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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]