While negotiations continue on a final state budget for Fiscal Year 2025-26, the Senate passed a bill to continue to provide counties, school districts, and social service providers with funding at the levels of last year’s budget, according to Sen. Chris Gebhard (R-48). [Read More]
During a ceremony at Fort Indiantown Gap, Treasurer Stacy Garrity today observed Purple Heart Day by returning a Purple Heart Medal to the son of the late Ray Alvin Morgan, a U.S. Army veteran who was wounded during the Vietnam War. She was joined by Senator Chris Gebhard (R-48) and Representative JoAnne Stehr (R-107). [Read More]
Sen. Chris Gebhard’s (R-48) bill to protect users of virtual currency is set for enactment into law following today’s approval by the House of Representatives. [Read More]
Expanding on Pennsylvania’s groundbreaking law to provide no-cost screenings for those at high risk of breast cancer, Sen. Chris Gebhard (R-48) announced today that the Senate Banking and Insurance Committee unanimously approved Senate Bill 88 to expand the law in several ways, including the addition of diagnostic screenings. [Read More]
Sen. Chris Gebhard’s (R-48) bill to protect users of virtual currency by requiring its transmission to be treated similarly to money transmission under the Money Transmitter Act (MTA) was approved unanimously today by the Senate. [Read More]
Sen. Chris Gebhard (R-48) and Rep. Eric Weaknecht (R-5) announced more than $157,000 in Commonwealth Financing Authority (CFA) funding is being awarded for projects in Berks County. [Read More]
en. Chris Gebhard (R-48) and Rep. Jamie Barton (R-124) announced nearly $67,000 in Commonwealth Financing Authority (CFA) funding is being awarded to Hamburg Borough, Berks County. [Read More]
Sen. Chris Gebhard (R-48) is inviting residents with hard-to-read license plates to obtain a free, new one at his license plate replacement event on Saturday, April 5, from 10 a.m. to noon at the Conrad Weiser Middle School, 347 Penn Ave., Robesonia. [Read More]
Sen. Chris Gebhard (R-48) announced today that Richland Borough will receive a $4.1 million low-interest loan from the Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment Authority (PENNVEST) to replace a water storage tank. [Read More]
Sen. Chris Gebhard (R-48) was assigned to seven standing Senate committees for the 2025-26 legislative session: Banking and Insurance as chair; Community, Economic and Recreational Development as vice chair; Appropriations; Aging and Youth; Communications and Technology; Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure; and Institutional Sustainability and Innovation. [Read More]
