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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.
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Current Events
Joint State lends a hand in recently enacted legislation
Several pieces of legislation signed into law by Governor Corbett were the direct result of recommendations proposed by the Pennsylvania Task Force on Child Protection, whose final report was issued to the General Assembly in November 2012. http://www.pa.gov/Pages/NewsDetails.aspx?agency=Governors%20Office&item=15103 The Governor also signed legislation that changes the Motor Vehicle Sales Finance Act and the Goods and Services Installment Sales Act that came from the Joint State Government Advisory Committee on Consumer Credit Code in its November 2006 report. http://www.pa.gov/Pages/NewsDetails.aspx?agency=Governors%20Office&item=15041
Posted on January 15, 2014
Joint State Government Commission
The Commission is pleased to unveil its newly preserved treasure...a painting commemorating its 10th anniversary. Dating to 1947, this painting was discovered, rolled-up, in a storage room. To preserve this piece of history, the oil on canvas was framed and now hangs proudly in the Commissions’ conference room. 
Posted on October 11, 2013
Joint State report Recieves Notable Document Award
The National Conference of State Legislatures recently announced the selection of the 2013 Notable Document Award recipients, which included Joint State's report on Human Trafficking in Pennsylvania The study was recognized as "innovative in providing substantiative information on contemporary issues of interest to legislators."
Posted on July 09, 2013
Child Protection in Pennsylvania: Proposed Recommendations, Report of the Task Force on Child Protection
The full report is available here A summary of the report is available here A clip of the joint House Children & Youth and Judiciary Committee hearing, on January 22, 2012, is available here
Posted on November 27, 2012
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