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February 3, 2021

Senator Hutchinson Comments on Governor’s Tax and Spend Budget

Senator Scott Hutchinson, R-21 and Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following comments in response to Governor Wolf’s proposed $40.2 billion General Fund Budget for Fiscal Year 2021-22, which includes a $3.1 billion spending increase, a Personal Income Tax (PIT) rate hike from 3.07 percent to 4.49 percent, imposition of Marcellus Shale extraction tax, and elimination of funding for broadband expansion as well as vital agricultural and health programs and services. [Read More]

January 26, 2021

Senate Approves Constitutional Amendment Limiting Disaster Declarations

The Senate approved a proposed constitutional amendment on Tuesday that would limit the length of future emergency disaster declarations unless an extension is approved by the General Assembly, according to Senator Scott Hutchinson, who strongly supported the bill. [Read More]

January 15, 2021

Hutchinson Named Vice Chair of Intergovernmental Operations Committee

Senate President Pro Tempore Jake Corman today (January 15) appointed Senator Scott E. Hutchinson to serve as Vice Chairman of the Senate Intergovernmental Operations Committee for the 2021-22 legislative session. Earlier this month, Senator Hutchinson was reappointed to serve as Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee. Senator Hutchinson will also serve as a member of […] [Read More]

January 13, 2021

Senator Hutchinson Reappointed to Chair Senate Finance Committee

Senate President Pro Tempore Jake Corman today (January 13) reappointed Senator Scott Hutchinson to serve as Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee for the 2021-22 Legislative Session. He has held the post since the beginning of the 2017-18 Legislative Session. [Read More]

November 20, 2020

Senate Sends Broadband Expansion Bill to the Governor

Legislation that would create a grant program to extend deployment of broadband services in underserved areas of the state earned final approval in the Senate today and was sent to the governor to be signed into law, according to Senator Scott Hutchinson, who supported the bill. [Read More]

October 21, 2020

Marion Township Receives $4.1 M PENNVEST Funding

Marion Township, Butler County, was today (October 21) awarded $4.1 million in funding from the Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment Authority (PENNVEST) for a major wastewater treatment project to serve Boyers and Atwells Crossing, according to Senator Scott Hutchinson (R-21) and Representative Timothy Bonner (R-8). [Read More]

October 21, 2020

Senate Approves Bipartisan Bill to Boost Fire and EMS Services

The Senate approved a comprehensive package of bipartisan reforms today to improve the delivery of fire and EMS services throughout the state, according to Senator Scott Hutchinson who supported the legislation. [Read More]

July 9, 2020

Applications for $50 million Fire & EMS Grant Program Now Accepted

The guidelines for the COVID-19 Crisis Fire Company and EMS Grant Program created by Senate Bill 1122 have been released and local fire companies and EMS agencies may now apply to receive funds, according to Senator Scott Hutchinson, who supported the bill on its way to being enacted into law. [Read More]

June 30, 2020

Senate Adopts Hutchinson Bill Improving Office of State Fire Commissioner

The Senate today (June 30) passed legislation that will fundamentally restructure and improve the Office of the State Fire Commissioner, according to Senators Scott Hutchinson (R-21) and Mike Regan (R-31). Listen [Read More]

June 9, 2020

Senate Approves Resolution to End Business Shutdown Order

Stressing that Governor Wolf’s extended lockdown of Pennsylvania is hurting families and doing irreparable harm to employers, the Senate today voted to approve a measure that would end the statewide shutdown, according to Senator Scott Hutchinson. House Resolution 836 terminates executive order Wolf used to shut down businesses, which was issued on March 6 and […] [Read More]