Thursday, October 21, 2010

Eachus Snubs Veterans, School Children and Rape Victims

On January 31, 2007 and February 1, 2007 the following bills were introduced in the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

No. 137 By Representatives BISHOP, BLACKWELL,CALTAGIRONE, COHEN, CURRY, DALEY,
DePASQUALE, FABRIZIO, FRANKEL, FREEMAN, GEORGE, GRUCELA, HENNESSEY, JAMES, W. KELLER, KOTIK, MELIO, MILLARD, PALLONE, PARKER, PHILLIPS, TANGRETTI, WALKO, WATSON, WILLIAMS, YOUNGBLOOD, MUNDY and JOSEPHS

An Act providing for lead-level testing of playgrounds, schools
and parks; and making an appropriation.

No. 139 By Representatives BISHOP, BLACKWELL, BOYD, BUXTON, CALTAGIRONE, CARROLL, COHEN, CURRY, DeLUCA, DePASQUALE, FRANKEL, FREEMAN, GEORGE, GINGRICH, GRUCELA, HENNESSEY, JAMES, KULA, MAHONEY, MANDERINO, MANN, MELIO,
M. O'BRIEN, PALLONE, PARKER, PETRONE, PRESTON, RUBLEY, SAYLOR, SCAVELLO, STABACK, STERN, TANGRETTI, J. TAYLOR, WALKO, WATSON, J. WHITE, WILLIAMS, YOUNGBLOOD, MUNDY, BELFANTI and REICHLEY

An Act providing for tax incentives for employers who provide child day-care services for employees.

On February 1, 2007 the following bills were introduced in the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

No. 164 By Representatives PAYNE, BELFANTI, CAPPELLI, CREIGHTON, KOTIK, McILHATTAN, PYLE, RAPP, RAYMOND, READSHAW, SAYLOR, STERN, TRUE, WATSON, YOUNGBLOOD, SURRA, KILLION, SCAVELLO, GINGRICH and SOLOBAY

An Act amending Titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses) and 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, further providing for rape and for involuntary deviate sexual intercourse; providing for loss of property rights by certain offenders and for conduct relating to sex offenders; further providing for failure to comply with sexual offender registration requirements; defining "GPS" and "GPS tracking device"; further providing for registration and for registration procedures and applicability; providing for GPS tracking, for restricted travel, for alert system and for child protective
zones; and further providing for offenses against infant persons, for verification of residence and for information made available on the Internet.


No. 166 By Representatives BOYD, KAUFFMAN, HERSHEY, DALLY, PYLE, MANN, SWANGER, MARSICO, BELFANTI, McILHATTAN, GILLESPIE, STABACK, STERN, BAKER, MOUL, READSHAW, RUBLEY, WALKO, HARHAI, M. KELLER, HESS, SAYLOR, TRUE, PHILLIPS,
BENNINGHOFF, McGEEHAN, KING, MENSCH, WHEATLEY, ROAE, SIPTROTH, REICHLEY, HICKERNELL, RAPP, MURT, CURRY, SCAVELLO, GEIST, DeLUCA, KILLION, PICKETT, BARRAR, MILLARD, FABRIZIO, RAMALEY, GINGRICH and COX

An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, further providing for drug-free school zones.

No. 174 By Representatives SOLOBAY, BARRAR, BELFANTI, CALTAGIRONE, CAPPELLI, CARROLL, CAUSER, COHEN, COX, CREIGHTON, DALEY, FABRIZIO, GALLOWAY, GEIST, GEORGE, GIBBONS, GRUCELA, HESS, HORNAMAN, JAMES, KOTIK, KULA, MAHONEY, MANN, MELIO, M. O'BRIEN, PALLONE, PAYNE, PHILLIPS, SAINATO, SCAVELLO, SONNEY,
SURRA, WOJNAROSKI and YOUNGBLOOD

An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for a special registration plate for veterans and members of United States military airborne units and for military airborne parachutist and glider units.


Not one of those bills is sponsored by Representative Todd Eachus although he was Policy Chairman at the time. So what policy signal was he sending to his caucus?

He did sponsor this bill.

No. 178 By Representatives SOLOBAY, BARRAR, CALTAGIRONE, CAPPELLI, CARROLL, EACHUS, FRANKEL, GALLOWAY, GOODMAN, GRUCELA, HARHAI, HORNAMAN, KOTIK, KULA, MAHONEY, MANN, MELIO, M. O'BRIEN, PALLONE, PETRONE, SAINATO, SCAVELLO, SONNEY, STURLA, VEREB and YOUNGBLOOD


An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, providing for background checks of school directors.

I guess background checks for school directors is more important than rape victims. Actually if you want to spend any time with children in the State of Pennsylvania school districts are required to have background checks on all individuals on file. The need for this bill seems redundant.

It should be noted there were no floor votes on either January 31, 2007 or February 1, 2007.

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