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The Pennsylvania Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee held a public hearing on Oct. 30 in Luzerne County on lead exposure and mitigation in Pennsylvania.  

A joint Senate committee hearing took a closer look on Tuesday at ongoing state efforts to prevent, diagnose and treat tick-borne illnesses, including Lyme disease.

Legislation recently approved to extend and expand the provisions of the PA One Call law will improve public safety, according to Sen. Lisa Baker (R-20th District) who sponsored the measure.  

Sen. Lisa Baker, R-20th, chair of the Senate’s Health and Human Services Committee, recognized the Pennsylvania Advocacy and Resources for Autism and Intellectual Disability’s 2017 “We Are Worth It” award winners from throughout Pennsylvania.   Listen

Joint Public Hearing – Senate Aging and Youth Committee AND Senate Health and Human Services Committee – Senate Majority Caucus Room  

Rural Pennsylvania Legislative Briefing – House Majority Caucus Room  

Sen. Lisa Baker, R-20th, was among a group of legislators, advocates, and college students who gathered in the Capitol Rotunda today to join Gov. Tom Wolf in announcing a series of legislative efforts to address sexual violence on college campuses and in K-12 schools. Listen

Sen. Lisa Baker, R-20th, offered the following floor remarks on Gov. Wolf’s nomination to fill the Region 7 vacancy to the Board of Game Commissioners Listen

The Pennsylvania Senate unanimously approved legislation sponsored by Sen. Lisa Baker (R-20th District), that would ensure greater public safety by extending and expanding provisions of the PA One Call Law. Listen  

HARRISBURG –Patrick Duggan, who has served as an intern in Sen. Lisa Baker’s Harrisburg office this summer, was introduced by the senator and thanked for the work he’s done so far. Duggan, whose uncle is Leo P. Vergnetti, from Scranton, is the son of Patrick and Mary Duggan. He will attend the University of Iowa to study political science and wrestle for the Hawkeyes. Listen

Sen. Lisa Baker, R-20th, asked members of the Pennsylvania Senate to observe a moment of silence today to honor the shooting victims killed in a murder-suicide in Eaton Township, just outside of Tunkhannock, Wyoming County on June 8.   Listen

Pastor Lori Robinson, of the Lehman-Idetown United Methodist Church, served as the Senate’s guest chaplain today thanks to an invitation by Sen. Lisa Baker, R-20th.   Listen

Senate Veterans Affairs Emergency Preparedness Committee – June 15, 2017  

Senate Health and Human Services and Senate Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness Committee – June 14, 2017  

Nadia Vanyo, a freshman at Western Wayne High School, served as a guest page on the Senate floor and spent May 23 job shadowing Sen. Lisa Baker, R-20th.

Sen. Lisa Baker addressed the Senate Finance Committee today on legislation she introduced exempting eligible contributions to the state’s Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) accounts from taxation. Listen

Sen. Lisa Baker offered the following floor remarks in support of HB 23, which the Senate unanimously approved on May 23.   Listen

Senate Aging and Youth, Senate Health and Human Services, Appropriations, Intergovernmental Committees and Senate Philadelphia Delegation – May 18, 2017  

May 7 through May 13, 2017 is “National Hospital Week” in Pennsylvania.   Listen

Joint Hearing – Senate Aging and Youth, Appropriations, Health and Human Services and Intergovernmental Operations Committees – May 1, 2017 

  Listen Senator Lisa Baker, Chair of Pennsylvania Senate Health & Human Services Committee, addresses a rally of home-based care providers who visited the Capitol in Harrisburg with the message: “There’s No Place Like Home.” www.pahomecare.org

The Senate Health and Human Services Committee, chaired by Sen. Lisa Baker, met on April 25 in the Capitol to consider HB 23 and SB 200. Listen

Joint Hearing – Senate Aging and Youth, Appropriations, Health and Human Services and Intergovernmental Operations Committees – April 13, 2017  

Sen. Lisa Baker (R-20th) joined Pennsylvania Treasurer Joe Torsella and U.S. Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA) to officially launch the Achieving a Better Life Experience, or ABLE program, a landmark tax-free state savings account to help alleviate some of the financial challenges faced by families raising or caring for those with disabilities.   Listen