limit of .02% would remain the same.

The first time you are convicted of drunk driving in the State of Pennsylvania you will receive a $500

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fine with a BAC between .04-.99%. If your BAC was.1-.159% you will receive from 2 days to 6 months in prison, a $500-$2000 fine and a 12 month driver’s license suspension. If your BAC was above .16% you will face between 3 days-6 months in prison, a fine from $2000-$5000 and a 12 month driver’s license suspension.

The second time you are convicted of a DUI in the State of Pennsylvania you will receive 5 days to 6 months in prison and a fine of $2000- $4000 if your BAC was between .04-.99%. You will also receive a 12 month driver’s license suspension. If your BAC was from .1-.159% you will receive from 30 days-6 months in prison, a $3000-$5000 fine and a 12 month driver’s license suspension. If your BAC was above .16% you will face between 90 days-5 years in prison, a fine of $4500-6000 and a 18 month driver’s license suspension. For all second and 3rd offenses you will be required to install an ignition interlock device on you vehicle for 3 year. You may also be ordered by the court to attend alcohol screening and rehabilitation.

The 3rd time you are arrested and convicted for a DUI in Pennsylvania you will receive 10 days -2 years in prison and a fine between $4000- $6,000 if your BAC was between .04-.99%. You will also receive a 12 month driver’s license suspension. If your BAC was from .1-.159% you will receive from 90 days-5 years in prison, a $6000-$10,000 fine and a 18 month driver’s license suspension. If your BAC was above .16% you will face between 1-5 years in prison, a minimum fine of $8000 and an 18 month driver’s license suspension. For all second and 3rd offenses you will be required to install an ignition interlock device on you vehicle for 3 year. You may also be ordered by the court to attend alcohol screening and rehabilitation.

Section 4-Penalty: Any state or local police department that has not updated, integrated, and enforced this policy by one year after passage will receive an initial 5% cut in funding. For each successive year that the policy has not been changed, an additional 5% cut in funding will occur with a maximum of 20%.

Section 5-Funding: This bill will be Co-funded by between the Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) and the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT).

Section 6-Effective Date: The Safe Driving Act will go into effect exactly 1 year after passage.

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Blue Senate Bill #BS 445 Committee:Blue Senate EducationDelegation: Somerset High SchoolAuthor(s): Primary Sponsor Blue Senator Willis Walker, Secondary Sponsor Blue Rep. CJ Pelliccione


Title: Sex for Checks


Purpose: To mandate lobbyists to report sexual relations with state legislators

Section 1 Short Title: This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Sex for Checks Act

Section 2 Definitions: Sexual relations: Any intimate act that is sexual in nature

Section 3 Regulation: Lobbyists are mandated to reports sexual relations with state legislators as a gift in their disclosures to the state ethics commission

Section 4 Enforcement: Enforcement will be conducted by the Pennsylvania State Ethics Commission

Section 5 Funding: Funding will be provided by the Pennsylvania State Ethics Commission

Section 6 Effective Date: This Act shall go into effect one year after passage

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Blue Senate Bill #BS 446 Committee: Blue Senate EducationDelegation: Somerset High SchoolAuthor(s): Primary Sponsor Blue Senator Willis Walker, Secondary Sponsor Blue Rep. CJ Pelliccione


Title: Mandate Helmets for Downhill Winter Sports


PURPOSE: To mandate the use of helmets by children under the age of ten while participating in a downhill winter sport at a public facility.

SECTION 1 Short Title: This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Mandate Helmets for Kids Act.

SECTION 2 Definitions: Downhill winter sport- skiing, snowboarding, and snow tubing

Public facility- Licensed enterprise open to the public in which admission is charged from participating in a downhill winter sport

Helmet- Device to protect the head that meets all requirements outlined in the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Standard No. 218; Motorcycle helmets, subpart B – Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard.

SECTION 3 Regulation: All children under the age of ten are mandated by law to wear a helmet while participating in a downhill winter sport at a public facility.

SECTION 4 Provisions: Every public winter sports facility must provide, maintain and enforce the use of helmets by customers while on participating venues.

SECTION 5 Enforcement: The State will perform an unannounced annual inspection during the snow season. Each facility will be monitored and every guest not abiding by this legislation will cost the facility five hundred dollars in fines. On the third offense in the same inspection, the facility will have their license suspended for two weeks in addition to the fines. Each continuous violation will cost the facility one thousand dollars in fines in addition to a compounding two week suspension of the facility’s license.

SECTION 6 Funding: This legislation will be funded by the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office. The department will provide any inspectors or inspection materials necessary to complete the

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annual inspections.

SECTION 7 Effective Date: This legislation will go into effect one year after the bill’s passage.

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Blue Senate Bill #BS 447 Committee: Blue Senate EducationDelegation: Boyertown Area Senior HighAuthor(s): Colin Black, Secondary Sponsor Blue Representative Mary Sherpinsky


Title: Pop The Bubble Act


Co-Author House Representative Morgan Levengood

Purpose

To further the education of students in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Definitions

Keystone Exam- end-of-course assessments designed to assess proficiency in the subject areas of Algebra I, Algebra II, Geometry, Literature, English Composition, Biology, Chemistry, U.S. History, World History, and Civics and Government.

PSSA-The Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA), a standardized test administered to public schools in the state of Pennsylvania testing reading, mathematics, scientifics, and writing.

Procedure

The Pennsylvania State Board of Education will no longer mandate the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment and/or the Keystone Exam. The Board will also prevent the school districts of Pennsylvania from mandating either test as a graduation requirement. After the passage of the bill each student denied graduation or advancement based upon the success of either standardized test will receive a state issued Diploma, stating their advancement or graduation in their academic career.

Funding

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All necessary funds will come from the current funding allocated toward the Pennsylvania Standardized testing program. Any supplementary funds left in the budget will be allocated to the Pennsylvania State Treasury.

Regulations

The Pennsylvania State Board of Education will confirm and ensure that no schools are mandating the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment or the Keystone Exams.

Penalties

Any school that continues to give the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment of School Assessment or the Keystone Exam as a mandatory or required test will be fined a cost that is equal to the total amount spent on standardized testing of each student multiplied by the total number of students at the school.

Effective Date

This bill shall take effect one (1) educational year after its passage.

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Blue Representative Bill #BS 448 Committee: Blue Senate EducationDelegation: Obama AcademyAuthor(s): Francis Eddy Harvey, Secondary Sponsor Blue Representative Toby Junker


Title: Ban the Box


PURPOSE: To create more fair, unbiased way of hiring employees.


Section 1 Short Titles: This Act shall be known as the Ban the Box Act


(1) Applicant: Any person considered or who requests to be considered for employment by an employer.

(2) Conviction: any sentence arising from a verdict or plea of guilt , including a sentence of incarceration, a suspended sentence, a sentence of probation or a sentence of unconditional discharge.

(3) Employment: any occupation, vocation, job, work for pay or employment, including temporary or seasonal work, contracted work, contingent work and work through the services of a temporary or other employment agency; or any form of vocational or educational training with or without pay. "Employment" shall not, for the purposes of this Chapter, include membership in any law enforcement agency.

(4) Interview: any direct contact by the employer with the applicant, whether in person or by telephone, to discuss the employment being sought or the applicant’s qualifications.

(5) Private employer: any person, company, corporation, labor organization or association which employs ten or more persons within the Commonwealth.

(6) Civil Suit: a court-based process through which Person A can seek to hold Person B liable for some type of wrong.

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(7) Liable: responsible by law; legally answerable.

Section 3 Plan: This bill will requires employers to remove questions about criminal convictions from their job application, prevent employers from asking about criminal convictions during your first job interview, and protect job applicants from having criminal background checks done before the first job interview.

Section 4 Provisions: If the job requires only one interview, then the interviewer may ask the applicant about his or her criminal record.

Section 5 Enforcment: This Act will be enforced by the Bureau of Labor and Industry.

Section 6 Penalities: If any private employeer is in violation of this act they will be liable to a civil suit.

Section 7 Funding: The resoruces will be alocated by the Bureau of Labor and Industry.

Section 8 Effective Date: This act will be made into affect 60 days after passage.

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Blue Senate Bill #BS 449 Committee: Blue Senate EducationDelegation: Obama AcademyAuthor(s): Brittney Hayes, Secondary Sponsor Blue Representative Ben King


Title: New Elective


Purpose: The Purpose of this bill is to create a SAT Prep class for 11th grade in the district of Pennsylvania.

Section1: Short title: This act shall be known as the New Elective act.

Section 2: Definition's: SAT- (Standerdize Assesment Test) a test of a student's academic skills, used for admission into U.S colleges.

SAT Prep - Standerdize Assement Test Preparation

District- a specific area of a country

Section 3 Funding: funding for this bill will be approved by the department of education, A 2 % sales tax should be added to tabacco products, to hire teachers and so that supplies can be provided for the course.

Section 4 Regulations: Each school in the district of Pennsylvania will be required to create a SAT Prep course as an elective choice for the 11th grade class. The course will be required to be avaliable for at least one semester.

Section 5 Enforcement: This act shall be enforced by the department of education.

Section 6 Penalties: If any school district in Pennsylvanis fails to meet the requirements, the district will be required to pay for the cost of each student enrolled to take the SAT in that district.

Section 7 Effective Date: This act shall go into effect 2 years after passage

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Blue Senate Bill #BS 450 Committee: Blue Senate EducationDelegation: Sewickly Valley YMCAAuthor(s): Brooke Stanley, Secondary Sponsor Blue Representative Lindsey Garbee


Title: We Have the Right to Know Act


PURPOSE: To provide students with comprehensive and medically accurate sexuality education.


SECTION 1 Short Title: This act shall be known and may be cited as the We Have the Right to Know Act


Comprehensive Sexuality Education: Sexuality programs in schools that begin in kindergarten and continue all the way through to 12th grade that must include age-appropriate, medically accurate information on sexuality including, but not limited to, human development, the effect of drugs and alcohol on responsible decision making, healthy relationships, sexual behaviors, abstinence, and sexual health, and allows students to explore their own attitudes and values.

Abstinence-only-until-marriage (AOUM): Sexuality programs that emphasize abstinence from any and all sexual behaviors outside of heterosexual marriages. Even if contraceptive or disease-prevention methods are taught, emphasis is placed on failure rates. Marriage is taught as the only morally acceptable context for sexual behaviors.

Abstinence: The practice of restraining oneself from sexual behavior.

Medically Accurate: Information that is supported by peer-reviewed research conducted through accepted scientific methods and is recognized as accurate by leading professionals with relevant experience.

Age-appropriate: Topics, messages, and teaching methods suited to a particular age group based on cognitive, emotional, and behavioral capability typical for the age.

Public Schools: Any school funded by the state government.

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All public school districts in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania will be required to provide comprehensive sexuality education as part of their health curriculum, replacing any abstinence-only-until-marriage programs already in place. A student may be excused from any section of the curriculum if the student’s parents or guardians provide a written request to the school. Information about the curriculum will be available to parents or guardians. Provided information should propagate no bias on the basis of gender, sexual orientation, race, cultural or ethnic background, or sexual activity. The Department of Education and Department of Health shall develop and maintain a list of sexual health education curricula in accordance with the definition of comprehensive sexuality education.


Any public school district that fails to comply shall have state funding postponed until current sexuality education is replaced with comprehensive sexuality education.

SECTION 5 Funding:

This act has no necessary funding, but if the need for funding arises, it will be taken care of by the Department of Education.


This act shall take effect beginning with the following school year after passage and all subsequent school years.

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Blue Senator Bill #BS 451 Committee: Blue Senate EducationDelegation: Northern Dauphin YMCAAuthor(s): Alexandra Kohr, Secondary Sponsor Blue Representative Alexandria West


Title: Keystone Exam Graduation Requirement Act


Section 1 Short Title & Purpose

This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Keystone Exam Graduation Requirement Act. The purpose of this bill is to dispose of Chapter Four, Subsection A – also known as the Keystone Exam graduation requirement found in the Chapter Four laws of the Pennsylvania Department of Education.


Chapter Four Laws – The Chapter Four Laws include any references to academic standards and curriculum that must be enforced by all public schools in the state of Pennsylvania. These laws include graduation requirements, curriculum standards, and assessments for all public schools. Chapter Four, Section Twenty-Four, Subsection “A” – A by-law that is state mandated under the Requirements beginning in the 2018-2019 School Year for all public schools. Public School – Any school that is government funded, including charter schools, cyber charter schools, area vocational technical schools (AVTS), and the intermediate unit. All schools must have all students in grades 9-12 participate in the Keystone Exam that is taken during the school year. Keystone Exam – An exam that replaced the PSSA’s for all public school students in grades nine through twelve and must be given in the Literature, Biology, and Algebra studies and must be used as a graduation requirement starting in the 2018-2019 school year for students in the ninth grade. All students are required to score Proficient or Advanced in all exams to pass. The Graduating Class of 2018-2019 – Any and all students currently enrolled and set to graduate in the 2018-2019 school year. All students who are currently enrolled past 2019 and beyond are also required to pass the Keystone exam. Passing Score – Any score on the Keystone Exams that is higher than a score of 1500 on said specific exam.

Section 3: Chapter Four, Section Twenty-Four, Subsection “A”

The law that states: “Successful completion of secondary level coursework in English Composition, Literature, Algebra I and Biology in which a Keystone Exam serves as the course final exam. A student’s Keystone Exam score shall count as one-third of the final course grade. A school district

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or AVTS (including a charter school) may, at its discretion, elect to have the Keystone Exam count for more than one-third of the course grade. A school district or AVTS (including a charter school), at its discretion, may allow students who score at the advanced level on a particular Keystone Exam prior to taking the course to be granted course credit for the course without having to complete the course.”

Section 4: New Bylaw Changes

Students will no longer be required to pass Keystone exams as a graduation requirement. However, it will be required of the student who does not earn a score higher than 1500 to retake the same Keystone subject test no more than one calendar year later. Students who do not pass the Keystone Exam must also be required to take a week-long summer course or half year in-school course to better prepare them for the Keystone Exam retest. If said student fails the Keystone Exam retest, they will not be required to test again in that certain subject. This law is and will not be affected by Senate Bill 880 that has postponed the Keystone graduation requirements for two years, but will serve as an expedited way to eliminate graduation requirements for standardized testing.

Section 5: Funding

Funding will be of little to no cost for the state government. The only ways in which the bill would cost the Commonwealth are the costs of updating the website and adding it to the official Chapter Four Standards. The funding, if any, would be issued by the Department of Education.


The Pennsylvania Department of Education will be responsible for monitoring the changes in state mandated testing and graduation requirements. The Department of Education will also be responsible for notifying individual school districts of this change.


School districts failing to notify staff, parents, and students up to two months after the change occurs will be subject to a one hundred dollar fine for not taking proper steps to notify staff, parents, and students of the change.


This change will be put into effect within one year of it's passing by adding it to the Chapter Four codes and school districts will be notified within this one year time slot. The first graduating class to be affected by this change will be the Graduating Class of 2018-2019.

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Blue Senator Bill #BS 452 Committee: Blue Senate EducationDelegation: Somerset High SchoolAuthor(s): Max Myers, Secondary Sponsor Blue Representative Joe Dunton


Title: Bringing Back the Rivalry



Title: Bringing Back the Rivalry


Purpose:

To increase state revenue by creating an annual Pitt versus Penn State football game


This ACT shall be known and may be cited as the Bringing Back the Rivalry ACT


State Funding – Any subsidies given to the University of Pittsburgh or the Pennsylvania State University

Pitt – The University of Pittsburgh

Penn State – The Pennsylvania State University

NCAA – National Collegiate Athletic Association


The Pennsylvania State University and the University of Pittsburgh will lose all state funding unless the universities agree to organize an annual football game. The game must be played as a regular

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season, NCAA official, football game.


The annual football game shall be held within the borders of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania.


If Penn State and Pitt fail to comply with this act, all forms of state funding will be revoked from both universities.


This act will go into effect four years after passage.

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Blue Senator Bill #BS 453 Committee: Blue Senate EducationDelegation: Springfield High SchoolAuthor(s): George Baughan, Secondary Sponsor Blue Representative Matthew Clifford


Title: Armed and Ready


PURPOSE: to promote the general well being and to ultimately protect students enrolled in Pennsylvania Public Schools.

Section 1 Short Title: This Act shall be known and be cited as Armed and Ready


Armed Guard- a security guard who trained and certified for carrying a weapon.

Act 235- provides certification to privately employed agents to carry a lethal weapon.

Lethal Weapon- is any firearm, device, instrument, material, or any other substance that is capable of bringing about great bodily harm or death.

Public school- a school run and payed for by the people of the Commonwealth, does not include charter, online, juvenile detention centers, or home-schools.


The Act mandates an armed security guard in each Pennsylvania public school. There must be an armed guard in each building in a school district. If the high school and middle school buildings are connected, two armed guards would need to be stationed within the building. A guard needs to be present in the elementary school, middle school, and highschool of each district.

Section 4 Certification:

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The security guards must complete the current guidelines stated for handling a lethal weapon. The security guard requirement includes the completition of the Act 235 certification class before assignment to a school. The security guard must be recertified every three (3) years. The guard also must pass a mental health evaluation conducted by the Pennsylvania Department of Education prior to each school year, as well as a yearly background check by the district.


The superintendent of the school district has the jurisdiction of the security guards. The superintendent may pass the jurisdiction to the principal (s), if necessary, who can supervise the movements of the armed guard in their respective building.

Section 6 Guard Protocol:

The guard must wear a uniform when on duty to signify his position. Also, the guard must have his weapon on him at all times and is prohibited, at any point, to place his gun off his belt unless engaging in protocol. If there is an attempt to grab, steal, or fire the gun from another student or staff member, the school must contact the local authorities immediately and launch a thorough investigation. If a guard is absent or unable to work, a substitute guard will be sent off standby from the Pennsylvania Department of Education.

Section 7 Hours:

Hours may vary based on school hours. The guard must arrive 20 minutes before the official start of homeroom and work until the normal, after school busses depart. If two different schools in the same district run on different hours, the security guards will also work those different hours. The guards are not required to oversee any afterschool extracurricular activities.


The Pennsylvania Department of Education will sent representatives randomly into schools at least once (1) every school year. The representatives must confirm the presence of a certified, armed security guard in order to pass inspection.


Any school found without a properly certified officer on the day of inspection will be fined $10,000 upon the first offense. Each offense after that will be a $50,000 fine. If a report is filed to the Pennsylvania Department of Education that a district fails to properly sustain their security guard, the Pennsylvania Department of Education must conduct an investigation.

Section 9 Funding:

The salaries of the security guards will be funded by the school districts themselves. Any schools lacking funding for an guard salary may apply and possibly receive aid from the penalties collected by the Pennyslvania Department of Education in the enforcement of the bill. .

Sections 10 Effective Date:This ACT shall go into effect two (2) years after passage.

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Blue Senator Bill #BS 454 Committee: Blue Senate EducationDelegation: Rose E. Schneider YMCAAuthor(s): Jorge Olan, Secondary Sponsor Blue Representative Matt Steinberg


Title: The Affordable College E-book Act


Purpose: To implement an affordable electronic textbook package for all students of all Pennsylvania state-funded universities.


This act shall be known and cited as The Affordable College E-book Act.


Electronic Textbook (E-book): an educational or instructional book of any branch of study in digital form typically accessed through laptop, computer, tablet, smartphone, etc.

Pennsylvania state-funded universities: a college or other institute of higher education that is supported by state funds including Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania, California University of Pennsylvania, Cheyney University of Pennsylvania, Clarion University of Pennsylvania, East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania, Mansfield University of Pennsylvania, Millersville University of Pennsylvania, Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania, Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania, and West Chester University of Pennsylvania.

Student: a person enrolled at one of the previously mentioned Pennsylvania state-funded universities.

Author: a writer of a book, article, report, research, or any other form of text.

TextbookRush: electronic textbook service that will serve as the unifying platform between students and colleges in order to enact The Affordable College E-book Act.

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Expulsion: the action of depriving someone of membership from an organization, college, or university.

Digital Rights Management (DRM): a collection of systems used to protect the copyrights of electronic media. DRM helps publishers limit the illegal propagation of copyrighted works.

Copyright Infringement: the act of violating any of the copyright owner’s exclusive rights granted by the federal Copyright Act. The following elements must be in place in order for the infringement to occur:

a) The copyright holder must have a valid copyright.

b) The person who is allegedly infringing must have access to the copyrighted work.

c) The duplication of the copyrighted work must be outside the exceptions of fair use, face-to-face instruction, and virtual instruction.

Market Price: the price of an electronic textbook on the digital market, which is already inexpensive compared to its counterpart, the printed textbook.

E-book Royalty: the percentage of whole sale revenues that an author receives from all electronic textbooks sold, typically no less than 15%.


All Pennsylvania state-funded universities must make available, to all students, an electronic textbook package at their campus bookstore.

The electronic textbook package permits a student to purchase four e-books each sold at 7% off its market price.

a) Any combination of four e-books qualifies for the package.

b) A student can only purchase one package per semester.

In addition, students have the option to rent an electronic textbook for one semester with the same discount of 7% off its market price.

a) A student can only rent up to two e-books using this 7% discount.

b) Students will be disallowed access to all rented e-books at semester’s end.

Students must also be mindful of all digital rights management information when utilizing electronic textbooks for research, homework, projects, or any and all types of scholastic assignments. All proprietary rights will be explicitly detailed by the publisher, and will mention information regarding, but not limited to the following:

a) The percent of e-book that can be printed.

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b) The percent of e-book that can be copied and pasted outside the electronic reading environment.

c) The percent of e-book that can be exported outside the electronic reading environment.

d) The duration of time in which the consumer can access the e-book.

Additionally, e-book authors in agreement with TextbookRush cannot raise the price of their e-book above the price of their printed textbook version in order to evade the purpose of The Affordable College E-book Act.


Any student that violates the exclusive rights of the copyright owner is subject to legal actions that include, but are not limited to the following:

a) Infringer pays the actual dollar amount of damages and profits.

b) The law provides a range from $200 to $150,000 for each work infringed.

c) Infringer pays for all attorney fees and court costs.

d) The Court can issue an injunction to stop infringing acts.

e) The Court can impound all illegal works.

f) The infringer can be sentenced to prison.

Moreover, the infringing student, depending on the seriousness of crime, is subject to further disciplinary action, including suspension or even expulsion, executed by their college or institute of higher education.

If an e-book author in agreement with TextbookRush raises the price of their electronic textbook above the price of their printed textbook version in order to evade this bill’s intentions, then they will be subject to the following legal actions:

a) Initial $5,000 fine, further fines may be necessary depending on the seriousness of the violation.

b) Discontinued arrangement with TextbookRush services, where their e-book will no longer be distributed to colleges in accordance with The Affordable College E-book Act.

Section 5: Funding

All necessary funding will be financed by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the allocation of all state funds away from traditional textbooks and towards digital materials needed in order to sufficiently establish The Affordable College E-book Act. In addition, all discounted e-books offered to students will stem from an agreement between TextbookRush and the author where the author’s e-book royalty will be lowered 7% in order to offer the aforesaid electronic textbook

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package at a discounted value and to alleviate a sizeable amount of funding from the state department's agenda.



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Blue Senator Bill #BS 455 Committee: Blue Senate EducationDelegation: Philadelphia YMCA AchieversAuthor(s): Alex Badillo, Secondary Sponsor Blue Rep. Idris Wilson


Title: College Graduate Housing Act


An Act: To provide subsidized housing to recent college graduates who reside in the state of Pennsylvania.

Purpuse: To help faciliate the transition from college to the work field, while establishing additional funds to expedite the homeowners process once the student gains a job.

Section 1 Short Title: Job Hunt Housing

Section 2 Defininitions:

Subsidized- form of financial aid or support extended to an economic sector (or institution, business, or individual) generally with the aim of promoting economic and social policy.

Transition- the process or a period of changing from one state or condition to another.

Homeowner- a person who owns their own home.


Qualified students will be able to apply for free housing their last year of their degree program. The student must not have a full time job. The student must also possess debt resulting from school tuition. The student must have attended a four year college or university, and /or graduate school. The student will be required to move within the first year of finding full time employment.


If a city does not allow free housing for recent college graduates, then the city's state funding allowance will be cut.

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Section 5 Funding:

Any neccessary funding will come from the Pennsylania Department of State and local tax funding.


June 6, 2016

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Blue Senator Bill #BS 456 Committee: Blue Senate EducationDelegation: HersheyAuthor(s): Jacob Jastrzebski, Secondary Sponsor Blue Representative Brendan Foster


Title: Full Day Kindergarten Act


Purpose: To extend the kindergarten school day so that all kindergarten students are equally prepared for primary school.

Definitions

Contract - A legally binding agreement, specifically between the teacher and the school, that outlines the agreement and procedure for the teacher’s job. Includes the procedure for termination of the teacher.

Discretion - the freedom to decide what should be done in a particular situation.

Full-Day Kindergarten - Kindergarten with a minimum length of seven hours.

Kindergarten - a class or small public school for young children, usually between the ages of four and six to prepare them for primary education.

Kindergarten Students - Children to be enrolled in kindergarten that are at least 5 years of age before the date decided by local option.

Public School - a school that is maintained at public expense for the education of the children of a community or district and that constitutes a part of a system of free public education.

School District - A geographic district, the public schools of which are administered together.

Teacher - State boards of education are responsible for overseeing the hiring, promotion, and dismissal of public school teachers. A teacher's term of employment is governed by contract law and such contracts provide that a teacher may be dismissed for failure to follow policies established by the school board, among other reasons.

Termination - To dismiss from a job by the decision of the employer.

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Section 3: Timing

Each school district must offer a full-day kindergarten from at least one public school. Kindergarten must start between the hours of 7 am and 10 am. The full kindergarten day must end a minimum of 7 hours after the start time.

Section 4: Teachers

Teachers that are hired or currently employed for full day kindergarten must now be available to work for the entire school day as a part of their job description. Teachers unable to adjust to teach within these new time regulations will be released within the limits of the previously agreed upon contract made with the school in the event of termination. New teachers must be hired if old teachers are unable to work for the full day; hiring will be up to the discretion of the individual schools. Salary of these teachers will be decided by the same government standards as the previously hired full-time teachers in conjunction with the individual school or union decisions and agreements.

Section 5: Students

Standing kindergarten regulations on attendance still apply. Students are not mandated to attend the full-day kindergarten, as long as the school district has provided full day kindergarten as an option for all attendees, however the students may be tested prior to enrollment in first grade to test readiness. The kindergarten student must be 5 years of age before the date determined by local option to enroll in the kindergarten.

Funding

Any extra funding required to hire full-time teachers and operate for a full day will be provided through an additional $400 fine on speeding in a school zone, to be added on top of the original speeding fine.

Enforcement

This act shall be enforced by the Pennsylvania Department of Education.

Effective Date

This act shall take effect the following school year after passage.

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Blue Senator Bill #BS 457 Committee: Blue Senate EducationDelegation: HersheyAuthor(s): Daryl Dorch, Secondary Sponsor Blue Representative Omer Qureshi


Title: Examination Preparation Act


Purpose:

To increase test scores across the state by improving the quality of education, creating a greater chance for a better future for our students, and leveling the college admissions playing field for our students across Pennsylvania.

Section I: Short Title

This act shall be known and may be cited as the Examination Preparation Act.


Test: A critical examination, observation, or evaluation

Preparation: The action or process of making something ready for use or service or of getting ready for some occasion, test, or duty

Score: The number of points that someone gets for correct answers on a test, exam, etc.

School Board: A board in charge of local public schools

SAT: A Test designed to assess academic readiness for college

ACT: A national college admissions examination that consists of subject area tests in mathematics, science, reading, and english

Section III: Course Mandate

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All Pennsylvania Public Schools will be required to administer a test prep class for high students in grades 9 through 12 at least once (1x) a school week.

No student will be required to pay for this class.

No student will be required to attend the class, but all students must be made aware of the class.

The exact details of what materials are to be covered during the test prep class will be left to the State Board of Education, but the class must include review for topics relating to the ACT and SAT. Any other topics may be added to the curriculum by the State Board of Education or the individual public schools.

Individual public schools may add topics to the curriculum, but they may not take away from topics stated above or topics added by the State Board of Education.

The occurrence of the class may be extended by the discretion of the school boards of the individual public schools, but not curtailed.

The classes must be administered between Monday and Friday, and may take place either during school, after school, or before school.

If additional classes are added, they may take place on Saturday or Sunday.

The class must be administered in at least 4 week intervals at least twice (2x) during the school year, for a total of eight (8) weeks.

The test prep class must be at least thirty (30) minutes, but it may exceed this time at the the discretion of the State Board of Education or the discretion of the individual public schools.

Section IV: Enforcement/Administration

All classes will be enforced by the State Board of Education of the Pennsylvania Department of Education.

Section V: Penalties

All schools that do not comply with the regulation of this bill by at least two school years after this bill has passed will have a reduction of funding by 2%. Every subsequent year of noncompliance will result in an additional 1% reduction in funding.

Section VI: Funding

By nullifying Act 80, all funding necessary for the Pennsylvania Department of Education to initiate these classes will come from money saved from both Veteran’s Day and Election Day being holidays where school will not be in session during the school year, thus changing the number of schools from 180 days to 178 days.

Section VII: Effective Date: This law shall be enacted two (2) school years after its passage.

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Blue Senator Bill #BS 458 Committee: Blue Senate EducationDelegation: HersheyAuthor(s): William Heck, Secondary Sponsor Blue Representative Matthew Peters


Title: V.O.T.E.S II #Me_Time


Purpose: The purpose of V.o.t.e.s II # Me_Time is to promote voting and reduce political apathy as well as reduce taxes on businesses to promote economic activity.

Definitions:

Business: a usually commercial or mercantile activity engaged in as a means of livelihood

Private: belonging to or concerning an individual person, company, or interest

Precinct: a part of a territory with definite bounds or functions often established for

administrative purposes

polls: the casting or recording of the votes of a body of persons (2) : a counting of votes cast

fined: a sum imposed as punishment for an offense

promotion: the act of furthering the growth or development of something or advertisement encouraging an action or thought

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Purchase: exchange currency for goods or service

Government: State entity

Polling Machine: Vote recording device, refer to polls

Candidate: Person running for elected offices

Party: Political Group representing a group of peoples ideas

Ideology: Ideas or group of beliefs

Politically Affiliated: Relating to politics in any manner

Bias: in favor of one idea or thing over another or group of others

Bribery: Illegal exchange of currency, goods, or service for something from a second party

Partisan: favoring one party or idea over others

Procedure:

An independent business would be allowed to purchase a polling machine from the government and act as a voting precinct in which it is physically located.

The new privately opened polls would be allowed to be in use for the same hours of the day as the publicly owned polls for all elections, the hours the polls are open would not be changed.

The business would be allowed to promote voting with advertising or otherwise

The businesses in ownership of the polling devices will be provided a tax deduction on final taxes for the business of .00005% per voter recorded by the polling machines owned by the entire business.

The tax deduction would change each year based on the number of voters that fiscal year's elections.

The number of voters a business recorded may be compiled for all elections held during that fiscal year.

The Business in ownership of the polling device must pay the government (election offices) for the service of one election officer per 5 polling machines for the hours the election officer will work.

Regulation:

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All laws and regulations that apply to public voting places will also apply to the new Private Polling Locations.

A Pa Election Officer must be present at the established Private Polling Location

Any business privately owning a polling machine would not be allowed to mention any candidate, party, or a politically affiliated ideology specific to a candidate in their promotions for voting and the business who are deemed in violation of this rule will be forced to remove the mention of the candidate or otherwise

Pa Election Officers must observe the polls for the entirety of the duration of the polling, preventing biased promotion or bribery

Prior to the polls of the business opening the election officer would need to inspect the voting space and polling machines for any partisan or biased devices or promotion that would require removal as deemed by the said election officer.

Enforcement:

The Pennsylvania Department of State shall enforce this Act.

Penalty:

Any business deemed in violation of this rule will be fined 1% of their total net income at the end of the financial year per instance of violation of this rule and they will receive no tax benefits specified earlier in the bill, the profits from this fine will go directly to the state government.

Funding: Any non specified funding will be at the businesses expense.

Effective Date: One year within the passing of this bill

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Blue Senate Bill #BS 520 Committee: Blue Senate Environmental Resources & EnergyDelegation: Knoch High School

Author(s): Kolten Hilterman, Secondary Sponsor Blue Representative Aidan Neigh


Title: The Restructured Schooling Act


Purpose: The purpose of this bill is to restructure the timeframe of schooling to better educate our students.

Definitions:

Public schools- schools supported by public taxes

School days- a day of teacher to student education with at least 5 hours of education including moving from class to class and mealtime if necessary

Act 80 days- days excluded from the 180 day school year in accordance with Section 1504 as amended by Act 80 of 1969

Plan: Overtime schools will transition until the structure of the schooling time does not exceed 180 days but does not allow for periods of break with no education for more than 31 days with allowance for act 80 as used previously. This can be structured any way each individual school wishes as long as they meet the aforementioned criteria. This bill will be implemented over a period of time by each individual public school and will be provided necessary funding to do so.

Penalty: If a school fails to comply by the effective date they will be charged $5,000 for the first year then $10,000 for the second year increasing by $5,000 each year until they comply. Funding: Funding for this bill will come from the department of education. Effective date: This bill will be enforced January first 2026.

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Blue Senate Bill #BS 521 Committee: Blue Senate Environmental Resources & EnergyDelegation: Obama Academy

Author(s): Jessica Kiss, Secondary Sponsor Blue Representative Isla Chapman


Title: Drive Smart


PURPOSE: To prevent and lower rates of accidental happenings caused by those under

the influence.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania herby enacts as follows.

SECTION 1 Short Title: This act shall be known and cited as the Drive Smart Act.


DUI – A) the act or crime of driving while affected by alcohol or drugs. B) driving under

the influence.

Pennsylvania Occupational Limited License (OLL) – a driver’s license issued to a driver

whose Pennsylvania driving privilege has been, or will be, suspended. An OLL

authorizes driving a designated motor vehicle, under certain conditions, when it is

necessary for the driver’s occupation, work, trade, medical treatment, or study.

PennDOT – Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.

Alcohol Highway Safety School (AHSS) – A structured educational program with a

standardized curriculum to teach DUI offenders the problems of alcohol and drug use and

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driving.

Alcohol – ethanol or ethyl alcohol.

Drug – a medicine or other substance which has a physiological effect when ingested or

otherwise introduced into the body.

Ignition Interlock Device (IID) – a mechanism, like a breathalyzer, installed in a vehicle to deter drinking and driving. An ignition interlock device (IID) is similar to a breathalyzer, however an IID is connected to the vehicle dashboard or other location inside the vehicle and requires that a driver breathe into the device prior to starting the vehicle. If the IID detects the BAC of the driver to be above the programmed limit in the IID, then the engine of the car will not start. There are several different companies that offer IIDs.

DL-15 Form – Occupational Limited License Petition

Lookback Period – 10 years in which prior DUIs are relevant for sentencing.

BAC – Blood Alcohol Concentration/Content.

SECTION 3 Overview:

This is a bill to modify and add to already existing laws in the Commonwealth of

Pennsylvania.

SECTION 4 Current Laws for Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol or a

Controlled Substance:

Currently drivers who are charged with a DUI are given a sentence, which can be probation or prison time, a fine, and a suspension of their license. All of the specifics, such as the fine about are determined by the intoxication level or BAC, and the number of offenses the driver has had.

SECTION 5 Modification to Current Laws – General Impairment (.08 to .099 BAC):

First time offenders will be sentenced to 12 month probation, a fine of $300, and 3 month suspension of their license with an OLL after 15 days of suspension, and attend AHSS for 6 hours. Second time offenders will be sentenced to 1 to 6 months in prison, a fine of $300 to $2,500, and a 12 month suspension of their license, and attend AHSS for 12 hours . Third time and subsequent offenders will be sentenced to 3 months to 2 years in prison, a fine of $500 to $5,000, and an 18 month suspension of their license. Offenders will be required to install an IID and attend AHSS for 24 hours.

SECTION 6 Modification to Current Laws – High Rate (.10 to .159 BAC):

First time offenders will be sentenced to 60 days to 6 months in prison, a fine of $500 to $5,000, and a 12 month suspension of their license with an OLL after 60 days. Offenders will be required to

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attend AHSS for 6 hours. Second time offenders will be sentenced to 120 days to 12 months in prison, a fine of $750 to $5,000, and an 18 month suspension of their license. Offenders will also be required to attend AHSS for 12 hours. Third time and subsequent offenders will be sentenced to 6 months to 5 years in prison, a fine of $1,500 to $10,000, and an 18 month suspension of their license. Offenders will be required to install an IID and attend AHSS for 24 hours.

SECTION 7 Modification to Current Laws – Highest Rate (.16 BAC and Up):

First time offenders will be sentenced to 120 days to 1 year in prison, a fine of $1,000 to $5,000, and a twelve month suspension with an OLL after 120 days. Offenders will be required to attend AHSS for 6 hours. Second time offenders will be sentenced to 1 to 5 years in prison, a fine of $1,500, and a 2 year suspension of their license. Offenders will be required to attend AHSS for twelve (12) hours. Third time and subsequent offenders will be sentenced to 2 to 7 years in prison, a minimum fine of $2,500, and a 3 year suspension of their license. Offenders will be required to install an IID and attend AHSS for 24 hours.


The enforcement of this bill would remain as it is currently, by the commonwealth of Pennsylvania. There is no need for extra enforcement.

SECTION 9 Funding:

All funding will remain the same as it is currently. In almost all cases the driver who has been convicted of a DUI pays for the installation and lease of the ignition interlock system. Prices vary. Offenders can expect to pay up to $100 for installation and about $50 to $100 per month for the lease of the IID.


This bill will take effect 6 months after passage.

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Blue Senate Bill #BS 522 Committee: Blue Senate Environmental Resources & EnergyDelegation: Butler YMCA

Author(s): Sarah Montag Secondary Sponsor Blue Representative Paige Lambermont


Title: Bees?


Purpose: To ensure the continued prosperity of Pennsylvania agriculture by slowing the depletion of the honey bee population in the Commonwealth.

Section 1: Short Title: This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Bees? Act.


Pesticide: a substance used for destroying insects or other organisms harmful to cultivated plants or to animals

Biopesticide: certain types of pesticides derived from such natural materials as animals, plants, bacteria, and certain minerals and are considered less harmful to the environment than chemically engineered pesticides

Honey Bee: a stinging winged insect that collects nectar and pollen, produces wax and honey, and lives in large communities

Apiary: location where human maintained honey bee colonies are kept

Neurotoxicity: the exposure to natural or artificial toxic substances, which are called neurotoxins, that alter the normal activity of the nervous system in such a way as to cause damage to nervous tissue

Section 3: Proposal: Neurotoxic pesticide use will be prohibited within a five (5) mile range of an apiary, regardless if the beekeeping operation is private or commercial.

Section 4: Fines: Use of neurotoxic pesticides within the five (5) mile range will be forced to pay a five hundred (500) dollar fine for each acre the pesticides were used in within the stated range.

Section 5: Incentive: Farmers that can prove to the Department of Agriculture that they use biopesticisides for at least seventy (70) percent of their total pesticide use will receive a two (2)

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percent property tax cut.

Section 6: Funding: All funding necessary to provide potential tax cuts will come from the fines collected for using neurotoxic pesticides within the given range as mentioned in section five (5) and from the Department of Agriculture.

Section 6: Effective Date: This bill will go into effect six (6) months after it is passed.

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Blue Senator Bill #BS 523 Committee: Blue Senate Environmental Resources & EnergyDelegation: Springfield High School

Author(s): Benjamin Ascher, Secondary Sponsor Blue Representative Gwyn Cooney


Title: Green Buildings, Green Earnings



Green Buildings, Green Earnings


Vertical Farm: An agricultural complex arranged in such a way that square plots of plant crops are grown in layers with certain plots above or below others. This arrangement allows an area equal to that of a conventional farm to be utilized, with far less ground-level surface area consumed.

Profit: A monetary gain equal to the yearly sales total of a company minus the operating expenses of that company for one year.

Investment: Strategic monetary deposit into a company, with the explicit assumption that said company will turn profits, a share of which will be provided to the donors.

Incentive: A policy or opportunity that encourages private enterprises to pursue a certain commercial path. Examples of encouraging policy include subsidies, tax breaks, etc.

Urban Center: A hub of cultural and commercial operation in the Commonwealth, typically a compact settlement with no more than a 10km radius. Urban centers can have populations of anywhere from 50,000 to 50 million persons, depending on building density and infrastructure.

Subsidy: Governmental monetary assistance given to companies or individual persons to advance an economic or social program.

Section 3: Terms

A: Construction Licenses

All urban centers within the Commonwealth would be required to issue licenses to agricultural

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startups which: 1) Wish to utilize vertical farming technology within the center, 2) Agree to submit to tetra-annual PADA inspections for the first three years of operation, after which their facilities are inspected bi-annually, 3) agree to and comply with the Pennsylvania Uniform Construction Code, 4) agree to sell products within the Commonwealth, and 5), pay all employees at least $12/hr.

B: Local Distribution

Vertical Farming Facilities (hereafter abbreviated as VFs) may distribute products produced within Commonwealth urban centers both to locations in the Commonwealth, and to those outside. However, all VFs operating within the Commonwealth must sell at least 7% of their produce to customers in the Commonwealth.

Section 4: State-provided incentives

A: Reduced tax rates on produce distribution.

All corporations operating VFs within the Commonwealth will be subject to an 8% corporate income tax rate, rather than the 10% flat rate for other corporations within the Commonwealth.

Section 6: Funding

VFs complying with the regulations put forth in section three will be applicable for farming subsidies for the first two (2) years of operation. These subsidies will be provided both by the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture and collected penalties, described in Section 8.


Urban Centers unwilling to allow VFs to operate within their territory will face a $200,000 fine per quarter per prohibited company. These penalties will be used to subsidize new VFs as described in Section 7.


This bill will take effect two (2) years after passage.

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Blue Senator Bill #BS 524 Committee: Blue Senate Environmental Resources & EnergyDelegation: Obama Academy

Author(s): Samuel Houser, Secondary Sponsor Blue Representative Ben King


Title: Emergency Infrastructure Act


Purpose: To provide a safety net for the Commonwealth’s failing infrastructure independent of federal aid.

Section 1: Short Title This act may be known as the “Commonwealth Emergency Infrastructure Fund Act”


Fuel: Undyed Diesel, Undyed Kerosene

Liquid Fuel: Motor Gasoline, Gasohol

Undyed Diesel, Kerosene: Clear colored to denote that it is to be used in on roads. Dyed diesel and kerosene is not to be used on roads and is taxed differently.

Crisis: A situation that needs urgent attention.

Section 3: Establishment of a New Trust Fund

A fund will be created under the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT), which will be known as the Emergency Infrastructure Fund. This fund will be used at the discretion of the PennDOT to provide emergency maintenence to structurally deficient bridges, roadways, and rail lines, as well as any other crisis to the Commonwealth’s infrastructure. This fund is to be based in a private institution and allowed to earn interest at the discrecion of the PennDOT.

Section 4: Funding

The trust fund will be paid into by a 5% tax increase on all sales of Fuel and Liquid Fuel.

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Section 5: Oversight

A comittee will be created within PennDOT to oversee the fund to prevent misuse.


Anyone caught using fund money in a way not in line with the fund's purpose will be charged based on the nature of their misuse.

Section 7: Enactment This bill will come into effect one year after passing.

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Blue Senator Bill # BS 525 Committee: Blue Senate Environmental Resources & EnergyDelegation: Butler YMCA

Author(s): Zachary Milbert,Secondary Sponsor Blue Representative Paige Lambermont


Title: Learning Drivers Plate Act


Purpose: To reduce the number of accidents caused by learning drivers in a stressful

situation while on the road.

Section 1- Short title

This bill will be known and cited and the "learning drivers plate" act.

Section 2- Definitions

L-plate: a square plate bearing a sans-serif letter L(or other symbol), for learner, which

must be affixed to the front and back of a vehicle in many countries if its driver is a

learner under instruction, or a motorcycle rider with provisional entitlement to ride

restricted motorcycles.

Learner/learning driver: Anyone driving on a learners permit

Section 3- Plan

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This act will require that any learner driver shall have an L-plate on the back

and on the front of the motor vehicle that they are operating.

Section 4- Distribution

upon distribution of learners permit an L-plate will be given alongside of the permit after a security deposit has been made. when the permit is turned in for the test the L-plate will be reclaimed and the security deposit will be refunded.

Section 4- Funding

Funding will come from the Department Of Motor Vehicles.

Section 5- Effective Date

This bill will go in to effect one (1) year after this bill is passed.

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Blue Senator Bill #BS 526 Committee: Blue Senate Environmental Resources & EnergyDelegation: East Pennsboro Area High School

Author(s): Nolan Plantz, Secondary Sponsor Blue Representative Samantha Webster


Title: Solar Panels for schools


Purpose: State funded solar Panels for schools.

Section 1 Short title: This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Solar Panels for schools


Solar Panels - a panel designed to absorb the sun's rays as a source of energy for generating electricity or heating.

Solar Energy - radiant energy emitted by the sun.

Solar Power - power obtained by harnessing the energy of the sun's rays.

PV System - A photovoltaic system, also solar PV power system, or PV system, is a power system designed to supply usable solar power by means of photovoltaics.

photovoltaics - the branch of technology concerned with the production of electric current at the junction of two substances.

Solar Array - electrical device consisting of a large array of connected solar cells

Section 3 General Statements:

This Bill would help schools to save money on electricity costs (some report they pay just as much as they do now or less), would decrease environmental pollution, allow schools to put savings

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elsewhere, and possess an average lifespan of 25 years. There will be 15 randomly selected schools who will participate in a short experiment testing the outcome of the solar panels. This experiment will last 3 years after installation completes. If 11 out of 15 schools report paying the same amount or saving on their electricity then the rest of the schools will receive the solar system.

Section 4 Addition Statements:

Cumberland Valley recently had a similar thing done for around 5 million dollars. This bill, if passed, will be enacted the 5 months after it is passed.

Section 4 Proposal:

Each school district (not colleges) in Pennsylvania are to receive a PV system and are to funded by the state.

Section 5 Funding:

The PV system would cost about 2,500,000,000 dollars, and would be implemented over 33 years. That would allow 15 districts per year and cost about 8 million per year. This would allow all the districts to possess the PV system by 2052.

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Blue Senator Bill #BS 527 Committee: Blue Senate Environmental Resources & EnergyDelegation: Knoch High School

Author(s): Jacob Love, Secondary Sponsor Blue Representative Nicholas Ripper


Title: Atoms for All Act


Bill Title: Atoms For All Act

Purpose: The purpose of this bill is to provide for Pennsylvania’s transition from power with large CO2 emissions to nuclear power with zero emissions, stimulating the economy, the workforce, and most of all positively addressing the effects of climate change.

Section 1: Short Title: This bill shall be known as the Atoms for All Act.


Nuclear Power: the use of nuclear reactions that release nuclear energy to heat a substance, which is then used to create steam to turn steam turbines and produce electricity in a nuclear power station

Molten Salt Reactor (MSR): type of nuclear reactor which uses liquid fuel rods instead of solid, composed of a solution of molten fluoride salts and either uranium-235 in a conventional reactor or uranium-238 in a “breeder” reactor. MSRs are safer than conventional reactors because they are molten by design and therefore cannot melt down, and are more efficient because they use the vast majority of actinides in fuel rods.

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Environmental Protection Agency emissions standards: new and proposed national requirements for reducing emissions from energy generation, including the 2011 Cross State Air Pollution Rules, 2012 Mercury and Air Toxics Standards, Coal Combustion Residuals Rule, Tailoring Rule, Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards, and the National Emission Standard for Hazardous Air Pollutants. One of the critical requrirements is requiring coal emissions to be no greater than one thousand one hundred (1100) pounds of carbon-dioxide per megawatt hour.

Severance Tax: an annual tax imposed on companies drilling for nonrenewable resources. Per this Act, the severance tax would only apply to natural gas extraction.

Section 3: Plan of Action: This act will appropriate funding necessary to assist in financing the construction of five (5) Molten Salt Reactors (MSRs) in two separate plant locations, to be determined by the PA Department of Environmental Protection. These funds will be given to two (2) privately owned electric utility companies, one to develop each plant location. These companies shall be awarded these contracts if they have presented in conjunction with nuclear facility builders what the PA Department of Environmental Protection determines as the best designs for their MSRs, compared to other companies which have presented designs. These plants will generate 100% safe electricity less expensively than coal, provide more jobs per generating facility than coal, and improve the local economies around the plants. The reactors will produce zero carbon emissions, helping to better the environment and decrease the negative health effects of coal-fired plants. These new reactors will make up for and exceed the loss of electricity production which is occurring with the closing of coal-fired plants that are financially incapable of compliance with the new national Environmental Protection Agency CO2 emissions standards. Employees that have lost their jobs at these closing facilities will be offered positions at the new nuclear plants if they have applicable qualifications.

Section 4: Implementation: The PA Department of Environmental Protection will announce a period of four (4) months during which utility companies may submit their MSR designs. The Department will choose the winning designs at the immediate conclusion of these four months, and award the contracts. Following the awarding of the contracts, each MSR will be constructed over an allotted time period of nine (9) years. Only one MSR will be constructed at a time, alternating between respective utility companies, and each will be built consecutively to the others until all five MSRs are completed at the end of forty-five (45) years.

Section 5: Funding: Funding for this Act will be covered by a severance tax on natural gas. The severance tax will be the same as West Virginia’s: 5% on the value of the gas extracted plus 4.7 cents per thousand cubic feet of gas extracted. While most of this money would go towards the education budget as per the Governor’s policy, a $170 million energy investment fund will be directed towards annual construction costs for the companies building each MSR, which would be approximately $333 million. The remaining costs would be covered by the utility company whose facility is being constructed at the time.

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Section 6: Enforcement: Timing of construction and the awarding of contracts will be administered by the PA Department of State and PA Department of Environmental Protection. The Environmental Protection Agency currently is enforcing compliance with emissions standards.The offered transition for employees of coal companies will be enforced and monitored by the PA Department of Labor and Industry.

Section 7: Penalties: If this project does not meet each nine-year deadline, funding as described in Section 5 that has not been used will be set aside in a reserve account to continue to finance construction. The Environmental Protection Agency manages punitive measures for non-compliance with emissions standards on a national level.

Section 8: Effective Date: This Act shall be implemented within one (1) year after it is passed, when design submissions as noted in Section 4 begin. Implementation schedules per reactor will occur as described in Section 4. Severance taxes in Section 5 will be implemented when construction begins.

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Blue Senator Bill #BS 528 Committee: Blue Senate Environmental Resources & EnergyDelegation: Boyertown Junior High East

Author(s): Kasey Roberts, Secondary Sponsor Blue Representative Kreena Patel


Title: The Plastic Bag Expungement Act


PURPOSE: The purpose of this bill is to decrease the number of plastic bags in use by placing a $0.07 charge at the register for each plastic bag used.

SECTION 1: Short Title: This act shall be known and may be cited as the Plastic Bag Act

SECTION 2: DEFINITIONS:

Plastic bag: a type of container made of thin, flexible, plastic film, nonwoven fabric, or plastic textile used for the transport of produce, foods, clothing, etc.

Money: a particular form or denomination of currency

Retail store: a place of business for retailing goods

DEP: Department of Environmental Protection

SECTION 3: Regulations:

Every plastic bag used to bag groceries or other items at the register of any retail store in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania will cost the consumer $0.07 per bag. This extra money will go back into the DEP of Pennsylvania to be used at their discretion.

SECTION 4: Funding

This bill will require no funding.


Failure to comply with this act will result in a fine of $1,000.000 the first infraction and $3000,000 the second infraction. If after two fines the store again fails to comply, they will be revoked of the appropriate license depending on the service their store provides. Licensing may be revoked for any

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business selling any type of goods and will be revoked according to the sort of merchandise the retail store sells.



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Blue Senator Bill #BS 529 Committee: Blue Senate Environmental Resources & EnergyDelegation: Middletown Area High School

Author(s): Samantha Romberger, Secondary Sponsor: Celeste Osayi Blue Representative


Title: Curb Cruelty Act


Purpose: To deter animal cruelty in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.


This bill shall be known and may be cited as the Curb Cruelty Act.


Summary Offense Animal Cruelty:

Original fine of between 50 (fifty) dollars and 750 (seven hundred fifty) dollars, or no more

than 90 (ninety) days imprisonment

I. Selling, offering for sale, bartering, or giving away of baby fowl under 1 (one) month of age

or rabbits under 2 (two) months of age unless in proper facility by persons engaged in

commercial breeding and raising

II. Coloring, dyeing, staining, or otherwise changing the natural color of baby fowl or rabbits

III. Bringing or transporting such animals into the commonwealth

IV. Kneading, beating, or neglecting to milk for 24 (twenty-four) hours the udders of a cow

V. Leading, driving, riding, or working an animal for more than 15 (fifteen) hours in a 24

(twenty-four) hour period or for 90 (ninety) hours in 1 (one) week

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VI. Killing, shooting, or maiming a homing pigeon

VII. Skinning a dog or a cat or selling or buying such a pelt

VIII. Transporting animals in a cruel or inhumane manner, not including the transport of poultry

in a cubic foot of space, so long as no more than 15 (fifteen) pounds of poultry occupies

each cubic foot of space

IX. Transporting equine animals in a vehicle with two or more levels stacked on top of one

another

X. Cropping, trimming, or cutting off, or causing or procuring to crop, trim, or cut off the whole

or part of the ear or ears of a dog, unless a veterinarian does the procedure and the dog is

under anesthesia

XI. Debarking a dog by cutting, causing or procuring the cutting of its vocal cords or by

altering, causing or procuring the alteration of any part of its resonance chamber unless the

procedure is done by a veterinarian and the dog is under anesthesia

XII.Docking, cutting off, causing or procuring the docking or cutting off of the tail of a dog over

5 (five) days old unless the procedure is performed by a veterinarian, the dog is at least 12

(twelve) weeks old and the dog is under anesthesia. If the dog is between 5 (five) days and

12 (twelve) weeks old, a veterinarian may perform such a procedure if he or she finds that

the procedure is medically necessary for a dog

XIII. Surgically births or causes or procures a surgical birth of a dog, unless the procedure is

performed by a veterinarian or an individual trained under accordance with the Animal

Welfare Act and the dog is under anesthesia

XIV. Cutting off or causing or procuring the cutting off of the dewclaw of a dog over five days

old unless the procedure is performed by a veterinarian

Section 3: Revised Consequences

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Animal cruelty summary offenses in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania shall result in a

possible fine of between 400 (four hundred) dollars and 1,000 (one thousand) dollars or a

possible jail sentence of between 60 (sixty) and 180 (one hundred eighty) days.

Section 4: Funding

Any funding necessary to implement this bill shall be acquired from the Department of Law

and Justice.


This bill shall take effect 1 (one) year after passage.

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Blue Senator Bill #BS 530 Committee: Blue Senate Environmental Resources & EnergyDelegation: East Shore YMCA

Author(s): Erin Thomas, Primary Sponsor: Senator Erin Thomas, Secondary Sponsor: Representative Olivia Smith


Title: Animal Testing Alternative Tax Benefits


Purpose: To protect the lives of animals that are affected by the treatment of cosmetic companies who use them to test their products


This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Animal Testing Alternative Tax Benefit


For the purpose of this section, these terms have the following meanings

Animal- Any vertebrate, nonhuman mammal.

Animal Testing/ Experimentation- Using any vertebrate nonhuman animal for testing cosmetic, home-care and cleaning products.

Harmful Animal Testing/ Experimentation- Any animal experiment that damages an animal’s motor skills, causes an excess amount of harm to said animal, or that limits the animal’s performance in normal everyday performances/ activities. Said testing is sometimes referred to be inhumane or immoral because of the manufacturer’s harsh testing routines.

Cosmetic Company- A cosmetic company is a business that requires tests on their products in order to sell them. The products they sell are referred to as cosmetics. Such cosmetics are used to beautify or enhance someone’s body and are not necessities. Cosmetics can provide physical enhancement to hair, skin and body when used correctly.

Cleaning Product Company- Any cleansing or sanitation manufacturer that uses animal experimentation as their main source to test their product. (Home-care companies are included in this)

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Traditional Animal Testing- Any animal experimentation used to obtain information about the effects of a chemical or agent used on a living specimen.

Alternative Testing- Any scientifically proven testing method that does not use animals in any way, shape or form, and can be used to find the same results when using animals.

Tax Credit- A tax concession through tax deductions, tax credits, tax exemptions and other incentives. In this case, by using the alternative testing methods instead of animals for testing, the cosmetic, home-care and cleaning companies will be given the advantage of a credit.

Check-up- Government officials will visit these testing facilities and make sure all aspects of this Act are being followed accordingly in order that they receive the credit each year.

Section 3: Contents

Cosmetic, home-care, and cleaning product companies that choose to use animal testing alternatives instead of traditional animal testing methods, will receive a tax credit of 5%. This credit will only be given to cosmetic companies that are required to use animal tests on products in order for it to be sold.

Section 4: Funding

Any operational expenses will be funded by the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture.


This Act shall be regulated by the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture. Routine check-ups on cosmetic, home-care, and cleaning companies will be held to make sure these companies are not using animals in their tests and to make sure the alternatives tests are being used correctly. This will include a yearly check-up to ensure they receive the tax credit for that year.


This Act shall take effect one (1) year following the enactment of this Act.

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Blue Senate Bill #BS 531 Committee: Blue Senate Environmental Resources & EnergyDelegation: East Shore YMCA

Author(s): Samantha Kough, Secondary Sponsor Blue Representative Alex West


Title: Sharing the Roads, sharing the Cost


Bill Title: Sharing the Roads, Sharing the Cost

AN ACT

Purpose: To set different incentives on electric cars to ensure the state receives necessary state funds



This act shall be known and cited as “Sharing the Roads, Sharing the Cost”.


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Plug-in electric vehicle: A plug-in electric vehicle is powered by an electric motor instead of a gasoline engine. The electric motor gets energy from a controller, which regulates the amount of power-based on the driver’s use of an accelerator pedal. The electric vehicle (also known as EV) uses energy stored in its rechargeable batteries, which are recharged by common household electricity.

Section 3 Rebate:

Upon purchase of a plug-in electric vehicle, the consumer will receive the option of mail-in rebate which can mailed to the State Department of Transportation. The consumer will apply for the rebate and the qualifications for the rebate will be based on income, price of the vehicle, current vehicles, and vehicle type. The Department of Transportation will review the application and will request a proof of purchase. After proof of purchase is received, the consumer will be reimbursed for the purchase of the vehicle. No more than 15% of the price can be reimbursed, but amount reimbursed will depend on eligibility for the rebate and will be determined by the Department of Transportation.


If fraud is detected, there will be a fine of $500 for the first three offences. After that, higher fines and/or jail time can be determined by court.

Section 5 Funding:

To fund this act a 5% increase to diesel sales


This Act shall be regulated by the Department of Transportation.



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Blue Senator Bill #BS 730 Committee: Blue Senate Law & JusticeDelegation: HersheyAuthor(s): Riley Compton, Secondary Sponsor Blue Representative Michael Miller


Title: Free of Dependence Act


Purpose: To lift hardworking Pennsylvanians out of poverty and to decrease government dependence.

Definitions:

Guardian: Person who has the legal authority (and the corresponding duty) to care for the personal and property interests of another person.

Private School: a school founded, conducted, and maintained by a private group rather than by the government

Charter School: a publicly funded independent school established by teachers, parents, or community groups under the terms of a charter with a local or national authority.

School Taxes: Taxes in which the money paid would go to funding a public school

Tuition: a sum of money charged for teaching or instruction by a school

College Applicants: Students who are engaged in the college application process who will be attending college within one calendar year.

Welfare Benefits: For the purposes of this Act only, SNAP, Medicaid, and Cash Assistance.

Community Service: unpaid work intended to be for the common good, usually done as part of an organized scheme.

Occupational Training: Career or job training that is usually, but not always, unpaid.

Work: Paid productivity in a lawful occupation.

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School Choice:

The guardian of a child enrolled in a private or charter school may be exempted from school taxes without prosecution and the money saved used towards the tuition of the private or charter school the child of the guardian who is exempt from taxes will be/is attending within eleven (11) months of tax exemption. For those who rent and will be taking advantage of this program, the owner of the property the renter rents will take the proportional reduction (in terms of space) in the property tax for his property and must refund the renter who shall only use the money for tuition to private or charter schools. The creation of an account which shall be exempt from taxes that can only be used to hold money to pay tuition for the private or charter school the child of the guardian will be/is attending shall be permitted under this Act. Any money withdrawn from the account that is used for purposes other than tuition for the private or charter school shall be subject to any existing taxation. The child of the guardian withdrawing taxes and/or creating the tuition account may attend any accredited private or charter school that admits the child regardless of religious affiliation or lack thereof of the school. No admissions policies of schools shall be impacted by this Act.

Private College Loans:

Under this Act, the creation of a database (Student Private Aid Marketplace) by the PA Department of Education of college applicants looking for loans shall be established. College applicants looking for loans who wish to partake in private student loans shall submit their transcripts, standardized test scores, Common Application application, and contact information to the Student Private Aid Marketplace (SPAM). The defining of the things needed to be submitted shall take place by a board (Board of Student Loans) under the jurisdiction of the Department of Education, containing two (2) former/current college admissions professionals, two (2) former/current high school guidance counselors, and one (1) private investor, all appointed by the Governor of Pennsylvania and confirmed by the Pennsylvania State Senate. These shall be Potential investors who have registered with the aforementioned PA Department of Education Board of Private Student Loans shall be given access to the database. Private contracts between the applicant and investor are to be made by both parties. Both parties may have legal representation in contract negotiations, and if an applicant is unable to afford legal representation, legal representation shall be given to them by the State. Private contracts between the applicant and investor are to be made without any governmental oversight, except a screening by the Attorney General’s office after the contract is finalized to ensure the contract is non-exploitive, but before it is signed. If the Attorney General shall deem any such contract exploitive, the Attorney General must explain in writing what is exploitive about the contract in its current state.

Minimum Wage:

The minimum wage in all parts of the state of Pennsylvania shall never rise above the federally mandated minimum wage.

Welfare Reform:

Welfare benefits defined above shall only be available for three (3) years in consecutive order. At the end of the three (3) consecutive years, the welfare benefits shall expire. Welfare benefits may be reinstated only after two (2) months of time since the last expiration of welfare benefits. Benefits may be reinstated up to three (3) times. To be eligible for welfare benefits, the applicant must also

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complete no less than Fourteen-and-one-half (14.5) hours of community service, occupational training, or work at a lawful job or profession per week, which shall be signed off by whomever the applicant is doing the service/training/work for. All people wanting benefits previously deemed mentally or physically disabled must be reevaluated by a licensed medical professional in order to maintain their benefits and be exempted from the work, community service, or occupational training.

Penalties:

Anyone who is found in violation of anything under the School Choice section of this Act shall face prosecution of Tax Fraud. A contract that is deemed exploitive by the Attorney General’s office (Under the Private College Loans section) shall be null and void immediately. Both parties shall have the opportunity to negotiate a new contract. Any property owner who does not return the share of the property tax to the renter who is utilizing the School Choice section of this Act shall be investigated for Tax Fraud by the PA Attorney General’s office.

Funding: All funding for this Act shall come from the increased sales and income tax revenue as well as a five percent (5%) reduction in welfare benefit spending.

Enforcement:

This Act shall be enforced by the PA Department of Education, the Attorney General’s office, and the PA Department of Human Services.

Effective Date:

This Act shall take effect two (2) years after passage.

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Blue Senator Bill # BS 741 Committee: Blue Senate Law & JusticeDelegation: Obama AcademyAuthor(s): Jordan Picone, Secondary Sponsor Blue Representative Nicolas Mondor


Title: Pennsylvania Right to Work Act


Purpose:

A bill to protect the free choice of workers to chose or refrain from joining or assisting labor unions.


This act may be known and cited as the Right to Work Act


Labor Union: An association, combination, or organization of employees who band together to secure favorable wages, improved working conditions, and better work hours, and to resolve grievances against employers.

Union Security Agreement: An agreement between a union and an employer that requires anyone hired by the company to be a union member and pay union dues.


All union security agreements that compel any worker to join a union or pay union dues may not be formed . All such agreements that are currently active must be dissolved within one year of the enactment of this act. Only union security agreements that affect the employment of government employees will be regulated by this bill

Section 4: Funding and Enforcement

Negligible funding will be provide by the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry. This act will be enforced by the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry.

Section 5: Enactment: This bill shall take effect one year after passage.

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Blue Senator Bill # BS 742 Committee: Blue Senate Law & JusticeDelegation: Springfield High SchoolAuthor(s): Evan Garber, Secondary Sponsor Blue Representative Natalie Doll


Title: Safe Bullets Acts


Purpose: To create a safer environment in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania by having firearm wielding citizens use less lethal rounds for self defense. Section 1: Short Title: This act shall be known and may be cited as the Safe Bullets Act. Section 2: Definitions : Less Lethal ammunition:

Ammunition with the purpose of incapacitating, immobilizing, or stunning a human being through the infliction of any less than lethal impairment of physical condition, function, or senses, including physical pain or discomfort.Forest: State or private game lands. Public parks do not apply.

Firearm for the purpose of self defense : Firearm that is being carried on a person or associated with a person

Section 3: Lawful carry: Any firearm being carried for the purpose of self defense must be loaded with less lethal round. It is lawful to have a firearm on your person while hunting that is loaded with lethal rounds. Section 4: Traffic stop : In the event of a traffic stop the citizen and officer will go about the standard procedure for informing the police of a firearm. During a traffic stop police may check the firearm to make sure that it is loaded with less lethal ammunition.

Section 5: Police Search : In the event of an officer searching a person, vehicle or home and a firearm is found then the officer will perform a check to make sure that the gun is loaded with less lethal ammunition. Section 6: Firearm Check: To check that a firearm is loaded with less lethal ammunition an officer will follow this process. Apply gloves. Acquire the firearm in question. Open the breach of the firearm. If there is a round in the chamber remove the round. Verify that it is a less lethal round. If the firearm in question is single shot the process is over. If the firearm has a clip or cylinder capable of carrying multiple shot then each shot needs to be checked. Section 5: Forest Carry : While in a forest or state game land guns may be loaded with lethal rounds. Section 6

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Hunting season: During hunting seasons any fire used for hunting may be continued to be used normally. It is still unlawful to carry two firearms while hunting.

Section Transport of firearms: A person can lawfully transport a firearm that is loaded with lethal rounds if the firearm is secured in a locked carry case. The locked carry case must not be immediately accessible to the person in possession.

Section 7a Penalties Police Search: If a person, vehicle or house in the Commonwealth is searched and a firearm meant for self defense is found loaded with lethal rounds then the firearm will be confiscated along with the ammunition. If found on a person or in a vehicle then the person in possession of the firearm in either situation will lose their concealed carry permit for a minimum of six months. For each subsequent offense after the first offense the person in possession of the firearm will be fined one thousand dollars per offense after the first and their concealed carry permit will be revoked for an additional 6 months per offense. Section 7b Penalties shooting: In the case of a person using their firearm for self defense with lethal rounds. If a person in the act of self defense shoots their aggressor with a lethal round then they can be charged with a minimum of assault. If the aggressor that has been shot dies do to the use of illegal lethal rounds then the aggressor can be charged with a maximum of manslaughter. Appropriate sentences include, assault, assault with a deadly weapon, assault with a deadly weapon and aggravated assault and manslaughter. Judges will have discretion in the sentence given. Section 8 Funding: there is no funding required for this bill.

Section 9 Effective date: One year after passage.

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Blue Senator Bill #BS 743 Committee: Blue Senate Law & JusticeDelegation: Coventry Christian High SchoolAuthor(s): David Curtin, Secondary Sponsor Blue Representative Ian Li


Title: Welfare Reform


Section 1: Purpose

The purpose of this act is to reduce the amount of people in Pennsylvannia on welfare while encouraging people on welfare to work.


Single Parent- A person bringing up a child or children without a partner

Welfare- Finacial support given to people in need

Job- A paid postition of regular employment

Section 3: Deadlines

Any person recieving Welfare in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvannia initally will be given two(2) years to recieve a stable job after appling for Welfare. If they do not get a stable job they will lose fifty(50) percent of their fiancial aid. After another six(6) months their benefits will be reduced by fifty(50) percent again. After another three(3) months their benefits will be taken away completely.

Section 4: Community Service

If a person recieves welfare they will be required to perform one(1) hour of community service per week of benefits recieved. The community service options will be limited to government funded community service programs (i.e. Americorps).

Section 5: Exemptions

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Single Parents and people who are physically unable to work will be exempt for the deadlines and community service. Once all children have reached the age of eighteen(18) the single parent will be subject to the rules listed in Section 3.

Section 6: Funding

This bill should not require funding.


This act shall go into effect on January 1st, 2017.

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Blue Senator Bill #BS 744 Committee: Blue Senate Law & JusticeDelegation: Ligonier Valley High SchoolAuthor(s): Emily Kim, Secondary Sponsor Blue Representative Ellie Stewart


Title: Job Prob


PURPOSE: To increase monetary penalties for wage theft in big businesses.


SECTION 1 Short Title: This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Job Prob Act.


Big business: a large profitable enterprise considered as a powerful group, usually employing at least five hundred (500) people

Wage theft: the illegal underpayment or nonpayment of wages, usually affecting low-wage workers

Minimum wage violations: employers failing to pay employees a minimum of seven dollars and twenty-five cents ($7.25) per hour by the Pennsylvania Minimum Wage Act

Overtime violations-employers failing to pay employees one and a half (1.5) times hourly wage for every hour worked beyond forty (40) hours

Illegal deductions- unauthorized deductions to paychecks that are not reimbursed

Unauthorized deductions- include anything necessary to perform the job required; includes uniforms and equipment

Tip violations-when employers take tips given to workers by customers

Shortening of hours-when employers fail to pay employees for the amount of hours worked

Elayedor missed payment of wages- failing to pay a worker on time or at all

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The Bureau of Labor Law Compliance will be responsible for enforcing this bill.


Employers committing wage theft will have to reimburse the employee what was stolen. In addition, they will have to pay the amount stolen to the Pa Bureau of Labor Law Compliance.

SECTION 5 Funding:

All funding will be provided by the Bureau of Labor Law Compliance.


This act will go into affect one (1) year after being passed.

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Blue Senator Bill #BS 745 Committee: Blue Senate Law & JusticeDelegation: East Shore YMCAAuthor(s): Nathan Adler, Secondary Sponsor Blue Representative


Title: Take the Initiative Act


Purpose: To better represent the interests of the public and provide a check on the legislature.


This act shall be known as and may be cited as the Take the Initiative Act.


Ballot Initiative - a means by which a petition signed by a certain minimum number of registered voters can bring about a public vote on a proposed statute

Circulator - a campaign worker who asks voters to sign a petition to place an initiative on the ballot

Electronic Signature - a signature that is electronically submitted, as opposed to a signature that is signed with ink on paper

Legal Voter - a citizen of the United States and resident of Pennsylvania of at least 18 years of age on or before the day of the general election who is registered to vote

Referendum - a general vote by the electorate on a single political question that has been referred to them for a direct decision, see Ballot Initiative

Section 3: Subject Matter Restrictions

(a) No ballot initiative may be approved for a vote that violates the Constitution of the Pennsylvania

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or federal laws.

(b) In order for an initiative to dedicate revenues or make appropriations, the measure must provide a source of funding.

Section 4: Applying to Petition

Before the circulation of any petition for the referendum to the people for any law proposed by the initiative, the initiative shall be sent to the Secretary of the Commonwealth attached to which is the signatures of one hundred (100) legal voters. A copy of the petition shall be immediately transmitted to the attorney general for a certificate of review.

Section 5: Review of Initiative

(a) The attorney general shall evaluate the proposal and provide recommendations on substance, form, and style, that shall be advisory only, and the petitioner may accept or reject them in whole or in part.

(b) The attorney general shall issue a certificate to the Secretary of the Commonwealth certifying that he has reviewed the measure for form and style and that the recommendations thereon, have been communicated to the petitioner. The certificate shall be issued whether or not the petitioner accepts such recommendations.

Section 6: Sponsors

After the form of the initiative petition has been approved, the person or organization responsible for submitting the referendum may circulate the measure throughout the counties for the signatures of legal voters. The petitioner must acquire the signatures of no less than two and a half percent (2.5%) of the legal voters at the time of the last general election.

Section 7: Signatures

(a) All signatures must be signed in the presence of the circulator of the petition.

(b) All signatures must be from legal voters.

(c) Electronic signatures are not permitted.

(d) Signatures must be collected within eighteen (18) months of the certificate of review being granted. Signatures must not be collected after April 30 of the year in which the measure appears on the ballot and filed by the close of business on May 1.

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Section 8: Verification

(a) The county clerk(s) shall verify the signatures contained in the petitions.

(b) Initiative petitions with the requisite number of signatures attached shall be filed with the Secretary of the Commonwealth no less than four (4) months before the election at which they are to be voted upon.

Section 10: Elections

After all requirements are met, the measure shall appear on the ballot of the subsequent election cycle to be voted on. The measure shall require a majority vote to be enacted as law.


Review of applications, petitions, and signatures shall be under the control of the Secretary of the Commonwealth, Attorney General, and the Pennsylvania Bureau of Commissions, Elections, and Legislation.


(a) Any person, either as principal or agent, violating any of the provisions of any section of this act shall be punished upon conviction by by a fine not exceeding $5000.00.

(b) Any signature found to be forged or illegally obtained shall be immediately nullified.

Section 13: Funding

Any funding necessary for this bill shall come from the Pennsylvania Bureau of Commissions, Elections, and Legislation.


This Act shall go into effect one year after passage.

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Blue Senator Bill #BS 746 Committee: Blue Senate Law & JusticeDelegation: HersheyAuthor(s): Cameron Brown, Secondary Sponsor Blue Representative Justin Mills


Title: Get Off the Street, Back On Your Feet Program


Section 1 - Title:

This act shall be known and cited as the Get Off the Street, Back On Your Feet Program; or officially The Review, Relocate, and Rehabilitate (RRR) Act.

Section 2 - Purpose:

To reduce poverty and replace ineffective state subsidy programs by providing a means of establishing a stable source of income and shelter provided geographically.

Section 3 - Definitions:

Social Worker - profession concerned with helping individuals, families, groups and communities to enhance their individual and collective well-being; aims to help people develop their skills and their ability to use their own resources and those of the community to resolve problems.

State subsidy programs - Assistance programs, funded by taxpayers, that are used to provide assistance for low- or no- income citizens; including, but not limited to, TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families), SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program), M.A. (Medical Assistance), and income supplementary programs.

Welfare - statutory procedure or social effort designed to promote the basic physical and material well-being of people in need

U.S. Census Bureau poverty thresholds - see Figure 1

Misdemeanant/misdemeanor - a non indictable offense, regarded in the US as less serious than a

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felony.

Felon/felony - a crime, typically one involving violence, regarded as more serious than a misdemeanor, and usually punishable by imprisonment for more than one year or by death.

Section 4 - Provisions:

Residents of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania who are eligible for the program (see Section 6) who are willing to participate in the program will have their needs fulfilled through the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services.

RRR agents will provide services associated with this program.

Participant will be placed in employment that best suits them, and will be provided with a social worker, who will aid and assist the participant for up to two (2) years. Participants will be provided initial transportation to location of employment. This will be determined via a review board assigned by the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services.

Section 5 - Enforcement:

The Pennsylvania Department of Human Services will oversee the RRR Act and any programs associated with it. RRR agents will be vetted by the Pennsylvania Board of Social Work, and will placed as a high-level position within the system. Necessary information regarding this program will be advertised and notified to the general public.

Section 6 - Regulations:

Residents of the Commonwealth have the option to join for the program, if they meet the following criteria:

Are legal U.S. citizens or permanent residents;

Has a yearly salary that is below the U.S. Census Bureau’s poverty thresholds; OR

Lacks a permanent address within the Commonwealth;

Has been unemployed for at least one (1) year;

Has at least one-half (1/2) of personal income from state-subsidies.

In addition, the Commonwealth will enable the following to join the program regardless of the previous criteria:

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Any U.S. veteran who is a Commonwealth resident who provide proof of service;

Convicted misdemeanants or felons who have been through the process of parole and have abided by all conditions of parole for at least twelve (12) months [for misdemeanors] and eighteen (18) months [for felonies.]

Section 7 - Exceptions:

Any resident of the Commonwealth that is or has been the following is ineligible for the program:

Convicted of murder in the first degree;

Granted amnesty from the Federal Government: the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act prohibits “state interference in the lives of immigrants pardoned... by means of subsidy, blockage, or monitor” (3.4.7) by the U.S. Federal Government.

Section 8 - Funding:

The Pennsylvania Department of Human Services, and will allocate all funding associated with state welfare and income-replacement programs to the RRR program. The DHS will set aside a small portion of funding for welfare and income-replacement programs for transitional purposes, and notify and direct all residents on these programs to opt for the RRR program.

Section 9 - Effective Date:

This Act shall be enacted one (1) year after its passage.

(Figure 1.1 on page 3)

Figure 1: U.S. Census Bureau Poverty Thresholds, 2012

Size of Family Unit

Poverty Threshold

One person (unrelated individual)

$11,720

Under age 65

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Age 65 or older

11,011

Two people

14,937

Householder under age 65

15,450

Householder age 65 or older

13,892

Three people

18,284

Four people

23,492

Five people

27,827

Six people

31,471

Seven or more people

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Blue Senator Bill #BS 747 Committee: Blue Senate Law & JusticeDelegation: HersheyAuthor(s): Madeline Donahue, Secondary Sponsor Blue Representative Paige Beck


Title: Safe Firearm Act


Purpose: to decrease gun related injury/death while promoting safe gun use in the commonwealth pa


Gun: a weapon incorporating a metal tube from which bullets, shells, or other missiles are propelled by explosive force.

Shooting: the act of discharging a gun.

Pennsylvania Instant Check System: the firearm background check system specific to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Liable: For the purpose of this Act only, being legally responsible for the actions of a mentally ill member of the gun purchasers immediate family.

Section 2:

any citizens of the commonwealth of PA wanting to buy a gun must enroll and attend a 4 hour gun safety course.Section 2a:

said course will include gun orientation, shooting and reloading training, as well as home firearm safety training, and basic law education.Section 2b:

Home firearm safety training portion will cover how to properly store and secure the gun in the owner's home, how to transport their gun, and how to have open discussions about gun ownership with family members.Section 2c:

Basic gun law education will cover the specific laws related to owning, storing, transporting, and using a gun. This portion will also explain the consequences of not following these laws. Portion of this training will be specific to the potential gun owners gun license. (The gun law education being

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taught in this portion will be the same laws held in PA as of now)Section 3:

Anyone wishing to apply to buy a gun must complete an additional background information section regarding their mental health and their immediate family member’s, living with gun owner, on their Pennsylvania Instant Check System application.

Section 3a: On the PICS application, any gun purchaser who has immediate family members within their households must sign for liability for the mentally ill family member. This meaning, if the family member who has the mental illness commits a crime with the gun that is purchased by the gun purchaser, the initial gun purchaser is legally liable for the crime in addition to the principal in the crime.


This bill shall only apply to first time gun purchasers.

Section 5: Licensed Trainers

All firearm safety courses currently offered in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania including but not limited to courses offered by State Representatives and Senators, gun stores, and non-profit organizations shall satisfy the requirements of this act.

Funding: Funding for this bill shall come from a five (5) dollar surcharge on firearm training courses.

Penalties: Any person found to have purchased a firearm without going through the prerequisite training shall face two years in prison or a fine not exceeding five thousand (5,000) dollars.

Enforcement: This bill shall be enforced by the PA Department of Justice.

Effective Date: This bill shall take effect one (1) year after passage.

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Blue Senator Bill #BS 748 Committee: Blue Senate Law & JusticeDelegation: Boyertown Area Senior HighAuthor(s): Connor Sargent, Secondary Sponsor Blue Representative Sam Longacre


Title: Political Landscape Act

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby enacts as follows: The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby enacts as follows:

Bill Title: Political Landscape Act

PURPOSE: To give candidates who are running for Pennsylvania Governor who are not financially equal to that of frontrunners, or not associated with a specific party, a chance to be more recognized by the people.


Section 1: Short Title - Political Landscape


Candidates - a person who applies for a job or is nominated for election

Financial - of or relating to finance

Opportunity - a set of circumstances that makes it possible to do something

Incentive - a thing that motivates or encourages one to do something

Advertisement - form of marketing communication used to promote or sell something

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Supporter - a person who approves of and encourages someone or something (typically a public figure, a movement or party, or a policy)

Section 3: Funding

The funding for this bill will come from specified candidates that will be mentioned later and large scale corporations.

Section 4: The Deal

Any candidate running for Governor who is able to raise one hundred thousand (100,000) or more in campaign money within a month has the option of engaging in an incentivize based deal. If agreed with by supporters, such as a middle class men and women, this candidate may split a minimum of fifteen (15) percent of said raised money and direct it towards any candidate(s) of their choosing who cannot raise up to fifty thousand (50,000) within a month. In return, these large scale candidates will receive three (3) free television advertisements a month.

Section 5: The Sub Deal

The candidates who cannot raise the specified amount of money (50,000) within a month, and who are receiving money from the deal must contribute at least one (1) percent of their earnings to a specified website that will be later mentioned.

Section 6: The Sub Sub Deal

Large scale corporations, for example Nike, may have their logo, symbol, or anything that represents them pasted on the large scale candidates advertiesments if they pay for them. Before the deal is set in motion, these corporations must firstly agree to pay for the advertisements.

Section 7: Site

Supporters who wish to have their money split and who realize they are part of the "deal" must send their money through a governmentally administrated website. The layout and name of this website is up to the state government to decide.

Section 8: Supporter Choice

If a supporter does not wish to have their money divided amongst candidates other than the one they support, they simply need not to raise their money through the site and continue to donate as they wish.

Section 9: Limitations

Any candidates who engage in the required provisions of this bill for one single campaign run, in which multiple persons are wishing to hold a position, are not allowed to engage in this deal during the next run for office. In simpler terms, candidates can only do this once.

Section 10: Summarization

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To summarize, a candidate who raises a lot of money has the option to divide and direct supporters" monetary donations towards candidate(s) who cannot raise as much money in return for three (3) free televised advertisements a month that will be paid for by large scale corporations that will agree to take part in the deal before the deal is implemented by a specific candidate. It is a triangle of incentives.


The Pennsylvania Department of Banking will be the organization to enforce the bill.


There will be no penalties for this act as it is completely optional and based on incentives.


This bill shall take effect the next run for office after it is passed.

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Blue Senator Bill #BS 749 Committee: Blue Senate Law & JusticeDelegation: Homer-Center High SchoolAuthor(s): Mya Zemlock, Primary Sponsor: Blue Senator Mya Zemlock; Secondary Sponsor: Blue Representative Taylor Palmer


Title: Justice for the Wronged Act


PURPOSE: To amend Title 42 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes in limitation of time, further providing for unlimited time to bring serious criminal actions to the court of law.

SECTION 1 Short Title: This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Justice for the Wronged Act.


Rape: A felony of the first degree in a which a person engages in sexual intercourse with a complainant with or by threat of forcible compulsion, while the complainant is unconscious, while the complainant's power to appraise or control his or her actions has been substantially impaired by drugs or alcohol without their knowledge or consent, and/or if the complainant suffers from a mental disability which renders them incapable of consent.

Statutory Sexual Assault: A felony of the first or second degree in which a person engages in sexual intercourse with a complainant to whom the person is not married who is under the age of sixteen (16) and that person is four (4) or more years older than the complainant.

Involuntary Deviant Sexual Intercourse: A felony of the first degree in which a person engages in sexual intercourse per os or per anus with a complainant (including penetration, however slight, of the genitals or anus of another person with a foreign object for any purpose other than good faith medical, hygienic or law) with or by threat of forcible compulsion, while the complainant is unconscious, while the complainant's power to appraise or control his or her actions has been substantially impaired by drugs or alcohol without their knowledge or consent, if the complainant suffers from a mental disability which renders them incapable of consent, and/or if the complainant is four or more years younger than the person and under sixteen (16) years of age.

Sexual Assault: A felony of the second degree where a person engages in sexual intercourse or deviate sexual intercourse with a complainant without the complainant's consent.

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Aggravated Indecent Assault: A felony of the first or second degree where a person engages in penetration, however slight, of the genitals or anus of a complainant with a part of the person's body for any purpose other than good faith medical, hygienic or law enforcement procedures without the complainant's consent, with or by threat of forcible compulsion, while the complainant is unconscious, while the complainant's power to appraise or control his or her actions has been substantially impaired by drugs or alcohol without their knowledge or consent, if the complainant suffers from a mental disability which renders them incapable of consent, if the complainant is less than thirteen (13) years of age and/or if the complainant is four or more years younger than the person and under sixteen (16) years of age.

Incest: A felony of the second degree where a person knowingly marries, cohabits with or has sexual intercourse with a complainant who is an ancestor or descendant, a brother or sister of the whole or half blood, or an uncle, aunt, nephew or niece of the whole blood.

Sexual Abuse of Children: A felony of the first, second or third degree in which a person engages with a complainant in sexual intercourse, masturbation, fellatio, cunnilingus, lewd exhibition of the genitals or nudity if such nudity is depicted for the purpose of sexual stimulation or gratification of any person who might view such depiction, the videotaping or photographing of a sexual act or the distribution of such pornography, where the complainant is under eighteen (18) years of age or the complainant to whom the person is not married is under sixteen (16) years of age and is four (4) or more years younger than the person.

Major Sexual Offense: An offense under Title 18 that can be categorized as rape, statutory sexual assault, involuntary deviant sexual intercourse, sexual assault, aggravated indecent assault, incest and sexual abuse of children.

Judicial Code: Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes

SECTION 3 Amendment to Section 5551:

Amend the Judicial Code Chapter 55 Subsection C (relating to criminal offenses) Section 5551 by adding sexual offense to the list of criminal crimes without prosecution time limitations so that the section would then read as follows:

§ 5551. No limitation applicable. A prosecution for the following offenses may be commenced at any time: (1) Murder. (2) Voluntary manslaughter. (3) Conspiracy to commit murder or solicitation to commit murder if a murder results from the conspiracy or solicitation. (4) Any felony alleged to have been perpetrated in connection with a murder of the first or second degree, as set forth in 18 Pa.C.S. § 2502(a) or (b) and (d) (relating to murder). (5) A violation of 75 Pa.C.S. § 3742 (relating to accidents involving death or personal injury) or 3732 (relating to homicide by vehicle) if the accused was the driver of a vehicle involved in an accident resulting in the death of any person. (6) A violation of 18 Pa.C.S. § 2702(a)(1), (2), (4) or (7) (relating to aggravated assault) if the accused knew the victim was a law enforcement officer and the law enforcement officer was acting within the scope of the officer's duties. (7) Major sexual offenses. SECTION 4 Amendment to Section 5552:

Amend the Judicial Code Chapter 55 Subchapter C (relating to criminal offenses) Section 5552 to remove Subsection b.1 which reads as follows:

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(b.1) Major sexual offenses.--A prosecution for any of the following offenses under Title 18 must be commenced within 12 years after it is committed: Section 3121 (relating to rape). Section 3122.1 (relating to statutory sexual assault). Section 3123 (relating to involuntary deviate sexual intercourse). Section 3124.1 (relating to sexual assault). Section 3125 (relating to aggravated indecent assault). Section 4302 (relating to incest). Section 6312 (relating to sexual abuse of children). The above subsection would be unneeded and redundant upon passage of Section 3 of this Act


This law shall go into effect six (6) months after passage.

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Blue Senator Bill #BS 750 Committee: Blue Senate Law & JusticeDelegation: Boyertown Area Senior HighAuthor(s): Joshua Shapin, Secondary Sponsor Blue Representative Greg Schneider


Title:


-THE YMCA YOUTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

2016 Session

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Introduced by:

Club Name: ______________Boyertown Black________________

Primary Sponsor: Rep. or Sen. Sen. Joshua Shapin; Blue Chambers__________

Secondary Sponsor: Rep. or Sen. Rep. Greg Schneider; Blue Chambers_______________________

Referred to Committee on: see attached Reference Guide for a list of committees

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AN ACT

PURPOSE: To increase the impartiality and effectiveness, and decrease negligence of on duty police officers and their respective stations.


SECTION 1: Short Title This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Under, Not Above” Act

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SECTION 2: DEFINITIONS Empirical: Based upon and verifiable by observation, evidence, facts, etc. Stand-Alone Police Department: A police department that is fully contained within itself and has ten (10) or more officers – that is, no officers or supplies are contracted from another department. Capping: Reaching maximum. Impartiality: The act or status of being impartial; neutral towards any situation. Police Colonel: Synonymous to police commissioner. Police Lt. Colonel: Second in command to the Colonel. Police Major: Commander of several troops. Police Lt.: Station commander. Police Sgt.: Supervisor of a unit, or section of officers. Police Troop: A group of police stations. Due process of law: At the jurisdiction of the jury and judge’s verdict; the normal judicial system. Body-cam: A video and audio recording capable device attached to the body of a police officer’s persons or body, and showing his/her point of view. USD: United States Dollar; Federal Reserve Note of the United States; legal tender. Fiscal: Of or relating to money.

SECTION 3: Procedure The state shall place a requirement of all prospective police cadets whom wish to join any PA regulated police academy must participate in a certification course on Pennsylvania explicit and implicit laws or have attained a minimum of an associate's degree in an accredited university for civil and criminal law or other comparable course/major. All current PA police officers will be grandfathered by this act but must attend a law seminar held at each police academy within three (3) years after the act passes. All on-duty police officers with explicit or primary jurisdiction in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania must be required to wear body cams. In order to make a valid stop/arrest, a body cam must be recording all activity of the police officer at least fifteen (15) seconds prior to and during any stop or arrest. At the discretion of due process of law. In the case of an arrest, the officer must have video and audio record of all activity while suspect is in the officer’s custody. All revenue of stand-alone police departments will hereby be put into a State Treasury-held fund.

SECTION 4: Funding The State Treasury shall only delegate funds from the revenue fund for stand-alone police departments – stations with ten (10) or more officers. All stand-alone police departments will continue to be funded by the current municipal taxation rate of their area and will be further endowed by the new treasury-held fund on a per-officer basis starting at ten thousand ($10,000) USD and capping at two thousand (2000) officers annually. Maximum amount a single department can collect is twenty million (20,000,000) USD. Introduction of a temporary income tax of .05% for two (2) years after the end of the current fiscal year at the time of passage. This tax is estimated to collect three hundred twenty five million (325,000,000) USD a year. Body cams will be funded by line thirty two (32) for all current officers, and thereafter be funded entirely by the treasury-held, police revenue fund. The introduction of the PA law certification course at all nineteen (19) PA police academies will also be funded by line thirty two (32). Funds will be distributed by the Pennsylvania State Treasury and the end of each Fiscal Year If funds cannot compensate for payment due, endowment will be halved for each stand-alone police department during that year’s cycle until all applicable police stations are accounted for.

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SECTION 5: Regulations Police academy instructors must be reviewed and accepted by the incumbent police Colonel/Lt. Colonel or Majors of the PA State Police. Current instructors retain their status as such. All submitted complaints of officers must be reviewed with the officer in question and the station Lt. or Sgt. within ten (10) working days of obtainment.

SECTION 6: Penalties If officers that are found in violation of this act they will be temporarily removed from their current position and title and be tried in court on account of negligence of law and the refusal to fulfil the duties he/she has sworn to uphold. Other charges may apply based on offence. If convicted, the officer in question assumes liability for any damage, physical or emotional. If convicted, abuse of power scenarios involving a firearm will constitute as a felony charge. Severity and circumstance at the discretion of due process of law, along with any other charges incurred. In the event where no empirical evidence is provided for the officer's’ behalf in a court of law, and compelling evidence is presented in the prosecution or plaintiff, the officer in question is automatically removed from their position due to their failure to comply with this statute for a tenure of no less than six (6) months. If found innocent, the officer in question may re-enlist into the PA police force after six (6) months.

SECTION 7: Effective Date This bill shall take effect two (2) years after passage.* *Temporary income tax shall take place immediately after passage of this act.

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Blue Senate Bill #BS 751 Committee: Blue Senate Law & JusticeDelegation: HersheyAuthor(s): Riley Compton, Secondary Sponsor Blue Representative Omer Qureshi


Title: JOINT RESOLUTION 2016-1 AN AMENDMENT


Purpose: The purpose of this Amendment is to return natural resources to private property owners as well as to increase economic development and growth.

PA Constitution Section: Article 1 Section 27 of the Pennsylvania State Constitution shall be amended to read

Extraction Tax on the Extraction of Coal, Crude Oil, and Natural gas from Marcellus Shale: The commonwealth of Pennsylvania and all municipalities under the jurisdiction of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania shall be barred from imposing any taxation on the extraction of natural resources from its natural state.

Enforcement: Upon ratification of this Amendment, this Amendment shall be enforced by the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue, Department of Community and Economic Development, and Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. This Amendment shall be enacted upon ratification.

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Blue Senator Bill #752 Committee: Blue Senate Law & JusticeDelegation: HersheyAuthor(s): Rafay Nasir, Riley Compton, Secondary Sponsor Blue Representative Mike Miller


Title: Blue Laws Elimination Act


Purpose: To stimulate business that has been impeded by outdated laws.


This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Blue Laws Elimination Act.


Blue Law: A state or local law that prohibits commercial activities on Sunday based because of traditional Christian values. The blue laws that this bill refers to are 34 P.S. § 2303; P.L.90, No.21; and P.L.306, No.84.

Hunting: As used and as defined in Title 34 of the Consolidated Statutes of Pennsylvania.

Retail Store: Business firms engaged in offering the sale goods and services directly to consumers typically in smaller quantities (as opposed to wholesale stores).

Wholesale Store:

Car Dealer: A retailer that sells motor vehicles directly to the public.

Motor Vehicle: Every description of carriage or other contrivance propelled or drawn by mechanical power and used for commercial purposes on the highways in the transportation of passengers, passengers and property, or property or cargo.

On-premise sales: The sale of goods or services from the business premises.

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Off-premise sales: The sale of goods or services not from the business premises.

Recreational Vehicle: A motor vehicle or trailer equipped with living space and amenities found in a home.

Section 3: Repeal 4 P.S. § 2303

Title 34, Section 2303 within the Consolidated Statutes of Pennsylvania shall be repealed.

Section 4: Amend P.L.90, No.21

Under this Act, any retail store or wholesale store recognized by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as a legal entity shall have the right to sell legal forms of consumable alcoholic beverages to anyone who satisfies the legal requirements to purchase alcohol.

Section 5: Amend P.L.306, No.84

Dealers shall be permitted to be open Sundays for on-premise sales and shall be permitted to consummate final sales contracts on Sundays. Off-premise vehicle and recreational vehicle sales, shows, and exhibitions shall be permitted to be open on Sundays. All dealer practices must comply with current dealer practices outlined in the PA Code.


This act shall be regulated by the Department of Transportation, the Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs, and the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources respectively for section three (3) through section five (5).


This Act has no penalties. All dealers in violation of PA Code shall be penalized as previously stated in PA Code.

Section 7 Funding:


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Blue Senator Bill #BS 835 Committee: Blue Senate Public Health & WelfareDelegation: Knoch High SchoolAuthor(s): Sydney Klabnik, Secondary Sponsor Blue Representative Rachael Wittmer


Title: Stop Cruisin' For A Bruisin' Act


PURPOSE: To prevent and deter drivers in Pennsylvania from operating any and all motor vehicles for extended periods of time in the leftmost lane on highways.

SECTION 1 Short Title: This act shall be known and may be cited as the Stop Cruisin' for a Bruisin' Bill.


Leftmost lane: more commonly known as the passing lane; in Pennsylvania, there are currently laws in place that delegate its exclusive use for turning only when traveling on multi-lane highways

Highway: otherwise known as an expressway; not simply limited to roads built under the U.S. Transportation Department's national highway system, but rather including all public roads that connect major towns and cities; the use of any highway is a privilege and not an absolute right; the obstruction of any highway is an offense

Cruising: to drive in an vehicle aimlessly for an extended period of time while travelling on any major road or highway

Extended period of time: the period of time depends on the speed of the vehicle in question. For instance, at 45 miles per hour, the time spent in the leftmost lane would translate into one-fourth (1/4) of a mile of clear roadway in order to safely pass a slower vehicle per the PA Driver's Manual. In this specific case, an extended period of time would be any time that exceeds the time it would take to travel one-fourth of a mile. Thus, an extended period of time would be any time that exceeds the time it takes to cautiously and effectively pass a vehicle given the vehicle's speed


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Henceforth, all Pennsylvania drivers must avoid cruising in the leftmost lane when travelling on highways. This means that drivers must use the lane nearest to the right hand edge of the roadway at any and all times except to pass or to make a left hand turn.


Any driver caught abusing this leftmost lane privilege shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $50 (fifty U.S. dollars). For every offense that occurs thereafter, the fine will double until it reaches a maximum of $800 (eight hundred U.S. dollars).

SECTION 5 Funding:

This bill should not require funding because police officers are already patrolling highways. This bill will simply augment the current Pennsylvania highway code. However, if funding is necessary for officers to be informed of the new changes to the highway transportation code, the funding will come from the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT).


This bill will gone into effect one (1) year after its passage.

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Blue Senator Bill # BS 836 Committee: Blue Senate Public Health & WelfareDelegation: Springfield High SchoolAuthor(s): Frances Madeira, Secondary Sponsor Blue Representative Elizabeth Leibfreid


Title: John Smith's Confidentiality Act


Bill Title: John Smith’s Confidentiality Act

PURPOSE: To reduce the risk of harassment inflicted upon reproductive health care service providers, employees, volunteers and patients in the commonwealth by allowing them to keep anonymous state records.



This act shall be known and may be cited as the John Smith’s Confidentiality Act.


reproductive health care service - those licensed to educate or assist one in having a “responsible, satisfying and safe sex life” and helping them to understand “that they have the capability to reproduce and the freedom to decide if, when and how often to do so”

abortion provider - a physician that is licensed to carry out the termination of a pregnancywithdestruction of theembryo or fetus

anonymous - of unknown name

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state records - records that are overseen by the Secretary of State whether considered public or private

harassment - any form of threat, assault or battery targeted at a specific person and/or their loved ones

ACP - The Address Confidentiality Program

“Safe at Home” Act - an act created to “help survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault, or others who fear for their safety maintain a confidential address”


Similarly to acts protecting victims of domestic violence, if the provider so chooses to register their information as anonymous, they will fill out the same online form which can be found through The National Center for Victims of Crime’s section on Pennsylvania contact information, or PA.gov under ACP. The form will remain the same as the one provided for those that are already victims of harassment.

This act has been passed in California along with other states experiencing increasing numbers of cases in harassment against abortion providers. The procedures for the “Safe at Home” Act will be followed for this act as well.


Only the Secretary of State has access to the provider's true name and address.

This bill does not require further regulations as the creation of anonymous information is not mandatory for abortion providers.

Section 6: Funding



This bill will go into effect after six (6) months after passage.

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Blue Senator Bill #BS 837 Committee: Blue Senate Public Health & WelfareDelegation: Knoch High SchoolAuthor(s): Noelle Steedle, Sydney Klabnik, Blue Senator, Aiden Neigh, Blue Representative


Title: Restrictions on Doctors Prescriptions


PURPOSE: This bill is to put restrictions on prescriptions that doctors prescribe to their patients.

Section 1 Short Title: This Act shall be known and may be cited as The Limitations on Doctors Prescriptions Act.


Restrictions- a limiting condition or measure, especially a legal one.

Prescription- an instruction written by a medical practitioner that authorizes a patient to be provided a medicine or treatment.

Limitation- a limiting rule or circumstance, a restriction.

Section 3 Overview: This bill is to lesson the chance of patients becoming addicted to the high powered drugs being prescribed to them.

Section 4 Procedure: This will be mandated by hospital boards and health centers.

Section 5 Funding: The money will come from taxes.

Section 6 Effective date: One year after passing.

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Blue Senator Bill #BS 838 Committee: Blue Senate Public Health & WelfareDelegation: Commonwealth Connections AcademyAuthor(s): Quinn Broussard, Secondary Sponsor: Blue Representative Maryam Siddiqui


Title: Equal Educational Opportunity


Purpose: To ensure all students have access to facilities and programs that correspond to their gender identity.

Section 1 Short Title: This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Equal Educational Opportunity Act.


Educational Institution: Any state recognized school or other educational institution that recieves public funding and serves students under the age of eighteen (18).

Educational Program: Any state recognized educational activity or program that receives public funding and serves students under the age of eighteen (18).

Legal Sex Designation: The sex designation located on an individual's birth certificate and other forms of identification.

Gender Identity: An individual perception of femininity, masculinity, androgyny, or other gender expressions in relation to one’s self, which may or may not coincide with an individual’s sex designation.

Transgender: An individual who has a gender identity that does not correspond to their birth sex designation.

Cisgender: An individual who has a gender identity that does correspond to their birth sex designation.

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Sex-segregation: Any segregation on the basis of an individual’s sex designation.

Unpaid Adminstrative Leave: An unpaid leave of absence.

Diversity Training: Workshop, seminar, or other informative and educational program that is used to educate an individual on diversity, which may include but is not limited to race, culture, gender, sexuality, disablility, or religion.

School Representative: Any adminstrator, teacher, or other faculty member at a school.

Chaperon: Adult volunteer at a school event.

Section 3 Sex-Segregated Programs and Facilities:

Students are to be guaranteed access to programs and facilities consistent with their gender identity, regardless of any sex-segregation of the program or facility. These programs and facilities include, but are not limited to, restrooms or locker rooms, sport teams, musical programs, or any other relevant activity. The school or educational program in question may request letters of consent from parents or an affidavit affirming the students gender identity from either the student’s physician, counselor, or other psychologists of the student’s choosing.

Section 4 Overnight Field Trips and Other Events:

In the event of overnight events through the school or educational program, students are to be roomed with students of the same gender identity when possible. The school or educational program in question may request letters of consent from parents or an affidavit affirming the students gender identity from either the student’s physician, counselor, or other psychologists of the student’s choosing.


Any representative of the school found to be in violation of the above terms will be placed on unpaid adminstrative leave until they undergo diversity training, which will be paid for at their own expense. Any chaperon will be banned from further school events.

Section 6 Funding:

No additonal funding will be required.

Section 7 Effective Date:This Act will take effect one (1) year after passing.

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Blue Senator Bill #BS 839 Committee: Blue Senate Public Health & WelfareDelegation: Springfield High SchoolAuthor(s): Briana Vetter, Secondary Sponsor Blue Representative Carly Phelan


Title: Hot In Here


Bill Title: Hot in Here



This bill shall be cited as Hot in Here Act


Fire drill - a simulation of the procedures students and staff need to follow when the fire alarm is set off

Semester - half-year school term

Section 3: Terms

Pennsylvania public schools must perform a thorough drill within the first month of the school year where students are shown each school exit, and where to stand outside for each respective exit. From then on, the school is only required to perform two (2) fire drills a semester, rather than one each month.


Pennsylvania public schools will be required to have fire drills twice a semester rather than once a

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month. Schools will be fined five thousand (5000) dollars for every semester in which they fail to follow this.


This bill will become effective the first school year after passage.

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Blue Senator Bill #BS 840 Committee: Blue Senate Public Health & WelfareDelegation: Boyertown YMCAAuthor(s): Michael Sesher, Secondary Sponsor Blue Representative Evan Giannetti


Title: Aid The Athletes


PURPOSE: The purpose of this bill is to increase the protection and safety of student-athletes.


Section 1 Short Title: This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Aid The Athletes Act.


Student-athlete - A participant in athletic programs who is enrolled in educational schooling full-time.

PIAA - Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association

CPR - Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

AED - Automated External Defibrillators which are used to treat sudden cardiac arrest

First Aid - Assistance given to an athlete who has been physically injured

SECTION 3 Procedure:

All coaches of PIAA athletic teams will be required to have a certification in Adult and Pediatric CPR, First Aid, and AED. This process shall be completed through an online course. A concussion treatment course shall also be required. The above described courses are required to be taken once as a certification course. For every two years following, the courses shall be taken for recertification purposes. These requirements are to be fulfilled by each coach for every sport offered through the school district.

SECTION 4 Funding:

The payments for the courses shall be included in the payment from the school of each coach for his or her coaching of an athletic program. This requires no funding from the coaches' personal

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source of income.


Any coach who is not certified in the described courses shall be suspended from coaching, or involvement of any type, in any athletic program until the coach is certified/recertified in the required treatment courses.

If a school district does not provide proper access to these courses for the coaches, then each athletic program shall be suspended from participation respectively.


This bill shall take effect at the beginning of the following school year after passage.

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Blue Senator Bill #BS 841 Committee: Blue Senate Public Health & WelfareDelegation: Springfield High SchoolAuthor(s): Michael Kassabian, Secondary Sponsor Blue Representative Rachel Harmon


Title: A Safe Place To Eat


Purpose: To prepare students for lunchroom emergencies


This act shall be known and may be cited as the Safe Place to Eat Act.


Beginning of the year - In the first two months after starting regular first semester sessions.

Middle of the year - In the first two months after starting regular second semester sessions.

Lunch Period - The time during the day that most students are in the cafeteria or otherwise out of normal class schedules

Section 3: Procedures

In addition to the monthly fire drills and regularly scheduled lockdown drills in classroom settings, schools will be required to teach students the proper exit/lockdown strategy and carry out twice annual drills of each: once at the beginning of the year, and once in the middle of the year.


Schools can decide how and when these drills will be taught. The drills do not need to be performed during an actual lunch period. Drills during non-lunch periods should still happen in the lunchroom to simulate a lunch period. Compliance will be monitored in the current methods for regular fire and lockdown drills. Once drill procedures are taught, as long as they happen in the first two months of first or second semester and drill at least one lunchroom of students, they can count as one of the two annual drills. All students however must have practiced one fire drill and one lockdown drill from the cafeteria per year. Fire and lockdown drills can happen on the same day.


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Penalties will be based on the strike system. After one strike, offender schools will get a warning. After two strikes, principals and vice principals will have to attend a safety seminar. Every strike after that will result in a $150 fine.

Section 6: Funding



This bill will go into effect at the beginning of the next school session, one (1) year after passage.

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Blue Senator Bill #BS 842 Committee: Blue Senate Public Health & WelfareDelegation: Sewickly Valley YMCAAuthor(s): Natasha Napolitano, Secondary Sponsor Blue Rep. Lindsey Garbee


Title: Non-Discrimination for the Unvaccinated


An act to place those who are unvaccinated or are not up to date with their vaccinations in a group that cannot be discriminated against by public institutions.

Be it enacted by the YMCA Youth Legislature of the State of Pennsylvania.

Section I. DEFINITIONS:

Unvaccinated Individual- an individual who is not inoculated with a vaccine to provide immunity against a disease.

Inoculate- to give a person a weakend form of a disease in order to prevent infection by building up immunity.

Public Institutions- any institution that is funded by the government and is open for public use. Includes public schools, state universities, courthouses, libraries, and hospitals.

Government Funded Lab- a public-private partnership that conducts research for the United States Government. The only federal lab within Pennsylvania is the Software Engineer Institute administrated by Carnegie Mellon University.

Section II. PROVISIONS:

This bill will prohibit the discrimination of an unvaccinated individual from a public institution

The only exception to this will be individuals who work in a government funded lab; they must be vaccinated.

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In order to ensure that an individual does not take advantage of this law due to invalid information (excluding religious beliefs), a unit concerning the benefits and slight risks that are associated with vaccination shall hereby be added to the required health course in every public school.

Section III. Funding

Any funding for this unit will be covered by the Pennsylvania State Department of Education.

Section IV. PENALTIES:

Those who do not abide by this new law will be forced to pay a $5,000 fine to the state government.

Any individual who feels that they have been discriminated against will have the opportunity to file a complaint to both the institution and the state government. This case will then be decided in a court of law.

Section V. EFFECTIVE DATE:


Section VI. REPEALER CLAUSE:

All laws or parts of laws in conflict with this bill are hereby declared null and void.

Section VII. SEVERABILITY CLAUSE:

If any portion of this act shall be declared unconstitutional, it is the intent of the Legislature that the other portions shall remain in full force and effect.

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Blue Senator Bill #BS 843 Committee: Blue Senate Public Health & WelfareDelegation: Philadelphia YMCA AchieversAuthor(s): Sasha Wilson, Takia Wilson


Title: Organ Protection Act


Purpose: The purpose of this bill is to prevent the use of babies organs, cells, tissues for the use of living people's stem cells and major food/drink flavor addictives.


This act shall be known as the Protect Babies Act


Organs-

a part of an organism that is typically self-contained and has a specific vital function, such as the heart or liver in humans.

Cells-

the smallest structural and functional unit of an organism, typically microscopic and consisting of cytoplasm and a nucleus enclosed in a membrane. Microscopic organisms typically consist of a single cell, which is either eukaryotic or prokaryotic.

Tissues-

any of the distinct types of material of which animals or plants are made, consisting of specialized cells and their products.

Stem Cells-

an undifferentiated cell of a multicellular organism that is capable of giving rise to indefinitely more cells of the same type, and from which certain other kinds of cell arise by differentiation.

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Additives-Food additives are substances added to food to preserve flavor or enhance its taste and appearance.

Section 3 Regulations:It shall be required that in the state of Pennsylvania to have no right to use the organs of a baby that has passed away.


Corporations utilizing these organs should be fined $100,000.00

Section 5 Funding:

Any neccessary funding will come from the Pennsylvania Department of State.


This Act shall be passed one year after it is passed.

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Blue Senator Bill #BS 844 Committee: Blue Senate Public Health & WelfareDelegation: Boyertown Junior High WestAuthor(s): Lindsay Flack, Secondary Sponsor Blue Representative Samara Rayco


Title: “Call To Action” act.


Purpose: To make Pennsylvania's roadways safer.


This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Call To Action” act.


Cellular device: a mobile telephone system using low-powered radio transmitters, with each transmitter covering a distinct geographical area (cell) and computer equipment to switch a call from one area to another, thus enabling large-scale car or portable phone service. Not including hands-free devices or GPS (Global Positioning System).

Motorists, automobilists, and vehicle operators: Any person in control and under operation of a motor vehicle, not including or referring to off-road motorized vehicles, such as dirt bikes, ATVs, bicycles, etc.

Making a call: an instance of speaking to someone on the phone or attempting to contact someone by phone (holding device in hand).

Section 3: Restrictions

Police officers may pull over a vehicle due to suspicion that the driver of the vehicle had a cell phone in hand and in use (making calls). The police officer that suspects the incident shall have the ability to ask the driver for the cell phone or device and observe for recent calls indicating the driver

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was making a phone call. Once shown that a call was made, officers will be able to ticket drivers.


This act shall be regulated by the state and municipal law enforcement.

Section 5: Funding

This act does not require any necessary funding.


Making calls while operating a vehicle will result in a $100 fine for the first offense, then a $200 fine for the second offense, and a 2 month suspension of license for any further offenses.


This act shall take place 1 year after its passing.

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Blue Senator Bill #BS 845 Committee: Blue Senate Public Health & WelfareDelegation: East Shore YMCAAuthor(s): Julian Sherr, Secondary Sponsor Blue Representative Sameer Khan


Title: Doctors for a Better Tomorrow


AN ACT

Purpose: To encourage doctor’s knowledge about pharmaceutical trials for terminal illnesses



This act shall be known and may be cited as the Doctor for a Better Tomorrow Act


Doctor- a (PA)licensed person who practices medicine

Patient- a person who is being medically treated on

Drugs- a supplement to help fight a sickness

Experimental- not yet established or finalized

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Pharmaceutical- of or relating to medicinal drugs, or their preparation, use, or sale

Section 3 What this will actually do:

This bill will create a process for a system in which doctors that show that they have actually communicating with pharmaceutical companies to be knowledgeable of possible experimental drug trails, can get a “blue ribbon” Pennsylvania State certified title. The doctors who complete this process, will be listed on Pennsylvania Department of Health website, and will be added by the manager of the PDH website under the licensing section of the website.

Section 4 Process of Applying:

Any doctor can apply through the PDH and then be approved by the department of licensing head. If the doctors can show communications between the pharmaceutical and them, they can be approved by the director of the department of PDH licensing. The manager of the existing website manager.


Any doctor who is found out to be untruthful about their communications and knowledge about the prescription options will be permanently banned from receiving the blue ribbon rating.

Section 6 Funding: This bill requires no additional funding because the existing people needed to add and certify the doctors are already employed.


This Act shall take effect one year after passage

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Blue Senator Bill #BS 846 Committee: Blue Senate Public Health & WelfareDelegation: Boyertown Junior High WestAuthor(s): Justin Bouthillette, Secondary Sponsor Blue Representative Colin Brisbois


Title: End of Life Option


PURPOSE: The purpose of this bill is to allow qualified patients with terminal illnesses to be prescribed medication that will be used to improve end of life quality



This act shall be known and may be cited as the “End of life Option” act.

Section 2: DEFINITIONS

Adult: individual who is eighteen (18) years of age or older.

Terminal illness: illness that cannot be cured or adequately treated and that is reasonably expected to result in death within six (6) months as determined by a physician.

Qualified patient: person who is eighteen (18) years or older, a legal resident of Pennsylvania, diagnosed with a terminal illness by a physician, deemed capable of making his/her own healthcare decisions by a physician.

Physician: doctor of medicine who is licensed to practice medicine by the Pennsylvania State Board of Medicine and who is up to date with all current license to practice medicine.

Point of no return: This is the situation when a terminally ill patient will no longer reciweve any treatment for their specific terminal illness and in a predetermined time frame the patient will receive medication that will end their life. This is something that the patient determines in advance and is reviewd by their doctor and will vary between different patients

Section 3: Execution

At the moment of the diagnosis of any terminal disease the patient will be able to outline a plan with

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their doctor about the further treatment options and establish a “point of no return” this would also require a mental examination of the patient so to make sure they are of sound mind. “The point of no return” would represent a point in time when their condition becomes too much as they do not want to continue with any medical treatments or treatments become to financially difficult and they like to be administered the predefined medication that would allow them to pass away peacefully. In doing so this bill would also insure that patients will receive proper care throughout their stuggle and make sure that their wishes are carried out by their docter(s) and the nurses at any hospital in the state of Pennslyvania. The power of Medical Attorney with be null and void if the plan is initiated even if the patient suffers from eventual mental failure since that is why the plan is put in place.

Section 4: Funding

The patient and/or family will pay for the medication. The medication used will be requied to be covered by any and all insurance companies used in thye state of Pennsylvania

Section 5: Records

Physicians who prescribe lethal doses of medicine must diligently record: the patient’s date of birth, prescribing physician's name and phone number, health care providers name and phone number, name and dosage of medication prescribed, and date the prescription was written. There must be at least two (2) oral consents and one (1) written consent by the patient on at least three (3) occasions, spread at least ten (10) days apart. After this is complete the docter should imidiatly start to set up a plan for the patients schedule and plan for medication as well as a point of no return for them and what they want to happen afterwards.


This bill will be regulated by the Pennsylvania Department of Health.


The state health authority will notify the Pennsylvania State Board of Medicine of any deviations. If a formal investigation is warranted by the Pennsylvania State Board of Medicine, physicians may be subject to disciplinary action. This can be a loss of license to practice medicine, and other punishments on account of a First Degree Felony, which are less than or equal to twenty (20) years in prison and fines up to twenty-five thousand dollars ($35,000).



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Blue Senator Bill #BS 847 Committee: Blue Senate Public Health & WelfareDelegation: Knoch High SchoolAuthor(s): Taura Ivanko, Sydney Klabnik, Blue Senator; Alexis Nowicki, Blue Representative


Title: Organ Mandation Act


Purpose: To Mandate Organ Donation After Death in Pennsylvania.

Section 1: Short Title: Organ Mandation Act


Mandate: an official order or commission to do something.

Physician: a person qualified to practice medicine.

DMV: (Department of Motor Vehicles)

Section 3: Plan: This will mandate all citizens of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to be organ donors in the case of death. On every citizens driver's license it will state that they are an organ donor or that they are exempt if they meet the criteria listed in the following sections of this bill.

Section 4: Penalties: Any citizen that fails to comply with this act without providing adequate evidence for an exemption will be subject to a $1,000 fine.

Section 5: Exemptions: Any citizen who belongs to a religion that does not allow for organ donation may be exempt if they fill out information with the DMV when applying for or renewing their driver's license the first time after this act is passed. In addition any citizen who has undergone medical treatment that will render their organs unsafe or unusable for donation may be exempt. In this case applicants will have to submit a medical form filled out by their physician documenting this condition.

Section 6: Effective Date: This Act will go into effect 1 year after passage and all citizens will be granted 5 years to make the necessary changes to the driver's license and to gain any documentation that they may need for any exemptions they plan to apply for.

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Blue Senator Bill # BS 848 Committee: Blue House TransportationDelegation: Springfield High SchoolAuthor(s):Jack Carlson, Nigel Fox, Prim Spon. Sen Mike Kassabain, Sec. Spon. Rep Brennan Grimes


Title: Support Car Safety Don't Be Lazy


PURPOSE: To create safer driving in Pennsylvania, and to create job opportunities for people to teach classes on road safety.



This bill shall be known and may be cited as the Don’t Be Lazy Support Car Safety act.


Driver Education Class:

A course of study that teaches the techniques of driving a vehicle, along with basic vehicle maintenance, safety precautions, and traffic regulations and laws.


The Pennsylvania Department of Education will be responsible for drafting a curriculum about what students need to know before getting behind a wheel. This curriculum will contain information about drunk driving, driving while under the influence of drugs, and driving while experiencing extreme exhaustion. The class will focus on how this affects the driver and other civilians citing statistics and using examples of people who have broken these rules.


Everyone born after the year and not including the year 1999 will be subject to mandatory enrollment in the Driver Education Course if one intends to be issued a license. Those who have not taken it will not be issued a license. A proof of the license will be sent to The Pennsylvania Department of Motor Vehicles.

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Students will not be able to take drivers license if you don’t have this class. It has nothing to do with the bill.

Section 6: Funding

The curriculum will be created by DUI class instructors. They will be funded by 0.5% of the sales tax taken from purchased cars.


This bill will become effective exactly one (1) year after passage.

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Gold Representative Bill #GH 250 Committee:Gold House Communications & TechDelegation: ObamaAuthor(s): Primary Sponsor: Gold Rep Marie Van Haitsma, Secondary Sponsor Gold Senator Kyra Baillie


Title: Equitable School Funding Act


PURPOSE: The purpose of this bill is to ensure that all public schools in Pennsylvania receive equitable funding.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby enacts as follows: Section 1 Short Title: This act shall be known and may be cited as the Equitable School Funding Act.


Equitable: School districts will receive resources based on educational needs of the student population, rather than all schools receiving the level of funding per student.

School District Weighed Student Count: Student count is created by three year average, a weight for poverty, a weight for concentration of poverty, the number of English Language Learners, a weight for charter schools, and sparsity.

Sparsity/ Size adjustment: An adjustment for very small districts or for highly rural areas

School District's Weighted and Adjusted Student Count: Adjustments will be made to the Weighted Student Count, including, but not limited to adjustments for median household income, local effort and capacity.


The state shall distribute funding to school districts based on multiple factors to allow for funding that appropriately supports all learners, especially those in high poverty, rural, and special learner needs. Each district will accurately report student enrollments and profiles. Initially no district will receive lower funding than it currently receives, but some districts will receive additional support.

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Section 4: Penalties If a district does not comply with the funding and reporting stipulations, they will face penalties of reduced funding.

Section 5: Funding Additional funding will come from the Pennsylvania Department of Education.

Section 6: Effective date The act shall take effect for the next scholastic year and continue to phase in over three years' time.

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Gold Representative Bill #GH 251 Committee: Gold House Communications & TechnologyDelegation: Knoch High School

Author(s): Amelia Walls, Secondary Sponsor Gold Senator Claire Lindsey


Title: The Lock it Up Act


PURPOSE: The purpose of this bill is to lock every classroom to ensure safety of students at school.

SECTION 1 Short Title: This act shall be known and cited as The Lock it Up Act.

SECTION 2 Definitons:

Classroom- a room, typically in a school, in which a class of students is taught

Student- a person who is studying at a school

Police- the civil force of a national or local govornment, responsible for the prevention of crime and the maintenance of public order

SECTION 3 Plan: All school classroom doors will install locks and have to keep them locked throughout the school day.

SECTION 4 Enforcement: This law will be enforced by having local police officers randomly go to different schools to see if this law is being enforced.

SECTION 5 Penalties: The first time the school does not enforce this law there will be a warning. After that the fine will be five hundred dollars each time the doors are not locked.

SECTION 6 Funding: The funding will come out of the school district's budget.

SECTION 7 Effective Date: One year (1) after passage.

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Gold Representative Bill # GH 252 Committee: Gold House Communications & TechnologyDelegation: Springfield High School

Author(s): Grace Talbot, Secondary Sponsor Gold Senator Gracie Woron


Title: Energy Drinks Can Turn You Into a MONSTER


Bill Title: Energy Drinks Can Turn You Into a MONSTER

AN ACT

PURPOSE: To put an age limit on energy drinks with high amounts of sugar for adolescents.


SECTION 1 SHORT TITLE: This Act shall be known and may be cited as Energy Drinks Can Turn You Into a MONSTER

SECTION 2:

Energy drink- Any beverage that provides an energy stimulator and can be considered as a source of energy.

SECTION 3: Anyone under the age of 16 cannot buy or consume energy drinks, such as MONSTER and Redbull.

SECTION 4: If an adolescent is caught drinking or a salesperson is caught selling an energy drink with high amounts of sugar, they are to be fined $40.An additional $30 will be added to the original for each proceding offence, after the first. This will be enforced by the Pennsylvania Division of Tobacco Prevention and Control, because of the purchasing age. This will also be enforced by the sellers of these products. Driver's license and/or ID will be checked at time of purchase. SECTION 5: Funding will come from taxes on energy drinks. SECTION 6: The tax incentives will be available one school year after passage

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Author(s): Griffin Olson-Allen, Secondary Sponsor Gold Senator Maggie O Rourke


Title: Safer School Act



Title: Better Safe than Sorry


PURPOSE: To make schools safer by requiring students to pass through a metal detector with armed school resource officer before school in the morning.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby enacts the as follows:

Section 1 Short Title: This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Safer School Act.


Metal Detectors: an electronic device for detecting the presence of metal objects, as one used as a portable sweeping unit or one emplaced in an archway at an airport terminal to detect concealed weapons, explosives, etc.

School Resource Officer: sworn law enforcement officers who are responsible for providing security and crime prevention services in the American school environment. Enforce state and local laws and ordinances.

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The Act mandates that an an armed and trained school resource officer witness every student and teacher pass through a metal detector before entering school. Before anyone enters the school, they must come through the main entrance and pass through this security check in order to gain access and entrance to the school.


The school resource officer must complete the necessary training for bag checking and how to handle and use a weapon. The officer in question must also pass a yearly screening for mental health testing and other problems that could endanger him and others around him. Under the Pennsylvania General Assembly, 1949 Act 14, school resource officers provided to schools must have completed the training provided by the Department of Education. The school resource officers also must have completed such annual training like the Municipal Police Officers' Education provided by the state which is also listed under act 14.


The principal for their specific school has most of the power and authority over the school resource officer. The superintendent for the district has complete power and rule over the school resource officers for each school if the principal cannot take hold of the problem

Section 6 Officer Regulations and Metal Detector Rules:

The guard must be stationed along the metal detector and front entrance so that whenever someone enters, they may be able to check them and safely wave them through the metal detector. The guard must also wear a uniform to signify they are an armed officer. The metal detector must be maintained by the officer and in a proper working state and checked to confirm it is still in working order and performing up to par every six months. A backup metal detector should be stored in case of the primary one not working.

Section 7 Officer Job Description:

The school resource officer must arrive to the school 15 minutes before students enter. These 15 minutes will be used to make sure the metal detector is in working order and ready it, and get ready for the many students and teachers that will be coming. The officer must be station near the door at all times so if a guest or intruder comes in, they will be there and able to help. The officer will be obliged to take breaks throughout the day but, he must get someone to cover the door and then wait for him to come back if they need to get into the school. The officer doesn't have to guard the entrance beyond school hours.

Section 8 Enforcement and Checkups:

The Pennsylvania Department of Education will send a representative every 6 months to check on the officer, give the standardized test to ensure the officer is more than mentally stable and make sure the officer's equipment is in working order. If the officer doesn't pass any of these tests, then they will be removed from the school and a new officer will be given to the school in question.

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Any school found guilty of not using their officer to the full extent will be fines $5,000 upon the first offence, Any further offences will result in more complex and escalating consequences and a continuous $10,000 fine. Any security guard found guilty of not performing their job in the correct and directed way, will be fired and not allowed to return to school.

Section 8 Funding:

The school resource officers paycheck will come from the Pennsylvania Department of Education's budget and the officer's salary will have no relation to their designated school. In response to the Sandy Hook shooting, Pennsylvania’s old governor, Tom Corbett, announced grants that helped pay for an officer's salary. The officers paycheck will come from the grant and applicants are eligible for a maximum individual grant of $60,000 which is roughly a year's salary. These grants and the officer's normal paycheck both run through the department of education. Metal detectors can cause in between $4,000 and $5,000. The metal detectors will be paid for by the Department of Public Safety.


This ACT shall go into effect one year after passage.

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Author(s): Samantha Wynne, Secondary Sponsor Gold Senator Gracie Woron


Title: He, She, or Them


PURPOSE: To allow students to be called the name and/or pronouns that they would like within reasonable, courteous limits.

Section 1 Short Title: He, She, or Them


Legal Name- is the name that identifies a person for legal, administrative and other official purposes.

Gender Neutral-something that is common to both male and female genders; in this case it means someone who does not have a specific gender

Alternative Pronoun Choices: any pronoun that a nontraditional gender identifier chooses to use to

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refer to his, her, or themself. For example: zie, zim, zir, hir, etc.

Section 3 Requirements: All public schools in Pennsylvania must make an effort to call a student by the name or pronoun they would like to be called. To qualify as "making an effort" they must inform all teachers that have the student about the name change. This will need to be done with each course change because the student(s) will have different teachers. If the student does not confirm with the school that he, she, or they would like to go by a different name the teacher is allowed to call him, her, or them by his, her, or their legal name.

Section 4: This bill applies to any student who would like to go by a different name than their legal name such as a middle name or nickname. This bill also applies to students who are gender neutral or switch genders and would like to be called by a different name and/or pronoun.

Section 5: An online course will be required for all teachers to take to learn the protocol of this bill. In order to complete this course they must pass the exam at the end of the course with an 80% or above.

Section 6 Penalties: If a teacher/school does not make an effort to call a student by the name they wish to be called the school will be fined $5,000. They will be fined the same amount for each offense.

Section 7 Enforcement:The offense will be taken to the county court and the judge will decide whether or not the school should be fined.

Section 8 Funding: The funding for this bill will come from the Pennsylvania Department of Education.

Section 9 Date Effective: This bill will go into effect one year after passage.

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Gold Representative Bill # GH 255 Committee: Gold House Communications & TechnologyDelegation: Boyertown Junior High East

Author(s): Hailey Hopkins, Secondary Sponsor Gold Senator James Sahakian


Title: No-Kill Act


PURPOSE: To Ban Kill Shelters in Pennsylvania

Section 1 Short Title:This act shall be known and be cited as the No-Kill Act.


Kill shelter- A shelter that euthanizes animals to make room for incoming animals

Euthanize- To put a living being to death humanely

Animal Cruelty- Human infliction of suffering or harm upon any animal for purposes other than self defense or survival.


Local officers should investigate animal shelters and make sure there are no signs of that shelter being a kill shelter.


Individuals who are found operating a kill shelter for the first time will receive a $500 to $1000 fine. If an individual is caught operating a kill shelter for the second time, they will be sent to jail for 3-5 years.


This act shall take effect in one year after passage.

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Gold Representative Bill #BS 256 Committee: Gold House Communications & TechnologyDelegation: Coventry Christian High School

Author(s): Soo Kim, Secondary Sponsor Gold Senator Beyonce' Brown


Title: Offender’s Watch


AN ACT

PURPOSE:

To make people aware of the release of dangerous criminals and to monitor said criminals for a period of time.

Section 2 Definition:

Criminal-Someone who has been convicted of murder,rape, an act of terror.

Watch - A wrist watch that you wear which has location tracking device, audio, and video that are water proof.


After prisoners get out of jail, in order to prevent the same crime, a watch should be on their wrist. Based on amount the of time that they were in jail, we will calculate ? of the years they were in jail, that is the amount of time that they have to keep it on them, if judge required them to wear it. The watch should be charged, and when the battery is running low, the watch will vibrate and make a beeping noise.

SECTION 5 Funding:

This bill requires around 300 dollars for a watch, to have a location tracking device, plastic watch bands that have steel inside, audio systems, video systems, batteries that can continuously run, chargers for watches, and all systems in the watch should be waterproof. SECTION 6 Effective Date: January 1 of the year after this bill’s passing.

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Gold Representative Bill #GH 257 Committee: Gold House Communications & TechnologyDelegation: Rose E. Schneider YMCA

Author(s): Alexandra Bolena, Secondary Sponsor Gold Senator Arushi Subba


Title: Smoke Free is the Key Act

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby enacts as follows: The YMCA & Government Model Convention

Bill Title: Smoke Free is the Key

AN ACT

PURPOSE: To ban any acts of smoking in designated amusements parks.

Section 1 Short Title: This act shall be known and may be cited as the Smoke Free is the Key Act.

Section 2 Definitions:Ban – an official or legal prohibition

Amusements park – an outdoor area providing entertainment through either fairground rides, shows,

refreshments, or games of chance and skill.Smoking - the inhalation of smoke of burning tobacco

encased in cigarettes, pipes, and cigars.

Designated smoking area– a location officially assigned the specific status to allowing smoking in a

otherwise nonsmoking environmentDesignated entrance/exit – a way of admission or evacuation for the

amusement park marked and specifically chosen by the amusement park for utilization in these ways

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Pavilion – a building or similar structure used for a specific purpose

Cigarette - a thin cylinder of finely cut tobacco rolled in paper for smoking

Electronic Cigarette - a cigarette-shaped device containing a nicotine-basd liquid that is vaporized and inhaled

Cigar - a cylinder of tobacco rolled in tobacco leaves for smoking

Tobacco - preparation of the nicotine-rich leaves of an American plant, which are cured by a process of drying and fermentation for smoking or chewing

SECTION 3 Implementation:

Following this bill’s passage, amusements parks will have one year to implement signs with a minimum of 2 per square mile throughout their location as well as required signs at any designated entrance(s) to the park. These signs, consisting of aluminum, must reach a height of at least 4 feet with dimensions that are at least 14” by 10” no smaller. Smoking is not permitted within 20 feet of the designated amusement park entrance/exit. Pavilions or structures presently dedicated to “Designated Smoking Areas” can be utilized by the amusement park however they find it fit, whether that be a new rest area, refreshment section, etc.

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SECTION 4: Regulations:

Any sign created for utilization in carrying out this Act must state “No Smoking By Law”. For signs chosen to exist at amusement park entrances/exits, they must state, “No Smoking By Law within 20 feet of designated park entrances/exits”.


Any person seen and approached by an employee for smoking on the amusement park’s property will be initially removed from the park. Removal from the park for any individual violating this bill will be sustained until the closing of the park that day, no re-entry will be permitted. Any attempt at re-entry or smoking within 20 feet of an entrance or exit will constitute a fee of two hundred dollars ($200). The prohibition of re-entry on that day is a method of regulation chosen by the amusement park. If an amusement park fails to administer the regulations of this bill prior after the set deadline, once notified, a fine of one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) will be set for the first offense with a 3-month warning. If this failure to cooperate continues for a second time, the park may not operate until the designation of no smoking has been implemented.

SECTION 6 Authority:

Any employee by the park will oversee the provisions of this Act with the authority to enforce penalty on any person that they find to be smoking on the amusement park’s property. If any designated employee fails to comply with these mandatory obligations by not approaching smoking visitors, the first three failures warrant a sentence dictated by the amusement park's preference,but, if they fail to comply with their obligations within this bill a fourth time, their position with the park must be eliminated.

SECTION 7 Age:

One can be of any age to violate this Act.

SECTION 8 Exceptions:

The use of electric cigarettes is the only exception to the ban in amusement parks seeing that these devices do not release any common versions of smoke, only vapor.

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SECTION 9 Funding:

Funding will come from the addressed amusement parks, and if necessary, the Pennsylvania Department of Health and Human Services.


This bill will be put into effect a year after passage.

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Author(s): Emily Ciganik, Secondary Sponsor Gold Senator Kade Hilterman


Title: No Chew For You


Purpose: To protect the minors of Pennsylvania by prohibiting the selling of products mimicking tobacco, such as candy cigarettes and beef jerky chew. In accordance to this, it will also be illegal for residents of age to buy and distribute the tobacco-like products to minors.

SECTION 1 Short Title: This bill shall be known and may be cited as No Chew For You.


Legal Age- The age at which a person takes on the rights and responsibilities of an adult; 18 is the legal age in this case.

Beef Jerky Chew- Shredded beef jerky that comes in a tin and can be consumed the same way as chewing tobacco.

Candy Cigarettes- A stick of chalky sugar that resemble tobacco cigarettes.

Identification- The act of process of establishing or indicating who or what something is.

False Identification- The act of assuming the identity of another to make a personal gain or avoid an expense.

Suspicious- Having or showing cautious distrust of someone or something.

Cashier- The person who handles the cash register and money at the point of purchase in a retail store.

Establishment- A business organization, public institution, or household.

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Employee- A person employed for wages or salary.

SECTION 3 Plan: The legal age to consume these products in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania will be set to 18, the same age it is to use real tobacco. Any establishment currently selling products mimicking tobacco will be required to check a legitimate form of customer identification prior to purchase. If the cashier is suspicious of false identification, they have the right to deny the purchase of the requested product.

SECTION 4 Penalty: Any individual caught selling or distributing these products to a minor will be fined an amount of up to $400. Any business caught doing the same will fined an amount of up to $3,500.

SECTION 5 Effective Date: This bill will be effective exactly six months after passage.

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Author(s): Patrick Jones, Secondary Sponsor Gold Senator Kade Hilterman


Title: Bar Down Act


Section 1: Short Title: This act shall be known as known and may be cited as the Bar Down Act.

Section 2: Purpose: To require chair lift takers to put the bar down while on the chair lift at a ski resort.

Section 3: Plan: Under this act, ski resorts would be required to add bars to all of their chair lifts, and have ski patrol at that ski resort to enforce people to put the bar down while on the chair lift, to greatly reduce the amount of injuries when lift takers fall off. This act would not apply to gondolas at a ski resort since they are closed in.

Section 4: Penalties: Failure by the ski resort to add bars to all their chair lifts, would result in a twenty thousand dollar ($20,000) fine which doubles every year not in effect. Failure by the chair lift taker to put the bar down while on the chair lift would result in a twenty dollar ($20) fine per violation, and after the third (3rd) violation they would be banned from skiing/snowboarding at the resort for one (1) week in addition to the twenty dollar ($20) fine.

Section 5: Funding: The ski resort would be required to pay for putting bars on all the lifts, but in return that ski resort would get 50% of the all fines given at that resort, the rest of the money would go to the state.


A bar is a safety device that keeps the chair lift taker on the chair lift, so they don’t fall off.

Chair lift takers are people who ride the chair lift.

Chair lifts are an open mode of transportation that gets people to the top of the mountain.

Ski resorts are resorts that provide accommodations and facilities for skiers, and snowboarders.

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Gondolas are a closed in mode of transportation that gets people to the top of the mountain.

Ski patrol are the employees of the ski resort that enforce the ski resort’s laws.

A fine is money given for doing something wrong.

Section 7: Effective Date: This bill shall take effect the winter three (3) years after its passing.

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Gold Representative Bill #GH 260 Committee: Gold House Communications & TechnologyDelegation: East Shore YMCA

Author(s): Danny Tran, Secondary Sponsor Gold Senator Brennan Conway


Title: Pennsylvania Hydroelectric Power Act



This act shall and may be cited as the Pennsylvania Hydroelectric Power Act.


Price Stability- the general price level in an economy does not change much over time. Prices neither go up or down; there is no significant degree of inflation or deflation.

Domestic Resources- assets within one’s own country

Fluctuating Market- average cost per (insert unit of measurement) will be lower than the average price

Benefit-Cost Ratio- attempts to summarize the overall value of a project or proposal

Hydroelectric Power- any kind of power that takes advantage of the energy output from the physical flow of water

Pennsylvania Environmental Council (PEC) - protects and restores the natural and built environments through innovation, collaboration, education, and advocacy

Section 3 Applicable Sectors:

State land is eligible for construction.

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Section 4 Eligible Technologies:

Hydroelectric dams are eligible for construction using the latest technologies that are eco-friendly to animal species, property, and communities.

Section 5 Incentive:

Performance Based, will be rewarded if facilities produce over 8 megawatts of energy. The Pennsylvania Environmental Council takes away state jurisdiction over qualifying facilities of 5 megawatts or less. There will be a fine of $50,000 for not complying the first time. Facilities will be shut down after a second offense.

Section 6 Dam Locations

The PEC will decide where the dams will be built. Other stakeholders will be taken into account in advance.

Section 7 Administrator:

The administrator will be the Pennsylvania Environmental Council.

Section 8 Application of Process:

If all requirements are met, an application will be submitted to a committee within the Pennsylvania Environmental Council.

Section 9 Plant Expansion:

After enough funding is reached, hydroelectric plants will be built and monitored in more rural areas before moving on to areas with larger populations.

Section 10 Funding:

The funding will come from the PEC and other eco-friendly organizations, such as Environmental Fund for Pennsylvania, Heritage Conservancy, Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful, Nature Conservancy-

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Pennsylvania Chapter, etc.

Section 11 Budget

The budget will be around $1.2 million.


This act shall be regulated by the Pennsylvania Environmental Council.


This act shall take effect one year after passage.

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Author(s): Caroline Tanner, Secondary Sponsor Gold Senator Claire Lindsey


Title: Electronic Cigarette Age Limit Act


Purpose: To illegalize the sale and use of electronic cigarettes and vaporizer pens to people under the age of 18 years.

Section 1: Short Bill Title: No E-cigs for Kids


Electronic Cigarette- a cigarette-shaped device containing a nicotine-based liquid that is vaporized and inhaled, used to simulate the experience of smoking tobacco.

Vaporizer Pen-an e-cigarette or a similar device for using marijuana, which vaporizes the active molecules in concentrated marijuana oil.

Fined-a fee paid by a feudal tenant to the landlord, as on the renewal of tenure.

Defense-a transgression of the law; misdemeanor.

Transgressor- someone that breaks the law in any way, shape, or form.

Court-issued- issued by the court.

Section 3: Plan: Require every person that is buying an electronic cigarette or vaporizer pen to show an ID that states that that person is at least 18 years of age.

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Section 4: Penalty: If a person under the age of 18 is caught using or carrying an electronic cigarette or vaporizer pen then that person is to at first offense (a) pay a fine of $100 or (b) serve 16 hours of court-issued community service. At second offense the transgressor is to (a) pay a fine of $150 or (b) serve 32 hours of court-issued community service. At any offense after the second the transgressor is to (a) pay a fine of $200 or (b) serve 48 hours of court-issued community service. Also, if a person under the age of 18 is caught using or carrying an electronic cigarette or vaporizer pen, the store that sold the person the device is to be fined $150 for each offense.

Section 5: Effective Date: One year after passage.

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Gold Representative Bill #GH 262 Committee: Gold House Communications & TechnologyDelegation: Coventry Christian High School

Author(s): william overley, Secondary Sponsor Gold Senator Beyonce Brown


Title: 8% sales tax


Purpose:to raise sales tax to 8%

The genral assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby ennacts as follows:

section 1 short title: This act shall be known as the 8% sales tax act

sectrion 2 definitions :

tax : Tax is any contribution imposed by the government on individuals for the use and service of the state,whether in the name of toll, tribute ect..

sales tax: The tax that is leviedh on sales of goods and services that is put on the gross price of goods or services. it is not a value added tax that is only put on the net increase at each sale point.

section 3 terms: The state will change the sales tax to 8% so that it can help fund government projects and services such as police departments and government buildings.

section 4 date effective: As soon as approved by government .

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Gold Representative Bill # GH 465 Committee: Gold House EducationDelegation: East Shore YMCAAuthor(s): Ben Sheker,Secondary Sponsor Gold Senator Kaijie Zhang


Title: Pennsylvania Nuclear Power Plant Ban Act


Pennsylvania Nuclear Power Plant Ban Act

Bill Title: Pennsylvania Nuclear Power Plant Ban Act

AN ACT

Purpose: To protect the citizens living near nuclear power plants and take away the risk of death from nuclear power plants.



This act shall be known and may be cited as Pennsylvania Nuclear Power Plant Ban Act


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Mark 2: A type of Nuclear Power Plant

PA Nuclear Power Plants: Currently there are 5 active plants in the state of PA. The power plants are as follows Limerick, a mark 2 power plant. Three Mile Island Unit 1, power plant in Dauphin County and a main reason in expanding nuclear power plant safety. Peach Bottoms Units 2 and 3, a 40 megawatt experimental power plant. Beaver Valley, outside of Pittsburgh regular Nuclear Power plant. Susquehanna Power Plants Units 2 and 3, the largest Nuclear Power Plants in PA.

Panda Power Funds: Company in favor of the idea to generate power and willing to fund projects involved in such ideas.

Eligible: Allowed to use

PEC: Pennsylvania Environmental Council

Section 3 Nuclear Energy Ban:

The production of nuclear energy in Pennsylvania is hereby banned.

Section 5 Administrator:

The administrator will be the Pennsylvania Environmental Council.

Section 6 Funding: Funding will come from the PEC along with Panda Power Funds


This act shall be regulated by the Pennsylvania Environmental Council.


This Act shall take effect two (2) years after passage


Any persons violating the law that prohibits nuclear power plants in the state of Pennsylvania will be fined $2,000 for every plant that is active and the $2,000 fine will go to the PEC.

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Gold Representative Bill # GH 466 Committee: Gold House EducationDelegation: Springfield High SchoolAuthor(s): Max Doll, Secondary Sponsor Gold Senator Jaden Callands


Title: Say Goodbye to Standardized Act


Purpose: The purpose of this act is to replace standardized testing with an evaluation system of each Pennsylvania school district which will protect and increase the knowledge of all Pennsylvania students.

Section 1 Short Title: This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Say Goodbye to Standardized Act.


Standardized Testing: is any form of test that requires all test takers to answer the same questions, or a selection of questions from common bank of questions, in the same way, and that is scored in a “standard” or consistent manner, which makes it possible to compare the relative performance of individual students or groups of students.

Section 3: Evaluators

The evaluators will evaluate the specific subject they specialize in and will be the former graders of the state standardized tests as well as others if need be. They will have a background in the particular subject they are evaluating which will include at minimum a bachelor’s degree in that subject. The evaluators will have a degree in the subject they are evaluating which allows them to assess the teachers and classes in a detailed and thorough manner. All school districts in Pennsylvania will be assessed by an evaluator in Math, Social Studies, Science, and Language Arts to gain a full spectrum of each school district. These evaluations will take place for each of these classes for every grade in each school district starting in the third grade. These evaluations will occur at least twice a year for each of the four subjects stated above for every grade starting in the

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third grade for each school district.

Section 4: Procedure for Evaluators

The evaluator will show up to a school instructed by the state on an undisclosed date and time to that school. The evaluator will write a thorough write up on what the class did on that day they were there. Each write-up will feature a grading system based on a standard set of categories. Each of these categories will be based off a zero(0) to ten(10) point scale with ten(10) points being the highest grade. The first category will be the effectiveness at which the teacher teaches his or her students and this will be shown through the students work. The second category will be based on the students ability to understand and answer questions about the lesson the teacher teaches.The last category will be based on the class as whole which will include student to student, student to teacher, and teacher to student communication. Also, in each of these categories, the evaluator has the ability to use their best judgement in their grading to decide whether a student's work and work rate is adequate for the teacher's effectiveness in teaching a certain topic. This allows the evaluator to grade accordingly towards a whole rather than towards an individual. Each of the categories’ points will be put together to form a total of thirty (30) points being the best possible score for one class of a subject in each grade. Every class for each subject in each grade will combine all their points to form an average which will determine the amount of funding each school will receive based off of their total scores and total admissions.


If this act is not followed by a Pennsylvania school district they will not receive a percentage of their educational state funding for at least one (1) year depending on any prior infractions.

Section 6: Funding

Funding for this act will come from the money already set aside for the standardized tests. The contracted standardized test graders will be repurposed as evaluators already in contract with the state. The only exception to this is if a contracted test grader does not meet the requirements of having at minimum a bachelor degree for a specific subject that is evaluated, therefore being dismissed from their job. If needed, other evaluators will be hired if they meet the requirements and will be paid by the money already set aside for the standardized tests.


This act shall take effect three (3) years after passage.

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Gold Representative Bill #GH 467 Committee: Gold House EducationDelegation: Rose E. Schneider YMCAAuthor(s): Logan Guise, Secondary Sponsor Gold Senator Samantha Condrick


Title: Elimination of State- Standardized Tests



This bill will be known as Elimination of State-Standardized tests.


PSSA (Pennsylvania State Standardized Assessments)- a state standardized test

Eliminate- to get rid of or cancel

Keystones- another test that is required to pass by the state

Section 3: Elimination

This bill will eliminate students in public schools from having to take the PSSA's and Keystone tests.

Section 4: Funding

The funding for this bill will be covered by the Pennsylvania department of education.

Section 5: Penalty

Any school that does still make their students take the PSSA’s and/or Keystones will then lose money in their budget for the next school year, and will start at five-hundred dollars. Then, if given by the schools again increase amount to one thousand dollars.

Section 6: effective date

This bill will be put into effect one year after passage

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Gold Representative Bill # GH 468 Committee: Gold House EducationDelegation: Springfield High SchoolAuthor(s): Carolyn Price, Secondary Sponsor Gold Senator Emily Walsh


Title: Getting Rest Instead of Stressed


Purpose: To ensure students receive the proper sleep needed to have better focus on studies and school related activities.

Short Title: This act may be known as and cited as the Getting Rest Instead of Stressed Act

Definitions:

Drowsy- Sleepy

Lethargic- Slow moving and lacking energy

Terms:

An insufficient amount of sleep and lead to a great number of medical and biological issues in the teen. Over 40 states have given this idea oflater start time a try and they have had success with things such as academic improvements and better health of these teens. The lethargic energy and drowsy attitudes and diminished drastically in the schools even by making the start

time 8:30AM - 3:30PM.

Penalties and Enforcement:

Enforced by American Academy of Pediatrics.

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Gold Representative Bill # GH 469 Committee: Gold House EducationDelegation: Springfield High SchoolAuthor(s): Drew Cavanaugh, Secondary Sponsor Gold Senator Emily Cooney


Title: Teaching is to learn, Learning is to teach


BILL TITLE: Teaching is to Learn, Learning is to Teach.

PURPOSE: Make it mandatory for school teachers take an exam on their material every 3 years to make sure they are qualified to teach their own material.

SECTION 1 SHORT TITLE: Teaching is to Learn, Learning is to Teach.

SECTION 2 DEFINITIONS: Teachers: A person who teaches in school

Exam: A test

Material: Facts, Information

SECTION 3 TERMS: Every 3 years each teacher will take a school test on what they are teaching. These tests are 50 questions long and they will be wrote on paper. The tests are made by the state and sent to each school. The time limit for this exam will be 2 hours. They will be in their classroom and monitored by a state official.

SECTION 4 PENALTIES AND ENFORCEMENT: Teachers will be penalized from teaching for 6 months, and until they pass the test.

SECTIONS 5 FUNDING: The money for making the tests will be provided by schools tax money.

SECTION 6 DATE EFFECTIVE: This law will go into effect 6 months after passage.

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Gold Representative Bill #GH 470 Committee: Gold House EducationDelegation: Rose E. Schneider YMCAAuthor(s): Nivya Patel, Secondary Sponsor Gold Senator Arushi Subba


Title: Less Classmates Better Learning


PURPOSE: Every public elementry classroom in Pennsylvania will have to limit the classroom size to 12 students in k-3, 15 students in 4th and 5th grade, this allows for better learning and will help them in middle schoool and high school.


Section 1 Short Titles: This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Less is Better Act.


elementry school: a school for the grades kindergarden through third grade and fourth and fifth grade.

public school:a school for the first four to six grades, and usually including kindergarten.

teachers: a person who teaches, especially in a school.

students: a person who is studying at a school or college.

classroom: a room, typically in a school, in which a class of students is taught.

SECTION 3 Procedures:

In Pennsylvanian public elememtry schools each classroom can have no more than 10 students for every teacher in kindergarden through third grade, In 4th and 5th grade there can be no more than 15 students. This act allows for better learning for every indivudial in the classroom in which will help then suceed in later years.

SECTION 4 Funding:

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The funding for more teachers and classrooms will come from the Department of Education.


The elementary class sizes of each public school will be surveillanced randonley by an official from Pennsylvania's government every semester in each school district.


Any school who does not obey the class size rule will be fined $1500 dollars for each room that has more than the maxium limit of students.


This Act will go into affect exactly in two school years after it is passed.

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Gold Representative Bill # GH 471 Committee: Gold House EducationDelegation: Middletown Area High SchoolAuthor(s): Khasai Cornish, Secondary Sponsor Gold Senator Zeryab Ibrahim


Title: Speeding Cameras in Pennsylvania


Title: Speeding Cameras in Pennsylvania

Purpose: To keep the citizens of Pennsylvania safe by reducing the amount of car accidents.

Section 1: Short title: PA Speeding Cameras

This act shall be known and may be cited as the PA Speeding Cameras Act


Photo Enforced: when a vehicle passes by the speeding cameras while going at least twelve (12) miles above the speed limit.

Speeding Cameras: automated enforcement technology used to catch speeders by taking images and other regulations.

High-definition: high degree of detail in an image.

Contest: to oppose (an action, decision, or theory) as mistaken or wrong.

Automated Speed Enforcement: a machine that measures the speed of a moving vehicle to determine if it is exceeding the speed limit.


One Photo Enforced Speeding Camera will be installed every ten (10) miles on all PA state- funded highways.

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Speeding Cameras have a 3D tracking radar, high-resolution digital camera, and high-definition video camera. They identifies any vehicle that travels faster than the speed limit. This triggers the camera and the video camera to capture the license plate of the vehicle and identify the speeder.

There are two images: the first image will capture the vehicle driving above the speed limit. The second image will show the distance and time the vehicle has traveled. The cameras will also collect the time, date, posted speed limit, vehicle speed, location, lane, and direction of travel. A high-definition video clip will capture all of the requirements and it will be used for evidence in court.

Section 4: Funding

All funding comes from the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (Penn DOT) which would be returned to them in the money gained by the increase of speeding tickets from the installation of these cameras. The fine of the Automated Speed Enforcement Violation is the same as regular speeding tickets.

Section 5: Contesting a ticket.

If an individual is caught speeding by a Photo Enforced Speeding Camera, and he or she is given a ticket, the individual has twenty-eight (28) days from the issue date of the citation to contest the ticket either by mail or in person. After twenty-eight (28) days, the ability to contest the ticket will expire. If an individual contests his or her ticket after the twenty-eight (28) days have elapsed, their contest will not be recognized.

Effective Date: This bill shall take effect four (4) years after passage

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Gold Representative Bill #GH 472 Committee: Gold House EducationDelegation: Boyertown Junior High WestAuthor(s): Francesca Calautti, Secondary Sponsor Gold Senator Sarah Batche


Title: Child Protection Bill


PURPOSE: To prevent and protect children from physical abuse by legal guardians and adults


Section 1: Short Title- Child Protection


Prevent- keep (something) from happening or arising

Protect- keep safe from harm or injury

Children- young human being(s) below the age of puberty or below the legal age of majority

Abuse- extremely offensive and insulting

Guardians- a defender, protector, or keeper

Adult- a person who is fully grown or developed

Section 3: Child Protection Bill

Any sort of physical abusive acts against a child under the age of 18 will recieve a lifetime in prison with no parol. This way children will recieve the protection they deserve and a clearer mental state of mind.

Section 4: Funding

Maintaining each death row prisoner costs taxpayers $90,000 more per year than a prisoner in general population.

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A lifetie in prison without parol.


This bill shall be effective one (1) year after passage.

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Gold Representative Bill #GH 473 Committee: Gold House EducationDelegation: Knoch High SchoolAuthor(s): Heather Wittmer, Secondary Sponsor Gold Senator Claire Lindsey


Title: Standardized Grading Scale Act


Purpose: To standardize all grading scales used by public schools in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to ensure equal recognition for students' efforts.

Section 1 Short Title: This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Standardized Grading Scale Act.


Grading Scale: a scale used in schools to translate point values into letter grades.

Public School: school supported by public funds that provides free education for children of a community or district.

Pennsylvania State Board of Education: reviews, develops, and adopts regulations that govern significant components of both basic and higher education in the Commonwealth.


All public schools in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania will be required to implement the standardized grading scale. The Pennsylvania State Board of Education will determine the standard grading scale which the public school system will be required to follow.

Section 4 Penalty:

Failure to comply with the Standardized Grading Scale Act will result in a 5% (five percent) decrease in state funds.

Section 5 Funding:

Any and all funding, if necessary, will come from the Pennsylvania Department of Education.

Section 6 Effective Date:This act shall take effect one (1) year after passage.

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Gold Representative Bill #GH 474 Committee: Gold House EducationDelegation: Boyertown Junior High WestAuthor(s): Andrew Benning, Secondary Sponsor Gold Senator Matt Martin


Title: Physical Education Act


PURPOSE:The purpose of this bill is to discontinue the cutting of Physical Education classes in public schools.



This act shall be known and may be called as the "P.E. Act"


Physical Education: a class taken to learn about physique of the human body.

Physique: refers to the form, size, and development of the human body.

Cutting: To no longer fund or provide due to budget.

Curriculum: The standard in which a school requires for students.

Fundraising: A group of people who attempt to make money from doing service.

Room/Space: The area where the students will take part in the class.

Loan: Borrowing money for a period of time until giving it back later.

Course: A class

Representative: A person chosen to enforce the bill

Abiding: Following bill rules

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SECTION 3: Funding

The funding for this bill would only be to provide a room or space for the students to take the class. However, supply for the course depends on what the school wants to use as curriculum. The state would not be involved in funding for this bill.

SECTION 4: Enforcements

The state department that would be responsible for this bill is the Department of Education. The state will have representatives that will be visiting every public school district across the state to confirm the school is abiding by the bill rules.


The penalty for not being able to meet requirements of this bill is that the school must attempt to take out a loan.

SECTION 6: Effective Dates

This bill shall take take effect 2 years after passage.

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Gold Representative Bill #GH 475 Committee: Gold House EducationDelegation: Boyertown Junior High WestAuthor(s): Maggie Kiene, Secondary Sponsor Gold Senator Ashley Anders


Title: Extra Credit For Athletes


Title: Extra Credit For Athletes The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby enacts as follows:

PURPOSE: The purpose of this bill is the recognize student academically who participate in an afterschool sport.


This act shall be known as the Extra Credit For Athletes act.


High School- Grades 9-12.

Participate- Taking part in

Extra credit- Extra points being added on to the student’s grade.

Marking period- What the school year is separated into.

Physical education- An educational course related to physical exertion and the human body.

Sport- Any PIAA affiliated activity.

PIAA-

Section 3: Limitations

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The amount of extra credit given to the student athlete should be 0.05 credits added onto to the student's final grade. If a student plays more than one sport in the school year they will still only get 0.05 credits.

Section 4: Funding

No funding is needed for this bill


This biill will be regulated by Pennsylvania Department of Education.


The school will be fined $500 every year until the matter is resolved. After a year goes by another $500 dollars will be added onto the original amount.

Section 7 - Procedure


This bill shall take effect on the beginning of the next school year after being passed.

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Gold Representative Bill #GH 476 Committee: Gold House EducationDelegation: Knoch High SchoolAuthor(s): Suzanne Oswald, Secondary Sponsor Gold Senator Kade HiIlterman


Title: Hydration in Physical Education Act


Purpose: To ensure all students participating in Phys. Ed will have water available to them at all times.

Section 1 Short Title: This act shall be known and may be cited as the Hydration in Physical Education Act.


Hydration: To have a sufficient amount of liquids in one’s body to properly operate.

Physical Education: Instruction in sports and exercise given as part of a school or college program.

Section 3 Regulations: The students will have to be provided with either individual water bottles, or there will be a water dispenser for the whole class. It will be available every day in the class. If the class goes outdoors they will still be expected to follow guidelines.

Section 4 Penalties: Failure to have water available in gym class will result in a fine of $600 every school year.

Section 5 Funding: Funding for proper materials will be worked into the budget of the Physical Education class.

Section 6 Effective Date: This act will take effect one year after passage.

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Gold Representative Bill #GH 477 Committee: Gold House EducationDelegation: Boyertown Junior High EastAuthor(s): Jacob Kulesa, Secondary Sponsor Gold Senator James Sahakian


Title: Physical Education Act


Bill title Physical Education Act

Purpose let sports fulfill their physical education for the state.

The general assembly of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby enacts as follows.

Section 1 short title Physical education act


Definition physical education means instruction in physical exercise and games escipally in schools.

Definition sports activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment:

Section 3 Procedure: school sports should be counted for Phys educational graduation credit.

Section 4 Funding: No additional funding need for Physical educational bill.

Section 5 regulations: Pa the department of education.

Section 6 Penalties First offense warning second offense $100 find Third and subsequent offenses $1000

Section 7 Effective Date this bill shall take effect 2 years after the passage of the bill.

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Gold Rep Bill # GH 478 Committee: Gold House EducationDelegation: Middletown Area High SchoolAuthor(s): Levi Buckwalter, Khasai Cornish, Primary Sponsor Gold Representative, Secondary Sponsor Gold Senator Zeryab Ibrahim


Title: Educating Tykes on How to Ride Bikes


PURPOSE: To reduce the amount of bike-related accidents in the Commonwealth of

Pennsylvania.

SECTION 1: Short Title: Educating Tykes on How to Ride Bikes


Bicycle: a muscle-propelled two-wheeled vehicle.

Hand signals: a set of movements used to indicate turning direction.

Cyclist: a person riding a bicycle.

Pedestrian: a person who is traveling by foot.

Motor vehicle: § 85.1703

Car: a type of motor vehicle.

Business district: the territory contiguous to and including a highway when within any six

hundred (600) feet along such highway there are buildings in use for business or industrial

purposes, including but not limited to hotels, banks, or office buildings which occupy at least

three hundred (300) feet of frontage on one side or three hundred (300) feet collectively on

both sides of the highway.

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Bike lanes: a division of a road marked off with painted lines for use by cyclists.


In schools receiving government funding, sixth (6th) grade health class curriculums shall

include, in addition to their current curriculum, the following:

How to use hand signals while cycling, that cyclists are considered slow moving motor

vehicles and should generally behave similar to a car, cyclists should stay as far to the right

as they can without endangering themselves, cyclists are allowed in the bike lanes of a

road, cyclists are usually allowed on sidewalks but must make an audible signal while

passing a pedestrian, cyclists are not allowed on sidewalks in business districts.

These are laws that already exist; this bill only mandates the teaching of them to young

students.

SECTION 4: Funding.

The funding for this bill is already outlined in law.

21. SECTION 5: Effective Date:

22. This act shall take effect one (1) year after its passage.

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Gold Representative Bill #GH 540 Committee:Gold House Environmental Resources & EnergyDelegation: Obama Author(s): Primary Sponsor: Gold Rep Mariah Sellner, Secondary Sponsor Gold Senator Eli Caurso


Title: Prettier License Plates for PA Act


PURPOSE: The purpose of this bill is to make the original PA license plates prettier.

SECTION 1: The people of Pennsylvania have been suffering through the pain of having the same, plain license plates. This bill will limit the suffering and provide people with more colorful and happier additions to their cars.

SECTION 2: There are probably some people who absolutely love the design on PA's license plates. To please everybody, there could be a choice between different color combinations with the original plate as an option still.

SECTION 3: This bill could also give people options for different designs on their license plates. Someone may want the state bird the state flower on there car. The symbol would need to represent PA but there is still a wide variety of choices.

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Gold Representative Bill #GH 541 Committee: Gold House Environmental Resources & EnergyDelegation: Hershey

Author(s): Jack Clark, Secondary Sponsor Gold Senator Zach Hagan


Title: The Postal Ballot Act


Purpose: The purpose of this bill is to increase the voter turnout and efficiency in governmental elections in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Section 1-Short Title of Chapter

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Postal Ballot Act.

Section 2-Definitions

The following words and phrases when used in this chapter shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

“Secretary” The Secretary of the Commonwealth, as defined in Section 3502 of Title 25 of Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes.

“Ballot” The device on which one submits their vote, whether it be electronic or printed on paper.

“Registered Voters”, “Registered Electors”, or “Voter” Any preregistered eligible voter of this Commonwealth.

“Election District” The regulated voting precinct that is assigned to registered electors based on their address.

“Polls” or “Poll Place” The location at which registered electors attend to vote within their election district.

“Dollar” The standard currency of this Commonwealth and country, the US Dollar.

“USPS” The United States Postal Service.

“Paper” Material manufactured in thin sheets from the pulp of wood or other fibrous substances,

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used for writing, drawing, or printing on, or as wrapping material.

“Election Day” The date on which state and federal elections take place, whether it be general or primary.

“Primary” The elections that take place before the main election, or the general election, to take multiple candidates to one.

“General” The main election that is between the candidates, between different party’s candidates.

Section 3-Additions

Additional Chapter-This bill shall be added to Title 25 of the Consolidated Statutes of this Commonwealth, listed as Chapter 36.

Section 4-Duties and Responsibilities of the State

Responsible Official-The secretary is the official in the Commonwealth responsible for implementing this chapter and the Commonwealth's responsibilities under the Postal Ballot Act.

Information to voters-The secretary shall make available to voters any and all information regarding postal ballot procedures for voters.Other duties-The secretary shall do all of the following:

(1) The secretary shall coordinate the effort to mail the ballot package to the registered electors.

(2) The secretary shall create the required ballot to mail the registered electors.

(3) The secretary shall organize the effort to count the ballots.

(4) The secretary shall create a website for application process and ensure the security is adequate.

Section 5-Ballot Package

Ballot-The ballot itself shall be a pen and paper version of the electrical ballot machines installed at places of polling. It shall require a code listed by the application website’s social security identification.

Postage-In order to not deter voters from using this system of voting, the state shall provide the voter with enough return postage to be able to return the package by mail.

Envelope-In order to not deter voters from using this system of voting, the state shall provide the voter with an envelope to return the ballot.

Section 6-Application Process

Place of Application-There shall be a website at a publicized domain for the registration of the postal ballot process.

Application Process-Any registered voter wishing to apply for this form of voting shall be able to by going to the application website and first selecting their voting district. Afterwards, they shall be

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prompted to enter their full name as well as their social security number. This, if correct, shall yield a code of random letters and numbers assigned to them beforehand.

Section 7-Postal Ballot Distribution

Destination-The given ballot inside the package shall be mailed to the given address of elector. That address shall be determined by the elector’s previous voter registration.

Time-The date at which the ballot is to be delivered to the registered voter shall be 10 days prior to the date of the election. This shall be done for elections such as a primary and a general election. Those are the only two elections for which this bill shall affect.

Section 8-Process of Distribution

Timeline-The ballots, along with the return stamps, shall be delivered to the registered electors, one for every voter in a household.

Delivery-The ballot package shall be delivered through the USPS to the household of voters nine days prior to the scheduled election.

Section 9-Postal Ballot Return

Destination-The destination of which registered voters return their ballots to shall be determined by their election district.

Options-There are multiple ways to submit said ballot as listed below:

(1) A registered voter is not bound by law to submit a postal ballot. If said voter would rather travel to a poll place to vote, they would not be required to return their ballot through the mail.

(2) A registered voter can return his/her ballot by mailing the ballot in to the given address on the ballot. If said voter is to submit their ballot in this manner, they would also be required for their bill to be submitted two days before election.

(3) A registered voter can return his/her ballot by delivering the to their poll place to be counted.

Section 10-Counting

Organization-Upon reception of the correctly sent ballot with valid code, it shall be counted by volunteers in the days leading up to Election Day. The number of votes will not be released to the public until the Election Day and on that day shall be made public at 0600 hours eastern time.

Deadline-All ballots, in order to be counted, must be at the designated drop off point 3 hours prior to midnight on Election Day.

Section 11-Enforcement

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Department-The department of the state of this Commonwealth shall be in charge of the required funds and to provide them when needed. This department shall also be in charge of the penalties as listed in section titled Penalties, as well as to enforce punishments for these penalties.

Section 12-Penalties

Voter Impersonation-Any person caught trying to impersonate a registered voter of this Commonwealth by submitting a postal ballot not belonging to themselves shall be punished by three (3) years in prison with parole and/or a ten thousand (10,000) dollar fine per voter they impersonate.

Violating State Code-According to Section 3608, Part A, of this chapter, the votes tallied in the days leading up to shall be released on Election Day, and shall not be given out before then. If anyone is caught leaking information about the statistics about electoral candidates and their standings in the election, they shall be punished with a five thousand (5,000) dollar fine.

Section 13-Errors

Invalid Postal Submission-Any person submitting a postal ballot with an error of any kind shall have their submitted ballot not counted and will be sent a notice of this. If the said submitter of the invalid ballot delivers the ballot in person without code to the polling place, the commissioner of that polling place will inform the submitter of this action and direct them to vote at the polling place.

Section 14-Funding

Source of Funding-The officiating department (listed in the section titled Duties and Responsibilities of the State) shall receive its funding from a one (1) dollar sales tax added to every five hundred (500) pounds of paper sold in the state of Pennsylvania, and the appropriate proportion shall apply to lesser amounts. Excess funds will go to the Department of the State and shall be used in any way they see fit.

Section 15-Effective Date

Effective Date-This bill shall be enacted six (6) months before the next election after passage.

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Gold Representative Bill # GH 542 Committee: Gold House Environmental Resources & EnergyDelegation: Springfield High School

Author(s): Caroline Shelly, Secondary Sponsor Gold Senator Gracie Woron


Title: Over Hunting of Animals


PURPOSE: To put a restriction on over hunting of animals

SECTION 1 Short Title: This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Over Hunting of

Animals


Hunting: the activity of hunting wild animals or game, especially for food or sport; to capture or

kill

Over-hunting: to kill more than what is necessary

Hunting License: a regulatory or legal mechanism to control recreational and sports hunting.

The purposes for requiring hunting licenses is to the protect of natural treasures

SECTION 3 Requirements:

To hunt you need to have a hunting license. To get a license you will follow the state’s

requirements. To put a restriction on the hunter’s licensed. The state will establish a limit on 13 the animals hunted per year. After you hunt an animal you must fill out a form to the state -

stating the animal and the weight of the animal (in pounds). The weight of the animal hunted, 15 determines the amount of money paid for the animal. You may only hunt on hunting

grounds, you must carry the license with you at all times. The hunting grounds will provide

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forms to the state.

SECTION 4 Funding:

The money from hunters for the price of animals will go to establishments/charities to star

hunting grounds in other countries to prevent over-hunting overseas. Money from the fines

will also be used to help pay for enforcement.

SECTION 5 Punishment:

Fine of $4,000 if you hunt without paying for the animal to the state. Trial if not

licensed. `

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Gold Representative Bill # GH 543 Committee: Gold House Environmental Resources & EnergyDelegation: Springfield High School

Author(s): Connor Kendrick, Secondary Sponsor Gold Senator Amanda Brown


Title: Be Mindful of Recycling Act.


Purpose: To help citizens keep up on good waste management.

Section 1: Short Title: This Act shall be known as the Be Mindful of Recycling Act.

Section 2: Defenitions

Recycle: to convert (waste) into reusable material.

Recycleables: a substance or object that can be recycled.

Trash: discarded matter; refuse.

EPA: Enviormental Protection Agency


All Citizens who recycle each month will recive a cash reward. The reward will be $2 for each recycleable bin put out each week. This will help reduce waste and garbage going into landfills. It will also help the enviorment from keeping recyclaeables out of landfills

Section 4:Funding

This Act would be funded by The EPA.

Section 5:Effective Date

This bill would be launched one year after it is passed due to planning and orinization.

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Gold Representative Bill # GH 544 Committee: Gold House Environmental Resources & EnergyDelegation: Rose E. Schneider YMCA

Author(s): Marisa Ortiz, Secondary Sponsor: Arushi Subba


Title: More Green, Less Green


Purpose:

To encourage drivers to be more eco-friendly.


This bill shall be known as and may be cited as the "More Green, Less Green" Act


Turnpike toll: A public or private roadway for which a fee is required for passage

Eco-friendly vehicle: This can include electric vehicles (EV) which use electric motors or traction motors for propulsion. This can also include vehicles that run on alternative fuels that have a less harmful impact on the environment (compared to gasoline and diesel).

DMV (Department of Motor Vehicles): State-level government agency that administers vehicle registration and driver licensing among other duties.

Transponder: A device for receiving a radio signal and automatically transmitting a different signal.


Drivers with eco-friendly vehicles will voluntarily be registered into the system at their local DMV. This system will be known as Pennsylvania Registered Drivers of Green Vehicles (PARDGV). With registration, the driver will receive a transponder that can be placed on the dashboard of their car, similarily to an "EZ-Pass." This transponder will allow the driver to pass through the turnpike toolbooth without paying the usual fee.

Section 4: Funding

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Funding will come from the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT). As a result of more drivers operating eco-friendly vehicles, Pennsylvanian citizens will pay fewer taxes to the Department of Energy (DOE) for pollution control. Ultimately, this will offset the amount of money that toolbooths will lose through toll fees.


This bill will be put into effect six months following its passage.

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Gold Representative Bill #GH 544 Committee: Gold House Environmental Resources & EnergyDelegation: Knoch High School

Author(s): Evan Weston, Secondary Sponsor Gold Senator Kade Hilterman


Title: No Young Hunting Act


PURPOSE: To ban all children under the age of seven from hunting.

Section 1 Short Title: This act shall be known and may be cited as the No Young Hunting Act.


Hunting - The act of a person, thing, or animal that hunts.

Discharge - To fire or shoot (especially a firearm)

Firearm - a weapon, such as a rifle or shotgun that uses gunpowder to project a projectile (bullet)

Mentored Youth Hunting Permit - Under current law, youth ages 11 and under may purchase a Mentored Youth Hunting Permit to pursue five different species in Pennsylvania – squirrel, groundhog, antlered and antlerless deer, fall and spring turkey and coyote. Youth must be accompanied by a licensed mentor who is 21 years of age or older. A mentor may accompany only one youth in the field and only one firearm can be used by the pair. The firearm must be carried by the mentor while moving but may be given to the youth once the pair stops. Youth must remain within arm's reach of the mentor at all times when holding the firearm.

Section 3 Regulations: This bill will limit mentored youth hunting to youth between the ages of seven through eleven years old. This means that youth under the age of seven cannot discharge a firearm with the purpose of shooting and/or killing any animal. This does not limit their ability to walk with a licensed hunter as long as the youth is wearing the required amount of flourescent orange, and it does not limit the ability to shoot under their own risk (shooting at a shooting range or shooting on their own property).

Section 4 Penalty: Failure to comply to the act will lead to $250.00 penalty against the parent/guardian.

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Section 5 Enforcement: This will be enforced by the Pennsylvania State Game Commission.

Section 6 Funding: Any necessary funding will come from the Pennsylvania State Game Commission.

Section 7 Effective Date: This act shall take effect six months after passage.

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Author(s): Jean Gamarra, Secondary Sponsor Gold Senator Moosa Qureshi


Title: If You Want to be Green Less Gasoline


PURPOSE:

The purpose of this bill is to decrease the amount of carbon emissions let out into the air.

Section II:Definitions

MPG-miles per gallon

Vehicles-a thing used for transporting people or goods, especially on land, such as a car, truck, or cart.

Gasoline-a volatile, flammable liquid mixture of hydrocarbons, obtained from petroleum, and used as fuel for internal-combustion engines, as a solvent, etc.

Carbon Emissions-carbon dioxide and carbonmonoxide in the atmosphere, produced by vehicles and industrialprocesses

Companies-a commercial business.

Violates-to break, infringe, or transgress (a law, rule, agreement, promise, instructions, etc.).

Automobiles-a road vehicle, typically with four wheels, powered by an internal combustion engine or electric motor and able to carry a small number of people.

Section III:Regulations

All automobiles that get less than 12 miles per gallon of gasoline shall have an additional one-and-one-half percent (1.5%) sales tax added to each automobile.

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Section IV:Enforcement

All parts of this Act shall be enforced by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.

Section V:Funding


Section VI:Penalties

All companies who do not comply with the regulation of this bill by at least one year after this bill has passed will be fined .5% of their gross income per year of non-compliance.

Section VII:

This law shall be enacted one (1) year after its passage.

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Gold Representative Bill #GH 546 Committee: Gold House Environmental Resources & EnergyDelegation: Boyertown Junior High West

Author(s): Kyle Raynor, Secondary Sponsor Gold Senator William Coleman


Title: Pennsylvania Reformation Act


Eastern Pre Leg February 20, 2016 Gold Representative Bill # Committee: BSG 6 Delegation: Boyertown Junior High West Author(s): Kyle Raynor, William Coleman A BILL TO BE ENTITLED PENNSYLVANIA REFORMATION ACT Title: Pennsylvania Reformation The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby enacts as follows:

Purpose: To reduce animal waste running into rivers and streams, that run through major cities by placing berms and trees on farmlands that have rivers flowing through them.


This act shall be known and cited as the "Pennsylvania Reformation" act


Berms- small land walls blocking rivers from animals

Biodegrates- To decompose into soil

Fertilizer- A product used to enhance the production of crops

River- A body of water connecting to a major waterway 5 feet wide, and 2 feet deep or greater in any dimension.

Reformation- to enhance in a positive way

PDOH- Pennsylvania department of health

Section 3: Trees

Trees will be placed 50 yards apart from each other, 30 yards away from the river.

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Section 4: Berms

Berms will be put into place through heavy machinery. Once in place, the owner of the property will be responsible for the maintaining of the berm. Berms will be placed along the river to the edge of the property and 10 yards past the property.

Section 5: Funding

The farmer will not be charged for the placement of the berms or trees, but will be responsible to maintain it after they are put in place. The PDOH will be given the neccesary equipment to put them in place.


The PDOH will run yearly checks on all marked farms


There will be a fine of 1000 dollars for every faliure to keep the items well maintained.

Section 8: Extras

The feces will stay on the fields until the farmers pick it up, or the feces biodegrates. Filtering can be done, but costs are very heavy, and it does not completly clean the water.


This bill shall take effect one year after it is passed.

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Gold Representative Bill #GH 547 Committee: Gold House Environmental Resources & EnergyDelegation: Boyertown Junior High West

Author(s): Hailey Levengood, Secondary Sponsor Gold Senator Ashley Anders


Title: Contaminated Fracking Water Filtration Act


PURPOSE: The purpose of this bill is to improve the quality of water in and around fracking water wells in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.


This act shall be known and may be cited as the Fracking Filter Act.


Filter- A porous device for removing chemical filled water stored in fracking water tanks.

Fracking- The process of injecting water and chemicals at a high pressure into the ground to pump out natural gas.

Water well- A structure underground created by drilling to access groundwater in underground aquifers.

Drilling- To produce a hole in something by or as if by boring with a drill.

Drilling Activities- the act of fracking.

Sampling- The taking of a small amount of fracking infected water for evaluation and filtration. The samples will be able to determine the level of poisonous chemicals such as chloride, sulfate, sodium, iron, selenium, nitrite, conductivity, and dissolved methane.

Contaminated- Fracking water that has become impure by hazardous chemicals.

Severance Tax- A tax on Fracking well companies based on the amount of natural gas extracted weekly.

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Filtration- The action or process of filtering water contaminated by fracking.

Company- Any person or organization who owns one or more fracking wells.

Pre- Drilling- Before any drilling activities.

DEP- The Pennsylvania department of Environmental Protection.


This bill will require operators to sample one water well per quarter section, pre- and post-drilling. After the sampling before drilling, there will be an additional sampling every other month. The same requirements as pre-drilling will apply to existing wells that were in operation prior to regulations, depending on the type of activity at the well site. Sampling must be performed by laboratories that maintain state or nationally accredited programs.

SECTION 4: Funding

The funds for this act to be carried out will be obtained by a 5% severance tax on natural gas production. This tax would maintain funding to the communities that host the drilling so to pay for the filtration of the fracking contaminated water supply.


This act will be enforced by the government agency DEP.


Any Fracking company that refuses to pay the 5% severance tax will be charged an additional 7.5% severance tax. If this fee is not paid within three (3) months of receiving the bill the owner of the well site will be promptly forced to shut down their well(s). If any well company closes and then reopens without paying the tax, the company will still have to pay the 5% severance tax.


This bill will go into effect one (1) year after passage.

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Author(s): Buck Diacont, Secondary Sponsor Gold Senator Jonas Cream


Title: If You Have a Soul, Use Less Coal Act


Purpose:

The purpose of this bill is to limit the use of coal and promote clean energy sources within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Definitions:

Extraction: The action of taking out something, especially using effort or force.

Coal: a combustible black or dark brown rock consisting mainly of carbonized plant matter, found mainly in underground deposits and widely used as fuel.

Regulations:

A 5% tax shall be levied on the extraction of coal in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania. This 5% shall be taken from the gross income of every coal company in Pennsylvania.

Enforcement:

This Act shall be enforced by the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue.

Penalties:

If any corporations fail to meet the provisions of this bill, they shall be subject to the existing tax evasion laws.

Funding:

All funding of this Act shall come from the penalty section

Effective date:

This Act shall come into effect one year after being passed.

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Author(s): Alec Newman, Secondary Sponsor Gold Senator Ian Mills


Title: Be a Savage Reduce the Average… Amount of Water and Energy Used


Purpose:

To reduce the average amount of water and energy consumed in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Definitions:

Household- Individuals who comprise a family unit and who live together under the same roof

Kilowatt hours- a measure of electrical energy equivalent to a power consumption of 1,000 watts for 1 hour

Tax break- a tax concession or advantage allowed by a government

Resident- a person who lives somewhere permanently or on a long-term basis

Regulations:

All households will get a 0.5% tax reduction on their state income tax if the household uses less than 27,922.5 gallons of water a year per resident and if it uses less than 8,841.7 kilowatt hours of energy a year per resident.

Enforcement:

This bill shall be enforced by the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission.

Penalty:

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All households that use more than 37,777.5 gallons of water a year per resident and if it uses more than 11,962.3 kilowatt hours of energy a year per resident will have a 0.5% increase in their state income tax.

Funding:

All funding needed for this Act shall come from the penalty section.

Effective Date:


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Gold Representative Bill # GH 550 Committee: Gold House Environmental Resources & EnergyDelegation: Hershey

Author(s): Nick Silvis, Secondary Sponsor Gold Senator David Mailman


Title: Re-leaf from deforestation


Purpose:

The purpose would be to decrease habitat destruction and carbon dioxide in the atmosphere in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Definitions:

Logging: The cutting of, or commercial dealing in, tree trunks that have been cut down and stripped of all branches.

Endangered species: Any recognized, documented living organism that is at or below a baseline number of existing specimens projected to be the minimal number necessary for normal breeding and continuation of that specie. This condition threatens the organism with extinction. The reason(s) for potential extinction become meaningful only for mitigation. Extinction threatens when a species members cannot locate mating partners or their genetic pool loses the needed variety. Current categories or risk levels of extinction are (1) Endangered: if causal factors continue, survival is unlikely. (2) Vulnerable: soon to be endangered if the causal factors continue. (3) Rare: at risk, yet neither endangered nor vulnerable. Categories are based on standards of the International Union For Conservation Of Nature.

Logging Companies: a company that fells trees and sells timber

Native Species: a species that occurs naturally within a region, either evolving there or arriving and

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becoming established without human assistance.

Deforestation Regulations:

Under this Act logging companies are required to plant five (5) trees for every ten (10) trees cut down. The trees planted must be native and they have to be the same variety of trees. Trees that are cut down can not be found on the USDA endangered trees page.

Penalties: Any company, person, or organization who is found logging without following the guidelines will be fined up to 20,000 dollars for a first offense and 30,000 for every subsequent offense.

Funding:


Effective Date: This Act shall take effect one (1) year after passage.

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Gold Representative Bill # GH 640 Committee: Gold House Labor & IndustryDelegation: Springfield High SchoolAuthor(s): Joey McLaughlin, Secondary Sponsor Gold Senator Amanda Brown


Title: No More Daily Fantasy


PURPOSE: To protect the integrity of sports


Section 1 Short Title: This Act shall be known and may be sited as the Anti-Fantasy Act


Fantasy Sports: a competition in which participants select imaginary teams from among the players in a league and score points according to the actual performance of their players

Gambling: play games of chance for money; bet.

FanDuel and Draft Kings: fantasy sites that promote gambling

Section 3 Provisions:

This act will prohibit the playing of Daily Fantasy Sports in Pennsylvania.


This bill will prohibit Draft Kings and FanDuel from accepting money from people living in the state of Pennsylvania. Anyone living out of state but just visiting in Pennsylvania will be able to gamble.


If the sites are caught accepting money from residents of Pennsylvania a five thousand dollar fine will be imposed for each offense. The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board will ensure that the sites aren't collecting money from Pennsylvania residents.

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Section 6 Funding:

This bill requires no funding and can go into effect without money. All Pennsylvania state gambling laws will stay the same.


The Act will go into effect exactly 6 months after passage.

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Gold Representative Bill # GH 641 Committee: Gold House Labor & IndustryDelegation: Rose E. Schneider YMCAAuthor(s): Rishin Sharma, Secondary Sponsor Senator Samantha Condrick


Title: Filling Up Your Wallet


Purpose: To increase the affordability of gasoline and diesel by lowering the set state mandated taxes on gasoline and deisel products sold at gas stations.

SECTION 1 Short Title: This act shall be known and may be cited as the Filling Up Your Bank Account Act.


Gas Station: A facility that sells fuel for motorized vehicles.

Motorized Vehicles: A self-propelled road automobile that requires the consumption of either gasoline or diesel fuel

Reserve: Funds that receive financial backing from the Pennsylvania state tax on gasoline and diesel.

Federal Taxation: A tax levied by the United States Internal Revenue Service of $0.184/gallon on gasoline, and a federal taxation of $0.244/gallon on diesel

Gasoline Products: Substances containing above 70% of gasoline, refined petroleum used as fuel for internal combustion engines

Diesel Products: Substances containing above a 70% of diesel, a combustible petroleum distillate used as fuel for diesel engine type

Flat Tax: A tax system with a constant marginal rate

Cost: An expense of monetary value

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Department of the Treasury: the department of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania that collects revenue and administers the state finances

Taxation: Taxation refers to the practice of a government collecting money from its citizens to pay for public services

Fuel Distributor: Any licensed dealer of gasoline, diesel, or any other petroleum substance

SECTION 3 Taxation:

Excluding the federal taxation amount of $0.184/gallon on gasoline, and a federal taxation of $0.244/gallon on diesel, all gasoline products sold by a gas station within Pennsylvania state borders will be charged a 40.5% flat tax, and all diesel products sold by a gas station within Pennsylvania state borders will be charged a 40.5% flat tax; a 9.9% and 14.6% decrease on the current Pennsylvania state taxation of gasoline and diesel products respectively. All revenue collected by the tax will be allocated to the same locations of the previous tax.


The Pennsylvania Department of the Treasury will be held responsible for enforcing the new taxation of all gasoline and diesel products distributed at Pennsylvania gas stations. The Department will also reallocate the adjusted revenue from taxation to previously-funded reserves in order to maximize fiscal efficiency.

SECTION 5 Funding:

All state funding required for this bill will be provided by the Pennsylvania Department of the Treasury.

SECTION 6 Gas Stations:

The new taxation will only be enforced at Pennsylvania gas stations on their products of gasoline and diesel. The adjusted taxation will not be enforced for any other fuel distributors.



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Gold Representative Bill # GH 642 Committee: Gold House Labor & IndustryDelegation: Springfield High SchoolAuthor(s): Scott Rochman, Secondary Sponsor Gold Senator Katie Moyer


Title: Demonstrative Financial Responsibility Act


PURPOSE: To raise the credit card application age to 21 years old

SECTION 1 SHORT TITLE:

The Act shall be known and can be cited as the Demonstrative Financial Responsibility Act

SECTION 2 DEFINITIONS:

Credit card: a small plastic card issued by a bank, business, etc., allowing the holder to purchase goods or services on credit

SECTION 3 TERMS:

Citizens will be able to apply for their own credit card at the age of twenty-one.

SECTION 4 PENALTIES AND ENFORCEMENT:

If a company sells a credit card to a person under the age of 21, the company will pay a fine of $5,000 per customer and the credit card will be cancelled for the person who bought it underage and they will preform 20 hours of community service.

SECTION 5 FUNDING:

This bill requires no funding

SECTION 6:

This bill will come into effect one (1) year after passage

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Gold Representative Bill # GH 643 Committee: Gold House Labor & IndustryDelegation: Rose E. Schneider YMCAAuthor(s): Will Adams, Secondary Sponsor Gold Senator Arushi Subba


Title: "Bottoms Up" Act


Purpose: To legalize the consumption of certain types of alcohol at a younger age so that individuals can learn to drink responsibly.


This bill shall be known as and referred to as the “Bottoms Up Act”


Drinking Age- The age at which it is legal to consume alcohol, which is currently 21 in Pennsylvania.

Minor- An individual less than 18 years of age

Alcohol Proof/ Proof- A number denoting how much alcohol is in a beverage, expressed as double the percentage. For example, whiskey that is 86 proof contains 43% alcohol.

Alcoholic Beverage- Any beverage that has a measurable amount of alcohol

Beverage- A liquid that is drunk for the purpose of sustenance, hydration, or enjoyment

Possess- To carry or bring along with on or in one’s person or vehicle

Transport- To bring along or possess with the intention of moving an object to another location

Consume- To ingest or otherwise take in a substance, food, or beverage into one’s body

Driving- To be in control of a motorized or non-motorized vehicle

Section 3: Law

This bill lowers the age at which people can legally consume certain alcoholic beverages,

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specifically those with an alcohol content less than 28 proof (14% alcohol content), to the age of 18. The drinking age for all beverages over 28 proof shall remain at 21.

Section 4: Funding

The funding for this bill shall be provided by the Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement.


It is unlawful for individuals between the ages of 18 and 21 to consume alcohol with alcohol content greater than 28 proof. The same penalties and laws apply to individuals between the ages of 18 and 21 who are caught in possessing, consuming or transporting alcoholic beverages that are above 28 proof. In the case that a beverage greater than 28 proof is found being consumed, transported, or possessed by a person between the ages of 18 and 21 in a container that is marked as containing a legal beverage for that person, i.e. one that contains less than 28 proof, the penalty is doubled.

Section 6: Applicable Law

It is currently illegal for any individual under the age of 21 to consume, transport, or possess any alcoholic beverage. Under this bill, all alcoholic beverages under 28 proof will be able to be legally transported, consumed, and possessed by any individual ages 18 and older, while all alcoholic beverages above 28 proof are not affected and the current law still applies. They fall under the current 21 year old drinking age. It is legal for a minor or multiple minors to be in the car with an individual who is above 18 years of age and is transporting alcoholic beverages that contain an alcohol content of less than 28 proof. However, he/she/they may not be driving the vehicle. This would result in the same penalty as if they were the ones possessing and/or transporting the beverage(s).


This bill shall go into effect 6 months after passage.

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Gold Representative Bill # GH 644 Committee: Gold House Labor & IndustryDelegation: Philadelphia YMCA AchieversAuthor(s): Sumayyah Carter, Secondary Sponsor Gold Senator Elizabeth Healy


Title: Minimum Wage


Purpose: To creat a better standard of life

Section 1 Short Title: This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Better Life Act


Wage: a fixed regular payment, typically paid on a daily or weekly basis, made by an employer to an employee, especially to a manual or unskilled worker.

Minimum: the least or smallest amount or quantity possible, attainable, or required.

Standard: a level of quality or attainment.


Start by adding 75 cents the first year and then each year gradually increase the minimum wage by 50 cents until the person reaches $15.00.


Places of business will be fined if they do not pay they do not abide by these rules.

Section 5 Funding:

Funding will come from taxes guarenteed by the increased income.


This act shall take effect on January 1, 2017

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Gold Representative Bill # GH 645 Committee: Gold House Labor & IndustryDelegation: Brandywine YMCAAuthor(s): Kristian Williamson, Secondary Sponsor Gold Senator Adriannah Alpaugh


Title: Income Based Train Pass


Section 1 Purpose:

To create a way for those with a lower income to commute to work by train without too much financial strain.


Income: money received, especially on a regular basis, for work or through investments.

Commute: travel some distance between one's home and place of work on a regular basis.

Pay stub: A payslip, pay stub, pay advice, or sometimes paycheck stub, is a document an employee receives either as a notice that the direct deposit transaction has gone through, or is attached to the paycheck.

Discounted: deduct an amount from (the usual price of something).

Department of Transportation: the department of the U.S. federal government that coordinates and institutes national transportation programs.

SEPTA: Southeastern PennsylvaniaTransportation Authority

Section 3: Classes

The goal is to offer financial assistance to low income workers. Everyone that applies for a train pass must be evaluated to see if they qualify for an income-based train pass. Each person will be required to provide a pay stub to the state department of transportation.

Class 1: 0-20,000 dollars

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Class 2: 20,001-40,000

Class 3: 40,001-60,000

Class 4: 60,001-80,000

Class 5: 80,001+

The classes are determined by households, not individuals. The fee will be monthly. For class 1 the prices will be discounted 80%, for class 2 the price is 60% off, for class 3 40% off. for class 4 20% off. and regular price for class 5. The regular rate for a septa train pass is 91 dollars.

Section 4: Penalty

If someone falsifies financial information, the guilty party will be fined $100 and have to pay a full price for a train pass.

Section 5: Funding

The bill will be funded by the department of Transportation

Section 6: Starting Date

The bill will go in place one year after passing.

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Gold Representative Bill # GH 646 Committee: Gold House Labor & IndustryDelegation: Knoch High SchoolAuthor(s): Emilie Jones, Secondary Sponsor Gold Senator Claire Lindsey


Title: Animal Food Act


Section 1: Purpose: To make animal food healthier for animals.

Section 2: Plan: To make it illegal in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for animal food to be made with substances that are not edible.


Illegal: Prohibited by law.

Edible: Fit to be eaten, unprocessed; a substance that can not harm your insides.

Section 4: Penalty: If the companies who make dog food refuse to comply with this bill they will no longer be allowed to sell their products in Pennsylvania.

Section 5: Funding: The funding will come from the Pennsylvania Department of Health

Section 6: Effective date: this bill will take effect 1 year after passing

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Gold Representative Bill #GH 647 Committee: Gold House Labor & IndustryDelegation: Boyertown Junior High EastAuthor(s): Sophia Montanye, Secondary Sponsor Gold Senate: Courtney Dennis


Title: Equal Wage Act


PURPOSE: To reinforce current equal pay laws in the State of Pennsylvania.

SECTION 1 Short Title: This bill will be known as the Equal Wage Act


Reinforce: to strengthen or support

Equal Pay Act of 1963: A federal law in the United States, signed on June 10, 1963 by John F. Kennedy, changing the then current Fair Labor Standards Act, with the goal of destroying the wage gap based on someone’s sex.

Discriminate: make a prejudicial distinction in the treatment of different categories of people or things, especially on the grounds of race, sex, or age.

Deduct: subtract or take away a certain amount, or part, from an overall total

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U.S Equal Employment Opportunity Commision (EEOC): is an American Federal Organization responsible for enforcing federal laws that make it illegal to discriminate against a job applicant or an employee.


With this bill there shall be the reinforcement of equal tax laws placed on both genders in their place of employment, therefore obligating any company’s in the State of Pennsylvania to follow already passed laws. As formerly stated in the Equal Pay Act of 1963, no employers have the right to discriminate their employees by their sex, that including any aspects of their race, age, religion, sexual orientation,or mental and/or physical disability, and not following current pay laws. The purpose of this bill is to reinforce the purposes of the Equal Pay Act of 1963, that among these are to promote living standards necessary for employee’s health and efficiency, prevent the maximum use of available labor resources, dismiss labor disputes,and most importantly ends an unfair method of competition.


If a workplace fails to follow this law, 20% of the company's yearly earnings will be deducted.

SECTION 5 Funding:

Necessary funding will come from The U.S Equal Employment Opportunity Commision office. (EEOC).


This act shall be taken into effect 6 months after passage.

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Gold Representative Bill #GH 648 Committee: Gold House Labor & IndustryDelegation: Boyertown Junior High WestAuthor(s): Kailey Bray, Secondary Sponsor Gold Senator William Coleman


Title: Minimum Wages Act


PURPOSE: To create better working conditions for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

SECTION 1 Short Title: This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Minimum Wages Act.


Minimum Wage: The lowest wage permitted by law or by a special agreement (such as one with a labor union).

Adult: Any person over the age of eighteen (18).

Employee: A person employed for wages or salary, especially at nonexecutive level.


Adults living in the state of Pennsylvania should earn a minimum wage of at least twelve dollars ($12) an hour in order to support themselves and their families. Anyone under the age of 18 should earn at least ten dollars ($10) an hour.


Failure to pay an employee the correct amount of wage will result in a one thousand dollar ($1000) fine per employee.

SECTION 5 Funding:

All funding for this bill will be collected through revenue from Pennsylvania's Earned Income Tax.



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Gold Representative Bill # GH 649 Committee: Gold House Labor & IndustryDelegation: East Shore YMCAAuthor(s): Viraj Patel, Secondary Sponsor Gold Senator Micki Butler


Title: Diabetes Prevention Act


Bill Title: Diabetes Prevention Act

Purpose: To have insurance companies provide reimbursement for the YMCA disease prevention program.



This act shall be known and may be cited as The Diabetes Prevention Act


Diabetes- is a serious condition that causes blood sugar levels to rise higher than normal.

Type 2 diabetes is the most common form of diabetes. Currently, diabetes affects more than

29 million people.

Prediabetes- occurs when blood sugar levels are higher than normal but not high enough for a type 2

diabetes diagnosis.

Compensation- the action or process of awarding someone money as a recompense for loss, injury,

or suffering.

Prevention- the action of stopping something from happening or arising.

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Section 3 Diabetes Prevention Program:

The YMCA offers a disease prevention program, the program is a 12-month group-based program that consists of 16 one-hour, weekly sessions, followed by monthly sessions led by a trained lifestyle coach who facilitates a small group of people with similar goals. The program costs money even though this is a prevention program.

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Section 4 Mandate:

Health insurance companies will reimburse people that have paid for the YMCA Diabetes Prevention Program, this would be done through their health plans.

Section 5 Currently Enrolled Citizens:

People who are currently enrolled in the YMCA Disease Prevention will be reimbursed as well as any future participants of the program.

Section 6 Execution:

People will pay for the program themselves, health insurance companies then will reimburse the people.


There will be no penalties due to the program being optional, and would only be a mandate for health insurance companies.

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Section 8 Funding:

Any funding required will be allotted from the current budget of the Pennsylvania Department of Health


The act will be regulated by the Pennsylvania Department of Health


The Act will take place 1 year after passage.

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Gold Representative Bill # GH 650 Committee: Gold House Labor & IndustryDelegation: HersheyAuthor(s): Allie Grenoble, Secondary Sponsor Gold Senator Ian Mills


Title: YAG Forever Act


Purpose:

To make Pennsylvania Youth and Government affordable to all students in the Commonwealth.

Short Title:

YAG Forever Act

Definitions:

State Income Tax Return: A form reporting personal income and the amount of state tax due. Individuals may contribute a portion of any Income Tax Refund to the charity of his/her choice on a State Income Tax Return.

State Income Tax Refund: Amount paid in excess of Income Taxes due which is to be returned to the tax paying individual.

Individual: A single person distinguished from a group or class.

Youth and Government: Private club that meets outside of school and participates in political events.

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Regulations:

An individual may designate on his/her State Tax Return a whole dollar amount to be donated to the Pennsylvania Youth and Government Fund. A line will be added to Pennsylvania State Tax Returns where Pennsylvania Taxpayers may designate a donation to the Pennsylvania YMCA Youth and Government Fund. Funds donated to the Pennsylvania YMCA Youth and Government Program by the State Department of Revenue shall be used only for Youth and Government benefit.

Funding:

No funding required for this bill.

Penalties:

There are no penalties for this bill.

Effective Date:

This bill will go into effect one (1) calendar year after passage.

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Gold Representative Bill #GH 651 Committee: Gold House Labor & IndustryDelegation: HersheyAuthor(s): Claire Sheppard, Secondary Sponsor Gold Senator Moosa Qureshi


Title: Hersheypark Law


Purpose:To boost Pennsylvania’s economy by allowing students to have an additional period of time to create income.

Definitions:

Labor Day: The first Monday of September

Public School District: a geographical unit for the local administration of schools.

Regulation:All public school districts in Pennsylvania shall not be allowed to start the school year before Labor Day. Although the school year may be starting later, there is no change to the standard 180 day school year.

Penalties: Offending schools will have a portion of their state aid withheld in the amount of 1/180 for each school day scheduled prior to Labor Day.

Enforcement: The Pennsylvania Department of Education shall enforce this Act.

Funding: Because this bill does not change the length of the school year, no funding should be required. However, any costs necessary to implement this bill will be funded by fines on school districts who do not comply with these regulations.

Effective Date: This law will go into effect the school year following one calendar year after passage.

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Gold Representative Bill # GH 652 Committee: Gold House Labor & IndustryDelegation: HersheyAuthor(s): Clare Canavan, Secondary Sponsor Gold Senator Jonas Cream


Title: Learning Now to Help the Future


Purpose

To help high school seniors learn how to manage their money for the many expenses that come with being an adult, including the basics of the stock market, investing, and general asset management.

Definitions

Financial Management Course: A class where students will learn how to manage their income and investments, so that it can cover the expenses for housing, cars, personal health, food, and other necessities of life.

Semester: Half a year or two marking periods.

The Pennsylvania Department of Education: The executive department of the state charged with publicly funded preschool, K-12 and adult educational budgeting, management and guidelines.

Asset: a useful or valuable thing.

Stock Markect: a particular market where stocks and bonds are traded; stockexchange.

Regulations

The Pennsylvania Board of Education will require high school seniors seniors to pass a Financial Management Class before graduation. This class will teach students how to manage their expenses for the future. A teacher in the school will receive a training, so they can teach the course to the students.

Enforcement

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This law will be enforced by The Pennsylvania Department of Education.

Penalties

Any school not acting in accordance with this Act shall lose 2% of state funding per year of non-compliance. Any student who does not pass this course shall not be allowed to graduate.

Funding

Funding for this Act shall come from an increase in the Pennsylvania Corporate Gains Tax to 3.3% from its current 3.2%.

Effective Date

This Act shall go into effect the beginning of the next school year after being passed.

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Gold Representative Bill # GH 760 Committee: Gold House Law & JusticeDelegation: East Shore YMCAAuthor(s): Shawky Darwish, Secondary Sponsor Gold Senator Kaijie Zhang


Title: The Welfare Questionnaire Act


I. Purpose: To reduce the invasiveness of drug screening in the welfare system while increasing overall efficiency.

II. Short Title: This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Welfare Questionnaire Act.

III. Definitions:

Applicant: anyone seeking welfare through the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services.

Cash assistance: money given to applicants by the Pennsylvania Department of

Human Services, specifically for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (TANF).

Drug Screening: any way to find out if a given person is using illegal drugs, whether through testing or empirical knowledge.

Questionnaire: written document used to gather knowledge from an applicant about drug habits and qualification for cash assistance.

Welfare: statutory procedure or social effort designed to promote the basic physical and material well-being of people in need.

IV. Applicant Requirements: This bill requires an applicant who otherwise qualifies for cash assistance under the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services to complete a written drug screening questionnaire in order to receive cash assistance.

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V. Questionnaire Creation and Regulation:

Committee: A committee consisting of ten (10) people shall be created to regulate and create the questionnaires for the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services. The committee, known as the Committee of Welfare Admittance (CWA), shall consist of experienced psychologists, investigators, police officials, and government administrators elected by the PA Secretary of Human Services.

Installation: A collection of ten questionnaires shall be created, and one shall be randomly assigned to the applicant. New questionnaires shall be created every five (5) years to modernize, with the Secretary publishing the finalized set of questionnaires created by the CWA. The answered questionnaires will be examined and scored by a local officer.

VI. Acceptance into Program: Based on suspicion, an applicant may be asked to take a drug test. If the applicant refuses, he or she will not receive cash assistance, but may apply again in six (6) months. If they comply, and it is proven that they use drugs, they may apply again in six (6) months. If it is found that the applicant is drug-free, they shall receive cash assistance without hinderance, according to the existing legislation.

VII. Regulations: This Act will be regulated and enforced by the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services.

VIII. Funding: All funding for this Act shall come from the pre-allocated budget for Pennsylvania’s Department of Human Services.

IX. Penalties: Local offices found not abiding by the regulations of this Act will receive a warning on the first violation. Upon a second violation, the office will either be re-managed, or shut down, based on the discretion of the investigator.

X. Effective Date: This bill shall take effect one (1) year after passage.

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Gold Representative Bill #GH 761 Committee: Gold House Law & JusticeDelegation: HersheyAuthor(s): Dane Hoover,Secondary Sponsor Gold Senator Ian Mills


Title: A Pledge Not to Pledge


Section 1.Purpose: The purpose of this bill is to give schools the choice to participate in the pledge of allegiance during the school day in the state of Pennsylvania.

Section 2.Definitions:

Student-One who is enrolled or attends classes at a school, college, or university.

Private school-A secondary or elementary school run and supported by private individuals or a corporation rather than by a government or public agency.

Recite-To repeat or utter aloud

Section 3.Regulations:

Under this Act, public schools shall have the option to opt-out of the Pledge of Allegiance . This decision shall be made by the school board or similar body at school districts who do not have a school board.The decision if the school shall participate or not will be mainly decided by the superintendent of the school or other higher positions such as the principle.Seven states have no laws regarding requirements for the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance in schools: Iowa, Hawaii, Maine, Michigan, Nebraska, Vermont, and Wyoming. Pennsylvania Act 157 of 2002 (“Act 157” or the “Act”), codified as 24 Pa. Cons. Stat. Ann. § 7-771(c), mandates that all public, private, and parochial schools within the Commonwealth display the national flag in every classroom and all supervising officers and teachers in charge of public, private or parochial schools shall cause the

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Flag of the United States of America to be displayed in every classroom during the hours of each school day and shall provide for the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance or the national anthem at the beginning of each school day. Students may decline to recite the Pledge of Allegiance and may refrain from saluting the flag on the basis of religious conviction or personal beliefs. That is the current law today that states that the state of pennsylvania requires all schools to participate in the pledge but not force students to participate. This will be regulated by the Department of Education to make sure if a school is or isn't participating in the pledge.

Section 4. Enforcement:This Act shall be enforced by the Pennsylvania Department of Education

Section 5. Funding: This act shall require no funding.

Section 6. Effective Date: This bill shall come into effect three(3) months after passage.

Section 7. Penalties:There shall be no penalties set out by this Act.

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Gold Representative Bill # GH 762 Committee: Gold House Law & JusticeDelegation: Springfield High SchoolAuthor(s): Ryan Chybinski, Secondary Sponsor Gold Senator Gracie Woron


Title: properly license guns and keep people safe


Bill Title:properly license guns and keep pepole safe

PURPOSE: To increase the amount of properly licensed guns in Pennsylvania.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby as follows:

Section 1 Short Title: This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Limit The Guns Have More Fun Act.


Gun: a weapon incorporating a metal tube from which bullets, shells, or other missiles are propelled by explosive force, typically making a characteristic loud, sharp noise.

Illegal gun: guns carried illegally by street thugs, or even honest citizens who have been denied carry licenses and permits because they could not prove a “compelling need” under some arbitrary law, are “illegal guns."

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Section 3 Terms:

When a gun is sold, the store will be required to fill out and distribute a legal gun card and administer a mental health test at the time of sale. The gun holder card is different than a gun license, because the police can not look up the gun holder card on the computer. Gun purchasers can not put the gun holder card on their phone, but must carry this card to allow them to carry and use their gun, along with the gun license, legally.

Section 4 Penalties and Enforcement:

The penalty for gun retailers not following this act will be 4 to 9 days, depending on your number of offenses, in a state prison. If you have 3 or more offenses, you will spend up to 3 years in a State prison. This act will be enforced by the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms, Pennsylvania Divison.

Section 5 Funding:

Any money necessary for oversight and regulation will be funded by the Pennsylvania Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms.

Section 6 Date Effective:

This act will go into effect one year after passage.

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Gold Representative Bill # GH 763 Committee: Gold House Law & JusticeDelegation: Springfield High SchoolAuthor(s): Caroline Horn, Secondary Sponsor Gold Senator Magdalene O'Rourke


Title: Make sure you're stable before you're able


Purpose:

This bill is meant to have any person who is going to go about legally obtaining a concealed carrying gun license go through a mental health screening.

Short title: This act shall be known as the gun license mental health screening act.

Definitions:

Gun: a weapon consisting of a metal tube, with mechanical attachments, from which projectiles are shot by the force of an explosion; a piece of ordinance. Gun license: The lawful authorization to carry a firearm. Mental Health: psychological well-being and satisfactory adjustment to society and to the ordinary demands of life. Mentally Unstable: any clinically significant behavioral or psychological syndrome characterized by distressing symptoms, significant impairment of functioning, or significantly increased risk of death, pain, or other disability. Terms:

The mental health screenings will occur at the same government building where you can apply for a license. They will be admitted online and it will be a basic mental health screening such as the MMPI. Also a person must wave their HIPPA rights to their mental health history as part of the 45 day background check. If a person has a gun and a gun license before this new bill passes they must go in and get an updated license with a mental health screening to back it before one year passes after the bill is passed. The fine for getting a license or having and not having a mental health screening to go behind it will be $500 and a loss of license. For every next time they are found without their license it adds $200 dollars, for example:$700, $900 or $1100.

Funding: The funding for this bill will come from the Department of Mental Health

Date effected: These guidelines will be effective two (2) months after passage.

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Gold Representative Bill # GH 764 Committee: Gold House Law & JusticeDelegation: Springfield High SchoolAuthor(s): Johnny Choe, Secondary Sponsor Gold Senator Emily Cooney


Title: Wine for the Younger


Bill Title: Wine for the Younger

PURPOSE: Leagalize the drinking of wine at the age of 18 in the state of Pennsalvania

SECTION 1 SHORT TITLE: WIne for the Younger

SECTION 2 DEFINITION:

Leagalize- Make something permissible by law

SECTION 3 TERMS: Being able to drink wine has been proven scientfically that it can be good for your health, but there will be a limited ammount that you can drink, until you turn 21 years old.

SECTIONS 4 PENALTIES AND ENFORCEMENT:Anyone caught with possesion of wine under the age of 18 will be fined of $1000 dollars, and will have their driver's test postponed by one year.

SCTION 5 FUNDING: No funding is needed

SECTION 6 DATE EFFECTIVE: This law will be passes, the momment after passage.

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Gold Representative Bill # GH 765 Committee: Gold House Law & JusticeDelegation: Springfield High SchoolAuthor(s): Siobhan Nolan, Secondary Sponsor Gold Senator Katie Moyer


Title: Don't Hit Me with Your Best Shot


SECTION 1 SHORT TITLE: This act shall be known as the Don't Hit Me with Your Best Shot Act.


Firearm: A rifle, pistol, or other portable gun

Mental Health: A person's condition with regard to their psychological and emotional well-being

Background Check: The process of looking up and compiling criminal records, commercial records and financial records of an individual or organization

SECTION 3 FUNDING: All funding for this bill will come from from the Pennsylvania Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms SECTION 4 ENFORCEMENT: There will be carefully kept and accurate records of all people in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania with firearms licenses. If any of these people commit a felony with relation to a firearm (including, but not limited to, armed robbery, attempted murder, murder, etc.) their license will be witheld temporarily, and will be given back based on the terms of the consequences handed to the person in question. This decision shall be made by the judge handling the case. Residents of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania with a firearms license will be subject to annual strict mental health exams, which they will be summoned to on a random date. SECTION 5 PENALTIES: Offenders will be subjected to a fine of $1,000 to $20,000, while multiple violations of this act will result in up to 15 years in prison, depending on the severity of their offense(s). The court is allowed to suspend the firearms license for as long as they see fit, and the court is also permitted to suspend any and all firearms in the offender's possession for as long as they deem adequate. SECTION 6 EFFECTIVE DATE: This bill shall take effect one (1) year after passage.

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Gold Representative Bill # GH 766 Committee: Gold House Law & JusticeDelegation: Philadelphia YMCA AchieversAuthor(s): Paris Rogers, Secondary Sponsor Gold Senator Elizabeth Healy


Title: Ensuring Jobs to Prisoners Act


Purpose: The state shall provide non-violent convicted felons with job training and job readiness to help non-violent convicted felons with the toosl neccessary to re-enter and fully participate in society.

Section I Short Title:

This Act shall be known as the Jobs for Felons Act


Convicted- a formal declaration that someone is guilty

Felon- a person who has been convicted of a felony

Prison- a building/or vessel in which perople are legally held as a punishment for crimes that have committed.


The state should require prisons to have job training for inmates last month in prison.


If the employers fail to employ these felons because of their record then they will be fined.

Section 5 Funding:

Funding is available through state tax funds


This bill shall take effect two year after it is passed

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Gold Representative Bill #GH 767 Committee: Gold House Law & JusticeDelegation: HersheyAuthor(s): Abbey Ferenci,Secondary Sponsor Gold Senator Alexandra Rapp


Title: Medication, Discrimination, Elimination Act


Bill Title:Medication, Discrimination, Elimination

Section 1: Bill PurposeTo eliminate discrimination against students with medical conditions and diseases in an educational setting. Section 2: Definitions Medical Condition: A disease, illness or injury; any physical, mental or psychological condition or disorder (e.g., orthopaedic; visual, speech or hearing impairments; cerebral palsy; epilepsy; muscular dystrophy; multiple sclerosis; cancer; coronary artery disease; diabetes; mental retardation; emotional or mental illness; specific learning disabilities; HIV disease; TB; drug addiction; alcoholism). A biological or psychological state which is within the range of normal human variation is not a medical condition. Medical condition is a phrase used in documents for physicians applying to licensing agencies (e.g., state medical boards, malpractice insurance carriers, third-party payers, etc.), which is used to determine a physician’s physical “suitability” to practise medicine.Prescribed: To give directions, either orally or in writing, for the preparation and administration of a remedy to be used in the treatment of a disease. To write an order for a drug, treatment, or procedure.School nurse: a nurse, usually a registered nurse, working in a school or similar institution.Legal guardian: A person lawfully invested with the power, and charged with the obligation, of taking care of and managing the property and rights of a person who, because of age, understanding, or self-control, is considered incapable of administering his or her own affairs.Eliminate: To get rid of; remove: an effort to eliminate homelessness; eliminated his enemy.ess:The storm did considerable damage to the crops.2. damages, Law. the estimated money equivalent for detriment or injury sustained.Discrimination: distinguishing differences between things or treating someone as inferior based on their race, sex, national origin, age or other characteristics

Section 3: DetailsI: RegulationsStudents with medical conditions involving prescribed medication, including pills (such as migraine medications) , epi-pens, insulin, shall be allowed to carry that medication with them in educational settings, such as schools and camps.A course on more serious medications, such as migraine, and seizure medications must also be taken by teachers and staff.Students must notify the school nurse or their legal guardians when medication is taken. This can be done through a device or in person depending on the school's’ regulations on those devices.Employees must allow students to use medication in a class setting.II: EnforcementThis bill

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will be enforced by the Pennsylvania Department of Health and the Pennsylvania Department of Education.III: PenaltiesPenalty for not following regulations and expectations will be a fine placed on the employer based off of the damages caused by such actions. Possibility of five-hundred dollars ($500) to twenty-seven-thousand dollars ($27,000) fined depending on severity. Funding:Department of Health

Effective Date:One year (1) after being passed.

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Gold Representative Bill #GH 768 Committee: Gold House Law & JusticeDelegation: Knoch High SchoolAuthor(s): Braden Zukowski, Secondary Sponsor Gold Senator Kade Hilterman


Title: Murder Prison Act


PURPOSE-

The purpose of this act is for any person who commits any form of murder to be sentenced to life in prison unless significant improvement is shown in mental health and moral behavior. If a person is released from jail (after significant improvement is shown) and they commit a crime that is not a misdemeanor, then he or she will be put back into jail until improvement is shown. The purpose of this act is not to have people in prison for forever though. When people are put into jail for murder, they will be taken to psychologists and counselors to help restore their mental health and moral behavior. This bill would bring a second chance to murderers who commit first and second degree murder and would help guage when any murderer should leave jail.

Section 1: Short Title-

This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Murder Prison Act.


Kill- to cause death of

Murder- the unlawful premeditated killing of one human being by another.

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Misdemeanor- a nonindictable offense, regarded in the US (and formerly in the UK) as less serious than a felony.

Counselor- a person trained to give guidance on personal, social, or psychological problems.

Psychologist- an expert or specialist in psychology.

Section 3: Penalties-

Penalties for any jails not complying with this law after the Effective Date will be fined $250,000 for every instance of not following this law.

Section 4: Funding-

Any (if needed) funding will come from the Pennsylvania Department of State

Section 5: Effective Date-

This act shall take effect on January 1, 2025

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Gold Representative Bill # GH 769 Committee: Gold House Law & JusticeDelegation: Boyertown Junior High WestAuthor(s): Emily Bernier, Secondary Sponsor Gold Senator Sarah Batche


Title: Voluntary Execution for Life Terms


Purpose:

The purpose of this bill is so that people sentenced to life in prison will be able to request execution. Additionally it will save money.


This act shall be known and cited as the Voluntary Execution for Life Terms Bill


Life Term- a sentence given for murder and as a maximum sentence in several other crimes; a person sentenced to life in prison or the equivalent of.

People- anyone with a life term in prison

Request- to politely or formally ask for

Execution- the carry out of a sentence of death on a condemned person

Reduce- to lessen the amount

Residents- a person who lives in prison

Space- living vicinity of prisoners

Prison- place where criminals are held

Liable- legally responsible

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Section 3: Funding

This bill will require funding. The methods for funding will be the same as it is for the death penalty.


In order to qualify for this choice, one must be sentenced to life in prison, but over the age of eighteen (18). Additionally one must pass a sanity test to rpove that they are liable to make the decision. People sentenced to life in prison will not be ale to go to prison and experience it before making a choice.

Section 5: Penalty

If a prison fails to offer this choice to the eligable prisoners, the will be fined twenty thousand (20000) dollars.


This bill will be put into effect one (1) year after passing

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Gold Representative Bill #GH 770 Committee: Gold House Law & JusticeDelegation: Coventry Christian High SchoolAuthor(s): Ian Gelwicks, Secondary Sponsor Gold Senator Beyonce' Brown


Title: Concealed Carry Licences from All


An Act

Purpose: To Have the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Respect Concealed Carry Licenses of all States



This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Concealed Carry Licenses for all.


Open Carry: Carrying a handgun openly and without concealment

Concealed Carry: Carrying a handgun under concealment; without the general public’s knowledge


The amount of respected Concealed Carry Licenses from other states shall be raised from 24 states to 50 states.


The requirements and screening process to obtain a concealed carry licenses in Pennsylvania shall remain the same, however we will respect the licenses of all states.

Section 5 Funding:

This bill requires no funding.

Section 6 Effective Date: This ACT shall go into effect the January 1st of the year after its passage

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Gold Representative Bill #GH 771 Committee: Gold House Law & JusticeDelegation: HersheyAuthor(s): Jamie Easterwood, Secondary Sponsor Gold Senator Ian Mills


Title: Animal Protection Act


Short title: Animal Protection Act

Purpose: To protect animals from being harmed by being left in cars.

Definitions:

Animal: Any mammal, reptile, or amphibian.

Unattended vehicle: vehicle that is not able to be seen from owners location.

Police officer: any policeman or policewoman; patrolman or patrolwoman.

Damages: any policeman or policewoman; patrolman or patrolwoman.

Regulation: Annmals may not be left unattended in a motor vehilce under conditions that could cause harm to the animal. These conditions include but are not limited to extreme heat or cold, inadequate ventilation or a lack of drinking water.

Enforcement: This Act shall be enforced by the Pennsylvania State Police, or local police. The police officer may, at his discretion, remove the animal from the vehicle. The owner is responsible for any damages to the car incurred during the rescue by th police officer. A summons will be issued to the registered owner of the vehicle either in person or it may be left on the car. Penalties:If the animal is unharmed, the fine will be one-hundred dollars per animal. (on first conviction) If the animal is harmed in any way, the fine can be up to five-hundred dollars ($500) per animal. The fines for subsequent offenses will begin at one-thousand dollars ($1,000, rising five-hundred dollars ($500) for each additional offense. Funding: No funding required Effective date: Law will go into effect one year after passage.

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Gold Representative Bill # GH 772 Committee: Gold House Law & JusticeDelegation: Knoch High SchoolAuthor(s): John Mack, Secondary Sponsor Gold Senator Kade Hilterman


Title: Fair Bail Bill


PURPOSE- to ensure that all bails are fair to the person's income

SECTION 1- Short Title: This act shall be known and cited as the Fair Bail Act.

SECTION 2- Definitions:

Bail- an amount of money a person puts up to get out of jail

Income- money received per year

Fair- equal to all human beings

Prison- a place where criminals are held in punishment for crimes

Criminal- a word that describes a convicted individual

Crime- a wrongdoing a criminal performs/commits

Judge- a person that oversees convictions and determines legal action

Charge- the accusation of a crime that one has committed that can potentially lead to sentencing

Tax return- a form on which a tax payer makes an annual statement of income and personal circumstances

Upper class- someone with an income greater than $75,000 dollars.

Lower class- someone with an income lower than $75,000 dollars.

Violent crime- a crime that is implies physical harm to a person

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Non-violent crime- a crime that does not imply physical harm to a person

SECTION 3- Action:

Therefore, when bail is being determined, income will be a factor as compared to simply the seriousness of a charge on an individual and/or the risk the individual poses to society. For those with a yearly income lower than $50,000, bail will be reduced by 15%. For those with an income between $50,000 and $75,000, bail will be lowered 10%. Income lower than this is considered low class. All incomes greater than this are consider upper class. For those with an income between $75,000 and $100,000, bail will be lowered 5%. For those with an income greater than, $100, 000, bail will be raised 5%. For those with an income greater than, $500,000 and less than $1,000,000, bail will be raised 15%. For those with an income greater than, $1,000,000, bail will be raised 25%. All bails will be raised or lowered from the current guidelines. All of these incomes will be based on the person’s latest tax return.

SECTION 4- Exceptions: Violent crimes will be an exception to this law and this only applies to non-violent crimes.

SECTION 5- Authority to Regulate: The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's judges have the authority to regulate.

SECTION 6- Punishment: If the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's judges do not coincide with this act, they will be fined $1,000 for first offense, $2,000 and six(6) months in jail for second offense, and for third offense $5,500, and requirement for impeachment.

SECTION 7- Effective: This bail will go into effect one (1) year after passage.

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Gold Representative Bill #773 Committee: Gold House Law & JusticeDelegation: HersheyAuthor(s): Julia Briselli, Moosa Qureshi, Secondary Sponsor Gold Senator Alexandra Rapp


Title: Keep Calm It's Only a Drill


Purpose: To create a safer school environment for students, teachers, and staff.


School defensive plan: An organized program a school uses to prepare students, teachers and staff for a situation in which an armed intruder is in, on, or near the school’s premises.

Armed Intruder: A person who enters a premises uninvited with a weapon they intend to inflict harm with.

Public School: A school supported by public funds.

ALICE: ALICE stands for Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter, and Evacuate. It is a training program designed to prepare individuals to handle the threat of an active shooter.

Law Enforcement: The generic name for the agencies responsible for maintaining public order and enforcing the law, particularly the activities of prevention, detection, and investigation of crime and the apprehension of criminals.


All public schools in the state of Pennsylvania shall be required to conduct two (2) Defensive Drills every school year in place of two (2) of the required monthly fire drills for students in grades kindergarten through twelve (12). These drills shall be administered by all teachers and staff with students in their room at the time the drill is to take place. In such drills, pupils and teachers shall be instructed in, and made thoroughly familiar with the school’s defensive plan. On or before the twenty-fifth (25th) of June of each year, each district superintendent shall certify to the Department of

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Education that the Defensive Drill took place.

Section 3 Defensive Plan Requirements:

Schools are required to create or use an already created plan to use in instruction for the teachers and pupils. These means may include, but are not limited to, a program such as ALICE or a meeting in which the school officials and local law enforcement create their school’s drill. If the school chooses to create their own drill, law enforcement must be involved in the process to insure the plan is safe and organized. Drills shall be conducted in coordination with your local emergency management coordinator and the county sheriff for the county or chief of police, or the designee of the sheriff or chief of police. The local law enforcement must know when the school’s drill is taking place; however, schools are not required to have law enforcement on the premises during the drills.

Section 4 Exceptions:

There are no exceptions.


This bill shall be enforced by the Department Of Education

Section 6 Penalty:

Any school who fails to comply with the provisions of this section will lose 4% of State funding for their budget for the following fiscal year after the violation occurs.

Section 7 Funding:

This bill shall require no funding from the State. Schools will be required to cover any and all possible costs for designing and/or implementing their defensive plan.



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Gold Representative Bill # GH 860 Committee: Gold House Public Health & WelfareDelegation: Butler YMCAAuthor(s): Yasmine Zentz, Secondary Sponsor Gold Senator Nathan Ellis


Title: Don't Let My Stomach Growl


Purpose: To prevent students from going hungry during summer vacation.


This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Don't Let My Stomach Growl Act


Non perishables- food not subject to rapid spoilage

School official- a person employed in an administrative, supervisory, academic or research, or support staff position; a person serving on an institutional governing body

Volunteer- a person who freely offers to undertake a task

Service- the action of helping or doing work for someone

Background check- the process of looking up and compiling criminal records, commercial records and financial records of an individual

Cafeteria- type of food service location in which food is made and served, whether a restaurant or within an institution such as a school

School board- a local board or authority responsible for the provision and maintenance of schools

School district- a geographical unit for the local administration of schools

Donation- a contribution to a program

Section 3: Donations

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Donations must be non perishables in sealed packages.

Donations will be gathered and collected at a location of the school officials’ choice.

Section 4: Volunteers

Food will be prepared by volunteers.

Volunteers must sign up a month in advance to ensure service.

There must be background checks on volunteers, and school officials will select volunteers based on the results.

Volunteers may be removed or released by school officials for any valid reason, such as an emergency or misconduct.

Section 5: Time and Location

Meals will be cooked and served in the largest cafeteria of the school district.

Cafeterias must have the necessary cooking appliances and have sufficient space for serving the estimated crowd.

Meals will be cooked every Saturday morning until the expected amount of needed food is prepared.

Meals will begin to be served as soon as they are done cooking and will be served until 7pm.

Food not served to the students registered by 6pm will be given to other citizens in need.

The students will receive seven meals upon pickup.


If there is no suitable cafeteria in the school district, the preparations and serving may be moved to a location of the school officials’ choice.

If necessary, meals will be served at multiple locations selected by school officials.

If a student is unable to get a ride to the location on serving days and does want a meal, volunteers will be asked to drive the meal to the student's house by the Sunday night after the serving day.

Section 7: Registration

All students that receive free or reduced lunches during the school year will be eligible for free meals during the summer.

Registration will be held within a month of summer vacation at a location selected by the school officials.

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Registration is free.

Once a student registers, they will receive a registration card that they must show the volunteers every time they pick up their meals.

If a student does not pick up their meals for three weeks in a row, their food will no longer be made and their name will be taken off the meal list unless they provide a valid reason.

Validity will be determined by the school officials in charge.

Students may register again for meals the following school year until they graduate high school.

Section 8: Funding

If there is a lack of food donations, the school officials and volunteers can purchase the necessary food themselves.

Costs will be funded by the Pennsylvania Department of Education.

The Pennsylvania Department of Education will provide each school district with $10 per student each week there is a donations shortage.

The Pennsylvania Department of Education will also provide $1,000 every month for cooking supplies, utensils, serving containers, appliances, maintenance, or unexpected expenses.

If the full $1,000 is not used in that month, the remaining will be put towards the following month's allowance.


The service will be regulated by the school officials selected by the school board.


This bill will go into effect the summer vacation following the next school year.

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Gold Representative Bill # GH 861 Committee: Gold House Public Health & WelfareDelegation: Springfield High SchoolAuthor(s): Sydney Hannings, Secondary Sponsor Gold Senator Emily Walsh


Title: If You Could Painlessly Survive You Must Stay Alive



Title: If You Could Painlessly Survive, You Must Stay Alive

Bill Title: If You Could Painlessly Survive, You Must Stay Alive

PURPOSE: To make physician-assisted suicides illegal if palliative care is an alternative for the patient with a terminal disease.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby enacts the as follows:

Section 1 Short Title: This Act shall be known and may be cited as, If You Could Painlessly Survive, You Must Stay Alive Act.


Physician- medical provider who are licensed to diagnose and treat illnesses and diseases, and are able to prescribe and administer medications for patients.

Palliative care- multidisciplinary approach to specialized medical care for people with serious illnesses that control pain and other symptoms, as well as psychological, social, and spiritual support. Terminal illness- a disease that cannot be cured or adequately treated.Active Euthanasia- where a person deliberately intervenes to end someone's life Passive Euthanasia- where a person causes death by withholding or withdrawing treatment necessary to maintain life

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Degree- Bachelor of Sciences

Degree-Bachelor of Arts


This Act mandates that physicians will not be able to supply people, with an incurable illness, that can live a pain free life, a drug to end their lives if palliative care is another option for them.


A physician must complete four years at a college or university to receive a BS or BA degree, usually with a strong passion for basic sciences, such as biology, chemistry, and physics. They then must go through four years of an accredited Liaison Committee on Medical Education medical school, consisting of preclinical and clinical parts. After completing medical school, students earn a doctor of medicine degree. Once all of the schooling is complete, a residency program for newly graduated MDs enter a three to seven year residency program to train professionally under the supervision of of senior physicians. Then they have to complete a one to three year fellowship of additional training in a subspecialty, which is an option for some doctors who want to become highly specialized in a particular field. To receive a permanent license, they have to complete a series of exams and a minimum number of years of graduate medical education.


The chief of the hospital has complete power and authority over the physicians and other medical personnel. If the patient asks for this drug, then the physician or any other medical personnel must go to the chief and notify them of the situation in order for them to figure out if the person is a candidate for palliative care.


Doctors that do not follow this and give the suicide assistant drug to a patient, despite the fact that palliative care is another option for them, will get penalized by getting their doctoral license revoked, being fined, depending on what the judge thinks their life would be worth based off of that person's life expectancy and their wages, and to serve jail time at the judges discretion.

Section 7 Funding:

Funding for palliative care should be mandatory funding, through the state, due to the fact that applying for a grant is very hard work. To get the funding the applicant must do a lot of intense research to tailor your application unlike writing a generic application, and even then, it is not

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guaranteed that the grant will be rewarded towards the person.

Section 8 Effective Date: This Act shall go into effect two years after passage.

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Gold Representative Bill # GH 862 Committee: Gold House Public Health & WelfareDelegation: Springfield High SchoolAuthor(s): Meghan Nelson, Secondary Sponsor: Senator - Emily Walsh


Title: Chip Before You Sip


AN ACT

PURPOSE: To cut down on the number of underage people purchasing alcohol.

SECTION 1 SHORT TITLE:

This act shall be known and cited as Chip Before You Sip.


RFID: Radio Frequency Identification. It is a tag, label or card that can exchange data with a computerized reader using radio frequency signals. Includes personal information such as name, address, and birthdate.

Liquor License: A license authorizing the holder to sell alcoholic beverages.

SECTION 3 REQUIREMENTS:

This bill requires every person in Pennsylvania who has a driver’s license at the age of 21 to get a new driver's license with a RFID chip in it. This chip will be used with the purchase of alcohol. It will be scanned at the purchase of alcohol, to prove the information on the driver's license is valid and the person is who they say to be. Up until the age of 21, the person will have their driver’s license without the chip. If a person does not have a driver’s license, s/he will be able to purchase an

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alternative identification with an RFID chip in it to buy alcohol.

SECTION 4 PENALTIES:

If a person does not use their card, or tries using a fake card, they will receive a fine of five hundred (500) dollars. If a person modifies or tampers with their card, they will get prosecuted with tampering with a public record along with a five hundred (500) dollar fine. If the store clerk allows anyone underage to purchase alcohol, they can lose their liquor license along with a one thousand (1,000) dollar fine.

SECTION 5 ENFORCEMENT:

The store clerk will need to pass an evaluation test, administered by the state, to make sure they are capable and trustworthy to sell alcohol. Store clerks will enforce this by making sure all cards used to purchase alcohol are authentic and belong to the person buying. Also, police officers will enforce this to make sure they do not see anybody trying to use a fake ID.

SECTION 6 FUNDING:

The person in which decides they want their ID to purchase alcohol will provide the money for their ID to be renewed or purchased with a RFID chip implanted.

SECTION 7 DATE EFFECTIVE:

This bill will be in effect two years after passage.

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Gold Representative Bill # GH 863 Committee: Gold House Public Health & WelfareDelegation: Springfield High SchoolAuthor(s): Sophia Perry, Secondary Sponsor: Senator Maggie O’Rourke


Title: Safety Before Shooting


Bill Title: Safety Before Shooting

PURPOSE: To decrease the number of people that are in possession of a gun and to prevent the amount of shooting that go wrong.


Section 1 Short Title: This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Safety Before Shooting Act.


Gun: A weapon incorporating a metal tube from which bullets, shells, or other missiles are propelled by explosive force, typically making a characteristic loud, sharp noise.

Wholesaler: A wholesaler is an intermediary entity in the distribution channel that buys in bulk and sells to resellers rather than to consumers. In its simplest form, a distributor performs a similar role but often provides more complex services. Distributors and wholesalers often work together as channel partners.

Gun License: A firearms license (also known as a gun license) is a license orpermit issued by some governments (typically by the police) of a country (or state or municipality thereof), that allows the

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licensee to buy, own, possess, and use firearms, often subject to a number of conditions or restrictions.


The act mandates that every wholesaler or consumer of any type of gun must go through extensive training, lie detections, and background checks before being able to buy, sell, and shoot a gun.

Section 4 Certifications:

The wholesaler must have a gun license given to them by the Pennsylvania State Police Department. The wholesaler must also have the license renewed every 5 years, and to get the background checks, lie detections, and background checks done on the same year that the license is getting renewed.


A police officer will have the ability to pull over any person with a gun and ask to see their license. They will also be able to walk into any gun store at any time and ask to see the wholesaler's license.


Pennsylvania State Police Officers from any county will be enforcing this act. The officers must confirm the presence of a valid license in order to pass the inspection. This inspection will happen in every gun shop twice a year.


Any wholesaler found without a valid gun license will be fined $8,000. On any offense after the first, the owners and their employees will be forced to leave the premises, and fined $20,000. Any gun owner that is found with a gun, but does not have a license, will be fined $500 on the first offense, and the gun is taken away until they get a license. If a person is found to have a gun without a license more than two times, they will be fined $2,000.

Section 8 Funding:

The administration of this license program will be funded by the Pennsylvania State Police.


The act shall go into effect one year after passage.

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Gold Representative Bill # GH 864 Committee: Gold House Public Health & WelfareDelegation: Springfield High SchoolAuthor(s): Josh Ascher, Secondary Sponsor Gold Senator Emily Cooney


Title: Marijuana You Can Buy


Bill Title: Marijuana You Can Buy

PURPOSE: Legalize the use of recreational marijuana in the state of Pennsylvania.

SECTION 1 SHORT TITLE: Marijuana You Can Buy


Legalize:make (something that was previously illegal) permissible by law.

Marijuana: cannabis, especially as smoked in cigarettes.

Pennsylvania: a state in the United States of America.

Recreational: relating to or denoting activity done for enjoyment when one is not working.

SECTION 3 TERMS: All citizens living in the state of Pennsylvania over the age of 21 will be elligible to purchase and use recreational marijuana.

SECTION 4 PENALTIES AND ENFORCEMENT: All stores that sell to under age people will be forced to pay a fine of $1,000. An enforcer from the Pennsylvania department of Public Health will be sent to stores to make sure that they are not selling to people underage once every six months

SECTION 5 FUNDING: All funding needed will provided by the Pennslyvania Department of Public Health. SECTION 6 DATE EFFECTIVE: This law will go into effect one year after passage.

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Gold Representative Bill # GH 865 Committee: Gold House Public Health & WelfareDelegation: Middletown Area High SchoolAuthor(s): Stephanie Finsterbush, Secondary Sponsor Gold Senator Zeryab Ibrahim


Title: Help Me Don't Just Punish Me


Title: Help Me Don't Just Punish Me

Purpose: To decrease the amount of criminal activity involving illegal drugs and to decrease the amount of drug addicts in Pennsylvania.


This bill shall be known and may be cited as the Help Me Don't Just Punish Me Act.


Illegal Drugs- drugs that one is never allowed to be in possession of according to the law

Addict- someone who is drawn to the use of drugs as to have lost the power of self-control in reference to the use of a drug/drugs

Rehabilitation- the processes of medical or psychotherapeutic treatment for dependency on psychoactive substances

Non-violent- a person who was not brought to the attention of the police due to an act of violence against another person in recent times

Violence- an assault with physical force put into action exerted upon the person assailed.

Medical Detox- to free (as a drug user or an alcoholic) from an intoxicating or an addictive substance in the body or from dependence on or addiction to such a substance


First, one needs to be caught with illegal drugs.

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Second, one needs to be nonviolent.

Third, the person must be put through a medical detox.

Fourth, if, after forty-eight (48) hours, the person shows no withdrawal symptoms, they should be sentenced to prison as usual

Fifth, if, after forty-eight (48) hours, the person does show withdrawal symptoms, they should stay in detox until the withdrawal symptoms leave them.

Sixth, after they are done with detox, they should be sentenced to prison and rehab.

Seventh, after their prison sentence is up, they stay at the rehab center until they no longer need to be there.

Section 4: Funding

This will be funded by the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections to cover all expenses. Which include transportation to the rehabilitation centers from the prisons.


This bill will take effect two years after passage.

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Gold Representative Bill # GH 866 Committee: Gold House Public Health & WelfareDelegation: Rose E. Schneider YMCAAuthor(s): Anna Stroupe, Secondary Sponsor Gold Senator Samantha Condrick


Title: Reduce the Juice


AN ACT

PURPOSE: To increase the health standard of residents in Pennsylvania


Section 1 Short Title: This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Reduce the Juice Act


E-cigarette/E-cig- a device used to simulate the experience of smoking, having a cartridge with a heater that vaporizes liquid nicotine instead of burning tobacco

Cartridge- any small container for powder, liquid, or gas, made for ready insertion into some device or mechanism

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E-liquid/E-juice- the fluid that fuels the Electronic Cigarette and provides the nicotine solution and the flavoring in an Electronic Cigarette while creating the vapor that is exhaled, mimicking the traditional smoke from analogue cigarettes

Prohibition- a law or decree that forbids

Fine- a sum of money to be paid by an operator as a penalty for making an offense to the law;

Diacetyl- a flavoring chemical linked to cases of severe respiratory disease that was found in more than 75 percent of flavored electronic cigarettes

Reduce- to make smaller or less in amount, degree, or size

Resident- a person who lives somewhere permanently or on a long-term basis


All stores/companies will be prohibited to distribute any artificially flavored e-liquid/e-juice to a resident of Pennsylvania.

Artificially flavored e-liquids for the purpose of this bill are liquids containing the flavoring chemical Diacetyl.

Section 4 Distributors:

Anyone selling/distributing artificially flavored e-liquids can and will be fined the proper amount. Distributors, for the purpose of this Act, may be stores/companies who sell to anyone living or taking up residence in Pennsylvania.


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a) For the purpose of this Act, the fine shall be between $300-$500 per artificially flavored e-liquid/e-juice sold

b) Offenders of the law can be sentenced to prison after fifteen (15) infringements

Section 6 Funding:

All funding for this Act will be provided by the Pennsylvania Department of Health.


This bill will go into effect the year following passage.

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Gold Representative Bill # GH 867 Committee: Gold House Public Health & WelfareDelegation: Rose E. Schneider YMCAAuthor(s): Ben Hess, Secondary Sponsor Gold Senator Arushi Subba


Title: Risky Buisness Act


Title: Risky Business Act The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby enacts as follows:

Bill Title: Risky Business Act

PURPOSE: To promote the general welfare and health of communities through the extension of operable hours in public parks by enforcing the “play at your own risk” dictum.


This act shall be known and may be cited as the Risky Business Act.


Corrective Action: Any action taken by the government in order to solve a problem, or alleviate criminal behavior or malice.

Dawn: The coming of light as the sun rises in the morning.

Daylight Saving Time: A system of time, usually one hour ahead of standard time, to adjust for seasonal weather changes. This change occurs between the beginning of March, and is in effect until November of that same year. It is an annual occurance.

Dusk: The dimming of light as the sun sets in the evening.

Diamond Grade Reflective Sheeting (DG3): Prismatic reflective sheeting that returns almost 60% of directional light. This material utilizes the same technology within Engineering Grade material.

Engineer Grade (EG): An enclosed film or lens using glass beads or prismatic optical technology to

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refelct light. Mostly considered a temporary material for 5-7 years.

High Intensit Prismatic (HIP): HIP reflective sign materials will last longer than its EG reflective film counterpart. This material is considered to be mid to long-range durability, and typically will last about 10 years. The same technology is utilized as in the Engineering Grade material.

Operable Hours: The times of day when public entrance and leisure are approved on public grounds.

"Play at Your Own Risk": A condition at which any physical or mental injury inflicted upon an individual by him/herself will fall under the liability of him/herself.

Public Park: A piece of open public land kept clear of buildings, roads, etc., for use of public enjoyment and leisure by the general populations of the community.


In Pennsylvania, public parks are only operable from the hours between “dawn” and “dusk”. Without the consideration of Daylight Saving Time, it is quite possible children will not be able to utilize the aforementioned locations under current law before they even get home from school. Additionally, the “play at your own risk” precedent is only in effect during the current functional hours.

Section 4: New Law

The current “play at your own risk” guideline will remain in effect, but an extension of the time it will be operable will be implemented. The current dawn until dusk policy will be removed upon passage, and any public park will be operable from 5:00 A.M until 12:00 A.M. Any self-inflicted physical injury will fall unto the liability of the individual.

Section 5: Promotion

Falling under the jurisdiction of the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, any current signs implying the hours of dawn to dusk will be removed immediately. New signs will have to be constructed and displayed exemplifying the new hours of the park, as well as an extension of the "play at your own risk" ruling. Any other department or committee has the availibility to advertise this program if need be.


Any individual caught trespassing within a public park during inoperable hours will be charged with a summary offense, carrying up to 90 days in prison with fines (the current, simple trespassing ruling). Any more serious case which seems to require more drastic corrective action will fall under the discretion of the criminal court.

Section 7: Sign Requirements

The signs will be no smaller than 14 in. by 18 in. and made of any material which qualifies for having a reflective surface qualtiy greater than equal to Engineer Grade (EG), High Intensit Prismatic (HIP), or Diamond Grade Reflective Sheeting (DG3) based upon the standards of the ASTM. The estimated cost of production will be no more than fifty dollars for an average quality sign

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that produces sufficent results.

Section 8: Sign Enforcement

Any public park failing to comply to the advertising requirements or exhibiting invalid signs after two months will be fined fifteen dollars per day until a proper one is introduced. However, if one park has recieved no treatment after the fine accumulates to $1000, the cost of more subsequent offenses will be doubled. Money paid for these dues will be gifted unto the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Reources. If one park has received no treatment after the fine accumulates to $500, the new policies introduced in Section 4 will be non-negotiably implemented onto the borough/township/city's public newletter and/or website.

Section 8: Funding

As earlier cited, the funding for the signs will fall under the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. Addtionally already mentioned previously, any other committee or department wanting to add sufficient funds will be both permitted and encouraged to do so.


This bill will go into effect one year after passsage.

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Gold Representative Bill # GH 868 Committee: Gold House Public Health & WelfareDelegation: HersheyAuthor(s): Lizzie Jaskulski, Alexandra Rapp,Secondary Sponsor Gold Senator Ian Mills


Title: Run, Run... RUN! Act


Purpose:To improve the fitness of school children by providing them information about the track that they will be running on and making it more enjoyable to students in order to enforce healthy habits.

Definitions:

The mile assessment- school children run four times around a track to create a full mile and the children are graded on the amount of time it takes to complete the assessment.

School children- Children in grades kindergarten through twelfth (12th) grade.

School campus- The grounds and buildings of a school.

Public school- a school that is maintained at public expense for the education of the children of a community or district and that constitutes a part of a system of free public education commonly including primary and secondary schools.

Regulations:All public schools in the state of Pennsylvania shall be required to construct a mapped out route around the school campus which will be made on paper and handed out to gym teachers for the children who attend the school to be assessed on the mile run. The gym teachers will share the route that the children will be running on with the children the class before they take the assessment.

Penalties:School districts in violation of this law will be fined $10,000 if they decide to not follow this law and a school district will have 5% of state funding taken away if they wait too long to follow this law (5% state funding taken away until the school district creates a route for this assessment).

Enforcement:This bill shall be enforced by the Pennsylvania Department of Education.

Funding: All funding shall come from the aforementioned fine in order to guarantee that it will be enforced. Effective date: This bill shall start taking effect one (1) year after passage.

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Gold Representative Bill # GH 868 Committee: Gold House Public Health & WelfareDelegation: Boyertown Junior High WestAuthor(s): Mackenzie Baro, Secondary Sponsor Gold Senator Ashley Anders


Title: The Healthy Living Act For Americans Under SNAP Benefits


PURPOSE: The purpose of this bill is to improve the lifestyle of people who use the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.


This act may be known or be cited as the "Better Benefits Act."


SNAP- also known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. A pre-existing welfare program that improves a person's food security. Recipients may use these benefits anywhere where they are accepted. Pennsylvania citizans recieve these benefits basd on income.

Dietary Supplement- is a product intended for ingestion that contains a "dietary ingredient" intended to add further nutritional value to supplement the diet. Dietary supplements can be found in the form of tablets, capsules, powders, drinks, and energy bars. These products include vitamins, minerals, herbs, and other substances found in the human diet.

Electronic Benefits Transfer- a pre-existing benefit delivery system for SNAP benefits. Electronic Benefits Transfer is a benefit delivery system that provides public assistance recipients with electronic access to their cash and SNAP benefits.

Recipients- anyone who receives SNAP benefits.

Trained Cashier- a trained cashier is a cashier who has knowledge of the SNAP program and the "Better Benefits Act."

Section 3: Expansion of SNAP benefits

Any participant under SNAP benefits shall be given the opportunity to purchase dietary supplements with their benefits. This expantion does not include the addition of medication or anything that must

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be perscribed.

Section 4: Electronic Benefits Transfer

This is a pre-existing card system that will continue deliver the benefits. Any eligible SNAP recipients will receive a Pennsylvania Access Card. Their account will charged and the retailer will be credited with the purchase of dietary supplements.

Section 5: Purchasing Dietary Supplements

Upon purchesing the supplements the recipant will go to the cashier and will swipe their EBT card. Their account will be authorized or denied.


This act will be enforced by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare.

Section 7: Funding

There is no required funding for this bill.


There will be no issues with refusing to enact this law because the recipient's pre-existing account will be verified electronically. However, if the account is authorized and the retailer still refuses to accept them, then the retailer will be fined two-hundred (200) dollars, and every consecutive refusal the retailer will be charged five-hundred (500) dollars.


This act will go into effect six (6) months upon passage of this bill.

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Gold Representative Bill # GH 869 Committee: Gold House Public Health & WelfareDelegation: Boyertown Junior High WestAuthor(s): Justin Morris, Secondary Sponsor Gold Senator Matt Martin


Title: Underaged Purchase of E-Cigarettes


PURPOSE: The purpose of this bill is to prohibit minors under the age of 18 to purchase E-Cigarettes in any store in the state of Pennsylvania. This bill will protect minors from the harmful illnesses from vaping.


This act shall be known and may be cited as the Underaged Vaping Act.

SECTION 2: (DEFINITIONS)

Vaping - To inhale the vapors of E-Cigarettes and Vapes.

Minor - A person under the age of a full legal responsibility.

E-Cigarette - A vaporized cigarette that contains nicotine and other poisoness chemicals.

Prohibit - To not allow.

Store - A place where people go to purchase wanted or needed items.

Environmaental Protection Agency (EPA) - The EPA is an agency that helps save the environment from any harmful products.

SECTION 3: Funding

Prohibing minors from buying E-Cigarettes will have no costly effects for any store providing E-Cigarettes.


By applying this bill to all stores selling E-Cigarettes, the store owners will have to create new rules

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reguarding the purchase of these products. This rule will be to ban the purchase of E-Cigarettes from minors.


This act will be regulated by the Pennsyvania Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).


If this bill is being disreguarded by any store selling E-Ciagarrettes, a costly penalty of five hundred (500) dollars will be fined to the store owners who illegally sold the E-Cigarrette to the minor. If a store disregards this bill multiple times, they will loose their license to sell these products.


This bill will go into effect one (1) year after the passage.

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Gold Representative Bill # GH 870 Committee: Gold House Public Health & WelfareDelegation: East Shore YMCAAuthor(s): Skyler Oken, Secondary Sponsor: Gold- Senator Gianna DeVincenzo


Title: A Breath of Relief Act


PURPOSE: To prevent death and/or injury in PA students due to cardiac arrest.

Section 1 Short Title: This Act shall be known and may be cited as the A Breath of Relief Act.


CPR (Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation): A medical procedure involving repeated compression of a patient’s chest, performed in an attempt to restore the blood circulation and breathing of a person who has suffered cardiac arrest.

Cardiac Arrest: Sudden, unexpected loss of heart function, breathing, and consciousness.

School district employees: Any teacher, administrator, custodian, or cafeteria worker employed by the school district.

Schools: Private and publicly funded institutions designed for the teaching of students.

Term: Section of a school year; marking period or semester depending on a specific school’s schedule.

Teacher: Somebody who instructs curriculum and makes direct contact with a student, employed by the school district.

Administrator: Anybody who directs the overall flow of schools; principal, vice principal, etc., employed by the school district.


All school district teachers and administrators employed one or after August 1, 2016 shall be required to obtain and maintain CPR certification.

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School districts that hire administrators not CPR certified will be fined one (1) percent of that teacher’s salary per teacher that does not follow this act.


Every term, officials from the Pennsylvania Department of Education will visit each school to make sure they are abiding this act.

Section 6 Classes Offered:

School districts must offer CPR certification/recertification classes once every semester open to both students and teachers in addition to classes during teacher in service days.

Section 7 Funding:

Any necessary funding will come from the Department of Education.


This ACT shall go into effect sixty (60) days after passage.

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Gold Representative Bill # GH 871 Committee: Gold House Public Health & WelfareDelegation: Boyertown Junior High WestAuthor(s): Madison Tyson, Secondary Sponsor Gold Senator Sarah Batche


Title: Pediatric Cancer Day


PURPOSE: The purpose of this bill is to create more funding for pediatric cancer research.

SECTION 1: Short title

This act shall be know and may be cited as the "Pediatric Cancer Day" Act.


Pediatric- Is the branch of medicine that deals with the medical care of infants, children, and adolescents, and the age limit usually ranges from birth up to eighteen (18) years of age.

Research- The systematic investigation into and study of materials and sources in order to establish facts and reach new conclusions.

SECTION 3: Pediatric Day

There will be a Pennsylvania Pediatric Cancer Day put into place. Pennsylvania Pediatric Day would be the second (2) Monday of September.

SECTION 4: Advertisement

The advertisments will come from many socal media outlets and emails. The Pennsylvania will use Facebook, Twitter and othere social media sites. There will also be and email sent out to anyone who would like to recieve on. In all communication it will state facts about chilhood cancer and a list of reputable charity's that provide direct funding for pediatric cancer research.


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The Pennsylvania Department of Health will be in charge of advertising the communication. Also they will put a section on their website so the citizens of Pennsylvania can sign up to get the mass email.

SECTION 7: Funding

The Department of Health will apply any necessary funding for this bill from their current budget. There will be no extra funding outside of the Pennsylvania Department of Health.


The secretary of Pennsylvania Department of Health will be held countable for organizing all communication.


This bill shall take effect six (6) months after passage.

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Gold Representative Bill # GH 872 Committee: Gold House Public Health & WelfareDelegation: Knoch High SchoolAuthor(s): Megan Swantner, Secondary Sponsor Gold Senator Claire Lindsey


Title: Cats in Assisted Living


Purpose: To allow residents of public assisted living homes to be exposed to pets.

SECTION 1 Short Title: This Act shall be known and cited as the Cats in Assisted Living Act.


Public assisted living home- a state funded place where care can be provided for the elderly or disabled.

Low maintenance pets- pets that require less than one hour of exercise per day.

Long period of time- any amount of time longer than ten days.

Pet safe- not endangering the animals in any way

SECTION 3 Plan: Residents in assisted living homes should be permitted to own low maintenance pets as long as the resident can afford to pay for their pet. Residents at already established assisted living homes would be given a notice stating that they are allowed to own pets as well as a list of pets that meet the requirements. Residents who want to purchase a pet will fill out a form of said pet’s medical record and a list of vaccines that the pet has or will have. The form will have to be approved before the resident can own the pet. The form may be denied if the pet could endanger residents or other pets. The pets would remain the the resident’s room unless they are unable to do so. The assisted living home would be required to provide space for the pet for a limited time; if the pet must stay for long periods of time, the home may charge the resident for keeping the pets in the room.

SECTION 4 Funding: All costs concerning a pet will be covered by the resident who owns the pet. The owner of the pet must pay the assisted living home a service fee for taking the pet to a vet appointment or any similar activity. The Department of Health would cover any additional costs.

SECTION 5 Penalty: Any assisted living home that does not allow residents to own pets would be

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fined up to two hundred dollars per resident denied the right to own a pet.

SECTION 6 Effective Date: The act would be effective two years after passing.

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Gold Representative Bill #GH 930 Committee: Gold House TransportationDelegation: HersheyAuthor(s): Salman Fayaz, Secondary Sponsor Gold Senator David Mailman


Title: Removing the for profit bail system


Purpose: To discourage jail time for nonviolent offenders.

Definitions:

Bail: The money or bond put up to secure the release of a person.

Bail Bonds: Bond provided by an insurance company through a bail.

Bail Bondsman: A professional agent for an insurance company who specializes in providing bail bonds for people charged with crimes.

Bail Report: Is a recommendation that contains the defendant's criminal

history, ties to the community, medical history, and financial history.

Defendant: The individual charged with a crime in a criminal prosecution.

Jail: A place for the confinement of people accused or convicted of a crime.

Violent Crime: A crime in which an offender assaults, kills, or evidence of permitted desire to harm another person.

Nonviolent crime: A crime which an offender does not use violence to carry out a crime.

Trial: The examination of facts and law presided over by a judge usually in court

PreTrial Service Agency (PTSA): An agency responsible for gathering information about newly arrested defendants and preparing the recommendations considered by the Court in deciding release options.

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Creation of Pretrial Service:

The PTSA will be a statewide agency with offices in each county. The PTSA will have staff aged from eighteen (18) to sixty-seven (67) and will have a salary of forty-seven thousand (47,000) dollars. Each office must have more than five (5) PTSA officers staffed. It’s then up to the counties to dictate the amount added. Through the creation of the PTSA, the bail bond industry will be illegal.

Description of the Pretrial Service

The PTSA will interview and go through a defendant's background history and create a bail report. The bail report is handed to the judge during a hearing and the judge has two (2) options: release the defendant with the certain conditions outlined in the bail report or send the defendant to a jail depending on the charge and the likelihood of fleeing. The judge may not remand the defendant to a jail without overseeing the bail report.

Funding:

The PTSA will require thirty-two (32) million dollars and a .0065% tax on stocks bought and sold in the commonwealth.

Penalties:

Any judge found in violation of this Act shall face a recall election. Any county found in violation of this Act shall lose 2% of funding from the state government per year in violation.

Enforcement:

This Act shall be enforced by the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections.

Enactment

This bill shall be enacted two (2) years after passage.

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Gold Representative Bill # GH 931 Committee: Gold House TransportationDelegation: Springfield High SchoolAuthor(s): Caira Cox, Secondary Sponsor Gold Senator Jaden Callands


Title: No More Harmful Drivers



This act shall be known and cited as No More Harmful Drivers.

Section 2: Purpose

To get drivers the age of 70 or older to take a mandatory hearing and sight test at their primary care physicians it is less dangerous for them and people on the roads.


Primary Care Physician: A physician who provides both the first contact for a person with an undiagnosed health concern as well as continuing care of varied medical condition, not limited by cause, organ system, or diagnosis.

DMV: Department of Motor Vehicles.


Any person who is the age of 69 must create an appointment for the next year at the DMV. In the last 6 months that they are of the age of 69 they must go to their primary care physician and get a full sight and hearing test. Once they get the results they will go to their appointment at the DMV hand in the results. In the United States you must get the visual acuity of at least 20/40 results. As for hearing they must get greater then 40 decibels at 500 Hz, 1000Hz, and 2000Hz with or without a hearing aid when the audiometric device is calibrated to the American National Standard Z24.5-1951. If they pass both tests they will get a stamp on their driver's license to signify police if they get pulled over that they have legally taken the test.

Section 5: Certifications

Primary Care Physicians: Primary Care Physicians must pass undergraduate, and medical school

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as well the optional Board Certifications.

Section 6: Funding

There will be no funding required for this bill.


If an elder is pulled over and found that they are 70 or older without a stamp, their license will be suspended upon the first offense. If they are caught again they will get a $100-200 fine.



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Gold Representative Bill # GH 932 Committee: Gold House TransportationDelegation: Rose E. Schneider YMCAAuthor(s): Jacob Geil, Secondary Sponsor: Gold Senator Samantha Condrick


Title: Speedy Gonzales


Purpose: To prevent the speeding of Pennsylvanian motorists and to reduce the number of speeding-related accidents.


This act will be known and cited as the Speedy Gonzales act


radar- a system for detecting the presence, direction, distance, and speed of aircraft, ships, and other objects, by sending out pulses of high-frequency electromagnetic waves that are reflected off the object back to the source.

radar gun- a handheld radar device used by traffic police to estimate the speed of a passing vehicle.

local police- law enforcement agencies under the control of local government.

state police- law enforcement agencies organized and maintained by a state as distinguished from those of a lower subdivision of the state.

speeding ticket- a notice and/or fine issued by a law enforcement official to a motorist or other road user for driving above the speed limit.

speeding- driving above the speed limit.

speed limit- the maximum speed at which a vehicle may legally travel on a particular stretch of road.

fine- a sum of money to be paid by an operator as a penalty for making an offense to the law.


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In the state of Pennsylvania, it is illegal for local police officers to use radar guns as a mean of speed surveillance/control. Rather, local police officers are forced to use a system of painted lines, beams of light, timing devices, and mathematical formulas to determine the speed of a car, or any motorized vehicle. The use of radar guns is permitted only to state police officers. Currently, Pennsylvania is the only state in the United States with such a law in place.

Section 4: New Law

Local police officers will be permitted to use radar guns as a mean of speed surveillance/control. The use of radar guns will continue among state police officers.


To prevent the abuse of these radar guns, any police officer found treating these radar guns as a source of revenue through the issuance of false accusations of speeding will be fined the amount of the speeding ticket he/she issued plus an additional $200. To keep track of any possible scandal occurring, each police officer will be required to provide evidence before issuing any sort of speeding ticket. This will grant any speeding ticket issued a source of validation.

Section 6: Funding

Any necessary funding will be provided by the Department of Transportation.



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Gold Representative Bill # GH 933 Committee: Gold House TransportationDelegation: Rose E. Schneider YMCAAuthor(s): Sarah Donaldson, Secondary Sponsor Gold Senator Arushi Subba


Title: Shirts, Shoes and Helmets Required


PURPOSE: To lessen the severity of motorcycle accidents.

Section 1 Short Title: This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Shirts, Shoes and Helmets Required Act.

Section 2 Definitions: motorcycle- a two-wheeled vehicle that is powered by a motor and has no pedals

public road- any road, street or thoroughfare or any other place (whether a thoroughfare or not) which is commonly used by the public or any section thereof or to which the public or any section thereof has a right of access

thoroughfare- a road or a path forming a route between two places

helmet- a hard or padded protective hat

fine- a sum of money exacted as a penalty by a court of law or other authority

license- a permit from an authority to own or use something

revoke- to take away

Section 3 Requirement:

In Pennsylvania, any person riding a motorcycle without a helmet on a public road will be considered committing a primary offense and may be pulled over. This includes the person driving the motorcycle, as well as any passengers.

Section 4 Penalty:

The first time a passenger or driver of a motorcycle is pulled over without a helmet, the driver will be

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fined $100. The second time a passenger or driver is pulled over without a helmet, the driver will be fined $200. If a vehicle is pulled over more than once in the span of six months, or for a third time in any span of time, said driver will have their license revoked for up to six months.

Section 5 Minors:

If a person under the age of 18 is riding a motorcycle without a helmet, the driver of the motorcycle will face up to a $500 fine and may have his/her license revoked, no matter any prior offenses.

Section 6 Funding:

Any necessary funding will be provided by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.



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Gold Representative Bill # GH 934 Committee: Gold House TransportationDelegation: Rose E. Schneider YMCAAuthor(s): Emma Bogdon, Secondary Sponsor Gold Senator Samatha Condrick


Title: It Can Wait Act


Bill Title: It Can Wait Act

Purpose: To ensure all peoples safety on a road by not using a portable electronic device while driving.


This Act may be known or mat be cited as the It Can Wait Act


Hand-held mobile device: a portable telephone used for calling, texting, playing games, etc.

Motor Vehicle: a road vehicle powered by an internal combustion engine

Electronic data: Information that is stored and transmitted as binary code

Fine: A sum of money to be paid by the person/s who violate this law; for this Act, the fine shall range from $50 to $500 depending on the amount of times the law has been violated

Call: To communicate or try to communicate with another person/s by using a mobile device

Text: An electronic message sent over cellular network from a hand-held mobile device to another by typing words and sending them

Bluetooth: A standard for the short-range wireless interconnection of cellular phones, computers, and other electronic devices

Headphones: A device with a band placed over the head, for listening to audio signals, music, or speech

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Earbuds: a very small headphone, worn inside the ear

Using: To hold a hand-held mobile device while viewing, taking or transmitting images, playing games, or writing, sending, viewing, accessing, saving or retrieving e-mail, text messages, or other types of electronic messaging

E-mail: Messages distributed by electronic means from one computer user to one more via recipients via a network


The fine for using a mobile device while driving will be $300 for a first offense, $550 for a second offense within 12 months, and $1,000 and revoked drivers license (for 12 months) for a third offense within 12 months


Fine will not be given when device is used to call 911 or to call medical, fire, or police personnel about an emergency. Fine will also not be given when device is affixed to the vehicle’s surface and when person/driver uses a hands free mobile device that allows the user to communicate without the use of hands


This Bill will be enforced by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation

Section 6: Funding

All funding will be covered by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation


This bill will take effect one year after passage

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Gold Representative Bill # GH 935 Committee: Gold House TransportationDelegation: Knoch High SchoolAuthor(s): Sophia Johnson, Secondary Sponsor Gold Senator Claire Lindsey


Title: Safe Elderly Drivers Act


Bill Title:

Safe Elderly Drivers Act

Purpose:

To protect other people on the roads by having anyone 65 and older go for a drivers test every four years.


This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Elderly Drivers Act.


Driver's testing: a test that checks one's ability to drive

Picture renewal: getting a new picture for a driver's license

Suspension: the act of suspending someone or something


To have anyone 65 years or older go for a driving test every four years until the age of 81. At this age they will then go for a yearly drivers test. The drivers test will be the same as the current standards, but will involve hearing tests, physical, and mental ability to drive. Physical, mental, and hearing tests will be done by a family physician.


A fine of $100 and a license suspension of ninety(90) days for their first time not going for a driving

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test. A fine and suspension of license for double the previous amount of time and money for the second failure at getting a driving test done. A suspension of license for triple the amount of time first stated will follow if a third failure to get a drivers test done.

Section 5 Funding:

Funding will be provided by the Department of Transportation.


This act will take effect two(2) years after passage.

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Gold Representative Bill # GH 936 Committee: Gold House TransportationDelegation: Boyertown Junior High EastAuthor(s): Rachel Drakas, Secondary Sponsor Gold Senator Courtney Dennis


Title: The Safer Senior Driving Act


Title: The Safer Senior Driving Act

Purpose: To initiate driving tests for driving citizens who are seventy (70) years of age and every five (5) years after the age of seventy (70) to take.

Section 1 Short Title: This act shall be known as the Safer Senior Driving Act


Suspended Driver's License: The term to temporarily take a license away from a person for a set period of time.

Driver's License: A document permitting a person to drive a motor vehicle.

Citizen: A legally recognized subject or national of a state or commonwealth, either native or naturalized.

Knowledge Test: A test consisting of information about driving that applicants applying for a learner’s permit need to have knowledge of.

Road Test: A test of the performance of a vehicle or engine on the road (taken by applicants applying for a driver’s license).

PennDOT: The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.

Learner’s Permit: An official document that someone must have when starting to learn to drive.

Section 3 Regulations: Driving citizens in the State of Pennsylvania who are seventy (70) years of age will be required to take the Pennsylvania State Road Test and Knowledge Test. These citizens will have to take these tests every five (5) years after the age of seventy as long as they wish to continue driving. The tests must be taken within two (2) months of their seventieth (70) birthday.

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The Knowledge Test may be completed upon arrival at a PennDOT Driver’s License Center, however, a Road Test must be scheduled. Unlike when applying for a Learner’s Permit or a License Renewal, there will be no fee required by the citizens to take the Knowledge Test. If the Knowledge is taken along with the vision screening and either portion is failed, the test and screening must be retaken as many times as it takes in order to be passed. If the Road Test is failed, citizens will have three (3) tries to pass it without having to complete the Knowledge and vision screening test again. However, if the Road Test is not passed by the third (3) time, citizens will have to complete the Knowledge Test and vision screening again.

Section 4 Requirements: In order for citizens to be granted permission to drive at these ages they must have a physician, physician’s assistant, certified registered nurse practitioner or chiropractor conduct a physical examination and complete a form similar to the form DL-180, which is for a learner’s permit application. A hearing test must also be completed along with an official form verifying that a person passed the hearing test. Without a signatures from a medical professional, citizens will not be granted permission to drive. Citizens must also provide their social security number and card, two acceptable proofs of residency, and proof of identity. A vision screening must also be completed. Citizens will take this screening at the same time that they take the Knowledge Test which is also completed by people who are sixteen (16) years of age when they are applying for a learner’s permit. Both of these tests must be taken without failure in order for citizens to drive.

Section 5 Penalties: Any person who is seventy years of age and refuses to take the Pennsylvania Road and Knowledge Test after their grace-period of two (2) months, will have their license suspended until they take these tests. They will also receive a fine of seventy (70) dollars. Until this fine is paid, citizens will not be granted permission to drive on the road.

Section 6 Funding: Any necessary funding will come from the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT).

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Gold Representative Bill # GH 937 Committee: Gold House TransportationDelegation: Boyertown Junior High WestAuthor(s): Jacob Smith, Secondary Sponsor Gold Senator William Coleman


Title: Motorbike Saftey Act


PURPOSE: The purpose of this bill is to improve the saftey of cyclists.


This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Motorbike Act."


Motorcyclist(s): Person(s) who ride(s) any kind of Motorbike.

Moterbike: Any kind of vehicle with 1 to 3 wheels.

Eyewear: Heavy duty clear eye glasses worn on the eyes letting the person see at least 120 degrees.

Helmet: A full face helmet that covers the entire head letting the person see 120n degrees.

Section 3: Restrictions

Anyone who rides a motorbike must wear a helmet and eyewear letting them see 120 degrees.

Section 4: Penilties

Anyone who is riding a motorbike without a helmet or without eyewear will be fined a minimum of two hundred (200) dollars to a maximum of seven hundred (700) dollars. Also based on there record with motorbike fines they may have there bike taken away for a minimum of one (1) week to one (1) year.


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This act will be enforced by The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.

Section 6: Funding

There is no funding involving this act.


This act will go into effect one (1) year after passage.

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Gold Representative Bill # GH 938 Committee: Gold House TransportationDelegation: East Shore YMCAAuthor(s): Wil Sheker, Secondary Sponsor Gold Senator Kaijie Zhang


Title: Motor Carrier Vehicle Act


Turnpike passing lane shut down for large vehicles in inclement weather

PURPOSE: To have truckers stop using passing lanes in snow or rain


Section 1: Motor Carrier Vehicle Act

This Act Shall be known and may be cited as the Motor Carrier Vehicle Act


CDL- Commercial drivers license which is a license given to drivers who operate a vehicle from 10,00-26,000 pounds with a trailer or tow.

Section 3: Passing Lane Ban in inclement weather

All Truckers and or Large vehicles not use the Passing lane in inclement weather conditions.

Inclement Weather- Weather that will impede normal traffic flow, starting with heavy rain and light snow to blizzards, thunderstorms, etc…

Passing Lane Ban- Any Vehicle that is listed in the bill is unable to use the left lane (passing lane) ONLY in Inclement weather.

Section 4: Passing Lane ban Requirements

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The Vehicles to be banned from the passing lane on any state turnpike will be determined by the size, weight, and type of license needed to operate the vehicle. Vehicles Eligible to be banned from the passing lane are:

1) Any Vehicle with a trailer.

2) Any vehicle that a CDL is needed to operate.

3) Any vehicle over seven feet and weigh more than 2,500 pounds

4) Any emergency service vehicle is excluded from the ban

Section 5: Post-Passing Lane Ban in inclement weather

The State Police will enforce the ban and punish the violator to extent of the law.

1) If passed violating this law will result in a fine varying from $50 plus surcharges and costs based on the amount of times the law was violated.

2) The Turnpike will add signs to enforce the law and warn drivers who need to avoid the passing lane.

Section 6: Funding

The funding for this act will come from the tolls on the turnpike. This Act will not need large amounts of funding because the Turnpikes already have alert signs that will just need updated.


This Bill will come into effect immediately after passing

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Gold Representative Bill # GH 939 Committee: Gold House TransportationDelegation: HersheyAuthor(s): Olivia Bratton, Secondary Sponsor Gold Senator Julia Briselli


Title: More Than a Plea to be Hands- Free


Title: More Than a Plea to be Hands-FreeBill Sponsor: Olivia Bratton- Gold RepresentativeSecondary Sponsor: Julia Birselli- Gold Senator

Purpose: To make Pennsylvania highways safer by reducing the amount of accidents caused by drivers distracted by talking on their handheld cell phones.

Short title: This bill shall be known as More than a Plea to be Hands-Free.

Definitions:Offender: an accused defendant in a criminal case or one convicted of a crime.Cell Phone: a portable usually cordless telephone for use in a cellular system.Individual: a single person distinguished from a group or class.Traffic violation: violation of vehicle laws that is committed by the driver of a vehicle while the vehicle is in motion.Hands-free: designed to be operated without the use of hands.

Regulations:An individual cannot use a handheld cellular device while driving. Like the existing Pennsylvania texting law, under this hands-free bill, an individual can be pulled over for talking on a handheld phone while driving; hence, an officer does not need to witness another traffic violation to issue a ticket.

Enforcement/Penalties:The fine for Pennsylvania's hands-free law would be two hundred (250) dollars for a first time offender, three hundred (300) dollars for a second time offender, and three hundred fifty dollars (350) for a third time offender. Third time offenders would also have their licenses suspended for six (6) months.

Funding: There is no funding required for this bill.

Effective date: This bill will go into effect one year after it is passed.

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Gold Representative Bill # GH 940 Committee: Gold House TransportationDelegation: Knoch High SchoolAuthor(s): Elle Santora, Secondary Sponsor Gold Senator Claire Lindsey


Title: Fluorescent Clothing Act


Purpose:

To ensure the safety of pedestrians and driver at night.

Short Title:

This act shall be known and be cited as the Fluorescent Clothing Act.

Definitions:

Pedestrians-a person walking along a road or in a developed area

Fluorescent-bright and glowing as a result of fluorescence

Fluorescent Clothing-a bright and glowing shirt or pants

Activities-anything in result of being near or on an active road

Plan:

To enforce the law making pedestrians doing anything near the side of a road wear some type of fluorescent clothing after sundown.

Penalty:

If the law is broken the first time, the person will get a warning. If the law is broken a second time the person will be fined $100. The fine will increase by $100 everytime the law is broken.

Funding:

There will be some funding for the people patrolling such as police stations that will come from local

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governments

Enforcement:

There will be local police officers patrolling areas

Effective Date:

This bill will go into effect six months after passage

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Gold Representative Bill # GH 941 Committee: Gold House TransportationDelegation: Springfield High SchoolAuthor(s): David Scott, Secondary Sponsor Gold Senator Gracie Woron


Title: Teachers' Guns


Springfield High School White

PURPOSE: To increase the security of schools by allowing school trained and licensed staff to carry concealed handgun.


Section 1: This Act shall be known and may be cited as Teachers' Guns.

Section 2:

Handgun: a gun designed for use by one hand, especially a pistol or revolver.

License: a permit from an authority to own or use something, do a particular thing, or carry on a trade

University: an educational institution designed for instruction, examination, or both, of students in many branches of advanced learning, conferring degrees in various faculties, and often embodying colleges and similar institutions.

Colledge: an institution of higher learning, especially one providing a general or liberal arts education rather than technical or professional training.

High School: a school that typically comprises grades 9 through 12, attended after primary school or middle school

Middle School: a school intermediate between an elementary school and a high school, typically for children in the sixth, seventh, and eighth grades.

Elementary School: a school for the first four to six grades, and usually including kindergarten.

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Section 3:

This act will allow trained, licensed staff in a school have a concealed firearms. No other staff in the school will be allowed to know besides the principal or other authorize staff. The staff will need a mental exam every three months and needs to get a new linceased every year.

Section 4:

Staff will have to every year get a new lincease, and a mental exam between every 3-4 months. The handgun must be locked away, hidden, and out of sights but accessable to the the staff member who needs it.

Section 5:

If a staff reveals they have a weapon to anyone that is not authorized by the government they will have their handgun removed and will fined between $25,000 to $50,000. If the staff skips or is late to a mental exam they have their firearm removed and fined $150. If they don't get their license on time they will get a warning and if they do not get a new license one (1) months after the warning then their handgun will be removed and they will be charged with at least $25,000 fine.

Section 6:

This will be funded from school taxes and the money collected through through this bill (The fines from section 5).

Section 7:

This ACT shall take effect three (3) year after the bill's passage.

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Gold Senate Bill # GS 485 Committee: Gold Senate EducationDelegation: Obama AcademyAuthor(s): Elie Caruso, Secondary Sponsor Gold Representative Hailee Blackwell


Title: A Small Class Act


PURPOSE: The purpose of this bill is to lower the average amount of children in a classroom in public schools in Pennsylvania.



Public School: Any school that is funded by the state of Pennsylvania.

Classroom: Any room in which children are taught.

Wait List: The list of children that have applied to a school but have not yet been accepted into the school.

Available Classroom: Any classroom that can be used to teach children.

SECTION 2 SHORT NAME: This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Small Class Act.

SECTION 3 DETAILS: There shall be no classroom with more than twenty-five(25) students or one(1) teacher, excluding student teachers or visitors. The wait list for schools may increase, and the amount of children in the school may decrease, but all available classrooms shall be used.

SECTION 3 PENALTIES: Failure to comply to the amount of children in a classroom will result in:

1st Offense: A fine of $25,000

2nd Offense: A fine of $50,000

3rd Offense: The school will be enforced by the Department of Education to make sure that this offense will not occur in the future.

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SECTION 4 FUNDING: Any funding required for this bill will be provided by the Department of Education.

SECTION 5 EFFECTIVE DATE: This bill will come into effect two school years after the bill is passed.

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Gold Senate Bill # GS 486 Committee: Gold Senate EducationDelegation: Butler YMCAAuthor(s): Nathan Ellis, Secondary Sponsor Gold Representative Yasmine Zentz


Title: I've Fallen and I Can't Get Gas!


Purpose: To provide assistance for disabled citizens in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Section 1 Short Title: This Act shall be known and may be cited as the I’ve Fallen and I Can’t Get Gas Act.


Gas Station- An establishment that sells gas or oil

Phone Number- String of numbers that can be used to reach another phone

Clearly Visible- Able to be easily seen or spotted

Handicapped Symbol- The International Symbol of Access (ISA), which has a wheelchair insignia

Section 3 Restrictions: Each gas station in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania must post a sign at each gas pump with the phone number of that corresponding gas station.

Section 4 Sign Specifications: The signs must be clearly visible and say, “If you need assistance, call” and then the phone number of that gas station. There must also be an image of the handicapped symbol on each sign.

Section 5 Penalties: Any gas station that acts in violation of this Act shall pay a monthly fine of five-thousand dollars ($5,000) until they are no longer in violation.

Section 6 Funding: This Act shall be funded by the Pennsylvania Department of Health and Welfare.

Section 7 Effective Date: This Act shall go into effect one (1) year after its passage.

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Gold Senator Bill # GS 487 Committee: Gold Senate EducationDelegation: Butler YMCAAuthor(s): cyril sheptak, Secondary Sponsor Gold Representative Yasmine Zents


Title: the Win-Win Lottery Act


PURPOSE: to encourage savings in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

SECTION 1 Short Title:

This act shall be known and may be cited as The Win-Win Lottery Act.


Prize linked savings account- a savings account where some of the interest payment on bank deposits is

distributed in larger amounts to fewer people according to a periodic lottery

Lottery- a means of raising money by distributing numbered tickets and giving prizes to the holders of numbers drawn at random

Credit union- a nonprofit-making money cooperative whose members can borrow from pooled deposits at low interest

rates

SECTION 3 Prize:

The participating bank will be allowed to take a small percentage from the interest of a prize linked savings account holder determined by the

bank and combine it with money drawn from other account holder’s interest. The money will be pooled at the end of a

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predetermined cycle and will be distributed to the winner(s). The amount of money in the payout, lottery drawing dates, and

number of prizes will be determined by participating bank.

Section 4 Rules and Regulations:

The prize linked savings account must be optional. Banks are not required to have a prize linked savings program. New banks will have to

register with the state before they are allowed to start a prize linked savings program. Credit unions will not be allowed to open a prize linked

savings program. In order to open a prize linked savings account, the person must be over the age of 18.


Any bank caught abusing the prize linked savings system in any form will receive serious fines, jail time and lose the ability to

participate in the prize linked savings system.

SECTION 6 Funding:

Funding will be drawn from the Pennsylvania department of commerce.

SECTION 7 Effective date:

This bill shall take effect one year after passage.

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Gold Senator Bill # GS 488 Committee: Gold Senate EducationDelegation: Philadelphia YMCA AchieversAuthor(s): Elizabeth Healy, Secondary Sponsor Gold Representative Raymond Tillman


Title: Pennsylvania Education Act


Purpose: To have all public schools in the state of Pennsylvania have the wilson reading program.


This Act shall be knowen asn may be cited as the Wilson Act


Reading Programs- a program design to teach literacy skills.

Schools- An institution for the instruction of children of people under college age.


The state shall require that all schools to have the wilson act. By doing so, the state will increase literacy rates in elementary schools, therefore they will decrease illiteracy rates. Resulting in more producting citizens.


Parents will have a private right to sue the school district if the program is not adopted.

Section 5 Funding:

Funding should be coming from the department of education. K-6 grade public schools will pay $150 per person

Section 6

This act shall take effect (1) year after the passage of this bill.

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Gold Representative Bill # GS 489 Committee: Gold Senate EducationDelegation: Knoch High SchoolAuthor(s): Austin Micko, Kade Hilterman, Gold Senator, Patrick Jones, Gold Representative


Title: Mandatory Recycling Act


The General of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby enacts as follows:

Purpose: The purpose of this bill is to help the enviroment and to reduce waste. Recycling is an easy and very effective way to reduce waste, reuse materials and reduce landfill space.

Section 1 Short Title: This act shall be known and may be citied as the Mandatory Recycling Act

Definitions:

Recycling: when an old product is taken to a plant and turned into a new product

Private Business: Any business that is not owned by the goverment

Section 3 Regulation: The plan is for every household, private business and public place to have three seperate bins for glass, paper, and aluminum. Every two weeks a recycling truck will come around and empty each of the bins. Each bin will then be taken to a recycling plant where the materials will be recycled and turned into new products.

Section 4 Penalties: A fine will be given if nothing is placed in any of the bins for four consectutive weeks. The first fine will be $100, the fines will increase by $100 if nothing is placed in the bins. The fines will not stop until materials are placed in the bin for recycling.

Section 4 Fnding: The funding will come from fines and the PA goverment.

Section 6 Effective Date: The effictive date will be one year from when the bill is passed.

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Gold Senator Bill # GS 490 Committee: Gold Senate EducationDelegation: Obama AcademyAuthor(s): Kyra Baillie, Secondary Sponsor Gold Representative Machia Hairston


Title: The Physical Education and School Funded Sports Bill


Purpose:

To provide student athletes an alternate way to earn their physical education credit(s) and get thier schoolwork done.


This Act shall be known and may be cited as The Physical Education and School Funded Sports Act.


Student athlete: any student who participates in 5+ hours of school funded athletics a week.

Physical education credit(s): The required credits a student recieves by passing a physical education class.

Study Hall:A class where students have freetime to do homework or school work in a quiet classroom or library setting.

School Funded Sport:An athletic program paid for by the school.

Sports Coach: The adult responsible for the orignization of the school funded sport.


1. All public highschools will provide student athletes with an alternative study hall class to earn thier physical education credits.

2. The school will provide a teacher to maintain a productive enviroment in the study hall classroom.

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1.The amount of physical education credits needed to graduate highschool will remain the same, but public highschools will provide a study hall option for student athletes to earn the credit(s) through.

2. The alotted physical education classtime may only be used towards physical education credits; the alotted classtime cannot be used towards other class credits.

3. Student athletes who wish to participate in study hall instead of thier regular physical education class must prove that they are participating in 5+ hours of school funded sports a week. They will prove this by having their sports coach sign a form that confirms the student has participated in 5+ hours of school funded sports a week, and turn it into thier physical education teacher.

Section 5 Funding:

All negligible funding will be provided by the Pennslyvania Department of Education.


The Pennslyvania Department of Education will be responsible for enforcing this act.


This Act will be effective at the start of the 2018-2019 school year.

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Gold Senator Bill # GS 491 Committee: Gold Senate EducationDelegation: Springfield High SchoolAuthor(s): Jaden Callands, Secondary Sponsor Gold Representative Ciara Cox


Title: 2 YEAR FREE EDUCATION FOR PA RESIDENTS AT STATE COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES


BILL TITLE: 2 YEAR FREE EDUCATION FOR PA RESIDENTS AT STATE COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES

An Act

PURPOSE: To provide free education, encourage state students to stay in Pennsylvania for undergraduate studies, and increase economic growth within the state.

SECTION 1 SHORT TITLE: This act shall be known and be cited as 2 Year Free Education Pennsylvania

SECTION 2 DEFINITION:

State colleges/universities - any undergraduate institution within Pennsylvania that is state funded.

College - An institution of higher learning, especially one providing a general or liberal arts education rather than technical or professional training.

University - an institution of higher learning made up of an undergraduate division which confers bachelor's degrees and graduate division.

SECTION 3 TERMS:

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Pennsylvania high school student must have 2.5 ( 2.5 helps cushion for people that are adjusting to college) GPA at time of acceptance to college/ university and at graduation.

Students can't transfer to another college/university after completing the first two years.

Students must maintain 2.5GPA during first two years of studies.

Free tuition does not apply to room and board.

SECTION 4 PENALTIES and ENFORCEMENT:

If it is determined students were fraudulent about residency in Pennsylvania the two year free tuition program will be revoked and would also be forced to pay the money back to the state.

If student does not maintain 2.5 GPA at time of graduation the two year free tuition will be revoked.

If student at the time of undergraduate studies does not maintain GPA of 2.5 she/he will forfeit free tuition and pay the monies owed for time spent at college/university. They also lose the free tuition for remainder for the first two years.

If student transfers before completing 4 years out of state she/he will be required to pay money owed for first two years or if spent less time they must pay for semesters completed.

SECTION 5 FUNDING:

Sales Tax from liquor(18%) and tobacco($1.60 per pack containing 20 in all) sales


This legislation will go into effect two fiscal years following passage of the bill.

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Gold Senator Bill # GS 492 Committee: Gold Senate EducationDelegation: Butler YMCAAuthor(s): Liam Farrell, Secondary Sponsor Gold Representative Yasmine Zentz


Title: No more Mondays act


Bill Title: No more Mondays act

Referred to committee on, Education PURPOSE: to save school districts in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania money by reducing the number of school days per week.

The General Assembly of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby enacts as follows

SECTION 1: Short titleThis act shall be known and cited as the no more Mondays act

SECTION 2: DefinitionsSchool week- The part of the week devoted to school.School year- The period of the year during which a school has classes.

SECTION 3: Rules and RegulationsSchools in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania must have a four day school week with increased hours to make up the required 990 school hours per year. All schools in the commonwealth must also all have the same day removed from the school week to minimize confusion. The Pennsylvania department of education will be the ones to decide which day of the school week is removed. The money saved from the school day reduction shall be given to the school board to distribute between the school's programs and employees.

SECTION 4: PenaltiesAnyone who is found in violation of this bill will have to pay a fine of $200,000 per violation.

SECTION 5: FundingNo funding will be necessary for this bill

SECTION 6: Effective dateThis bill shall take effect at the beginning of the school year, one year

after passage

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Gold Senator Bill # GS 493 Committee: Gold Senate EducationDelegation: Boyertown Junior High EastAuthor(s): James Sahakian, Secondary Sponsor Gold Representative Blaise Caroselli


Title: The Homeless Education Act



PURPOSE: To create an educational program for the homeless and others without a degree so they can pursue employment and will be able to afford a home. SECTION 1 Short Title: This Act shall be known and may be cited as The Homeless Education Act. SECTION 2 Definitions: Education: the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgement, and generally preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life. Homeless: a person or people who lack permanent housing. Student: a person formally engaged in learning, especially one enrolled in school or a program. Program: a planned, coordinated group of activities and procedures often for a specific purpose, or a facility offering such a series of activities. Economics: the science that deals with the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services, or the material welfare of humankind. Family Consumer Science: the profession and field of study that deals with the economics and management of the home and community. It is shortened as FCS. Employment: a person’s trade or profession. Teacher: a person who teaches or instructs as a profession. Substitute teacher: A person who teaches a class when the regular teacher is unavailable. Mentally ill: a mental or behavioral pattern that causes either suffering or a poor ability to function in ordinary life. Subsidized housing: government sponsored economic assistance program aimed towards alleviating housing costs and expenses for people in need with low to moderate incomes. Non-profit organization: an organization whose purposes are other than making a profit. Entry-level: suitable for a beginner or first time user. Circular placement: the action of placing someone in a specific pace based on knowledge and skill. General Education Development (GED): a group of four subject tests which, when passed, provide certification that the test taker has American or Canadian high school-level academic skills Skill: the ability to do something well. Facility: space or equipment necessary for doing something. SECTION 3 Age Regulations: Students who are or above the age of eighteen will be classified as adult students. Others who are younger will require a signature from parent/guardian or state. SECTION 4 Foundation: This bill will regulate a program to teach homeless people or others without an education and skills required to function independently in society and manage his or her own lives.

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The program’s first year will begin on August 31st. Students will live at a facility where three meals made by workers will be served and sleeping arrangements will be made. Students do not pay to attend the program. Classes include Elementary Economics (Intro to Money, common needs or wants, what can we buy, etc.,), Family Consumer Science (FCS), Mathematics, English, and Introduction to Computers (All classes are basic). Students who are mentally ill and considered “dangerous” are not allowed to attend until doctor signature of permission. Students will be evaluated when entering the program order for teachers to assess their knowledge of subjects (curricular placement). Depending on where students stand on education, the program can last from twelve weeks to a year. If a student fails the program, they can remain in the facility and wait for the series of classes to start up again. When a student completes his or her set of classes, he or she will take the General Educational Development tests for a certification. SECTION 5 Continuation: After a minimum of eight weeks of learning a trained skill such as cooking, sewing, and other basic skills, students will search for an entry-level job while still living at the facility. Entry level employers include, but are not limited to, restaurants, factories, and landscape companies. Students will be supervised by employers who will write a review that will be read by teachers from facility. Graduated students will be helped on finding employment and subsidized housing. Graduated students must come for a support group meeting once a week for a minimum of twelve weeks. They can also return to support current students. Teachers will be credited as one and must be professional. Substitute teachers will be allowed. SECTION 6 Application: In order for verification of a student being homeless, an application will be essential for a student to qualify for the program. The application will include background information, current living status, reasons for applying to program, future expectations, etc. SECTION 7 Advertisement: To inform possible students and teachers, there will be advertisements in newspapers, soup kitchens, libraries, commercials, etc. Advertising will begin six months before the program’s first year. For soup kitchens, there will be a representative from the department to notify applicants the details of the program and the positive outcome it can have, and to answers questions they will have. The advertising will include why people would want to apply to the program. SECTION 8 Agency: The Pennsylvania Department of Education will be of service and oversee the program. SECTION 9 Funding: Any necessary funding for this bill will come from the Pennsylvania Department of Education. To recuperate currency for the department, the taxation of cigarettes will be increased from $1.60 to $2.00. SECTION 10 Effective Date: This act shall take effect one year after passage.

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Gold Senator Bill # GS 494 Committee: Gold Senate EducationDelegation: Knoch High SchoolAuthor(s): Kade Hilterman, Secondary Sponsor Gold Representative Braden Zukowski


Title: Hands on Learning Act


Purpose: To enforce hands on learning in classrooms.

Section 1 Short Title: This Act shall be known and cited as the Hands on Learning Act.


Public school: is defined as any school that is supported by public funding.

Hands on learning: is defined as a form of learning in which students use creativity and physical materials to create and partake in intellectual projects.

Individualized Education Program: is defined as a learning program designed by an administrator for the student specifically.

Gifted Individualized Education Program: is defined as a learning program designed by an administrator for an identified gifted student specifically.

Section 3 Plan:

Every public school in the United States will be forced to support hands on learning in classrooms up to the third grade. The schools will distribute two hours daily for hands on learning for every student from the first to third grade, and one hour daily for every student from the fourth to twelfth grade with exemptions and exceptions being made only for Individualized Education Program (IEP) or Gifted Individualized Education Program (GIEP) students.

Section 4 Penalty:

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The penalty for not implementing a hands on learnimg program will be a fine of fifty thousand ($50,000) dollars per year.

Section 5 Funding:

Any funding needed for this will come from the Department of Education. No one school may request any funding greater than ten thousand ($10,000) dollars. This funding will be monitored and overseen by the Department of Education.


This will be implemented four (4) years after passage.

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Gold Senator Bill #GS 495 Committee: Gold Senate EducationDelegation: Boyertown Junior High WestAuthor(s): Sarah Batche, Secondary Sponsor Gold Representative Francesca Calautti


Title: The School Delay Act


PURPOSE: The purpose of this bill is to delay all public schools starting time statewide by one (1) hour minimum of their normal time.



This act shall be known and cited as the "School Delay Act"


Delay- Put off starting something until a later time

Productive- Working hard to achieve better results

Middle School- School that contains grades six (6) to eight (8)

High School- School that contains grades nine (9) to twelve (12)

Elementary School- School that contains grades kindergarten to sixth (6) grade

Section 3: School Delay Act

All public schools in Pennsylvania will be required to start their school days no earlier than eight (8) A.M. The school day will still be the same amount of time and will end later. Therefore, students will receive the same amount of education, and be more productive mentally and physically.

Section 4: Funding

There will be no funds needed to carry out this act.

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This act will be enforced by the Pennsylvania Department of Education.


Any middle or high school refusing to start their school day later will be fined five thousand (5,000) dollars per year until their policy is changed.


This act will go into effect one (1) year after passage, at the beginning of the school year.

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Gold Representative Bill # Committee: Gold Senate Environmental Resources & EnergyDelegation: Obama Academy

Author(s): Corey O'Brien, Co-sponsor: Hailee Blackwell


Title: Safe Piloting


Purpose: To properly regulate unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) sales and to enforce proper consequences to those who break laws with UAV's.

Section 1 Short Title: This act shall be known and cited as the Safe Piloting act.


UAV- an unmanned aerial vehicle (an aircraft piloted by remote control or onboard computers).

FAA- The Federal Aviation Administration is the national aviation authority of the United States.

UAV Crime- Any act with the possibility of harming the operator or surrounding people near a UAV.

Section 3 Regulations: This act will mandate all UAV sales and operations to be under close observation and record will be taken. This Law applies to all UAVs that have a lifting capacity of over 3 (three) pounds and/or a range of 1 (one) mile. The records include all the information of a customer or operator and mandates consequences to those who commit a crime while using an UAV or a crime committed with a UAV.

Section 4 Penalties: Any operation of a unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) while under the influence of an impairing substance will result in immediate UAV impounding followed by a legal case to determine whether jail time or a rehabilitive service should be provided based on the severity of the crime. The operator of the UAV at the time of the crime must follow through with legal actions or their ability to purchase and operate UAVs exceeding the 3 (three) pound lifting capacity and/or 1 (one) mile range will be revoked. This legal action depending on the accompanying charges will be at minimum a $1,000 dollar fine.

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Section 5 Funding: Any necessary funding for the Safe Piloting Act will come from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) who may charge 1% of the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)'s price to record and register the UAV and all fines for an offence committed against this act will be collected by the FAA for funding.

Section 6 Effective Date: This act shall go into effect January 1st of the year following the bill's passage.

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Gold Senate Bill # GS 560 Committee: Gold Senate Environmental Resources & EnergyDelegation: Butler YMCA

Author(s): Oliviah Montag, Secondary Sponsor Gold Representative Yasmine Zentz


Title: Next Exit to Blindness Act


SECTION ONE SHORT TITLE: This act shall be known and may be cited as the Next Exit to Blindness Act

SECTION TWO DEFINITIONS: Billboard: An advertisement along a roadway that exceeds thirty feet squared (30ft squared)

State-Owned Roadway: Any road or highway maintained and numbered by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Watt: Unit of measurement used in measuring power

SECTION THREE PROVISIONS: Billboards along Pennsylvania roadways will not be able to exceed two-hundred watts (200 watts) per square foot of signage, slightly above the wattage of an average traffic light.

SECTION FOUR REGULATIONS: Any company or billboard owner in violation of this act must pay a three-thousand dollar ($3000) fine per billboard.

SECTION FIVE ENFORCEMENT: This act will be enforced by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.

SECTION SIX FUNDING: Any unforeseen funding will come from the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation .

SECTION SEVEN EFFECTIVE DATE: This bill shall be affective one (1) year after passage.

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Gold Senator Bill # GS 561 Committee: Gold Senate Environmental Resources & EnergyDelegation: Coventry Christian High School

Author(s): Beyonce' Brown, David Curtin,Secondary Sponsor Gold Representative Cory Butcher


Title: #Banthebox


Purpose: To give convicts and ex-convicts an equal chance of work.

Section 1: This Act shall be known and cited as #BanTheBox.

Section 2: Job Application Convict Boxes: All boxes pertaining to prior or past convictions.

Section 3: All boxes pertaining to prior or past convictions shal be eliminated from all public and private job applications. However, if your job has anything to do with childcare you may have a box asking if they have any prior or past convictions that involve a minor. You may then give a background check after you have extended a job offer.

Section 4: The current law on job applications boxes shall be terminated, and all boxes should be taken off all job applications.

Section 5: This bill requires no funding or changes to the state's budget. No other laws or aspects pertaining to job appilcations will not be changed, only the removal of the conviction boxes.

Section 6: This act shall go in effect one year after being passed.

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Gold Senator Bill # GS 562 Committee: Gold Senate Environmental Resources & EnergyDelegation: Rose E. Schneider YMCA

Author(s): Arushi Subba, Secondary Sponsor Gold Representative Marisa Ortiz


Title: The SOLution Act


PURPOSE: To encourage citizens to use eco-friendly forms of energy

Section 1: Short Title: This act will be known and cited as the SOLution Act


Home-Owner- any citizen who owns a home in Pennsylvania Solar Panel- A panel design to absorb the sun's rays as a source of energy for electricity or heating Tax Credit- and amount of money that could be offset against a tax liability Primary Source- for the purpose of this act, the primary source will be the principal or greatest source of energy in the household

Section 3: Incentive:

Any home-owner who purchases solar panels and uses them as the main energy source in the home shall receive Solar Power Tax Credits. The solar panels must be installed in the home. Solar energy created by the panels should be the primary source of energy. If solar energy is used as an energy source of the house-hold, but is not the primary source of energy, The house-hold will not qualify for tax credit. The qualification of the tax credits wills be determined by the Committee to Monitor Solar Energy.

Section 4: The Committee to Monitor Solar Energy:

This committee be will established and funded by the Department of Energy. The committee will have a standard scale that will be used to check if the primary source of energy being used in the house-hold is solar.

Section 5: Funding:

Any necessary funding will come from the Department of Energy.

Section 6: Effective Date: This Act will come to pass one year after passage.

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Gold Senator Bill # GS 563 Committee: Gold Senate Environmental Resources & EnergyDelegation: Hershey

Author(s): David Mailman, Secondary Sponsor Gold Representative Salman Fayaz


Title: Tokamak over TMI


Purpose:

The purpose of this bill is to encourage the creation of cleaner energy sources and reduce pollution from electrical generation.

Definitions:

Nuclear Fusion: Hydrogen, heated to very high temperatures changes from a gas to a plasma in which the negatively-charged electrons are separated from the positively-charged atomic nuclei (ions). However, if the conditions are such that the nuclei can overcome the electrostatic forces to the extent that they can come within a very close range of each other, then the attractive nuclear force (which binds protons and neutrons together in atomic nuclei) between the nuclei will outweigh the repulsive (electrostatic) force, allowing the nuclei to fuse together, causing a release of energy.

Power Plant: According to 10 CFR 500.2 [Title 10 Energy; Chapter II Department of Energy; Subchapter E Alternate Fuels; Part 500 Definitions], the term electric power plant means any stationary electric generating unit consisting of (a) a boiler, (b) a gas turbine, or (c) a combined cycle unit which employs a generator to produce electric power for purposes of sale or exchange

Stellarator: A toroidal device for producing controlled nuclear fusion that involves the confining and heating of a gaseous plasma by means of an externally applied magnetic field. Stellarators extend the torus with straight sections to form a racetrack shape, and then twisting one end by 180 degrees to produce a figure-8 shaped device. When a particle is on the outside of the center on one of the curved sections, by the time it flows through the straight area and into the other curved section it is now on the inside of center.

Tokamak: A toroidal device for producing controlled nuclear fusion that involves the confining and heating of a gaseous plasma by means of an electric current and magnetic field. The plasma is contained in a vacuum vessel. The vacuum is maintained by external pumps. The plasma is created by letting in a small puff of gas, which is then heated by driving a current through it. The hot plasma is contained by a magnetic field which keeps it away from the machine walls. The combination of

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two sets of magnetic coils – known as toroidal and poloidal field coils – creates a field in both vertical and horizontal directions, acting as a magnetic ‘cage' to hold and shape the plasma.

TMI: Short name for Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station

Continuous Inspection: Inspections so persistently repeated at short intervals as to constitute virtually an unbroken series

Semiannual Inspection: Inspections occurring every half-year

As Needed Inspection: Inspections conducted on special (supplemental) basis; those plants that exceeded established thresholds during routine inspections and, therefore, require heightened agency scrutiny.

Business: any activity or enterprise entered into for profit. It does not mean it is a company, a corporation, partnership, or has any such formal organization, but it can range from a street peddler to General Motors. It is sometimes significant to determine if an accident, visit, travel, meal or other activity was part of "business" or for pleasure or no particular purpose.

Multiple Penalties: Four (4) Penalties

Regulations:

This Act allows for the subsidization of one (1) nuclear fusion power plants based on the Tokamak or Stellarator reactor design. The subsidization of these power plants shall be applied to construction costs. Subsidization shall amount to half of the cost of construction of each power plant or an amount up to one billion five hundred million (1,500,000,000) dollars, whichever is lesser. This subsidization shall be granted to a business that has presented a design to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and has been approved by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection as the design that will generate the largest net amount of power. Businesses will have a period of two (2) years after the bill takes effect. The business that is selected for subsidization shall be granted a period of fifteen (15) years to complete the construction of the reactor.

Funding:

If a business receiving subsidization receives multiple penalties within a five (5) year period, they shall have subsidization stopped for a five (5) year period. Funding for the construction of these reactors shall be attained by the following methods: 1) Half of the funds created by penalties from this bill shall be directed towards the continued enforcement of this bill. 2) Half of the funds created by penalties from this bill can be used for subsidization of the corporation receiving subsidization by this bill when it has not had repeated penalties applied within the last five (5) years. 3) An increase of .002% shall be added to the preexisting Sales and Use tax for a period of fifteen (15) years. 4) Half of remaining funds created by tax raises by this bill shall be used for funding of inspections. 5) Half of remaining funds created by tax raises by this bill shall be granted to the business after completion for the purpose of continued funding of the power plant; these funds shall be equally distributed over a period of fifty (50) years after completion of construction.

Penalties:

If a nuclear plant fails to comply with a semiannual inspection, the operating contractor shall be

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fined an amount equal to or greater than Twenty Million (20,000,000) Dollars. For every repeated consecutive violation, the fine shall be increased by an amount of Five Million (5,000,000) Dollars alongside a fine equal to the previous fine. If a nuclear plant fails four (4) or more consecutive continuous inspections, or two (2) or more periodical inspections, the operating contractor shall be fined an amount equal to or greater than Fifteen Million (15,000,000) Dollars. If a nuclear plant fails one (1) or more as needed inspections, a fine of two hundred fifty (250,000,000) dollars shall be applied to the operating contractor. All breaches related to improper working conditions not relating to the reactor itself shall result in a fine of One Hundred Thousand (100,000) Dollars or more, as well as compensation to the worker(s) in question.

Enforcement:

Enforcement of this bill shall be performed by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.

Effective Date:

This Bill shall take effect one (1) year after passage.

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Author(s): Moosa Qureshi, Secondary Sponsor Gold Representative Salman Fayaz


Title: Preservation of Beauty Act


Purpose:

To preserve the health and beauty of our Commonwealth through increased recycling efforts.

Section I: Title

This act shall be known and cited as the Preservation of Beauty Act.


- Recycling: To convert (waste/trash) into reusable material.

- Fine: A sum of money exacted as a penalty by a court of law or other authority.

- School day: A day on which classes are held in a primary or secondary state-funded public or charter school.

- Infraction: A violation or infringement of a law, agreement, or set of rules.

- School District: A geographical unit for the local administration of state-funded public or charter schools.

- Cumulative: Increasing or increased in quantity, degree, or force by successive additions.

- Health: The state of being free from illness or injury.

-Student: A person who is studying at a state-funded public or charter school..

Section III: Regulations

Any and all public school districts within the state of Pennsylvania that have a total student

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population of 2,000 or more will be required by the State to produce a minimum of 5,000 pounds of recycling material by the end of a period of 30 school days.

School districts will be required to weigh the total amount of recyclable material collected at the end of the 30 day period in order to confirm they are in compliance with this regulation.

The Pennsylvania Departments of Education and Environmental Protection shall conduct random inspections two (2) times during the school year, which will be arranged by their discretion.

Section IV: Enforcement

This act shall be enforced by the Pennsylvania Department of Education and the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.

Section V: Penalties

If the said quota of 5,000 pounds of recyclables is not met, the state funding for the school will be cut by 0.15% per school year. After five repeated offenses the school district’s funding will be cut .30% until the school district meets the next quota in full.

Section VI: Exceptions

The inspectors from the Pennsylvania Departments of Education and Environmental Protection may determine if a school district is unable to fulfill this quota, but is still working diligently to try to meet these requirements. If this is the case, the inspectors will have discretion over penalties and the school district’s participation.

Section VII: Funding

All material funding will be provided by a .05% tax on water used per gallon in the state of Pennsylvania.

Section VIII: Effective Date

This act will go into effect two (2) years after its passage.

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Author(s): Jonas Cream, Secondary Sponsor Gold Representative Jamie Easterwood


Title: Limitation on fracking


Purpose:

To reduce the amount of pollution in Pennsylvania, have cleaner water, and to limit where fracking can happen.


Taxing on Fracking


Water treatment: the act or process of making water more potable or useful, as by purifying, clarifying, softening, or deodorizing it.

Hydraulic fracturing (fracking): a process in which fractures in rocks below the earth's surface are opened and widened by injecting chemicals and liquids at high pressure: used especially to extract natural gas

Net worth: the total assets of a business minus its total liabilities

Radius: a straight line extending from the center of a circle or sphere to the circumference or surface

Department of Environmental Protection: State organization in charge of overseeing the protection of the ecological effects of industries

Hydrochloric acid: a strongly acidic solution of the gas hydrogen chloride in water

Natural Gas: flammable gas, consisting largely of methane and other hydrocarbons, occurring naturally underground (often in association with petroleum) and used as fuel.

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Fracking will be prohibited within a two (2) mile of water treatment plant and towns/cities where the population in greater than twenty thousand (20,000) people. Any preexisting fracking facilities that are already within this radius will be allowed to finish but must be sealed and dismantled within one year (1) of finishing. These existing facilities would have a tax increase for the duration of their operation. They will be able to take one hundred (100%) of the well’s total production. The tax increase will be five percent (5%) on top of their existing taxes.


Any company that breaks this radius will be fined one percent (1%) of the company's total net worth and a five percent (5%) increase on taxes. This five percent (5%) increase on taxes will stack but not the one percent (1%) on the companIves total net worth.


Any facility already within the the radius will not be fined five percent (5%) of the company's total net worth, but will be fined five percent (5%) on their existing taxes.


This bill will be enforced by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.

Section 7: Funding

This bill shall be paid for by a one percent (1%) increase on sales tax on sand.

Section 8:

This bill will go into effect one (1) year once it becomes a law.

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Gold Senator Bill # GS 567 Committee: Gold Senate Environmental Resources & EnergyDelegation: Boyertown Junior High West

Author(s): Matt Martin, Secondary Sponsor Gold Representative Andrew Benning


Title: Safety on the Slopes


Purpose: The purpose of this bill is to protect all skiers and snowboarders across the state of Pennsylvannia

Section 1: Short Title- This act will be cited and refered to as Saftey on the Slopes act


Ski resort- skiing/snowboaring area with lifts where the public is welcome, and the resort makes a profit

Slopes- Snow coverd area where skiiers and snowboarders can go down a hill to ski or snowboard

Lift Ticket- Ticket that allows you to get to the top of the moutain to be able to ski or snowboard down

Season- The winter months that the weather is cold enough to ski or snowboard

Helmet- Protection of the head that has a strap under the chin so it will not fall off and protet your head so no injury can happen certified by ASTM F2040

Section 3: Requirement- All skiiers and snowboarders in the state of Pennsylvania will now be requried to wear helmets during their skiing or snowboarding session.

Section 4: Penalties- If a skiier or snowboarder does not follow this bill, the skiier or snowboarder will lose the lift ticket for the day that they do not wear the helmet. The second time that they do not follow the bill they will lose the lift ticket again, and be fined fifty (50) dollars. Every time they do not wear a helmet will lose the ticket and have to pay fifty (50) dollars. If the skiier or snowboarder does

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not wear a helmet and is caught a fifth time during the season, they will lose the rights to be able to go to that resort for the rest of the season.

Section 5: Enforcement- Ski patrol will be on the slopes and will find anyone not wearing a helmet, and remove them form the slopes and remove their lift ticket for the day or season if it is their fifth time having be removed from the slopes. If a worker running the lift finds a skiier or snowboarder not wearing a helmet, they will remove them from the line for the lift, and remove their lift ticket. The Pennsylvania Health and Saftey division will have two inspections on unknown dates to see if the resort is following the law.

Section 6: Funding- The Health and Saftey Department of Pennsylvania will fund anything necessary

Section 7: Effective Date- This act will go into effect one (1) year after passage.

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Gold Senator Bill #GS 568 Committee: Gold Senate Environmental Resources & EnergyDelegation: Boyertown Junior High West

Author(s): William Coleman, Secondary Sponsor Gold Representative Kailey Bray


Title: The Ban on White-Tailed Deer Culling


Purpose- The purpose of this act is to protect all White-Tailed Deer in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania from culling to increase the population of deer.

Section 1: Short Title:

This Act shall be known as the Ban on White-Tailed Deer Culling.


Ban- to offically or leagally prohibit

White-Tailed Deer- wild ruminant animal

Culling- to capture, enclose and kill deer in mass numbers to limit population

Sharpshooters- people hired to lure and kill deer in mass numbers

Hunting- Killing an animal for beneficial or sport purposes.

License- permit to hunt for a specific species.

Section 3: Description

All White-Tailed Deer culling is to be banned.


The Pennsylvania Game Commistion will enforce responsibilities and regulations for this bill.


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For every deer killed there will be a fine of $3000.

Also a revocation of their license for 3 seasons.

After the second offense the person will lose their liscense for the rest of their life.

Section 6: Funding

All money going towards the deer culling will be used to take out all treestands and other equipment used in the cull.

Section 7: Meat

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Author(s): Hamza Bachnak, Secondary Sponsor Gold Representative Salman Fayaz


Title: Less Power For More Plants


Purpose: This bill shall lower the carbon emissions produced by power plants to improve health standards in pennsylvania

Definitions:

Coal Powered Power Plants: Any power plant that is a power station that burns coal.

Carbon Emissions: the release of carbon gases and/or their precursors into the atmosphere over a specified area and period of time.

Power Plant: an installation where electrical power is generated for distribution.

Regulation: The limit of carbon emissions for all coal powered power plants will be amended from the previous 0.045 pounds per feet squared hour to 0.044 pounds/feet squared hour.

Penalties: All power plants found to be in violation of this Act shall be fined 3% of the gross income of the powerplant per week of non-compliance.

Exemptions: This does not apply to all non-coal powered power plants such as nuclear powered power plants, steam powered power plants, etc

Enforcement: This act shall be enforced by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.

Funding: All funding required shall come from a 1 percent increased tax of plastic water bottles

Effective Date: This Act shall be enacted 2 years after passage

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Gold Senator Bill # GS 570 Committee: Gold Senate Environmental Resources & EnergyDelegation: Knoch High School

Author(s): Claire Lindsey, Secondary Sponsor Gold Representative Amelia Walls


Title: Psychologist On Hand Act


Section 1 Short Title: Psychologists in School

Section 2 Purpose: The school district will hire a certified psychologist. They will be required to be in the school district at all times during school hours. The psychologist cannot be a current staff member, such as a guidance counselor.


School: an institution for educating children

Psychologist: a specialist in behavior and children's minds

School District: The area in which all of a school's facilities and buildings are located.

Section 4 Plan: To ensure students' mental health by having a psychologist in the district at all times.

Section 5 Penalty: 1% out of the school's budget

Section 6 Funding: Department of Education

Section 7 Effective Date: 1 year after passage

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Gold Senator Bill # GS 571 Committee: Gold Senate Environmental Resources & EnergyDelegation: Somerset High SchoolAuthor(s): Primary Sponsor Gold Senator Kaylee Richard, Secondary Sponsor Gold Rep. Karlee Bittner


Title: More Food for Higher Grades Act


Purpose: To increase food portions by grade level in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Section One: Short Title: This act shall be known as More Food for Higher Grades Act.

Section Two: Definitions-

Public school- (chiefly in North America) a school supported by public funds.

Section Three: Mandated by the Department of Agriculture.

Section Four: Location- Within the borders of the Pennsylvania commonwealth.

Section Five: Consequence- The first penalty will be a fine of one hundred dollars ($100). Any time thereafter will be a penalty of fifty dollars ($50) added to the previous fine.

Section Six: Effective Date: The bill will be in effect one (1) year after passed.

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Gold Senator Bill # GS 780 Committee: Gold Senate Law & JusticeDelegation: East Shore YMCAAuthor(s): Kaijie Zhang, Secondary Sponsor Gold Representative Shawky Darwish


Title: Background Check for public housing applicants


AN ACT

I. Purpose: To make it easier for low income applicants or applicants with intellectual disabilities to get public housing.

II . Short Title: This Act shall be known and may be cited as the The Housing Background Check Act.

III. Definitions :

Low Income Applicants: According to The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, low income applicants are defined as applicants with income at 80% of the median income of the county they live in.

Background Check:The Background Check is a comprehensive examination of financial records, criminal history record, and credit records. Financial records check will be emphasized in this case.

Public Housing: A form of housing tenure in which the properties are owned by a government authority.

Intellectual disabilities: Disabilities in any way that affects one’s intellects.

Special case applications:The applications that the applicants do not give permission of a complete background check.

Department of Revenue:Federal agency responsible for handling revenue generated from the taxation of citizens and businesses.

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IV. Background Check specifications

The Background Check in this case shall include an applicant’s criminal record, financial records and credit records. The credit records will be emphasized and a lower income would lead to a high chance of successful application.

V. Applicant Requirements

An applicant must be a low income applicant or an applicant with intellectual disabilities or both. An applicant must pass the background check in which consent would be asked by the date of application in order to complete the application.Applicants who fail to consent to the background check will go to the end of the line behind those who consent to the check.

VI. Funding

The Background Check will cost twenty (20) dollars per applicant, as all applicants’ payments will be funded by the Pennsylvania Department of Human Service with a annual budget of 5 million dollars for all applicants in Pennsylvania.

VII. Penalties

The applicants must not have an income that are higher than the bottom 20 percent income in Pennsylvania, the application will be immediately rejected and no further applications will be accepted from the applicant. The Department of Revenue will be responsible then to investigate the applicant’s past tax paying records on whether they have legally paid all tax in the past.

VIII. Enforcement

The Pennsylvania Department of Human Services shall promulgate all necessary regulations to enforce the provisions of this act.

IX. Effective Date


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Gold Senator Bill # GS 781 Committee: Gold Senate Law & JusticeDelegation: Middletown Area High SchoolAuthor(s): Zeryab Ibrahim, Secondary Sponsor Gold Representative Stephanie Finsterbush


Title: A Simple Assault a Day Keeps the Medical Malpractice Away


PURPOSE: to reduce the amount of deaths and injuries due to malpractice.

SECTION 1: Short Title:

This act shall be known and may be cited as the " A Simple Assault a Day Keeps the Medical Malpractice Away" Act.


Simple assault- attempts to cause or intentionally, knowingly or recklessly causes bodily injury to another

Medical Malpractice- the improper, unskilled, or negligent treatment of a patient by a physician, dentist, nurse, pharmacist, or other health care professional.”

Misdemeanour of the Second Degree- A crime is a misdemeanour of the second degree if it is so designated or if a person convicted thereof may be sentenced to a term of imprisonment, the maximum of which is not more than 2 years.

SECTION 3: Requirement

Medical malpractice will be added to the definition of simple assault in Title 18 under subsection 2701. This bill is moving medical malpractice court cases from a civil law court to a criminal law court. If an individual is convicted of medical malpractice, he or she has committed a simple assault, which is a second degree misdemeanour. Which would allow any judiciary to sentence a health care professional convicted of medical malpractice to a maximum sentence of two years in prison

SECTION 4: Funding

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Any funds that arise due to the passage of this bill shall be paid by the Department of Law and Justice.


If an individual is convicted of medical malpractice, the judiciary in question would have the ability to sentence said individual up to a maximum of two years in prison.

SECTION 7: Effective Date.

This bill shall take effect 1 year after passage.

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Gold Senator Bill # GS 782 Committee: Gold Senate Law & JusticeDelegation: HersheyAuthor(s): Alexandra Rapp, Secondary Sponsor Gold Representative Elizabeth Jaskulski


Title: Tips... It's a TRAP!


Purpose:

to increase equality among salaried workers in the state of Pennsylvania in order to make sure that those who are being paid with tips are able to have a sustainable lifestyle which will allow them to pay off their debts, and remain above the poverty line.

Definitions:

Low income Households - Households with a total income that does not exceed 150% of the federal poverty level. In 2007 the federal poverty level (FPL) for a household of four in the 48 contiguous United States and District of Columbia more than $30,000 (approximately 150% of the 2007 FPL).

Debts - A sum of money owed by one person to another. Debts may be secured or unsecured. Secured debts are those over which the creditor has some security in addition to the personal liability of the debtor (as in a mortgage, charge or lien). So, a secured creditor may proceed against the assets or promises (in the case of a guarantee) that constitute his security. An unsecured creditor must prove with the general creditors in the debtor's insolvency. After the

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making of a bankruptcy order, no person who is a creditor of the bankrupt in respect of a debt provable in the bankruptcy has any remedy against the property or person of the bankrupt in respect of that debt, or may, before the discharge of the bankrupt, commence any action or other legal proceedings against the bankrupt except with the leave of the court and on such terms as the court may impose. In place of these rights, the creditors acquire a right to share proportionally in the distribution by the trustee of the bankrupt's estate of the bankrupt's assets that became vested in the trustee.

Secure - To assure the payment of a debt or the performance of an obligation; to provide security.

Employed - "Public employee" or "employee" means any individual employed by a public employer but shall not include elected officials, appointees of the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate as required by law, management level employees, confidential employees, clergymen or other persons in a religious profession, employees or personnel at church offices or facilities when utilized primarily for religious purposes and those employees covered under the act of June 24, 1968 (Act No. 111), entitled "An act specifically authorizing collective bargaining between policemen and firemen and their public employers; providing for arbitration in order to settle disputes, and requiring compliance with collective bargaining agreements and findings of arbitrators."

Salary - A recompense or consideration made to a person for his pains and industry in another person’s business; also wages, stipend, or annual allowance. A fixed periodical compensation to be paid for services rendered; a stated compensation, amounting to so much by the year, month, or other fixed period, to be paid to public officers and persons iu some private employments, for the performance of official duties or the rendering of services of a particular kind, more or less definitely described, involving professional knowledge or skill, or at least employment above the grade of menial or mechanical labor.

Poverty line -the estimated minimum level of income needed to secure the necessities of life. For a family of four (4) the yearly income that meets Pennsylvania’s guidelines is twenty-four thousand two hundred and fifty dollars ($250, 240) at minimum.

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Minimum wage - The minimum hourly rate of compensation for labor, as established by federal statute and required of employers engaged in businesses that affect interstate commerce. Most states also have similar statutes governing minimum wages. The minimum cash wage for tipped workers in Pennsylvania is two dollars and eighty-three cents ($2.83) that is made up into the standard Pennsylvania state minimum wage of seven dollars and twenty-five cents ($7.25). For employees who work for minimum wage earn seven dollars and twenty-five cents ($7.25) per hour worked.

institution- The commencement or initiation of anything, such as an action. An establishment, particularly one that is eleemosynary or public by nature. An institution can be any type of organized corporation or society. It may be private and designed for the profit of the individuals composing it, or public and nonprofit.

Regulations:

This act shall change the current pay system for tipped employees from the two-dollars and eighty-three cents ($2.83) with added tips to reach the standard minimum wage of seven dollars and twenty-five cents ($7.25) to have all tipped employees begin with a three dollar ($3.50) flat payment with their hourly tip earnings. This three dollars ($3.00) Will increase by one dollar ($1.00) for each year that the employee works at the institution until their payment is seven dollars ($7.50) that is to be added to their hourly tips.

Penalties:

In the case that a company or business is found to be breaking this law, they will pay a fee of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) per employee for each month the employer does not comply, if the company’s yearly income is within the range of five-hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) to nine-hundred thousand dollars ($900,000) a year. If a company’s income exceeds a million dollars ($1,000,000), they must pay twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) per employee for every every month the employer does not comply to this law.

Enforcement:

This bill will be enforced by The Pennsylvania Department of Labor and and Industry

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Section five: Funding: If any funding is needed for the implementation of this bill it will be derived from the Labor department

Effective date:

This bill shall go into effect one (1) year after passage

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Gold Senator Bill # GS 783 Committee: Gold Senate Law & JusticeDelegation: Somerset High SchoolAuthor(s): Mya Cameron, Secondary Sponsor Gold Representative Karlee Bittner


Title: Know Before You Go Act


Purpose: To give the public the right of knowing to how many emergency calls of service have been made from the lodging establishment in the past year so the public can make informed decisions on where they will stay.


This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Know Before You Go Act.


Lodging establishments: Any establishment that provides overnight accommodations such as hotels, motels, inns, and tourist homes.

Emergency Call: A call made to emergency services during emergencies.

Section 3: Specifications

All public lodging establishments will be required in the Common Wealth of Pennsylvania to state all emergency calls made throughout the past year. Specifying to which emergency sevice was called for assistance. Lodging establishment will be required to report any and all emergency calls to the Department of Labor after an emergency call is made, the lodging establishment, from which the call was made, will have one (1) month to report the information to the Department of Labor. When the Department of Labor receives this information it will be posted to the Department of Labor’s official website.


The Department of Labor and Industry will be responsible for the enforcement of this Act.


All lodging establishments that do not comply with this legislation will have their license revoked for thirty days on the first offense. Any more violations of this legislation will result

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in a one (1) year suspension of license.

Section 6: Funding

This Act does not require any type of funding. If any future funding is needed the Depart of Labor and Industry will be responsible.



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Gold Senator Bill # GS 784 Committee: Gold Senate Law & JusticeDelegation: Springfield High SchoolAuthor(s): Amanda Brown, Secondary Sponsor Gold Representative Caroline Gozzard


Title: Banking on Bondage


PURPOSE: To ensure the wellfare of prisoners in the state of Pennysylvania by prohibiting private profit prisons

SECTION 1 SHORT TITLE: This act shall be known and may be cited as the Banking on Bondage Act


Prisoner: A person legally held in prison as a punishment for crimes they have committed or while awaiting trial

Prison: A building in which people are legally held as a punishment for crimes they have committed or while awaiting trial.

Private Profit Prisons: A place in which individuals are physically confined or incarcerated by a thrid party that is contracted by a government agency.

SECTION 3 PROHIBITION: The Commonwealth of Pennysylvania will no longer be in contract with private profit facilities. All prisons in contract with private facilities at the passage of this bill will continue their contracts untill it has expired, and will not renew the contract.

SECTION 4 EFFECTIVE DATE: This bill shall take effect one (1) year after passage

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Gold Senator Bill # GS 785 Committee: Gold Senate Law & JusticeDelegation: Ligonier Valley High SchoolAuthor(s): Marissa Tunstall, Secondary Sponsor Gold Representative Emily Kim


Title: Fairness to Fans Act


Purpose: The purpose of this bill is to require sports franchise owners to re-pay the citizens for any public funding that is used to finance a sports stadium in the event that the Owner elects to relocate their team from their city.

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Section 1 Short Title: This Act shall be known and may be cited as the “Fairness to Fans Act”. Section 2 Definitions: Owners: Private individuals, partnerships, or corporations who have legal status as the owners and/or controlling members of professional sports franchises. Fans/Public: The local citizens who support the sports franchise and Owners through taxation, admission, concessions, apparel purchases, etc. Public Funding: Taxes imposed on the local population, tourists, visitors and local businesses to assist Owners in running their franchises, and/or renovating or constructing new stadiums Section 3 Stipulations: In the event that public funding is used to assist Owners on a financial level, the Owners will not relocate their franchises without first fully and completely reimbursing said residents and local business for all taxes and fees paid by them in support of the Owner and his franchise. This Bill is specifically intended to protect the local fan base of said sports franchises and to fully reimburse them for the emotional distress incurred when Owners elect unilaterally to uproot the local institution. Section 4 Funding: Owners may use private loans or private funds to reimburse the tax payers, which must be 100% full and complete before being allowed to relocate. In the event the Owner is insolvent or relocates in direct violation of this law, the franchise in question will be converted to a public entity, owned from that point forward by the citizens of the city. Section 5 Effective Date: The effective date of this law will coincide with the date it is voted into law and duly signed by the Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.


Gold Senator Bill # GS 786 Committee: Gold Senate Law & JusticeDelegation: Springfield High SchoolAuthor(s): Emily Cooney, Secondary Sponsor Gold Representative Katie Bennett


Title: Retake or Hit the Brake


PURPOSE: Adults that reach the age of 70 years and are still driving much retake their driving exam.


Section 1: Short Title: This act shall be known and may be cited as the Retake, or Hit the Brake Act.


Adults- a person who is fully grown or developed , or above the age of 18.

Driving- the control and operation of a motor vehicle.

Driving Exam- procedure designed to test a person's ability to drive a motor vehicle.

Senior Citizen- an elderly person above the age of 65, especially one who is retired.

Retake- take again.

Section 3: Procedure:

Once a senior citizen reaches the age of 70 they will have to register for a driving test. The senior citizen will have one year to complete this task. The driving test will be like the one taken when a person first got their license. A senior citizen will have to pay a flat rate of $20.00 for the test.

Section 4: Enforcement:

If a senior citizen is driving on the road, and hasn’t taken a retake of their driving exam after many years of reaching the age of 70, their driver's license will be permanently taken away.

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If a senior citizen doesn’t take their test before they turn 71, their license will be suspended until it is taken. If the senior citizen fails their test, they will get a retake and their license will be suspended until they test is passed.

Section 6: Effective Date: This bill will go into effect one year after passage.

Funding: Any other funding will be covered by the Pennsylvania Department of Motor Vehicles.

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Gold Senator Bill # GS 787 Committee: Gold Senate Law & JusticeDelegation: Rose E. Schneider YMCAAuthor(s): Samantha Condrick, Secondary Sponsor Gold Representative Rishin Sharma


Title: Turn On Our Economy


The YMCA Youth & Government Convention

Bill Title: Turn On Our Economy

An Act

Purpose: To legalize the ability of private businessesto provide prostitutionservicesin the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby enacts as followed:


This act shall be known and may be cited as Turn On Our Economy Act.


Healthy State of Mind - being mentally stable and not under the influence of drugs and alcohol

Sexual Activities- acts involving but not limited to sexual intercourse and oral sex [see below]

Sexual Intercourse - sexual contact between individuals involving penetration, especially the insertion of an

erect penis into a vagina.

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Oral Sex - sexual contact between the mouth and the genitals or anus;fellatio,cunnilingus,oranilingus

Prostitutes - an individual over the age of 18whoengagesinsexualactivitiesforremuneration.

Brothels - ahouseofprostitution.

STD - sexuallytransmitteddisease:anydiseasecharacteristicallytransmittedbysexualcontact,such asgonorrhea,syphilis,genitalherpes,andchlamydia.

HIV - avariableretrovirusthatinvadesandinactivateshelperTcellsoftheimmunesystemandisacauseofAIDSandAIDS-relatedcomplex:variantswereidentifiedinseverallaboratoriesandindependentlynamedlymphadenopathy-associatedvirus(LAV)humanT-celllymphotropicvirustype3(HTLV-3)andAIDS-relatedvirus(ARV)thenamehumanimmunodeficiencyvirus(HIV)beingsubsequentlyproposedby

aninternationaltaxonomycommittee

Aids - adiseaseoftheimmunesystemcharacterizedbyincreasedsusceptibilitytoopportunisticinfections,

aspneumocystiscariniipneumoniaandcandidiasis,tocertaincancers,asKaposi'ssarcoma,andtoneurologicaldisorders:

causedbyaretrovirusandtransmittedchieflythroughbloodorbloodproductsthatenterthebody'sbloodstream,especially

bysexualcontactorcontaminatedhypodermicneedles.

Pimp - aperson,usuallyaman,whosolicitscustomersforaprostituteorabrothel,usuallyinreturnforashareoftheearnings;

pander;procurer.

Threesome - sexual activitiesinwhichthreepersonsparticipate

Rape - unlawfulsexualintercourseoranyothersexualpenetrationofthevagina,anus,ormouthofanotherperson,withor

withoutforce,byasexorgan,otherbodypart,orforeignobject,withouttheconsentofthevictim.

Sexual Assault - Sexual assault is any involuntary sexual act in which a person is coerced or physically forced to engage against their will, or any non-consensual sexual touching of a person

Section 3: Rules and Regulations - Prostitutes must go through a screening period before they are brought into a business. They must have a drug test and they have to be tested for STDs HIV and Aids. If they are found to have any of those diseases, they will not be allowed to provide their services. The Prostitutes must be tested once every week for the diseases listed above. They must be above the age of 18 to be allowed to work as a Prostitute or in a Brothel. Individuals who are looking to have sex with a prostitute must also be over the age of 18. Customers also have to pass the test for STDs HIV and Aids. Customers will have to go through a screening before they are allowed to meet the prostitutes. Both the Prostitutes and Customers must have a healthy state of mind to be allowed to participate in sexual activity.

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Section 4: Liabilities

Condoms and Birth Control will be provided if needed and or wanted. If a Prostitute choses to go without either of these prevention techniques and proceed to get pregnant, the one pregnant can chose whether or not to keep the baby or chose to find another place for it. If chosen to keep the baby, it will be their responsibility and not the Brothels. They may solicit child care from the babies other half. However this can not be placed on the Brothel because they gave the option for a prevention technique.

Section 5: Funding

Any private funding for this bill will be provided by private businesses and any state funding will be provided by the State Department of Consumer Protection and Public Safety. All testing will be provided by the State Department of Consumer Protection and Public Safety but the private business will be charged for one third of testing bills for the month.

Section 6: Taxes

Brothels will be taxed 10% for every service transaction made. The money collected from taxing will be sent to the State Department of Consumer Protection and Public Safety, which will determine the distribution of collected tax money.


If the prostitutes or the customers fail to go through a screening process there will be a five hundred dollar ($500)fine. If the prostitute or the customer has an STD and participates in sexual activities,which then proceeds to infect other persons, they will be fined one thousand ($1000)dollars and will have to cover medical expenses up to five thousand dollars ($5000)for the person whom they have infected.

Section 8: Income

The prostitutes will make half of the night's earnings due to their services. Pimps will make a fourth of the income for the night. The Brothel will take the rest of the money and put it forth to any updates and maintenance it may need to make. This is all after taxes are taken from the earnings.

Section 9: Obligations

If at any point throughout the day or night the prostitute does not feel comfortable, they are allowed to opt out. The customers will receive a refund of one third of their purchase. Also they are allowed to make request such as no threesomes or they may only want to be with a person of a specific sexuality. They are also allowed to only participate in certain sexual activities; however, they need to request this during the screening.

Section 10: Security

To prevent actions such as rape and sexual assault, the prostitutes will have security guards. They will be outside the room and will have a way of monitoring the actions that are happening inside of the room. If the prostitute does not feel safe, all they have to do is leave the room. If some force

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is preventing them to do so the security guard would be alerted and would be able to help the prostitute. Additionally, the safety of the prostitute in public would be confidential. They do not have to say that they work in the Prostitution industry. Their work life is completely confidential and the prostitute is not allowed to disclose any information about the person whom they havesectional interactions with. The security guard is someone whom the prostitute feels comfortable with and has chosen them personally. If the security guard intervenes and it was not necessary for them to the customer will get a coupon for a half of visit the next time they wish to visit.

Section 11:Screening

These are questions asked by the employer. This is very similar to a job interview with requests that can be made by the prostitutes. Certain questions will be required by the state but if there are other situations that the brothel would like to cover they are more then welcome to. All business will be required to ask for sexual preference and about STD,HIV and Aids testing.

Section 12: Time

The customer will be able to purchase the amount of time they want with the prostitute or prostitutes. This time must be during business hours and the rates per hour will increase after 2 hours of time has been spent together.


This act shall take effect one year after passing.

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Gold Senator Bill # GS 789 Committee: Gold Senate Law & JusticeDelegation: Boyertown Junior High EastAuthor(s): Courtney Dennis, Secondary Sponsor Gold Representative Rachel Drakas


Title: Stop Dog Discrimination


PURPOSE: When a homeowner wants to purchase homeowner’s insurance, the insurance company they apply to can not turn away the customers just because they have a “dangerous” breed of dog. The company also cannot charge an extra sum of money to insure the dog.


This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Stop Dog Discrimination Act.


Homeowner’s Insurance: insurance against risks such as fire or burglary associated with houses or apartments.

Insurance: a practice or arrangement by which a company or government agency provides a guarantee of compensation for a specific loss, damage, illness, or death in return for payment of a premium.

Dangerous Breed: a breed of dog that was found responsible for fatalities or other injuries on another animal or person(any dog belonging to the Pitbull Terrier or Mastiff family, Rottweiler, Akita, Boxer, Alaskan Malamute, Chow Chow, Doberman Pinscher, German Shepard, Shar Pei, Siberian Husky, and Wolf Hybrid).


Any person who has purchased a house and owns a dangerous dog (such as any breed mentioned in the definition for “Dangerous Breed”) shall be able to purchase homeowner’s insurance despite whatever breed of dog they may have. Insurance companies cannot deny their customers for the only reason being the breed of dog the customer owns. Insurance companies can only charge $70-100 dollars for pet insurance for any and all breeds of canine.

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SECTION 4: Exceptions

If a dog has aggressively bitten any person before and that event is legally documented, the insurance company is able to deny insurance for their customer’s dog, but not homeowner’s insurance. In order for an insurance company to deny to insure a dog, the dog has to have aggressive bitten anyone in the past in which that person needed medical attention from a hospital for that bite specifically. The incident must also be legally documented by the medical facility that treated the dog-bitten patient, or documented by a court.


If an insurance company refuses to grant a customer homeowner’s insurance or insure the customer’s dog without the dog having a legal document of an aggressive attack, the company will owe the customer at least $250 for the inconvenience. Also, if the insurance companies charge more than $100 per year to insure the dog, they have to pay the customer who bought the insurance whatever amount the company took from them.



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Gold Senator Bill # GS 790 Committee: Gold Senate Law & JusticeDelegation: Boyertown Junior High East

Author(s): Ann Marie Howald, Gold Senator: Courtney Dennis. Gold Representative: Rachel Drakas


Title: Commercial Dog Breeding Act


Purpose: To reduce the number of puppies bred and bought in puppy mills and support rescues

Section 1 Short Title: This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Commercial Breeding Act


Breeding: the act of making a business from mating and producing offspring by animals generally in cats or dogs

Puppy Mill: the slang term that refers to Commercial dog breeders

SPCA ( Society for the Prevention of Cruelty of Animals): an organization that prevents animal abuse and takes in and cares for stray animals

Rescue: organizations that saves animals from abuse or euthanization by placing in a foster home

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Puppy: a young dog between birth to two years in age

Fosters: a family that temporarily takes care of a rescue pet until the perfect permanent home is found

Section 3 Procedure:

All puppy mills or breeders that collect over three (3) hundred dollars a year from selling puppies are to pay a seven percent tax for each puppy sold. These taxes can be paid by April 15 every year. This tax will then be split evenly towards the development of local inexpensive vet clinics for rescue or shelter pets and rescues that have foster parents. Breeders and puppy mills are causing any family or person interesting in getting a pet turn to these inhumane businesses instead of going to a rescue or shelter. This results in an increase in both puppy mill sales and number of pets in a rescue or shelter. Better conditions of rescues and shelters, the increase in foster dogs, and the less expensive vet bills will hopefully encourage a family to adopt a pet from a rescue or shelter rather than contribute to an unethical business.


Any violations that do not meet the circumstances of this act will be fined two (2) thousand dollars with an extra one (1) hundred dollars for each day the act is disregarded.


This act will be enforced by the Pennsylvania Bureau of Dog Law Enforcement..

Section 6 Funding:

There is no funding needed to have this act.

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Gold Senator Bill # GS 791 Committee: Gold Senate Law & JusticeDelegation: East Shore YMCAAuthor(s): Brennan Conway, Secondary Sponsor Gold Representative Danny Tran


Title: Pennsylvania Domestic Solar Energy Production Act


Pennsylvania Domestic Solar Energy Production Act

Bill Title: Pennsylvania Domestic Solar Energy Production Act

AN ACT

Purpose: To provide a financial incentive for domestic land owners to install grid connected solar photovoltaic arrays manufactured in Pennsylvania.


Section 1 Title:

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This act shall be known and may be cited as The Pennsylvania Domestic Solar Energy Production Act.


Photovoltaics- (PV) is the name of a method of converting solar energy into direct current electricity using semiconducting materials that exhibit the photovoltaic effect, a phenomenon commonly studied in physics, photochemistry and electrochemistry.

Grid Connected Photovoltaics- a grid connected PV system is an electricity generating solar PV system that is connected to the utility grid.

Net Energy- The total difference between electricity taken from the grid and electricity put back in the grid.

Equipment Requirements- A grid-connected PV system that consists of solar panels, one or several inverters, a power conditioning unit and grid connection equipment. The system must be manufactured in Pennsylvania to be eligible for tax credits.

Section 3 Applicable Sectors

Residential, privately owned, and nonprofit owned land or property is eligible for incentive.

Section 4 Eligible Technologies

Grid Connected PV systems are eligible for the incentive.

Section 5 Administrator

The administrator of the program will be the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development. A committee to administer the program will be appointed immediately following the signing of the Bill.

Section 6 Application

If all property and equipment requirements are met, an application for the incentive may be submitted to be reviewed by a committee within the Department of Community and Economic Development. Interested applicants must apply between January 1st and February 28th of each year. At the end of the application period, the administrator will select applications to review at

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random. If applications are accepted, a ten year contract will be approved by the application committee and signed by the applicant. When the contract ends, a new application must be submitted to renew the contract.

Section 7 Incentive

The Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development will award a performance based Incentive of $0.78 USD per kilowatt hour (kWh) of net energy returned to utility grid. The tax credit will be eligible for PA Personal Income Tax.

Section 8 Property Ownership

If property that has already been approved for the program should change ownership for any reason, a new application must be filed within the application period in order for funding to continue.

Section 9 Funding

Funding for the program will be reallocated from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development.

Section 10 Regulations

This Act shall be regulated by the Department of Community and Economic Development


This Act shall take effect by the appointing of an administration committee within the Department of Community and Economic Development immediately after signing of the Bill. Applications will begin on the first day of January one year following the signing of this Act.

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Gold Senator Bill # GS 792 Committee: Gold Senate Law and JusticeDelegation: Springfield High SchoolAuthor(s): Gracie Woron, Secondary Sponsor Gold Rep. Caroline Shelly


Title: 2 Sports, No Gym


Primary Sponser: Gold Senator-Gracie Woron

Secondary Sponser: Gold Representative Caroline Shelly

Club Name: Springfield Township High School White

Referred to Committee: Education

Bill Title: 2 Sports, No Gym

PURPOSE: Student athletes in high school playing two or more school sports are not required to take gym as a class, and will have the opportunity to take a different class in place of that gym class.

SECTION 1 SHORT TITLE: This act shall be known and may be cited as the 2 Sports, No Gym.


Sport: an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment

Public high school: a school that is maintained at public expense for the education of the children of a community or district and that constitutes a part of a system of free public education commonly including primary and secondary schools

Gym: Physical education

Student athlete: A participant in an organized competitive sport sponsored by the educational institution in which he or she is enrolled

Elective: an optional study; a course that a student may select from among alternatives

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SECTION 3 TERMS: High school student athletes involved in playing two or more sports will not need to take gym as a class. They are given the opportunity to choose another elective other than study hall. Their participation will take the place of gym class, therefore the credits for the elective will be given to the student. The student athlete must complete the same amount of hours from practice as a student taking gym would complete. If a student athlete doesn’t complete the same amount of hours from practice or fails a class long enough where it prohibits them from participating in their chosen sports, then they must take gym class after school, when the sport has ended, or a day when they don’t have practice. If a student athlete wants to receive a gym credit for that year from playing two or more sports in the beginning of the year, but then decides to not play a second sport they will not receive the credit from only the one sport.

SECTION 4 PENALTIES AND ENFORCEMENT: The penalty for public schools enrolling student athletes in a gym class will result in a fine of five-hundred (500) dollars per student athlete. After each year the Pennsylvania Department of Education will get lists of every student athlete playing two or more sports and their courses from that year. If a student athlete chooses to have gym as a class there must be a note on their course list.

SECTION 5 FUNDING: There is no funding required for this bill.

SECTION 6 DATE EFFECTIVE: This bill will be effective one year after passing.

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Gold Senator Bill #GS 880 Committee: Gold Senate Public Health & WelfareDelegation: Boyertown Area Senior HighAuthor(s): MARTIN DAVIDHEISER, Secondary Sponsor Gold Representative Drew Benning


Title: Anti Crumb Rubber Act



This act shall be known and may be cited as The Anti Crumb Rubber Act


Crumb Rubber-the name given to any material derived by reducing scrap tires or other rubber into uniform granules

Section 3 Organizational Regulation:

All organizationally and government owned athletic fields will be investigated semiannually by representatives from the Pennsylvania Department of Health.

Section 5 Organizational Penalties:

Organizations found to be using crumb rubber on any of their fields will lose all current government subsidies and funds that they receive and any fields that are found to be using crumb rubber will be deemed unsafe and prohibited from use. When the organization is found to be in compliance with this act they will receive all funds and subsidies they received prior, as well as the subsidy provided by this act.

Section 6 Government Owned Penalties:

All athletic fields which are owned by all level of government and found to be using crumb rubber will be deemed unsafe and prohibited from use.

Section 7 Additional Inspections:

Anyone may request additional inspections of any sports fields. Only one (1) additional inspection of any field may be scheduled in a year. The additional inspection may be requested based either off

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of a new compliance or defiance of this act.

Section 8 Funding:

All funding required for this bill will come from the expenses saved from by cutting funds in accordance to penalties and 0.5% tax increase on automotive products.


This Act shall take effect one (1) year after passage.

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Gold Senator Bill # GS 881 Committee: Gold Senate Public Health & WelfareDelegation: Springfield High SchoolAuthor(s): Magdalene O'Rourke,Secondary Sponsor Gold Representative Caroline Horn


Title: Anti-Discrimination Act


BILL TITLE: Anti-Discrimination Act

ANTI-DISCRIMINATION ACT

PURPOSE: To refrain businesses and organizations from discriminating against potential customers for reasons other than personal safety.


SECTION 1 SHORT TITLE: This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Anti-Discrimination Act.


Discrimination: Treatment or consideration of, or making a distinction in favor of or against a member of a protected class as defined by Pennsylvania code.

Protected classes: Race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry or place of birth, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, marital status, family status (in housing only), age or use of a guide animal due to blindness, deafness or physical disability --- may also include additional classes. This is defined by Pennsylvania code and affects all municipalities except Willkes-Barre, Williamsport, and Altoona.

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Business: The practice of making one's living by engaging in commerce, often exchanging goods or services for money.

Unsafe: Something or someone that is a clear and present danger or threat to one’s personal safety.

Service Provider: An institution that provides a service or fulfills a need of the community.

Customer: A person that buys goods or services from a store or business.

SECTION 3 TERMS:

No business or service provider can discriminate against any potential customer by refusing service. Service can be refused if someone is deemed unsafe to anyone in the vicinity. If there is no clear and present danger at hand, the customer must be treated with and receive goods or services of the same quality, if applicable, as every other customer. Instances of discrimination will be reported to the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission, and offenders will be sought out through their resources.

SECTION 4 PENALTIES:

Offenders will be fined up to ten thousand dollars ($10,000) at the court’s discretion.

SECTION 5 FUNDING:

There will be no funding required for this bill.


These guidelines will be applied one (1) year after passage.

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Gold Senator Bill # GS 882 Committee: Gold Senate Public Health & WelfareDelegation: Obama AcademyAuthor(s): Mikaela DeCarlo, Secondary Sponsor Gold Representative Hailee Blackwell


Title: Gender Neutral Bathrooms


PURPOSE: to have bathrooms in public schools for people who do not identify as male or female.

Section 1 Short Title: This act shall be known and may be cited as the Gender Nuetral Bathrooms Act.

Section 2 Definitions: Public Schools- an institution for educating children funded by taxpayers.

Gender Nuetral Person- One who does not conform to the binary genders (male or female)

Section 3 Regulations: Public Schools will be required to have a gender neutral bathroom for students who do not identify as male or female.

Section 4 Funding: the Department of Education will fund this bill.

Section 5 Effective Date: Planning will take place 1 year after passing and building will take place 3 years after passing.

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Gold Senator Bill # GS 883 Committee: Gold Senate Public Health & WelfareDelegation: Springfield High SchoolAuthor(s): Emily Walsh, Secondary Sponsor Gold Representative Carolyn Price


Title: Less Sugar, Less Damage


PURPOSE: To put an age limit to drinking soda because it is very unhealthy for younger children and can cause damage.

SECTION 1 Short Title: This Act shall be known as the Hyper Children No More Act.


Sugar: any of the class of soluble, crystalline, typically sweet-tasting carbohydrates found in living tissues and exemplified by glucose and sucrose

Soda: carbonated water with sugar

SECTION 3 Terms: No child under the age of eight can consume any form of soda. A child is allowed to be in the possession of soda as long as it is not consumed. All schools will be required to give ID's to children eight and under. The guardian(s) of every child will be required to carry the ID's of their children.

SECTION 4 Penalties: If a child under the age of eight is seen consuming soda, a warning will go to the guardian(s) of the child. The second usage will be a $50 fine to the guardian(s). Every next usage will be an additional $50. If a school, or anyone else, willingly gives soda to a child under the age of ten, the same penalties apply.

SECTION 5 Enforcement: The township police will monitor this just like drinking. If they see a child that looks young, drinking soda, they will ask their guardian to see an ID.

SECTION 6 Funding: Any money necessary for oversight and regulation will be funded by the Pennsylvania Department of Public Health and Welfare.

SECTION 7 Date Effectiveness: This bill will be available one school year after passage.

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Gold Senator Bill # GS 884 Committee: Gold Senate Public Health & WelfareDelegation: Springfield High SchoolAuthor(s): Kaitlin Moyer, Secondary Sponsor Gold Representative Siobhan Nolan


Title: Reducing the Price of Saving Your Life


Section 1: Title- Reducing the Price of Saving Your Life

Section 2: Purpose- To ensure a voucher of money given monthly, by the government, to patients diagnosed with celiac disease to help defray the increased cost of gluten free food

Section 3: Short Title- This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Reducing the Price of Saving Your Life Act.


Celiac Disease: a disease in which the small intestine is hypersensitive to gluten, leading to difficulty in digesting food

Voucher: a small printed piece of paper that entitles the holder to a discount or that may be exchanged for goods or services.

Section 5: Terms

Citizens who have been officially diagnosed with Celiac Disease will be given a monthly voucher to supplant excess cost of gluten-free food. The voucher will be disposed by the government through mail. This will be able to be used at any grocery store chain throughout America.

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Section 6: Funding

Each patient will receive a voucher of $100 a month. The funding will be provided by the each individual states department of health.

Section 7: Penalties and Enforcement

Enforcement would include having to apply for the monthly voucher and evidence of test confirming patient has celiac disease must be shown.


This act shall take place (2) year after passage.

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Gold Senator Bill # GS 885 Committee: Gold Senate Public Health & WelfareDelegation: East Shore YMCAAuthor(s): Michala Butler, Secondary Sponsor Gold Representative Viraj Patel


Title: Climate Acclimatization Sports Act


Bill Title: Climate Acclimatization Sports Act

Purpose: Protect public student athletes from the various effects of not being heat acclimated during pre-season.


Section 1: This bill shall be known and may be cited as Climate Acclimatization Sports Act


Acclimatization- an athletic training system whereby the body is forced to compensate for the stresses of a new or different climatic condition.

Heat acclimatization- referred to generically as heat training, is a technique directed to improving athletic performance in warm climates.

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Heat acclimation- the process by which an athlete becomes accustomed to increased heat, over the course of a 4- to 14-day period. Heat acclimatization is the entire spectrum of heat training, including both the initial acclimation period as well as the timeframe leading to the competition where the heat training practices will be employed.

Walk Through- No protective equipment or strenuous activity permitted. Only balls and field markers (cones) may be used.

Recovery Period: A minimum of a two (2) hour recovery period must be provided after any session.

Maximum Practice Time: The maximum allotted time per day for practice is 5 hours and teams must have 2 hours of rest between sessions.

Minimum Practice Time: The minimum practice time for the first three days is 3 hours per day.

Section 3: PIAA affiliated High School Sports

The sports this effects includes the fall sports in pre-season. This will apply to field hockey, football, cross country, golf, girls’ and boys’ soccer, sideline cheerleading, and girls’ tennis.

Section 4: Practice times

The maximum practice time is; 5 hours of practice per day, daily for the 3 days of heat acclimatization. All teams that practice 5 hours during the day must have at least 2 hours of rest between practice sessions. The first three sessions have a minimum practice time of 3 hours per day.

Section 5: Notification of temperature

Athletic Directors must obtain a certified weather report from the National Weather service before the first practice of each day. The head coaches of each sport must receive a report of the weather after the athletic director has accurately viewed the weather report. A second report will be taken before the second and third practices of the day. This process shall be repeated for each of the successive practices on a daily basis. A decision will be based upon the temperature of that day and whether practices need to be adjusted (moved to an indoor location) or cancelled.

Section 6: Breaks in between days

If more than 48 hours between the conclusion of the heat acclimatization program and first day of practice, the program will not have its intended affect medically.

Practices should not gain intensity if there is a 48 hour break in between sessions.

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If there is a break, the program shall be restarted at minor intensity by using the walk through method.

Section 7: Offseason Acclimatization

General conditioning provides only partial heat acclimatization. Therefore, student-athletes should be exposed gradually to hot and/or humid environmental conditions to provide better heat acclimatization. Exposure also should involve a gradual increase in the amount of exercise that is undertaken over a period of days to weeks until the exercise intensity and duration is comparable to that likely to occur in competition.

Section 8: Limit of Protection Wear

Protective gear and clothing may be authorized by the sport, coach, or school district outside of the defined season. Frequent rest periods should be scheduled so that the gear and clothing can be loosened to allow evaporation of sweat and other forms of heat loss. During the acclimatization process, it may be advisable to use a minimum of protective gear and clothing and to Practice in T-shirts, shorts, socks, and shoes. Excessive tape and outer clothing that restrict sweat evaporation should be avoided. Rubberized suits should never be used.

Section 9: Proposal

Each head coach must come up with a heat acclimatization proposal and submit it to the school athletic director, head principal, super intendent, and head athletic trainer for approval three weeks prior to the first day of pre-season.

Section 10: Consequences

If head coach fails to comply with the provisions of this act, each day it is late is a day of suspension for the head coach. Every time a practice requirement is not met, is a game or scrimmage automatic for-fit. The apposing team will have an automatic win (not counting scrimmages). If practice requirements aren’t met more than 2 times, automatic removal from having a chance in district play-offs.

Section 11: Board Reviews

The PIAA Board of Directors Policy Review Committee shall ensure compliance and is authorized to enact such policies as necessary.

Section 12: Funding

There are no known costs to school districts to implement the provisions of this act.


This act shall take effect one year after passage

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Section 14: Funding

Any funding required would come from the Pennsylvania Department of Education.

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Gold Senator Bill # GS 886 Committee: Gold Senate Public Health & WelfareDelegation: Boyertown Junior High WestAuthor(s): Ashley Anders, Secondary Sponsor Gold Representative Hailey Levengood


Title: After School Transportation Act


Purpose: To increase the safety of the students in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.


This act shall be known as the "After School Transportation" Act


Extracurricular activities- Being outside the regular curriculm of a school, after normal operating hours

Transportation- Vehicles being provided to students after a regular school day

School district- Public schools administrated in common.

School day- The amount of hours students are in school for, averaging around seven (7) hours

Section 3: Description

Public schools will provide transportation for students who participate in extracurricular activities that run after a normal school day will be provided multiple vehicles, such as buses and vans. Transportation will be provided in order to bring students to multiple stops around the district which are within walking distance from the students' houses. Students must sign up for the transportation by filling out a form with name, address, and other information required by the school district. By signing up bus drivers will have a set directory providing a route to take students to appropriate stops.

Section 4: Funding

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Any necessary costs shall be provided by each school district affected, on an individual basis, funded by however they so please.


The Pennsylvania Department of Education will enforce responsibilities and regulations for this bill.


If any school district does not comply to this act the first offence will be a warning and thirty (30) days to address the problem. The second offence will be a fine determined by the number of students in the school and the cost for transportation. Any offence thereafter will cause limited funding towards transportation will be limited by the school district.


The act will go into effect 2 school years after passage of the bill.

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Gold Senator Bill # GS 887 Committee: Gold Senate Public Health & WelfareDelegation: East Shore YMCAAuthor(s): Gianna DeVincenzo, Secondary Sponsor: Gold Representative Skyler Oken


Title: Get Rid of the Gate to Donate Act


Purpose: To legalize the donation of food from school cafeterias to private charities to increase food revenue within Pennsylvania’s private charities


Section 1 Short Title: Get Rid of the Gate to Donate Act


Application – Online paperwork filled out by the schools listing what it will be donated, quantity of food, when made, etc…

CDRC – Cafeteria Donation Regulation Committee (a committee within the Pennsylvania Department of Education)

Private Charity Board – An online website that private charities will make accounts on for a fee to be able to contact school districts directly to organize donations and transportation for those donations. Also public school wishing to donate will submit applications here.

Private charities – Any food bank, organization, or food pantry that supplies food to the poor or homeless

Public school - a school that is maintained at public expense for the education of the children of a community or district and that constitutes a part of a system of free public education commonly including primary and secondary schools.

Section 3 CDRC:

This is a committee created by the bill within the Pennsylvania Department of Education that regulates, manages, and systematizes the distributions of public school cafeteria donations to the private charities. There is one committee for the entire state composed of a couple members. When

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a school district wishes to donate they must submit an application to the committee and the CDRC will put it up on an online board that private charities will have access to. There is a fee for the private charities to sign up to have access to the board. The fee is ten (10) dollars a month per charity. This bill will directly authorize this committee to legalize public school cafeteria donations.

Section 4 Transportation:

It will be the private charities’ responsibility to transport the food from the public school cafeterias. The pickup times will be from the time school ends for an hour in respect to the cafeteria workers’ hours. The choice to have these donations will be completely up to the school boards.

Section 5 Penalties/Rewards:

There will be no penalties or rewards to schools for donating or neglecting to donate.

Section 6 Donation Cap:

There will be a limit to the amount of food that a cafeteria can donate at one time. The limit is fifty (50) pounds of food per donation (one donation permitted a day).

Section 7 Funding:

The funding for the employees will be provided by the fee that the private charities pay to sign up for the donations.


This act will be regulated by the CDRC within the Pennsylvania Department of Education in association with the Pennsylvania of Agriculture.


This act shall take effect a year after passage.

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Gold Senator Bill #GS 888 Committee: Gold Senate Public Health & WelfareDelegation: HersheyAuthor(s): Ian Mills, Secondary Sponsor Gold Representative Dane Hoover


Title: A New Bill for Old Buildings


Section 1 Purpose:The Purpose of this bill is to maintain and improve the integrity of public spaces.


Public Building- A building owned, financed, or maintained by the government

Property Owner- A person(s) that owns a property

Demolition- The destruction of a building or property

Restoration- The fixing of an object, property, building to state standards

Inspector- A person that is governmentally certified with inspections


All public spaces, areas, and buildings in the state of Pennsylvania that do not pass health or safety inspections are required to destroy or restore integrity of the building that is being evaluated/inspected. This health and safety inspection standard shall be set by the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development.


The owner(s) of a property are required to make a decision within six(6) months of notification about claims made by inspector. The owner(s) will then have two(2) years to start remodeling or

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demolition of the building(s) within the allotted property space. If no action is taken by the owner within the two(2) year time period then the owner(s) will face a fine of $5,000 per thirty(30) day period of failure of compliance. If the owner request or is deemed in need of more time to complete either the demolition or restoration of the building, the owner may receive more time if a series of inspections are passed on the build/restoration plans to ensure that the owner is not being fraudulent with the need for more time. If the owner(s) are found being fraudulent with the deemed allowance of time for restoration/demolition then they will face a fine of $10,000 with a $5,000 cumulative fine for repeat offenses.


Inspections and regulations will be conducted and regulated by the Pennsylvania State Department of Community and Economic Development.

Section 6 Funding:

The funding from this Act shall come from a one percent (1%) increased tax on nails.

Section 7 Effective date:

This Act shall take effect two (2) years after passage.

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Gold Senator Bill # GS 889 Committee: Gold Senate Public Health & WelfareDelegation: HersheyAuthor(s): Zach Hagan, Secondary Sponsor Gold Representative Jack Clark


Title: American Soldier Tuition Act


Purpose: To aid in the transition from militiary to civilian life for servicemen from Pennsylvania

Short Title: This bill shall be cited asThe American Soldier Tuition Act

Definitions

Military: Of, for, or pertaining to the armed forces

Military Personnel: Members of any branch of the Unites States Military

Soldier: One engaged in military service

Honorable Discharge: A discharge from military service acknowledging that his/her obligations have been fulfilled efficiently, faithfully and honorably

Dishonorable Discharge: Expulsion from military service for gross misconduct resulting in the denial of veteran's beneifts

Subsidize: to support an organization or activity financially

State University: A university or college owned by the state of Pennsylvania as part of the state's public education system

PDMVA: An abbreviation for Pennsylvania Department of Veteran's Affairs. The mission of this department is to provide advice and assistance to the state's one million veterans and their families.

Regulation:

Any resident of Pennsylvania who has served in the United States Military for four (4) or more years is eligible to have 25% of the tuition to a state university subsidized by the state. All applicants must have an Honorable Discharge from the military and must remain enrolled continuously in a state

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university and be a student in good standing to receive this subsidy. Payments will be made directly to the state university.

Exemptions:This Act will not apply to servicemen who were dishonorably discharged or have not served the minimum number of years.

Enforcement: This Act will be enforced by the Pennsylvania Department of Veteran's Affairs

Funding: Funding for this Act will be provided to the PDMVA via a 5% tax on the sale of all firearms within the state of Pennsylvania

Effective Date: This Act shal be effective one (1) year after passage.

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Delegation First Name Last Name Committee Seat # Bill # Chamber PositionAvon Grove High School Adriannah Alpaugh Gold Senate Education Gold Senate Gold Senator

Avon Grove High School Alex Day Blue Senate Education Blue Senate Blue Senator

Avon Grove High School Kieran Francke Gold House Communications & Technology 16 Gold House Gold Representative

Avon Grove High School Gabby Pino Written Reporter Press Corp Press

Avon Grove High School Kristen Reece Team 1 Supreme Court Attorney

Avon Grove High School Chloe Snader Gold House Education 122 Gold House Gold Representative

Avon Grove High School Emma Sullivan Blue House Law & Justice 2 131 Blue Representative

Avon Grove High School Joe Yohannan Adult Advisor

Boyertown Area Senior High Samantha Bacino Written Reporter, Photographer Press Corp Press

Boyertown Area Senior High Zack Benning Blue House Labor & Industry 60 BH - 625 Blue House Blue Representative

Boyertown Area Senior High Colin Black Blue Senate Education BS - 447 Blue Senate Blue Committee Chair

Boyertown Area Senior High Jace Brackley Blue House Public Health and Welfare 2 142 BH - 805 Blue House Blue Representative

Boyertown Area Senior High Charlotte Calautti Environmental Lobbyist Corp Lobbyist

Boyertown Area Senior High Olivia Coghlan Mom and Pop Shops Lobbyist Corp Lobbyist

Boyertown Area Senior High Dominic Coleman Blue House Environmental Resources & Energy 201 BH - 512 Blue House Blue Representative

Boyertown Area Senior High MARTIN DAVIDHEISER Gold Senate Public Health & Welfare GS - 880 Gold Senate Gold Committee Chair

Boyertown Area Senior High Teresa Draves Environmental Lobbyist Corp Lobbyist

Boyertown Area Senior High Meredith Eicherly Blue House Aging & Youth 107 Blue House Blue Representative

Boyertown Area Senior High Andrew Farnsworth Adult Advisor

Boyertown Area Senior High Chad Gamler Blue House Communications & Technology 171 BH - 207 Blue House Blue Representative

Boyertown Area Senior High Jamie-Leigh Joss Blue House Communications & Technology 154 Blue House Blue Representative

Boyertown Area Senior High Morgan Levengood Blue House Education 178 BH - 439 Blue House Blue Representative

Boyertown Area Senior High lauren lewis Mom and Pop Shops Lobbyist Corp Lobbyist

Boyertown Area Senior High Sabrina Light Blue House Consumer Protection 67 BH - 311 Blue House Blue Representative

Boyertown Area Senior High Sam Longacre Blue House Aging & Youth 69 BH - 107 Blue House Blue Representative

Boyertown Area Senior High Kelsey Miller Blue House Consumer Protection 65 Blue House Blue Representative

Boyertown Area Senior High Samantha Moser Students Lobbyist Corp Lobbyist

Boyertown Area Senior High Alexis Moyer Written Reporter, Photographer Press Corp Press

Boyertown Area Senior High Kevin O'Connor Blue House Public Health and Welfare 44 BH - 821 Blue House Blue Representative

Boyertown Area Senior High Jennifer O'Connor Blue House Public Health and Welfare 2 BH - 822 Blue House Blue Representative

Boyertown Area Senior High Alyson O'Donnell Blue House Public Health and Welfare 185 BH - 824 Blue House Blue Representative

Boyertown Area Senior High Maggie Prezuhy Students Lobbyist Corp Lobbyist

Boyertown Area Senior High kelli ritter Blue House Communications & Technology 77 BH - 208 Blue House Blue Representative

Boyertown Area Senior High Connor Sargent Blue Senate Law & Justice BS - 748 Blue Senate Blue Senator

Boyertown Area Senior High Joshua Shapin Blue Senate Law & Justice BS - 750 Blue Senate Blue Senator

Boyertown Area Senior High Mary Sherpinsky Blue House Aging & Youth 179 BH - 108 Blue House Blue Representative

Boyertown Area Senior High Marcus Thomas Blue House Education 2 137 BH - 409 Blue House Blue Representative

Boyertown Area Senior High Jimmy Towers Blue House Communications & Technology 197 BH - 205 Blue House Blue Representative

Boyertown Junior High East Megan Cahill Organized Labor Lobbyist Corp Lobbyist

Boyertown Junior High East Blaise Caroselli Gold House Education 18 Gold House Gold Representative

Boyertown Junior High East Miranda Curtiss Team 2 Supreme Court Attorney

Boyertown Junior High East Courtney Dennis Gold Senate Law & Justice GS - 789 Gold Senate Gold Senator

Boyertown Junior High East Rachel Drakas Gold House Transportation 92 GH - 936 Gold House Gold Representative

Boyertown Junior High East Ethan Eicherly Gold House Communications & Technology 129 Gold House Gold Representative

Boyertown Junior High East Dacia Green Blue House Public Health and Welfare 2 148 BH - 807 Blue House Blue Representative

Boyertown Junior High East Hailey Hopkins Gold House Communications & Technology 20 GH - 255 Gold House Gold Representative

Boyertown Junior High East Taylor Howard Adult Advisor

Boyertown Junior High East Jacob Kulesa Gold House Education 114 GH - 477 Gold House Gold Representative

Boyertown Junior High East Ashley Latshaw Team A Supreme Court Attorney

Boyertown Junior High East Brianna Manuel Team A Supreme Court Attorney

Boyertown Junior High East Maiya McDonnaugh Team 2 Supreme Court Attorney

Boyertown Junior High East Natalie McGinniss Organized Labor Lobbyist Corp Lobbyist

Boyertown Junior High East Sophia Montanye Gold House Labor & Industry 70 GH - 647 Gold House Gold Representative

Boyertown Junior High East Joshua Nikerle Blue House Education 2 28 Blue House Blue Representative

Boyertown Junior High East Tara O'Connor Blue House Transportation 129 BH - 905 Blue House Blue Representative

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Delegation First Name Last Name Committee Seat # Bill # Chamber PositionBoyertown Junior High East Cameron Parker Blue House Education 85 BH - 440 Blue House Blue Representative

Boyertown Junior High East Kreena Patel Blue House Education 50 BH - 438 Blue House Blue Representative

Boyertown Junior High East Kasey Roberts Blue Senate Environmental Resources & Energy BS - 528 Blue Senate Blue Senator

Boyertown Junior High East James Sahakian Gold Senate Education GS - 493 Gold Senate Gold Senator

Boyertown Junior High East Payton Stanziani Gold House Communications & Technology 68 Gold House Gold Representative

Boyertown Junior High East Ryan Stettner Stettner Blue House Education 2 120 Blue House Blue Representative

Boyertown Junior High East Rachana Tith Administration Governor's Cabinet

Boyertown Junior High East Nick Trowbridge Gold House Education 75 Gold House Gold Representative

Boyertown Junior High East Amanda Wegman Adult Advisor

Boyertown Junior High West Madison Aldred Blue House Aging & Youth 91 BH - 106 Blue House Blue Representative

Boyertown Junior High West Ashley Anders Gold Senate Public Health & Welfare GS - 886 Gold Senate Gold Senator

Boyertown Junior High West Miranda Barker Hospitals Lobbyist Corp Lobbyist

Boyertown Junior High West Mackenzie Baro Gold House Public Health & Welfare 100 GH - 868 Gold House Gold Representative

Boyertown Junior High West Sarah Batche Gold Senate Education GS - 495 Gold Senate Gold Senator

Boyertown Junior High West Andrew Benning Gold House Education 109 GH - 474 Gold House Gold Representative

Boyertown Junior High West Emily Bernier Gold House Law & Justice 43 GH - 769 Gold House Gold Representative

Boyertown Junior High West ryane bernstiel Doctors Lobbyist Corp Lobbyist

Boyertown Junior High West Justin Bouthillette Blue Senate Public Health & Welfare BS - 846 Blue Senate Blue Senator

Boyertown Junior High West Brynna Boyer Administration Governor's Cabinet

Boyertown Junior High West Kailey Bray Gold House Labor & Industry 60 GH - 648 Gold House Gold Representative

Boyertown Junior High West Colin Brisbois Blue House Law & Justice 139 BH - 728 Blue House Blue Representative

Boyertown Junior High West Francesca Calautti Gold House Education 127 GH - 472 Gold House Gold Representative

Boyertown Junior High West William Coleman Gold Senate Environmental Resources & Energy GS - 568 Gold Senate Gold Senator

Boyertown Junior High West Michaela Craner Team F Supreme Court Attorney

Boyertown Junior High West Hannah Desko Administration Governor's Cabinet

Boyertown Junior High West Derek Dierolf Blue House Labor & Industry 163 BH - 630 Blue House Blue Representative

Boyertown Junior High West Lindsay Flack Blue Senate Public Health & Welfare BS - 844 Blue Senate Blue Senator

Boyertown Junior High West Tiana Gallagher Hospitals Lobbyist Corp Lobbyist

Boyertown Junior High West Avery Goffredo Senior Citizens Lobbyist Corp Lobbyist

Boyertown Junior High West Morgan Janiuk Team 3 Supreme Court Attorney

Boyertown Junior High West Maddie Kershner Team E Supreme Court Attorney

Boyertown Junior High West Maggie Kiene Gold House Education 132 GH - 475 Gold House Gold Representative

Boyertown Junior High West Cassidy Landis Doctors Lobbyist Corp Lobbyist

Boyertown Junior High West Hailey Levengood Gold House Environmental Resources & Energy 35 GH - 547 Gold House Gold Representative

Boyertown Junior High West Kaitlyn Mancini Photographer, Videographer Press Corp Press

Boyertown Junior High West Matt Martin Gold Senate Environmental Resources & Energy GS - 567 Gold Senate Gold Senator

Boyertown Junior High West Benny Mash Team 3 Supreme Court Attorney

Boyertown Junior High West John McAteer Blue House Education 89 BH - 437 Blue House Blue Representative

Boyertown Junior High West Justin Morris Gold House Public Health & Welfare 21 GH - 869 Gold House Gold Representative

Boyertown Junior High West Mahima Patel Team F Supreme Court Attorney

Boyertown Junior High West Tyler Patten Blue House Education 2 114 BH - 406 Blue House Blue Representative

Boyertown Junior High West Samara Rayco Blue House Aging & Youth 102 BH - 109 Blue House Blue Representative

Boyertown Junior High West Kyle Raynor Gold House Environmental Resources & Energy 38 GH - 546 Gold House Gold Representative

Boyertown Junior High West Luke Rothenberger Team E Supreme Court Attorney

Boyertown Junior High West Tim Rothermel Adult Advisor

Boyertown Junior High West Katie Schneider Blue House Education 2 66 BH - 407 Blue House Blue Representative

Boyertown Junior High West Jacob Smith Gold House Transportation 112 GH - 937 Gold House Gold Representative

Boyertown Junior High West Madison Tyson Gold House Public Health & Welfare 115 GH - 871 Gold House Gold Representative

Boyertown Junior High West Cali Weller Senior Citizens Lobbyist Corp Lobbyist

Boyertown Junior High West Danielle Weyersaeuser Adult Advisor

Boyertown YMCA Robert Cavalari Blue House Consumer Protection 42 BH - 304 Blue House Blue Representative

Boyertown YMCA Maggierose Cave Blue House Aging & Youth 12 BH - 110 Blue House Blue Representative

Boyertown YMCA Jill Dennin Adult Advisor

Boyertown YMCA Garrison DeSieno Blue House Labor & Industry 2 117 Blue House Blue Representative

Boyertown YMCA Alicia Dinnell Adult Advisor

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Delegation First Name Last Name Committee Seat # Bill # Chamber PositionBoyertown YMCA Evan Giannetti Blue Senate Environmental Resources & Energy Blue Senate Blue Senator

Boyertown YMCA Maya Goldstein Team G Supreme Court Attorney

Boyertown YMCA Sarah Graver Photographer, Social Media Correspondent Press Corp Press

Boyertown YMCA Kaitlin Haggert Blue House Education 2 5 BH - 400 Blue House Blue Committee Chair

Boyertown YMCA Harrison Otto Blue House Labor & Industry 21 BH - 620 Blue House Blue Committee Chair

Boyertown YMCA michael porreca Blue House Labor & Industry 2 119 Blue House Blue Representative

Boyertown YMCA Greg Schneider Blue House Labor & Industry 116 Blue House Blue Representative

Boyertown YMCA Michael Sesher Blue Senate Public Health & Welfare BS - 840 Blue Senate Blue Senator

Brandywine YMCA Erin Garrett Blue House Education 2 105 BH - 408 Blue House Blue Representative

Brandywine YMCA Chris Hutelmyer Adult Advisor

Brandywine YMCA Kristian Williamson Gold House Labor & Industry 116 GH - 645 Gold House Gold Representative

Butler YMCA Trey Alkire Blue House Law & Justice 2 100 BH - 708 Blue House Blue Representative

Butler YMCA Rachael Blose Team 5 Supreme Court Attorney

Butler YMCA Jeffrey Cupp Blue House Labor & Industry 2 39 BH - 607 Blue House Blue Representative

Butler YMCA Gina Denny Written Reporter Press Corp Press

Butler YMCA Justin Ellis Blue House Communications & Technology 4 BH - 200 Blue House Blue Committee Chair

Butler YMCA Nathan Ellis Gold Senate Education GS - 486 Gold Senate Gold Committee Chair

Butler YMCA Liam Farrell Gold Senate Education GS - 492 Gold Senate Gold Senator

Butler YMCA Gillian Farrell Press Manager Press Corp Press

Butler YMCA Jon Hassler Blue House Environmental Resources & Energy 98 BH - 504 Blue House Blue Representative

Butler YMCA Garrett Kaiser Adult Advisor

Butler YMCA Paige Lambermont Blue House Environmental Resources & Energy 9 BH - 500 Blue House Blue Committee Chair

Butler YMCA Jenna Lauther Team 4 BH - 300 Supreme Court Attorney

Butler YMCA Bobby Maggio Adult Advisor

Butler YMCA Eric Manny Blue House Consumer Protection 176 BH - 310 Blue House Blue Representative

Butler YMCA Madison McKee Supreme Court Judge

Butler YMCA Zachary Milbert Blue Senate Environmental Resources & Energy BS - 525 Blue Senate Blue Senator

Butler YMCA Austin Monday Blue House Transportation 75 BH - 901 Blue House Blue Representative

Butler YMCA Sarah Montag Blue Senate Environmental Resources & Energy BS - 522 Blue Senate Blue Senator

Butler YMCA Oliviah Montag Gold Senate Environmental Resources & Energy GS - 560 Gold Senate Gold Senator

Butler YMCA Chloe Paulisick Team H Supreme Court Attorney

Butler YMCA Taylor Reinsel Team H Supreme Court Attorney

Butler YMCA cyril sheptak Gold Senate Education GS - 487 Gold Senate Gold Senator

Butler YMCA Darren Tynan Gold House Environmental Resources & Energy 93 Gold House Gold Representative

Butler YMCA Lily Wong Team 5 Supreme Court Attorney

Butler YMCA Yasmine Zentz Gold House Public Health & Welfare 10 GH - 860 Gold House Gold Committee Chair

Commonwealth Connections Academy Quinn Broussard Blue Senate Public Health & Welfare BS - 838 Blue Senate Blue Senator

Commonwealth Connections Academy Stephanie Goforth Adult Advisor

Commonwealth Connections Academy Claire Kreider Written Reporter, Photographer Press Corp Press

Commonwealth Connections Academy Rebecca Messimer Team 22 Supreme Court Attorney

Commonwealth Connections Academy Nolen Petrosky Team 22 Supreme Court Attorney

Commonwealth Connections Academy Madison Richards Team Z Supreme Court Attorney

Commonwealth Connections Academy Maryam Siddiqui Blue House Labor & Industry 2 45 BH - 601 Blue House Blue Representative

Coventry Christian High School Beyonce' Brown Gold Senate Environmental Resources & Energy GS - 561 Gold Senate Gold Senator

Coventry Christian High School Cory Butcher Blue House Law & Justice 41 BH - 724 Blue House Blue Representative

Coventry Christian High School David Curtin Blue Senate Law & Justice BS - 743 Blue Senate Blue Senator

Coventry Christian High School Jordan Demko Adult Advisor

Coventry Christian High School Ian Gelwicks Gold House Law & Justice 99 GH - 770 Gold House Gold Representative

Coventry Christian High School Soo Kim Gold House Communications & Technology 124 GH - 256 Gold House Gold Representative

Coventry Christian High School Ian Li Blue House Aging & Youth 152 BH - 102 Blue House Blue Representative

Coventry Christian High School william overley Gold House Communications & Technology 90 GH - 262 Gold House Gold Representative

East Pennsboro Area High School Rhett Baker Adult Advisor

East Pennsboro Area High School Nolan Plantz Blue Senate Environmental Resources & Energy BS - 526 Blue Senate Blue Senator

East Pennsboro Area High School Jessica Semick Blue House Education 3 138 BH - 420 Blue House Blue Representative

East Pennsboro Area High School Samantha Webster Blue House Transportation 11 BH - 903 Blue House Blue Representative

694

Delegation First Name Last Name Committee Seat # Bill # Chamber PositionEast Shore YMCA Nathan Adler Blue Senate Law & Justice BS - 745 Blue Senate Blue Senator

East Shore YMCA Lutfay Azim Team 6 Supreme Court Attorney

East Shore YMCA Tori Bottiglia Team I Supreme Court Attorney

East Shore YMCA Laura Broughton Team 6 Supreme Court Attorney

East Shore YMCA Zoie Broughton Team I Supreme Court Attorney

East Shore YMCA Kylie Buffington Photographer, Videographer Press Corp Press

East Shore YMCA Michala Butler Gold Senate Public Health & Welfare GS - 885 Gold Senate Gold Senator

East Shore YMCA Anastasia Cerritelli Adult Advisor

East Shore YMCA Scott Cerritelli Adult Advisor

East Shore YMCA Brennan Conway Gold Senate Law & Justice GS - 791 Gold Senate Gold Senator

East Shore YMCA Shawky Darwish Gold House Law & Justice 61 GH - 760 Gold House Gold Representative

East Shore YMCA Gianna DeVincenzo Gold Senate Public Health & Welfare GS - 887 Gold Senate Gold Senator

East Shore YMCA Riley Forsyth Administration Page to the Admin

East Shore YMCA Aidan Glas Photography, Videography Press Corp Press

East Shore YMCA Audrey Glas Written Reporter, Videographer, Social Media Correspondent Press Corp Press

East Shore YMCA Christopher Gotsch Adult Advisor

East Shore YMCA James Griffith Blue House Labor & Industry 2 168 BH - 604 Blue House Blue Representative

East Shore YMCA Ryan Hatfield Blue House Law & Justice 2 70 BH - 710 Blue House Blue Representative

East Shore YMCA Ingrid Hrobuchak Team 23 Supreme Court Attorney

East Shore YMCA Amanda Issis Administration Governor's Cabinet

East Shore YMCA David John Adult Advisor

East Shore YMCA Sameer Khan Blue House Transportation 7 BH - 900 Blue House Blue Committee Chair

East Shore YMCA Samantha Kough Blue Senate Environmental Resources & Energy BS - 531 Blue Senate Blue Senator

East Shore YMCA Alison Kroh Adult Advisor

East Shore YMCA Ryan Mackenzie Blue House Labor & Industry 47 BH - 629 Blue House Blue Representative

East Shore YMCA Adel Mansour Team AC Supreme Court Attorney

East Shore YMCA Maria Neboga Photographer Press Corp Press

East Shore YMCA Jameson Neyman Team AB Supreme Court Attorney

East Shore YMCA Paige Neyman Press Manager Press Corp Press

East Shore YMCA Skyler Oken Gold House Public Health & Welfare 19 GH - 870 Gold House Gold Representative

East Shore YMCA Viraj Patel Gold House Labor & Industry 119 GH - 649 Gold House Gold Representative

East Shore YMCA Derek Patterson Team AC Supreme Court Attorney

East Shore YMCA Matthew Plesco Administration Governor's Cabinet

East Shore YMCA britany raber Written Reporter, Photographer, Social Media Correspondent Press Corp Press

East Shore YMCA Ben Rifflard Blue House Transportation 143 BH - 906 Blue House Blue Representative

East Shore YMCA Maggie Ross Written Reporter, Social Media Correspondent Press Corp Press

East Shore YMCA Alexa Shank Adult Advisor

East Shore YMCA Ben Sheker Gold House Education 8 GH - 465 Gold House Gold Committee Chair

East Shore YMCA Wil Sheker Gold House Transportation 27 GH - 938 Gold House Gold Representative

East Shore YMCA Julia Sheker Written Reporter, Videographer Press Corp Press

East Shore YMCA Wesley Sheker Administration Youth Governor

East Shore YMCA Julian Sherr Blue Senate Public Health & Welfare BS - 845 Blue Senate Blue Senator

East Shore YMCA Mackenzie Skinner Team AB Supreme Court Attorney

East Shore YMCA Olivia Smith Blue House Environmental Resources & Energy 132 BH - 510 Blue House Blue Representative

East Shore YMCA Erin Thomas Blue Senate Environmental Resources & Energy BS - 530 Blue Senate Blue Senator

East Shore YMCA Natalie Timko Written Reporter, Social Media Correspondent Press Corp Press

East Shore YMCA Danny Tran Gold House Communications & Technology 88 GH - 260 Gold House Gold Representative

East Shore YMCA Amber Van Saun Photographer Press Corp Press

East Shore YMCA Tyrah Waters Supreme Court Judge

East Shore YMCA Alex Weaver Social Media Correspondent Press Corp Press

East Shore YMCA Alex West Blue House Education 3 18 BH - 415, 424, 425,426Blue House Blue Committee Chair

East Shore YMCA Dalton Will Social Media Correspondent Press Corp Press

East Shore YMCA Kaijie Zhang Gold Senate Law & Justice GS - 780 Gold Senate Gold Senator

Hershey Joseph Abraham Judicial Advisor Supreme Court Attorney

Hershey Elizabeth Abraham Team 9 Supreme Court Attorney

695

Delegation First Name Last Name Committee Seat # Bill # Chamber PositionHershey Hayden Angello Team 13 Supreme Court Attorney

Hershey Bianca Angello Written Reporter, Photographer, Videographer Press Corp Press

Hershey Cecilia Arvelo Team 7 Supreme Court Attorney

Hershey Hamza Bachnak Gold Senate Environmental Resources & Energy GS - 569 Gold Senate Gold Senator

Hershey Paige Beck Blue House Environmental Resources & Energy 122 BH - 508 Blue House Blue Representative

Hershey Bryn Beck Written Reporter Press Corp Press

Hershey Sophie Beckfield Blue House Environmental Resources & Energy 15 BH - 511 Blue House Blue Representative

Hershey Riley Bemis Photographer Press Corp Press

Hershey Nick Blumenthal Team L Supreme Court Attorney

Hershey Olivia Bratton Gold House Transportation 15 GH - 939 Gold House Gold Representative

Hershey Clay Breidenstine Supreme Court Baliff

Hershey Julia Briselli Gold House Law & Justice 121 GH - 773 Gold House Gold Representative

Hershey Cameron Brown Blue Senate Law & Justice BS - 746 Blue Senate Blue Senator

Hershey Christian Burris Team 27 Supreme Court Attorney

Hershey Clare Canavan Gold House Labor & Industry 24 GH - 652 Gold House Gold Representative

Hershey Jack Clark Gold House Environmental Resources & Energy 3 GH - 541 Gold House Gold Committee Chair

Hershey Riley Compton Blue Senate Law & Justice BS - 740, 751 Blue Senate Blue Committee Chair

Hershey Mia Cooper Gold House Law & Justice 42 Gold House Gold Representative

Hershey Anna Cozzi Social Media Correspondent Press Corp Press

Hershey Jonas Cream Gold Senate Environmental Resources & Energy GS - 565 Gold Senate Gold Senator

Hershey Jesse Cui Team 29 Supreme Court Attorney

Hershey Lynn Dang Blue House Environmental Resources & Energy 155 BH - 509 Blue House Blue Representative

Hershey Buck Diacont Gold House Environmental Resources & Energy 117 GH - 548 Gold House Gold Representative

Hershey Madeline Donahue Blue Senate Law & Justice BS - 747 Blue Senate Blue Senator

Hershey Daryl Dorch Blue Senate Education BS - 457 Blue Senate Blue Senator

Hershey Jamie Easterwood Gold House Law & Justice 36 GH - 771 Gold House Gold Representative

Hershey Olivia Falcucci Team N Supreme Court Attorney

Hershey Sareena Fayaz Press Corp Editor in Chief

Hershey Salman Fayaz Gold House Transportation 4 GH - 930 Gold House Gold Committee Chair

Hershey Abbey Ferenci Gold House Law & Justice 39 GH - 767 Gold House Gold Representative

Hershey Maya Fitterer Written Reporter Press Corp Press

Hershey Eirinn Flanagan Team 26 Supreme Court Attorney

Hershey Sam Forray Team 25 Supreme Court Attorney

Hershey Brendan Foster Blue House Law & Justice 2 106 BH - 709 Blue House Blue Representative

Hershey Jean Gamarra Gold House Environmental Resources & Energy 85 GH - 545 Gold House Gold Representative

Hershey alexis gazzio Photographer Press Corp Press

Hershey Evie Gentile Team 28 Supreme Court Attorney

Hershey Jerusha George Written Reporter, Photographer Press Corp Press

Hershey Swati Ghosh Team O Supreme Court Attorney

Hershey Carlos Gonzalez Team 29 Supreme Court Attorney

Hershey Allie Grenoble Gold House Labor & Industry 126 GH - 650 Gold House Gold Representative

Hershey Jason Guo Team 9 Supreme Court Attorney

Hershey Zach Hagan Gold Senate Public Health & Welfare GS - 889 Gold Senate Gold Senator

Hershey Alex Haidet Team 24 Supreme Court Attorney

Hershey Jonathan Haidet Team L Supreme Court Attorney

Hershey Abby Han Team M Supreme Court Attorney

Hershey William Heck Blue Senate Education BS - 458 Blue Senate Blue Senator

Hershey Laney Herndon Team 26 Supreme Court Attorney

Hershey Abby Hess Supreme Court Chief Justice

Hershey Rebecca Hetrick Team AE Supreme Court Attorney

Hershey Shiela Hoover Adult Advisor

Hershey Rachel Hoover Supreme Court Chief Justice

Hershey Dane Hoover Gold House Law & Justice 5 GH - 761 Gold House Gold Committee Chair

Hershey Joe Horner Team B Supreme Court Attorney

Hershey Alan Hwang Supreme Court Judge

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Delegation First Name Last Name Committee Seat # Bill # Chamber PositionHershey Al Jaskulski Team D Supreme Court Attorney

Hershey Lizzie Jaskulski Gold House Public Health & Welfare 106 GH - 868 Gold House Gold Representative

Hershey Jacob Jastrzebski Blue Senate Education BS - 456 Blue Senate Blue Senator

Hershey Matthew Jenkins Team B Supreme Court Attorney

Hershey Ha-Jong Jhun Team 27 Supreme Court Attorney

Hershey Chad Karper Administration Governor's Cabinet

Hershey Catherine Keenan Blue House Transportation 200 BH - 907 Blue House Blue Representative

Hershey Raameen Khan Team O Supreme Court Attorney

Hershey Adeel Khan Blue House Public Health and Welfare 2 94 BH - 808 Blue House Blue Representative

Hershey Mallika Kodavatiganti Team 10 Supreme Court Attorney

Hershey Manisha Kodavatiganti Supreme Court Justice

Hershey Kole Kramer Team 11 Supreme Court Attorney

Hershey Elena Lam written Reporter Press Corp Press

Hershey Douglas Lamb Team AD Supreme Court Attorney

Hershey Anneka Le Supreme Court Baliff

Hershey Jason Lehmann Blue House Public Health and Welfare 145 Blue House Blue Representative

Hershey Avi Lukacher Team J Supreme Court Attorney

Hershey Cole Luttrell Blue House Law & Justice 2 173 BH - 704 Blue House Blue Representative

Hershey David Mailman Gold Senate Environmental Resources & Energy GS - 563 Gold Senate Gold Senator

Hershey amanda marmolejos Written Reporter, Photography Press Corp Press

Hershey Nick Martin Blue House Labor & Industry 68 BH - 628 Blue House Blue Representative

Hershey James McGregor Team 25 Supreme Court Attorney

Hershey Maddie McQuillan Supreme Court Judge

Hershey Michael Miller Blue House Law & Justice 2 20 BH - 700,701 Blue House Blue Committee Chair

Hershey Justin Mills Blue House Public Health and Welfare 2 156 Blue House Blue Representative

Hershey Ian Mills Gold Senate Public Health & Welfare GS - 888 Gold Senate Gold Senator

Hershey Tooba Mir Team 11 Supreme Court Attorney

Hershey Alexis Moodie Team K Supreme Court Attorney

Hershey Andi Moritz Blue House Public Health and Welfare 110 BH - 823 Blue House Blue Representative

Hershey Jaylen Murphy Photography Press Corp Press

Hershey Luke Musante Team 8 Supreme Court Attorney

Hershey Julia Nahm Team K Supreme Court Attorney

Hershey Pallavi Nambiar Supreme Court Judge

Hershey Rafay Nasir Gold Senate Gold Lt Governor

Hershey Alec Newman Gold House Environmental Resources & Energy 97 GH - 549 Gold House Gold Representative

Hershey Tony O'Shea Team 13 Supreme Court Attorney

Hershey Vathana Oukan Photographer Press Corp Press

Hershey Julia Parrey Team M Supreme Court Attorney

Hershey Matthew Peters Blue House Environmental Resources & Energy 149 BH - 507 Blue House Blue Representative

Hershey Megan Peters Written Reporter, Social Media Correspondent Press Corp Press

Hershey Grace Peterson Social Media Correspondent Press Corp Press

Hershey William Prescott Team 8 Supreme Court Attorney

Hershey Omer Qureshi Blue House Law & Justice 23 BH - 720 Blue House Blue Committee Chair

Hershey Moosa Qureshi Gold Senate Environmental Resources & Energy GS - 564 Gold Senate Gold Senator

Hershey Alexandra Rapp Gold Senate Law & Justice GS - 782 Gold Senate Gold Senator

Hershey Ashley Sellars Photographer, Social Media Correspondent Press Corp Press

Hershey Claire Sheppard Gold House Labor & Industry 125 GH - 651 Gold House Gold Representative

Hershey Nick Silvis Gold House Environmental Resources & Energy 47 GH - 550 Gold House Gold Representative

Hershey Sawyer Smith Team D Supreme Court Attorney

Hershey Ezra Smith Blue House Public Health and Welfare 2 190 Blue House Blue Representative

Hershey Ethan Sniderman Team N Supreme Court Attorney

Hershey Patrick Starner Judicial Advisor Supreme Court Attorney

Hershey Bridget Starner Team C Supreme Court Attorney

Hershey Carrie Stevens Written Reporter, Photographer Press Corp Press

Hershey Quinn Strader Story Editor Press Corp Press

697

Delegation First Name Last Name Committee Seat # Bill # Chamber PositionHershey Rick Teetsel Adult Advisor

Hershey Damla Undar Team C Supreme Court Attorney

Hershey Tiffany Walker Team 7 Supreme Court Attorney

Hershey J'Michael Wedderburn Team AD Supreme Court Attorney

Hershey Abby Weiss Photographer Press Corp Press

Hershey Claire Williams Written Reporter Press Corp Press

Hershey Alex Winnick Team 14 Supreme Court Attorney

Hershey Eric Wood Team 12 Supreme Court Attorney

Hershey Jason Wood Blue House Law & Justice 25 BH - 727 Blue House Blue Representative

Hershey Amy Wu Team J Supreme Court Attorney

Hershey Jason Zaprazny Team 14 Supreme Court Attorney

Hershey Rosy Zhang Team AE Supreme Court Attorney

Hershey Rosie Zhang Supreme Court Baliff

Homer-Center High School Taylor Palmer Blue House Public Health and Welfare 22 BH - 815 Blue House Blue Committee Chair

Homer-Center High School Joe Rhoades Blue House Education 3 71 BH - 421, 422 Blue House Blue Representative

Homer-Center High School Christine Yurky Adult Advisor

Homer-Center High School Mya Zemlock Blue Senate Law & Justice BS - 749 Blue Senate Blue Senator

State YMCA of PA Greg Rudder Adult Volunteer

Individual Registration Emmanuel Sessegnon Blue Senate Law & Justice Blue Senate Blue Senator

Knoch High School Jacob Borland Blue House Transportation 175 BH - 909 Blue House Blue Representative

Knoch High School Emily Ciganik Gold House Communications & Technology 77 GH - 258 Gold House Gold Representative

Knoch High School Cameron Elliott Team P Supreme Court Attorney

Knoch High School Emily Govan Blue House Law & Justice 2 172 BH - 711 Blue House Blue Representative

Knoch High School Kolten Hilterman Blue Senate Environmental Resources & Energy BS - 520 Blue Senate Blue Committee Chair

Knoch High School Kade Hilterman Gold Senate Education GS - 494 Gold Senate Gold Senator

Knoch High School Taura Ivanko BS - 847 Administration Governor's Cabinet

Knoch High School Sophia Johnson Gold House Transportation 123 GH - 935 Gold House Gold Representative

Knoch High School Zachary Jones Blue House Education 157 BH - 436 Blue House Blue Representative

Knoch High School Patrick Jones Gold House Communications & Technology 25 GH - 259 Gold House Gold Representative

Knoch High School Emilie Jones Gold House Labor & Industry 105 GH - 646 Gold House Gold Representative

Knoch High School Sydney Klabnik Blue Senate Public Health & Welfare BS - 835 Blue Senate Blue Committee Chair

Knoch High School Claire Lindsey Gold Senate Environmental Resources & Energy GS - 570 Gold Senate Gold Committee Chair

Knoch High School Jacob Love Blue Senate Environmental Resources & Energy BS - 527 Blue Senate Blue Senator

Knoch High School Benjamin Lowery Blue House Transportation 96 BH - 904 Blue House Blue Representative

Knoch High School Colleen Mack Adult Advisor

Knoch High School John Mack Gold House Law & Justice 63 GH - 772 Gold House Gold Representative

Knoch High School Austin Micko Pharmaceutical Companies GS - 489 Lobbyist Corp Lobbyist

Knoch High School Aidan Neigh Blue House Law & Justice 133 BH - 729 Blue House Blue Representative

Knoch High School Alexis Nowicki Blue House Public Health and Welfare 112 BH - 825 Blue House Blue Representative

Knoch High School Suzanne Oswald Gold House Education 86 GH - 476 Gold House Gold Representative

Knoch High School Nathaniel Pettit Gold House Gold Speaker of the House

Knoch High School Michael Renaud Blue House Transportation 108 BH - 911 Blue House Blue Representative

Knoch High School Nicholas Ripper Blue House Law & Justice 135 BH - 726 Blue House Blue Representative

Knoch High School Elle Santora Gold House Transportation 67 GH - 940 Gold House Gold Representative

Knoch High School Mark Sotomayor Team P Supreme Court Attorney

Knoch High School Noelle Steedle Pharmaceutical Companies BS - 837 Lobbyist Corp Lobbyist

Knoch High School Amy Steedle Photographer BH - 209 Press Corp Press

Knoch High School Megan Swantner Gold House Public Health & Welfare 1 GH - 872 Gold House Gold Representative

Knoch High School Caroline Tanner Gold House Communications & Technology 101 GH - 261 Gold House Gold Representative

Knoch High School Jill Walls Adult Advisor

Knoch High School Lydia Walls Blue House Transportation 87 BH - 908 Blue House Blue Representative

Knoch High School Amelia Walls Gold House Communications & Technology 9 GH - 251 Gold House Gold Committee Chair

Knoch High School Evan Weston Gold House Environmental Resources & Energy 23 GH - 544 Gold House Gold Representative

Knoch High School Rachael Wittmer Blue House Communications & Technology 126 BH - 206 Blue House Blue Representative

Knoch High School Heather Wittmer Gold House Education 28 GH - 473 Gold House Gold Representative

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Delegation First Name Last Name Committee Seat # Bill # Chamber PositionKnoch High School Brooke Zukowski Blue House Public Health and Welfare 2 37 BH - 801 Blue House Blue Representative

Knoch High School Braden Zukowski Gold House Law & Justice 2 GH - 768 Gold House Gold Representative

Ligonier Valley High School Simon Brown Gold Senate Law & Justice Gold Senate Gold Senator

Ligonier Valley High School Margo Gamble Team 15 Supreme Court Attorney

Ligonier Valley High School Madie Henderson Big Business Lobbyist Corp Lobbyist

Ligonier Valley High School Sadie Hockenberry Gold House Transportation 83 Gold House Gold Representative

Ligonier Valley High School Emily Kim Blue Senate Law & Justice BS - 744 Blue Senate Blue Senator

Ligonier Valley High School Brook Kovalcik Gold House Transportation 46 Gold House Gold Representative

Ligonier Valley High School Johna Mcnulty Adult Advisor

Ligonier Valley High School Annie Michaels 1st Amendment Lobbyist Corp Lobbyist

Ligonier Valley High School Kc Prior Administration Governor's Cabinet

Ligonier Valley High School Samantha Saloom Team 15 Supreme Court Attorney

Ligonier Valley High School Jordan Sonnabend 1st Amendment Lobbyist Corp Lobbyist

Ligonier Valley High School Marissa Tunstall Gold Senate Law & Justice GS - 785 Gold Senate Gold Senator

Ligonier Valley High School Amy Wiegand Adult Advisor

Middletown Area High School Samantha Altland Farmers BH - 809 Lobbyist Corp Lobbyist

Middletown Area High School Chloe Buckwalter BH - 608 Administration Governor's Cabinet

Middletown Area High School Levi Buckwalter Written Reporter GH - 478 Press Corp Press

Middletown Area High School Khasai Cornish Gold House Education 12 GH - 471 Gold House Gold Representative

Middletown Area High School Lillian Fager Blue House Labor & Industry 83 BH - 627 Blue House Blue Representative

Middletown Area High School Stephanie Finsterbush Gold House Public Health & Welfare 71 GH - 865 Gold House Gold Representative

Middletown Area High School Caitlin Hunt Adult Advisor

Middletown Area High School Zeryab Ibrahim Gold Senate Law & Justice GS - 781 Gold Senate Gold Committee Chair

Middletown Area High School Jared Knaub Farmers Lobbyist Corp Lobbyist

Middletown Area High School Celeste Osayi Blue House Public Health and Welfare 2 125 BH - 806 Blue House Blue Representative

Middletown Area High School Aayushi Patel Blue House Labor & Industry 2 189 BH - 606 Blue House Blue Representative

Middletown Area High School Samantha Romberger Blue Senate Environmental Resources & Energy BS - 529 Blue Senate Blue Senator

Middletown Area High School Emily Wolfe Adult Advisor

Northern Dauphin YMCA Roofina Ali Social Media Correspondent Press Corp Press

Northern Dauphin YMCA Allison Auman Blue House Education 3 43 Blue House Blue Representative

Northern Dauphin YMCA Alexandra Kohr Blue Senate Education BS - 451 Blue Senate Blue Senator

Northern Dauphin YMCA Elizabeth Kohr Photogragher Press Corp Press

Obama Academy Margot Allison Social Media Correspondent Press Corp Press

Obama Academy Angel Antosz Blue House Education 2 109 BH - 401 Blue House Blue Representative

Obama Academy Kyra Baillie Gold Senate Education GS - 490 Gold Senate Gold Senator

Obama Academy Eden Boyer Photography Press Corp Press

Obama Academy Keely Brady Blue House Consumer Protection 49 Blue House Blue Representative

Obama Academy Kelis Campbell Blue House Law & Justice 2 153 BH - 702 Blue House Blue Representative

Obama Academy Elie Caruso Gold Senate Education GS - 485 Gold Senate Gold Senator

Obama Academy Isla Chapman Blue House Education 61 BH - 432 Blue House Blue Representative

Obama Academy Mikaela DeCarlo Gold Senate Public Health & Welfare GS - 882 Gold Senate Gold Senator

Obama Academy Francis Eddy Harvey Blue Senate Education BS - 448 Blue Senate Blue Senator

Obama Academy Vera Fisk Written Reporter Press Corp Press

Obama Academy Crystal Fletcher Written Reporter Press Corp Press

Obama Academy Zoe Fuller Team R Supreme Court Attorney

Obama Academy Katelyn Harris Team 17 Supreme Court Attorney

Obama Academy Brittney Hayes Blue Senate Education BS - 449 Blue Senate Blue Senator

Obama Academy Samuel Houser Blue Senate Environmental Resources & Energy BS - 524 Blue Senate Blue Senator

Obama Academy Kayla Humphries Supreme Court Judge

Obama Academy Jonathan Valentin Jaspersen Blue House Education 3 86 BH - 416 Blue House Blue Representative

Obama Academy Toby Junker Blue House Aging & Youth 6 BH - 100 Blue House Blue Committee Chair

Obama Academy Ben King Blue House Consumer Protection 8 BH - 301 Blue House Blue Committee Chair

Obama Academy Jessica Kiss Blue Senate Environmental Resources & Energy BS - 521 Blue Senate Blue Senator

Obama Academy josh koval Team 18 Supreme Court Attorney

Obama Academy ZaDorian Lane Blue House Aging & Youth 198 BH - 101 Blue House Blue Representative

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Delegation First Name Last Name Committee Seat # Bill # Chamber PositionObama Academy Honesty LeGrande Team U Supreme Court Attorney

Obama Academy Hope LeGrande Team U Supreme Court Attorney

Obama Academy Danielle Lewis Team 17 Supreme Court Attorney

Obama Academy Rosa Loewenstein Written Reporter Press Corp Press

Obama Academy Kaitlin McCafferty Adult Advisor

Obama Academy Nick Mondor Blue House Law & Justice 162 BH - 725 Blue House Blue Representative

Obama Academy Zoe Moran Blue House Environmental Resources & Energy 167 BH - 503 Blue House Blue Representative

Obama Academy Lainey Newman Blue Senate Lt Governor

Obama Academy Corey O'Brien Gold Senate Environmental Resources & Energy Gold Senate Gold Senator

Obama Academy Ekaterini Papazekos Team R Supreme Court Attorney

Obama Academy Lucy Pearsall- Finch Team S Supreme Court Attorney

Obama Academy James Picone Team 18 Supreme Court Attorney

Obama Academy Jordan Picone Blue Senate Law & Justice BS - 741 Blue Senate Blue Senator

Obama Academy Marnie Quick Photographer, videographer Press Corp Press

Obama Academy Grant Rauterkus Administration Governor's Cabinet

Obama Academy Ethan Reed Supreme Court Judge

Obama Academy Florian Reihl Blue House Public Health and Welfare 199 BH - 826 Blue House Blue Representative

Obama Academy Tayler Robinson Blue House Communications & Technology 38 Blue House Blue Representative

Obama Academy William Schaefer Adult Advisor

Obama Academy Louis Schoen III Administration Governor's Cabinet

Obama Academy Mariah Sellner Gold House Environmental Resources & Energy 69 GH - 540 Gold House Gold Representative

Obama Academy Maddie Silvestri Team S Supreme Court Attorney

Obama Academy Makayla Suska Photographer Press Corp Press

Obama Academy Courtney Thomas Blue House Education 3 1 BH - 423 Blue House Blue Representative

Obama Academy Mary Grace Uy Supreme Court Judge

Obama Academy Marie Van Haitsma Gold House Communications & Technology 110 GH - 250 Gold House Gold Representative

Obama Academy Peter Vitti Adult Advisor

Obama Academy Isaac Winograd Blue House Education 2 17 BH - 405 Blue House Blue Representative

Philadelphia YMCA Achievers Alex Badillo Blue Senate Education BS - 455 Blue Senate Blue Senator

Philadelphia YMCA Achievers Sumayyah Carter Gold House Labor & Industry 37 GH - 644 Gold House Gold Representative

Philadelphia YMCA Achievers Elizabeth Healy Gold Senate Education GS - 488 Gold Senate Gold Senator

Philadelphia YMCA Achievers Michael Mandia Gold House Education 104 Gold House Gold Representative

Philadelphia YMCA Achievers Axel Martinez Blue House Aging & Youth 146 BH - 103 Blue House Blue Representative

Philadelphia YMCA Achievers Yashi McGowan Adult Advisor

Philadelphia YMCA Achievers Paris Rogers Gold House Law & Justice 136 GH - 766 Gold House Gold Representative

Philadelphia YMCA Achievers Shane Smith Adult Advisor

Philadelphia YMCA Achievers Raymond Tillman Gold House Environmental Resources & Energy 65 Gold House Gold Representative

Philadelphia YMCA Achievers Takia Wilson Blue House Education 2 186 BH - 404 Blue House Blue Representative

Philadelphia YMCA Achievers Idris Wilson Blue House Education 62 Blue House Blue Representative

Philadelphia YMCA Achievers Sasha Wilson Blue Senate Public Health & Welfare BS - 843 Blue Senate Blue Senator

Rose E. Schneider YMCA Will Adams Gold House Labor & Industry 47 GH - 643 Gold House Gold Representative

Rose E. Schneider YMCA Lauren Agnello Blue House Public Health and Welfare 150 BH - 818,819 Blue House Blue Representative

Rose E. Schneider YMCA Emma Bogdon Gold House Transportation 102 GH - 934 Gold House Gold Representative

Rose E. Schneider YMCA Alexandra Bolena Gold House Communications & Technology 17 GH - 257 Gold House Gold Representative

Rose E. Schneider YMCA Natalie Bridge Adult Advisor

Rose E. Schneider YMCA Samantha Condrick Gold Senate Law & Justice GS - 787 Gold Senate Gold Senator

Rose E. Schneider YMCA Sarah Donaldson Gold House Transportation 135 GH - 933 Gold House Gold Representative

Rose E. Schneider YMCA Shaun Dougherty Blue House Labor & Industry 90 BH - 621 Blue House Blue Representative

Rose E. Schneider YMCA Jacob Geil Gold House Transportation 11 GH - 932 Gold House Gold Representative

Rose E. Schneider YMCA Karen Guise Adult Advisor

Rose E. Schneider YMCA Logan Guise Gold House Education 134 GH - 467 Gold House Gold Representative

Rose E. Schneider YMCA Ben Hess Gold House Public Health & Welfare 107 GH - 867 Gold House Gold Representative

Rose E. Schneider YMCA Jacob Huber Blue House Transportation 160 BH - 902 Blue House Blue Representative

Rose E. Schneider YMCA Ariella Meltzer Administration Governor's Cabinet

Rose E. Schneider YMCA Jorge Olan Blue Senate Education BS - 454 Blue Senate Blue Senator

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Delegation First Name Last Name Committee Seat # Bill # Chamber PositionRose E. Schneider YMCA Marisa Ortiz Gold House Environmental Resources & Energy 48 GH - 544 Gold House Gold Representative

Rose E. Schneider YMCA Nivya Patel Gold House Education 94 GH - 470 Gold House Gold Representative

Rose E. Schneider YMCA Rishin Sharma Gold House Labor & Industry 7 GH - 641 Gold House Gold Committee Chair

Rose E. Schneider YMCA Siona Sharma Blue House Speaker of the House

Rose E. Schneider YMCA Matt Steinberg Blue House Public Health and Welfare 2 24 BH - 800 Blue House Blue Committee Chair

Rose E. Schneider YMCA Nathan Stoner Blue House Law & Justice 2 151 BH - 707 Blue House Blue Representative

Rose E. Schneider YMCA Anna Stroupe Gold House Public Health & Welfare 44 GH - 866 Gold House Gold Representative

Rose E. Schneider YMCA Arushi Subba Gold Senate Environmental Resources & Energy GS - 562 Gold Senate Gold Senator

Rose E. Schneider YMCA Alyssa Jo Tice Blue House Law & Justice 182 BH - 722 Blue House Blue Representative

Rose E. Schneider YMCA Madeline Tobolewski Administration Governor's Cabinet

Rose E. Schneider YMCA Abigail Van Wormer Blue House Education 36 BH - 431 Blue House Blue Representative

Sewickly Valley YMCA Maria Beatty Blue House Labor & Industry 2 3 BH - 600 Blue House Blue Committee Chair

Sewickly Valley YMCA Lyndsey Garbee Blue House Law & Justice 2 136 BH - 705,706 Blue House Blue Representative

Sewickly Valley YMCA Elizabeth Manuel Blue House Environmental Resources & Energy 187 BH - 505 Blue House Blue Representative

Sewickly Valley YMCA LV McCoy Blue House Communications & Technology 101 BH - 203 Blue House Blue Representative

Sewickly Valley YMCA Natasha Napolitano Blue Senate Public Health & Welfare BS - 842 Blue Senate Blue Senator

Sewickly Valley YMCA Dennis Pauley Adult Advisor

Sewickly Valley YMCA Brooke Stanley Blue Senate Education BS - 450 Blue Senate Blue Senator

Somerset High School Andrew Bastian Blue House Environmental Resources & Energy 170 BH - 506 Blue House Blue Representative

Somerset High School Karlee Bittner Gold House Labor & Industry 73 Gold House Gold Representative

Somerset High School Brock Bowers Blue House Labor & Industry 123 BH - 626 Blue House Blue Representative

Somerset High School Mya Cameron Gold Senate Law & Justice GS - 783 Gold Senate Gold Senator

Somerset High School Rose Chan Gold House Law & Justice 50 Gold House Gold Representative

Somerset High School Joe Dunton Blue House Education 3 26 Blue House Blue Representative

Somerset High School Ben Geary Blue House Law & Justice 103 BH - 723 Blue House Blue Representative

Somerset High School Tanner Hoffman Blue House Environmental Resources & Energy 72 Blue House Blue Representative

Somerset High School Andy Huang Blue House Communications & Technology 124 BH - 204 Blue House Blue Representative

Somerset High School jonathan huynh Blue House Labor & Industry 48 Blue House Blue Representative

Somerset High School Brandon Kendall Administration Governor's Cabinet

Somerset High School Alex Lalley Blue House Labor & Industry 2 95 BH - 602 Blue House Blue Representative

Somerset High School Alex Ludy Team V Supreme Court Attorney

Somerset High School Dominic Mazzariello Blue House Education 2 115 Blue House Blue Representative

Somerset High School Elizabeth Mazzariello Gold House Public Health & Welfare 40 Gold House Gold Representative

Somerset High School Connie Myers Adult Advisor

Somerset High School Max Myers Blue Senate Education BS - 452 Blue Senate Blue Senator

Somerset High School micaiah ostrander Blue House Labor & Industry 2 93 Blue House Blue Representative

Somerset High School Cj Pelliccione Blue House Public Health and Welfare 144 BH - 816 Blue House Blue Representative

Somerset High School Briana Porter Blue House Education 92 BH - 433 Blue House Blue Representative

Somerset High School Kaylee Richard Gold Senate Environmental Resources & Energy GS - 571 Gold Senate Gold Senator

Somerset High School Olivia Straka Team V Supreme Court Attorney

Somerset High School Sam Svonavec Blue House Law & Justice 128 Blue House Blue Representative

Somerset High School Jared Swansboro Blue House Education 2 46 BH - 403 Blue House Blue Representative

Somerset High School Willis Walker Blue Senate Education BS - 445,446 Blue Senate Blue Senator

Somerset High School Makayla Walters Blue House Public Health and Welfare 2 84 BH - 803 Blue House Blue Representative

Somerset High School Chris Zanoni Adult Advisor

Springfield High School Josie Anderson Blue House Environmental Resources & Energy 76 BH - 501 Blue House Blue Representative

Springfield High School Benjamin Ascher Blue Senate Environmental Resources & Energy BS - 523 Blue Senate Blue Senator

Springfield High School Josh Ascher Gold House Public Health & Welfare 91 GH - 864 Gold House Gold Representative

Springfield High School Lilly Basgall Blue House Consumer Protection 73 BH - 308 Blue House Blue Representative

Springfield High School George Baughan Blue Senate Education BS - 453 Blue Senate Blue Senator

Springfield High School Katelyn Bennett Gold House Transportation 76 Gold House Gold Representative

Springfield High School Isabelle Boles Blue House Aging & Youth 188 BH - 104 Blue House Blue Representative

Springfield High School Grace Bowden Blue House Environmental Resources & Energy 134 BH - 502 Blue House Blue Representative

Springfield High School Amanda Brown Gold Senate Law & Justice GS - 784 Gold Senate Gold Senator

Springfield High School Dan Bruno Adult Advisor

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Delegation First Name Last Name Committee Seat # Bill # Chamber PositionSpringfield High School Cameron Callands Blue House Consumer Protection 183 BH - 305 Blue House Blue Representative

Springfield High School Jaden Callands Gold Senate Education GS - 491 Gold Senate Gold Senator

Springfield High School Kaitlyn Cannon Team Y Supreme Court Attorney

Springfield High School Jack Carlson Consumers BS - 848 Lobbyist Corp Lobbyist

Springfield High School Drew Cavanaugh Gold House Education 49 GH - 469 Gold House Gold Representative

Springfield High School Meg Chandler Blue House Education 74 BH - 435 Blue House Blue Representative

Springfield High School Johnny Choe Gold House Law & Justice 41 GH - 764 Gold House Gold Representative

Springfield High School Ryan Chybinski Gold House Law & Justice 133 GH - 762 Gold House Gold Representative

Springfield High School Matthew Clifford Blue House Education 165 BH - 434 Blue House Blue Representative

Springfield High School Zaria Clifton Blue House Law & Justice 2 159 Blue House Blue Representative

Springfield High School Eliana Colzani Blue House Consumer Protection 161 BH - 309 Blue House Blue Representative

Springfield High School Gwyneth Cooney Blue House Consumer Protection 140 BH - 306 Blue House Blue Representative

Springfield High School Emily Cooney Gold Senate Law & Justice GS - 786 Gold Senate Gold Senator

Springfield High School Allie Cottone Blue House Public Health and Welfare 2 104 BH - 802 Blue House Blue Representative

Springfield High School Caira Cox Gold House Transportation 74 GH - 931 Gold House Gold Representative

Springfield High School Ella Cummings Blue House Labor & Industry 177 BH - 623 Blue House Blue Representative

Springfield High School Robert DeMerlis Blue House Labor & Industry 16 BH - 624 Blue House Blue Representative

Springfield High School Nicholas deQuevedo Blue House Aging & Youth 158 BH - 105 Blue House Blue Representative

Springfield High School Joe Dolan Blue House Consumer Protection 147 BH - 307 Blue House Blue Representative

Springfield High School Natalie Doll Blue House Law & Justice 174 BH - 721 Blue House Blue Representative

Springfield High School Max Doll Gold House Education 87 GH - 466 Gold House Gold Representative

Springfield High School William Durham Team 21 Supreme Court Attorney

Springfield High School Zoe Edalatpour Blue Senate Environmental Resources & Energy Blue Senate Blue Senator

Springfield High School Aly Evans Blue House Education 3 164 BH - 427 Blue House Blue Representative

Springfield High School Shane Farrell Blue House Public Health and Welfare 2 127 BH - 804 Blue House Blue Representative

Springfield High School Jaime Leo Figueras Blue House Labor & Industry 2 111 BH - 603 Blue House Blue Representative

Springfield High School Katie Fitzpatrick Team 21 Supreme Court Attorney

Springfield High School Nigel Fox Consumers BH - 910 Lobbyist Corp Lobbyist

Springfield High School Evan Garber Blue Senate Law & Justice BS - 742 Blue Senate Blue Senator

Springfield High School Emily Giampietro Team X Supreme Court Attorney

Springfield High School Meredith Giordano Blue House Public Health and Welfare 181 Blue House Blue Representative

Springfield High School Caroline Gozzard Gold House Communications & Technology 45 Gold House Gold Representative

Springfield High School Brennan Grimes Blue House Public Health and Welfare 2 35 Blue House Blue Representative

Springfield High School Hannah Grothusen Team 19 Supreme Court Attorney

Springfield High School James Guckin Blue House Law & Justice 2 63 BH - 703 Blue House Blue Representative

Springfield High School Collin Guckin Gold House Education 84 Gold House Gold Representative

Springfield High School Dean Hanlon Team W Supreme Court Attorney

Springfield High School Sydney Hannings Gold House Public Health & Welfare 26 GH - 861 Gold House Gold Representative

Springfield High School Rachel Harmon Blue House Education 3 40 BH - 418 Blue House Blue Representative

Springfield High School Emily Henry Blue House Education 3 130 BH - 417 Blue House Blue Representative

Springfield High School Justin Hill Blue House Consumer Protection 180 BH - 302 Blue House Blue Representative

Springfield High School Grace Hinds Blue House Public Health and Welfare 97 BH - 820 Blue House Blue Representative

Springfield High School Davis Hinds Gold House Environmental Resources & Energy 118 Gold House Gold Representative

Springfield High School Caroline Horn Gold House Law & Justice 111 GH - 763 Gold House Gold Representative

Springfield High School Michael Kassabian Blue Senate Public Health & Welfare BS - 841 Blue Senate Blue Senator

Springfield High School Alanna Kelly Team 20 Supreme Court Attorney

Springfield High School Connor Kendrick Gold House Environmental Resources & Energy 103 GH - 543 Gold House Gold Representative

Springfield High School Megan Leibfreid Team Y Supreme Court Attorney

Springfield High School Elizabeth Leibfreid Blue House Public Health and Welfare 113 BH - 817 Blue House Blue Representative

Springfield High School Emma Lindsay Blue House Consumer Protection 64 BH - 303 Blue House Blue Representative

Springfield High School Alyssa LoRusso Blue House Education 2 27 BH - 402 Blue House Blue Representative

Springfield High School Frances Madeira Blue Senate Public Health & Welfare BS - 836 Blue Senate Blue Senator

Springfield High School Joey McLaughlin Gold House Labor & Industry 98 GH - 640 Gold House Gold Representative

Springfield High School Kaitlin Moyer Gold Senate Public Health & Welfare GS - 884 Gold Senate Gold Senator

Springfield High School Carly Munger Team X Supreme Court Attorney

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Delegation First Name Last Name Committee Seat # Bill # Chamber PositionSpringfield High School Brian Murphy Team W Supreme Court Attorney

Springfield High School Anna Natale Teachers Lobbyist Corp Lobbyist

Springfield High School Katherine Nelson Blue House Communications & Technology 166 BH - 201 Blue House Blue Representative

Springfield High School Meghan Nelson Gold House Public Health & Welfare 131 GH - 862 Gold House Gold Representative

Springfield High School Siobhan Nolan Gold House Law & Justice 72 GH - 765 Gold House Gold Representative

Springfield High School Griffin Olson-Allen Gold House Communications & Technology 62 GH - 253 Gold House Gold Representative

Springfield High School Magdalene O'Rourke Gold Senate Public Health & Welfare GS - 881 Gold Senate Gold Senator

Springfield High School Ronni Panara Gold House Labor & Industry 108 Gold House Gold Representative

Springfield High School Sophia Perry Gold House Public Health & Welfare 95 GH - 863 Gold House Gold Representative

Springfield High School Carly Phelan Teachers Lobbyist Corp Lobbyist

Springfield High School Sarah Potocki Gold House Law & Justice 120 Gold House Gold Representative

Springfield High School Carolyn Price Gold House Education 22 GH - 468 Gold House Gold Representative

Springfield High School Devon Reid Gold House Public Health & Welfare 113 Gold House Gold Representative

Springfield High School Elizabeth Reynolds Blue House Education 19 BH - 430 Blue House Blue Committee Chair

Springfield High School Charles Rittenhouse Blue House Communications & Technology 88 BH - 202 Blue House Blue Representative

Springfield High School Sue Rochman Adult Advisor

Springfield High School Scott Rochman Gold House Labor & Industry 130 GH - 642 Gold House Gold Representative

Springfield High School Gabriella Rudnick Team 19 Supreme Court Attorney

Springfield High School Julianna Rudnick Team 20 Supreme Court Attorney

Springfield High School Amanda Schagrin Blue House Labor & Industry 141 BH - 622 Blue House Blue Representative

Springfield High School David Scott Gold House Transportation 64 GH - 941 Gold House Gold Representative

Springfield High School Caroline Shelly Gold House Environmental Resources & Energy 96 GH - 542 Gold House Gold Representative

Springfield High School Lindsey Smith Blue House Education 3 99 BH - 419 Blue House Blue Representative

Springfield High School Amanda Staroba Blue House Communications & Technology 118 BH - 210 Blue House Blue Representative

Springfield High School Grace Talbot Gold House Communications & Technology 89 GH - 252 Gold House Gold Representative

Springfield High School Briana Vetter Blue Senate Public Health & Welfare BS - 839 Blue Senate Blue Senator

Springfield High School Emily Walsh Gold Senate Public Health & Welfare GS - 883 Gold Senate Gold Senator

Springfield High School Annabelle Welch Blue Senate Law & Justice Blue Senate Blue Senator

Springfield High School Sharyn Wilson Blue House Consumer Protection 121 Blue House Blue Representative

Springfield High School Gracie Woron Gold Senate Law & Justice GS - 792 Gold Senate Gold Senator

Springfield High School Samantha Wynne Gold House Communications & Technology 128 GH - 254 Gold House Gold Representative

Springfield High School Mark Zehner Adult Advisor

Springfield High School Peggy Zehner Adult Advisor

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Candidate BIOS

Chief Justice

Alan Hwang

Hershey High School Do you hold any leadership positions in your club? I have been the Vice President of the Hershey YAG

Judicial Program responsible for developing program agenda, guiding new members in writing briefs, and

providing training curriculum for the judicial group.

Do you hold any statewide leadership positions? I was elected as a Statewide Justice.

Why do you think you are the most qualified candidate? I believe that the most important qualifications

of Chief Justice are the ability to articulate legal viewpoints with excellent written and oral communication skills,

to recognize both merits and pitfalls of opposing arguments, and to convene productive sessions that lead to

consensus or conclusion. I have the experience, skills, and temperament that will make me the ideal candidate

for this role.

I was a semifinalist at the Pennsylvania Youth and Government Competition during my freshman and

sophomore year. In both years, I was nominated for the National Judicial Competition in Chicago. With my

YAG roles as Judicial Program Vice President and Supreme Court Justice, I have gained considerable experience

in engaging legal debates, writing effectively and succinctly, and quickly analyzing strengths and weaknesses of

various arguments. Just as importantly, those years in YAG leadership have given me a strong understanding of

the judicial system. I have developed a keen sense of the various roles within the system and recognize how

crucial each role is. A strong Chief Justice will have not only the experience and skills to oversee quality legal

proceedings, but the steady temperament to maintain a well-functioning court of multiple justices. If I am

nominated for Chief Justice, I will make it my priority to strengthen the judicial branch of Youth and

Government.

Is there anything else you would like us to know? Outside of the Youth and Government program, I am

involved in many other extracurricular activities. I have been a Penn State Hershey Medical Center Youth

Volunteer since my freshman year. I am a member of Hershey Math Alliance, a tutoring program for

elementary kids.

Currently, I swim for the Hershey High School Swim Team and Hershey Aquatic Club. I am a district qualifier

and a member of the Mid Atlantic Zone Swim Team. I also love to play the piano and violin. I have been a

member of Harrisburg Youth Symphony since 5th grade, and I qualified for District and Regional Symphony

Orchestras.

Beside volunteering, sports, and music, I am a science enthusiast. I participated in the Pennsylvania Junior

Academic Science (PJAS) Regional and State Science Fair and received the First Place Award for my computer

science projects in 2014 and 2015. Last year, I was a Finalist for the Capital Area Regional Science Fair.

Through these activities, I have developed valuable skills in time management, organization, and teamwork.

Perhaps even more importantly, I have grown my values in hard work, dedication, and optimism. These are the

values that have made me so passionate about the judicial branch. I would be honored to contribute to a

stronger Youth and Government at all levels.

Chief Justice

Madison Mckee

Butler YMCA Do you hold any leadership positions in your club? I am Vice President of my club this year so I head in

fundraising and recruitment. In past years I have been secretary and chaplain.

Do you hold any statewide leadership positions? I am currently a justice, I lead the attorney's in making

their journey.

Why do you think you are the most qualified candidate? Because I understand judicial through many

sides. This is my third year in the program and I have a love for this program like nothing else(:

Is there anything else you would like us to know? I am dedicated to this family of Yag delegates and I

can't wait to be a larger part of it(:

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Chief Justice

Mya Goldstien

Boyertown YMCA

Do you hold any leadership positions in your club? I help new and returning attorneys with

their case law and their writing of briefs and oral arguments so that model runs as smoothly as

possible.

Do you hold any statewide leadership positions? I have held none as of right now

Why do you think you are the most qualified candidate? I believe that I am highly qualified

because I spend a good deal of my time during the year helping out the younger attorneys in my

delegation understand what they are doing. I have a lot of experience helping those in need of it

and as Chief justice one of the jobs is to make sure that everyone is going to have a good time and

come to model bringing their best work. I have learned a lot sense joining the judicial branch and

would be honored to pass that on to new and returning members.

Is there anything else you would like us to know? I think that the most important part of being an attorney is to be able to argue the point well with sold facts backing any argument that is made and be respectful when doing so. By being chief justice I want to give everyone a chance to do this and come to model confident and ready to win their case.

Editor In Chief

Maria Neboga

East Shore YMCA

Do you hold any leadership positions in your club? I have not held any leadership positions,

considering this is my first year in youth and government.

Do you hold any statewide leadership positions? No, I have not held any leadership

positions.

Why do you think you are the most qualified candidate? I am very dedicated as an

individual and very passionate about helping ok everyone to do their best.

Is there anything else you would like us to know? I am planning on majoring in marine

biology and later on pursuing a career with underwater photography. I also have a small business

of taking student's photographs if they want portraits taken.

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Editor In Chief

Claire

CCA

Do you hold any leadership positions in your club? With the Connections Academy

delegation, I am currently holding the position of club historian and press manager.

Do you hold any statewide leadership positions? I have not yet held any positions. However,

I've held the position of Associated Student Body President, class vice president, class secretary,

debate team captain for 2 years, and student council president.

Why do you think you are the most qualified candidate? I believe that my leadership

experience has prepared me for this position of Editor and Chief, I am able to prioritize and

delegate duties, manage deadlines, run meetings and manage staff and projects. I also feel that

individuals have a right to timely and accurate information, and I can work along side my student

team to make that happen. I am a member of my schools Newspaper as well as a member of my

schools Literary and Photography magazine, of which, I've written many reports and taken many

photographs for.

Is there anything else you would like us to know? This year I have had the unique experience

of representing Rain Day Scholarship Inc. in Waynesburg PA, which has afforded me many

opportunities to speak to public and civic organizations, and the media. I have also had the

opportunity to do several radio interviews and I have elaborate knowledge in the realm of social

media.

Lt. Governor

Joshua Shapin

Boyertown Area High School Do you hold any leadership positions in your club? I have never held any specific leadership positions

within my club. My club has an incredible DL and our advisor handles everything else. I serve as interim DL if

our incumbent DL is unavailable or unable to lead.

Do you hold any statewide leadership positions? Statewide, I served two years in the blue senate

(including this year) and my second year as a delegate I served in the Oken administation as the secretary(ies)

of Labor and Industry, Transportation, and Agricultural, Rural and Urban Affairs (3).

Why do you think you are the most qualified candidate? I believe I am the most qualified candidate for

the position of Blue Lt. Gov. I have experience in the Blue senate from this year as well as past years (2 in

total) and I have experience working in the governor's administration. This makes me an ideal candidate

because I can coordinate the senate and my bill calendar effectively with the most representation of both the

senate and the administration while staying largely, objective. It is imperative as Blue Lt. Gov that he or she

whom holds the position is very knowledgeable and incisive on their use of parliamentary procedure. My total of

three years experience serving in the YMCA-PA-YAG gives me ample experience and technique to run the

senate floor in accordance with all of the rules of parliamentary procedure. Furthermore, a leaders' true position

is not to create followers, but to spawn future leaders. For this reason, in order to lead effectively, the leader

must always stay objective or impartial. This is an ethic I firmly stand by and makes me a fitting individual to

lead. As my school's founder of the Free Thinkers Club, I understand proper debate etiquette and will not stand

for negative gossip or ad hominem speech tactics inside or outside the senate chamber. I am not afraid to

announce my voice and opinion if I feel that a senate member is being targeted based on their values. By that

standard, I really do care about each and every one of the senate members, regardless if I become Blue Lt.

Gov. Ultimately, I believe that we all are a family at the end of Model weekend and hope, if elected, my

calendar will fulfill everyone's hopes and dreams, allowing all bills to be spoken upon and debated.

Is there anything else you would like us to know? 1. Outside of YAG I am apart of my school's Mock Trial

team as lawyer, founder of the Free Thinkers Club, hold an IT internship (unpaid), and am apart of the

statewide Y-Achievers program. That program allowed me to volunteer my time in community service events,

namely clearing non-native and invasive species from the grounds of Valley Forge National Park, preserving our

country's heritage. 2. I am very politically active and have even applied to help run the local, upcoming polls in

May. 3. Believe it or not, I actually want to talk to everyone, please approach me and maybe we shall strike up

a conversation, although I have to warn you, I am known to have tortuous rants quite frequently. 4. I will be

16 years old on February 4th and I, in no way, want to drive. 5. I am "Shapin'up for a better future!!!" 6.

Please consider me in your vote for Blue Lt. Gov. 7. Thank you!!!

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Lt. Governor

Kaijie Zhang

East Shore YMCA Do you hold any leadership positions in your club? Treasure of the East Shore YMCA Red club and also the

gold senator

Do you hold any statewide leadership positions? Not yet. This is my first year.

Why do you think you are the most qualified candidate? I love talking and debating with others, although

this is my first year, I have learned so much from the youth governor within our club-- Wesley Sheker. I believe

that the position is perfect for me as I always take leadership positions for most of the activities and I would

like to be a Lt.Governor and serve the Youth and Government well in my second and also the last year.

Is there anything else you would like us to know? Hi! I was born in China and educated in a completely

different background (I am not a communist I swear). My family immigrated to the United States 3 years ago

and I have passion and love to serve the YAG program as well as later in life to serve the nation. I really want

to be a statewide leader, although this is my first year, I am more than confident to become a great leader and

work with all the great people in the Youth and Government program.

Lt. Governor

Rafay Nasir

Hershey High School Do you hold any leadership positions in your club? For the past three years, I have been very deeply

involved in my club and its activities. Last year and this year, I was a “pod leader”. Basically, I helped a small

group of younger members with their bills, prepare their speeches, and in general cultivate them to become

strong delegates. Other than that, I have generally been an active figure in my club. I use my three years of

experience to my advantage and try to help where I can, especially in campaigning, networking, and general

contribution to the club environment.

Do you hold any statewide leadership positions? During my freshman year, I was nominated to attend

CONA. During my sophomore year, I was elected as gold senate committee chair and I received the

outstanding committee chair award, and I was again nominated to go to CONA. This year (junior year), I was

elected as the gold lieutenant governor at Elections Convention. I have spent all three years of my experience

in the Senate.

Why do you think you are the most qualified candidate? I am the most qualified candidate for Blue

Lieutenant Governor for several reasons. First of all, my experiences and qualifications have been catered over

the years for this exact position. I have spent all my 3 years in the senate. The first year, as a normal delegate;

the second year, as a committee chair; and the third year, as a gold lieutenant governor. Because of these

diverse viewpoints, I will be able to operate effectively with each delegate in mind. My most important

qualification by far is my experience as Gold Lieutenant Governor. As an effect, I have been exposed to the

exact position that I am running for. Also, I have been exposed to other presiding officers while serving as Gold

Lieutenant Governor. This familiarized me with the duties of all the other presiding officers, including the Blue

Lieutenant Governor, and acquainted me with the environment and work flow of the presiding officers.

Is there anything else you would like us to know? My main objective as Blue Lieutenant Governor will be

to modernize the chambers in every way possible, therefore creating an updated, 21st century chamber

environment. There are a few specific steps I will take in order to achieve this.

1. Work with administrators to allow laptops and tablets in chamber environments for purely research

purposes. This would not only create a more modern and friendly environment, but would improve the quality

and substance of the debates.

2. Improve communication in the chambers, as it often is in the modern world, to the point where there

is smooth flow between committee chairs, both the chambers, and the party leaders. This can only be achieved

with the presiding officer directly speaking to these people that hold these positions, and since I have held most

of these positions previously, I am very well suited to discuss the communication issues that these important

leaders face.

3. In order to create a more 21st century chamber environment, I wish to be as approachable as

possible. To achieve this, I will acquaint myself with every single delegate personally before model and have an

enforced but relaxed chamber environment. Also, my previous two goals above (in regards to communication

and technology) will greatly help relieve stress and create a more relaxed chamber, which will also contribute to

my approachability.

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Lt. Governor

Zeryab Ibrahim

Middletown High School Do you hold any leadership positions in your club? Within my club, I have held the positions of Secretary

as well as Parliamentarian.

Do you hold any statewide leadership positions? Within the statewide program, I have been a gold house

clerk, and now a gold senate chair.

Why do you think you are the most qualified candidate? I am the most qualified candidate for Lt.

Governor because I’ve already been in certain positions that require the same skills as Lt. Governor. As the

parliamentarian of my club, i was required to not only teach my delegates parliamentary procedure, but also

call them out of order when not following the proper procedure. While parliamentarian taught me the proper

procedures to use during debate; being a senate committee chair taught me how to run a debate and what to

do if the procedures are not being followed.

Is there anything else you would like us to know? I was chosen to represent Pennsylvania at the

Conference of National Affairs; also known as CONA.

Speaker of the House

Justin Ellis

Butler YMCA

Do you hold any leadership positions in your club? During my first year I served as Executive-at-Large of

my delegation. For my 9th and 10th grade years I served as my club's parliamentarian. I currently serve as Bill

Coordinator.

Do you hold any statewide leadership positions? I was elected Gold House Committee Chair for my 9th

and 10th grade years. This year I have the pleasure of serving as a Blue House Committee Chair. Also, I was

given the honor of attending the Conference on National Affairs as a member of the Pennsylvania Delegation.

Why do you think you are the most qualified candidate? Out of all these great candidates, I believe that

my qualifications for Blue Speaker stem from my understanding of this program and my personality. The first

and most important roles of the Blue Speaker are those of the teacher and impartial moderator. It is essential

that the Blue Speaker maintains a productive yet comfortable environment in the House. My experience as a

Gold Committee Chair and my Participation at the Conference on National Affairs has taught me how to get

work done while still having the fun I have loved throughout my time in this program. Overall, I will strive to

ensure that Blue Representatives have the best experience possible and continue to build their love for this

great program.

Is there anything else you would like us to know? Over my entire life, there has not been any activity or

experience that has influenced me as a person than Youth & Government. The feeling I get when speaking in

front of the House Chambers reminds me why I love this program, and gives me hope in the future for our

generation. Our elders believe that our generation is flawed, and Youth & Government shows me that there are

still people who make informed, smart decisions. This program has helped me to see issues from other points of

view and to find common ground between different political stances, something our real lawmakers should

understand. In my free time I am an Eagle Scout, Honors Student, and play the Mellophone and French Horn in

band. Despite all of this activities, the one I spend the most time on is Youth & Government. I will continue to

devote this and more time to this wonderful program and to fulfill my duties as your Blue Speaker.

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Kaitlin Haggert

Boyertown YMCA

Do you hold any leadership positions in your club? Yes, I was vice president of Boyertown Junior High

East's club in my ninth grade year, as well as, vice president of the Boyertown YMCA club this year.

Do you hold any statewide leadership positions? Yes, I am a Blue House committee chair this year and I

was a Gold House committee chair in ninth grade. I also attended the Conference On National Affairs last

summer as one of the delegate representing PA.

Why do you think you are the most qualified candidate? I believe that I'm most qualified for this position

because I have a lot of experience from being in YAG for 3+ years. I truly believe and have a passion for

helping others. The leadership I have gained from not only YAG, but other clubs like Student Council, No Place

for Hate club and Key club will give me the benefit to be able to be the best leader I can be for YAG.

Is there anything else you would like us to know? I'm currently a junior at Boyertown Area Senior High

and I am in my fourth year of YAG. I have been in the Blue Senate twice(8th & 10th grade) and the Gold and

Blue Houses(9th & currently). My goal is to help others have the best experience they can and have the chance

to speak for what they believe in. If you have any questions, I would be incredibly happy to answer them!


Michael Miller

Hershey High School

Do you hold any leadership positions in your club? Yes, I currently serve as the Vice President of my

club’s Legislative Branch—a position that has been very rewarding and instrumental in helping share my

excitement towards Youth and Government with others. Being able to plan and conduct meetings, work closely

with club leaders and advisors, regularly chair debates, and personally help dozens of members write bills and

improve in debate has given me invaluable experience. In addition, I am tasked with being a pod leader in my

club. Pods are small groups within the club that focus on bill writing and parliamentary procedure, and leading

one has allowed me to connect with the diverse members of our Legislative Branch on a personal level.

Do you hold any statewide leadership positions? Yes, I have been elected this year to serve as a

Committee Chair in the Blue House. I am eager and excited to chair in-depth debate among my committee

members, help improve and strengthen bills so they can be passed as laws, and challenge everyone at Model to

make the most of their experiences.

Why do you think you are the most qualified candidate? My experience in debating, bill writing,

parliamentary procedure, and leading others—all crucial skills for every Speaker of the House to possess—

makes me extremely qualified for this position. During my first year in Youth and Government, I was selected

to be in the Blue House, a place where I gained valuable experience and made lasting friendships. I learned

communication through debating with seasoned members and collaboration through sponsoring a bill from a

separate delegation. Blue House has always been, in my belief, the best place for YAG members to express

their opinions and literally stand up for what they believe in. As a result of my past experience, I am able to

effectively lead the Blue House next year as its Speaker to examine pertinent issues, review more bills, and

achieve new heights. I truly believe that the most important part of Youth and Government is its members.

With your support, I will help them maximize their talents, time, and experience at Model.

Is there anything else you would like us to know? I am very personable, approachable, and love getting

to know other members of Youth and Government! My experience outside of the program as being president of

my class, starting a math tutoring program for elementary kids, and competing in science fairs has taught me

how important interacting with others is and that all YAG members have other interests and motivations that

make them unique. As Speaker of the House, I will implement new, common sense initiatives to foster

participation, increase the number of bills debated, and improve all aspects of Blue House for future Model

Conventions.

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Mary Sherpinsky

Boyertown Area High School Do you hold any leadership positions in your club? I have held the position of treasurer, and keeping the

account of money in place. I have also been an executive to helping, clarifying, and answering any questions

considering parliamentary procedure or the writing of bills.

Do you hold any statewide leadership positions? I was appointed the role of chaplain during the 2015

Pennsylvanian Model Convention. I helped with the opening ceremony, and welcoming the delegates to the

convention. I then went on to give one of the opening speeches at Governor's Ball.

Why do you think you are the most qualified candidate? I feel I am the best fit for this position because I

have a lot of experience in this area. I am a team player, very energetic, love to juggle multiple tasks, and I

will go the extra mile to get the job done. I know when to laugh, and I know when to crack down and be

serious. I have great knowledge on parliamentary procedure, and I am not shy on my judgment. I thoroughly

enjoy spectating and participating in live debate. My main priority will be this position, and to satisfy all

requirements that is expected of the Speaker of the House.

Is there anything else you would like us to know? I take work ethics very seriously, yet I consider myself

to be ‘fun.’ I believe that we are way more productive when we are working with people and ideals with which

we enjoy spending time. I love to interact with people, and to ensure that everyone is having a good

experience, no matter what it is.

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Youth Governor

Alex West

East Shore YMCA

Do you hold any leadership positions in your club? My freshman year, I acted as

the club chaplain for the second half of the year. For both my sophomore and this year, I

was the Recruitment Committee Chair. I am now East Shore Y's treasurer.

Do you hold any statewide leadership positions? My first year in the club, I was

elected as a Gold Committee Chair. Then, this year, I was elected as a Blue Committee

Chair, both times serving in the House of Representatives. I was also selected twice to

represent Pennsylvania at the YMCA Youth Conference on National Affairs.

Why do you think you are the most qualified candidate? Political Science and

Journalism are what I plan on studying at college. They have always been one of my

main interests in life. As such, I was thrilled to find Youth and Government. I have spent

that past three years in the program learning as much as I can about all the branches of

YAG. Although I have participated directly in only the Legislative branch, I have found

great interest with all side of YAG and have worked with all the branches.

Also, my involvement in other clubs such as Model UN, Girl Scouts, Mock Trial, etc. has

given me many skills that I apply, and will apply, to Youth and Government. Currently, I

am a Girl Scout National Delegate where I work with real policy for the Girl Scouts of

America. I also volunteer for local, state, and national campaigns. You will see this real

world experience applied if I am elected Governor.

Is there anything else you would like us to know? Youth and Government has

literally changed my life. It is my goal and initiative to help as many people as possible to

have the same life changing experience that I have had. To accomplish this, I cannot

stress recruitment and club unity enough. If we, as a program, continue to band

together, we really can make a difference-- whether that be a difference through service

or a difference in ourselves and others. If three years in Youth and Government has

taught me anything, it is that each of us have a voice that matters and we should all

have the chance to express that voice because, when used correctly, it can create

change.

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Youth Governor

Lainey Newman

Obama Academy

Do you hold any leadership positions in your club? I currently serve as the President of the

Obama Youth and Government club, which entails overseeing the three branches of the program

and organizing delegation meetings and activities. As President, I have worked to establish a

communicative leadership corps as well as a welcoming and efficient club environment. I've learned

a great deal about leadership, including that through open conversation and communication, much

can be achieved. Working with my club advisor, I have had various club members, regardless of

any leadership title, take on responsibilities in order to allow the club to function as smoothly as

possible. By organizing several successful fundraisers, we were able to help every person in our

club have the resources to participate in YAG. I'm proud of the club we have created this year and

I am looking forward to first-year members witnessing the magic of Model!

Do you hold any statewide leadership positions? I currently serve as the Youth Lieutenant

Governor of Pennsylvania, a position of which I am incredibly proud. I also served as the Gold

Lieutenant Governor last year, which allowed me to be well prepared for the position I currently

hold. One of my main goals as Lieutenant Governor has been and continues to be to reach out to

as many people possible in order to engage all participants in YAG. Another goal of mine is to

spread the word about Youth and Government; on a trip to New York City with Governor Wesley

Sheker, I had the opportunity to speak about my own experiences in the program to a major

benefactor of Pennsylvania YAG. Through this and other experiences, I have realized how much of

an impact the Youth and Government Program has on those who participate in it. Additionally, I

served as the Gold Senate Majority Leader during my first year of the program, which allowed me

experience the direct leadership of Senators through caucusing and speaking on the floor.

Why do you think you are the most qualified candidate? I believe that I am the most

qualified candidate for the position of Youth Governor of Pennsylvania because I have experience in

the various facets of the program and in working to lobby for the program. I am a two-time

Presiding Officer, which has allowed me to witness the depth of the program's leadership corps.

Through being the Gold and Blue Lieutenant Governor, I have served as a statewide leader and

have had myriad experiences with the responsibilities that is encompassed in being a Presiding

Officer. I am incredibly invested in the advancement of this program, whether it be at my own

school, at the state level, or at the national level. I am a two-time delegate to the Conference on

National Affairs, where I had the honor to serve as Committee Clerk and work with YAG

participants from Hawaii to Montana. I also will be attending Youth and Government Advocacy

Days in Washington, D.C., this February. There, I will be meeting with Pennsylvania's U.S.

Congressmen and Congresswomen to advocate and lobby for the Youth and Government program.

I believe my experiences as a state leader and as a club leader have afforded me insight into

program, and I will be able to hit the ground running as the Youth Governor because I will be

thoroughly prepared for the responsibilities that accompany the position.

Is there anything else you would like us to know? I value Youth and Government because it

has given so many people, including myself, a forum for growth, leadership, and political

discussion. When I get the chance to tell someone about YAG, I have realized that I usually speak

of a certain speech that inspired me at a recent convention or a passionate debate I experienced at

one of the many conferences I've attended. It has truly been an honor to witness and partake in

this program as a delegate and a leader, most of all because I have been able to both get to know

so many of Pennsylvania's finest and hear the political perspectives of students from across the

state. As Governor, I plan to continue the progress we have made in recent years to expand the

impact of the program, and I encourage all questions about my candidacy and my platform. It

would be an honor to be able to continue working to advance the reach and excellence of this

program as Pennsylvania's 71st Youth Governor.

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Youth Governor

Greg Schneider

Boyertown YMCA

Do you hold any leadership positions in your club? For the past several years I have been

President/Delegation Leader of my club. Boyertown being one of the newest delegations, I played a

key role in the expansion of our club from one of the smallest to one of largest groups of

delegations at the conference. As President I have been responsible for delegating authority as well

as mentoring younger delegates and encouraging them to get the most out of their YAG

experience.

Do you hold any statewide leadership positions? My second year in the program I was elected

Gold Senate Committee chair and was awarded committee chair of the year. This position was a

tremendous learning opportunity for me, not only did I gain experience leading session but I also

gained experience in mentoring my fellow delegates.

My third year in the program I held the position of minority whip in the blue senate. There I played

a key role in bringing the two parties together to pass several pieces of legislation. I made it a

priority to have as many delegates as possible have their bills addressed. My dedication to this

bipartisan approach to the party-system in the senate earned me the award of blue senator of the

year.

Why do you think you are the most qualified candidate? I feel I am most qualified candidate

for Youth Governor due to the diverse list of positions and experiences I have had throughout my

four year YAG career.

Being the president of my fledgling club since it's beginning four years ago and nearly increasing

our numbers five times our original size shows my ability to execute ideas and motivate others. As

I lead our club's expansion I also focused on motivating my delegates and insuring that each one of

them has an amazing YAG experience.

Holding many mid-level leadership positions statewide, it has kept me in touch with the back bone

of our program, the individual delegate. I do not consider myself someone of elevated authority but

someone who seeks to represent the vast majority of our program, striving to empower everyone.

Finally, attending the Conference On National Affairs for the past two years was another life

changing experience where my ideas were challenged by other veteran delegates from around the

country, here I learned to be open minded to other beliefs and ideas that varied from my own.

Is there anything else you would like us to know? I'd like people to know I have a passion for

making a difference, for doing what is right, and helping others. Through this office I seek to share

this passion with you all and to inspire you to find your passion no matter what that may be.

Throughout my four years in YAG I have learned many things. An important one being that you

cannot wait for others to give you a voice, you, the individual, must my find your inner voice and

do what you must for it to be heard. If elected Youth Governor I will encourage you to speak up

and fight for what you believe in. To not only learn about our government, but to question it, and

to seek alternative solutions to some antiquated ideas. I believe this is what our motto,

"Democracy must be learned by every generation" truly means, to not expect to be given what we

desire but to take it, to demand that our voices are heard.

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