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The Joint State Government Commission serves as the bipartisan and bicameral research agency
of the General Assembly. It is comprised of the entire membership of the General Assembly.
Recent Publications
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Current Events
JSGC closing due to weather
JSGC will be closing at 11:00 on Thursday, March 5, 2015, due to weather.
Posted on March 05, 2015
Updates to the JSGC website
JSGC now offers an email subscription option and an RSS feed option, which will allow those interested to keep up with the goings-on at JSGC. Sign up today!
Posted on March 02, 2015
JSGC publishes interim report
HR659 of 2014 directed the Commission to produce a report with recommendations regarding the problem of addiction and opioid analgesics. The resolution also directed that the Commission and Advisory Committee release an interim report of guidelines for prescribing opioid analgesics. The interim report can be found here.
Posted on December 09, 2014
JSGC holiday schedule
JSGC will be closed December 25th and 26, and January 1st and 2nd.
Posted on December 05, 2014
JSGC staff present report to conference on aging
Commission staff travelled to Gettysburg to present the "Report of the Advisory Committee on Long Term Care Services and Supports for Older Pennsylvanians" at the annual conference of the PA Department of Aging, PA Council on Aging, and PA Area Agencies on Aging.
Posted on November 20, 2014
JSGC profiled by the PLS Reporter in series on LSAs
The article can be found here.
Posted on November 19, 2014
SB 75 signed by Governor Corbett
Senate Bill 75 extensively revised the law on human trafficking in the areas of prosecution, prevention, victim protection, evidentiary confidentiality, limitation of actions, victim impact statements and classification of sexual offenses. With the governor's signature, the bill bacame Act 105 of 2014. 
Posted on November 18, 2014
JSGC hosted visitors from Kenya
The JSGC hosted a delegation of government staffers from Kenya. The east African nation established a bicameral legislature two years ago, and the delegates are touring a few cities in the eastern U.S. to learn about how American bicameralism functions. The delegates also visited Washington, DC and Annapolis, MD. The delegates were accompanied by Professor James Utermark and Heather Senecal, from Rockefeller College of Public Affairs & Policy at SUNY Albany.
Posted on October 23, 2014
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