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Senator Collett Pushes for Nursing Home Reform
Senator Collett Tours Delaware Valley University’s Roth Farm
Senator Collett Reintroduces Patient Safety Act to Improve Care & Support PA Nurses
Harrisburg, Pa. − August 30, 2021 − Today, Senator Maria Collett (D-12 Montgomery/Bucks) announced the reintroduction of the Patient Safety Act to set safe nurse-to-patient limits in Pennsylvania hospitals. SB 240 will set appropriate staffing ratios based on...
Senate Democrats Urge State Supreme Court to Take Action on Evictions for Tenants with Pending ERAP Applications
Updating PA’s Skilled Nursing Facilities Regulations
Senator Collett Announces Nearly $940,000 to Improve Traffic Safety in Bucks and Montgomery Counties
Lower Gwynedd, Pa. - July 7, 2021 — Senator Maria Collett (D-12 Montgomery/Bucks) announced today that $938,184 in grant funding has been awarded to improve traffic safety in her district through the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation’s (PennDOT’s) “Green...
Senator Collett Reacts to Pennsylvania’s 2021-22 Budget
Harrisburg, Pa. - June 29, 2021 — Late Friday night the Pennsylvania General Assembly passed the Fiscal Year 2021-2022 Budget and related code bills, which are currently awaiting Governor Wolf’s signature. Senator Maria Collett (D-12 Montgomery/Bucks, Democratic...
Senator Collett Reacts to Legislative Attack on Voting Rights
Harrisburg, Pa. – June 25, 2021 – Senator Maria Collett (D-12 Montgomery/Bucks, Democratic Caucus Secretary) voted ‘No’ today on House Bill 1300, an ill-conceived and poorly drafted bill that would inject new, expensive, untested technologies into our election...
Sen. Collett Remarks on Kayden’s Law
Sen. Collett Welcomes Dr. Mayank Amin & Team
Sen. Collett Questions Rep. Grove on HB 1300 Signature Verification
Sen. Collett Remarks on SB 668 PACENET Expansion
Senator Collett and August go fishing
Sen. Collett Votes to Modernize Professional Nursing Law
Sen. Collett Recognizes Alzheimer’s & Brain Awareness Month
Senator Collett Reiterates Need for Immediate Action to Set PFAS Standards Following DEP Sampling Results
Lower Gwynedd, Pa. − June 3, 2021 − Today, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) announced the final results of their statewide Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) sampling efforts. “For decades, my constituents unknowingly...
AG Shapiro and Senate Democrats Discuss Action Against Fracking Negligence
Harrisburg, PA − May 25, 2021 – Today, Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro and members of the Senate Democratic Caucus led in this effort by State Senator Steve Santarsiero held a virtual press conference to discuss a package of bills aimed at increasing...
AG Shapiro and Senate Democrats Discuss Action Against Fracking Negligence
Senators Lindsey Williams, Maria Collett, and Katie Muth to Introduce Legislation Allocating Funds to Water Infrastructure
Harrisburg, Pa. − May 24, 2021 − Senator Lindsey M. Williams (D – Allegheny), Senator Maria Collett (D – Montgomery, Bucks), and Senator Katie Muth (D –Chester, Montgomery, Berks) announced today that they plan to introduce legislation that will allocate $350 million...
National Safe Boating Week Message from Senator Collett
Sen. Collett Offers Resolutions for Nurses Week, School Nurse Day, & Skilled Nurses Week
E-Waste Recycling & Food Drive Event
Senators Santarsiero, Collett Announce Legislation to Give Attorney General Concurrent Jurisdiction in Environmental Crimes
BUCKS COUNTY – April 30, 2021 – State Senators Steve Santarsiero (D-10) and Maria Collett (D-12) today announced legislation to allow the state Attorney General to more directly investigate and pursue polluters, and others who damage our land, waterways and...
Sen. Collett Recognizes Tardive Dyskinesia Awareness Week
Sen. Collett Remarks on Ventilator Care & SB108
Senator Collett Announces $1.4 Million to Support Local Infrastructure and Restoration Projects
Lower Gwynedd, Pa. − April 21, 2021 − Senator Maria Collett (D-12 Montgomery/Bucks) announced today that Pennsylvania’s Commonwealth Financing Authority (CFA) has awarded $1,425,000 in grant funding to improve roadways, support watersheds, and develop greenways...
Senator Collett Announces $1.2 Million PennDOT Multimodal Grant for Upper Gwynedd Township
North Wales, Pa. - April 16, 2021 — Senator Maria Collett (D-12 Montgomery/Bucks) has announced $1.24 million in PennDOT multimodal grant funding for the reconstruction of the Sumneytown Pike Bridge over Wissahickon Creek in Upper Gwynedd Township. “This grant will...
Senator Collett Introduces Legislation to Prohibit LGBTQ+ Panic Defense in Pennsylvania
Harrisburg, Pa. - April 12, 2021 — Senator Maria Collett (D-12 Montgomery/Bucks) has introduced a bill memo for co-sponsorship to prohibit the use of any LGBTQ+ panic defense (previously known as the “gay panic” and “trans panic” defense) in Pennsylvania. The “LGBTQ+...
Catching up with Senator Collett April 2021
Senator Collett Responds to Vaccine Rollout Acceleration & Additional Doses Coming to SEPA
Lower Gwynedd, Pa. – March 31, 2021 — Today, the Department of Health (DOH) and COVID-19 Vaccine Task Force announced an accelerated vaccine timeline for Pennsylvania and an updated allocation plan for J&J vaccines. Senator Maria Collett (D-12 Montgomery/Bucks) would like to share her initial reactions:
Senators Collett & Cappelletti COVID-19 Vaccine Town Hall
Celebrating the 200th Greek Independence Day
Sen. Collett Remarks on HB14 & Justice for Survivors
Southeast PA Senators Urge Equity in Vaccine Distribution, Oppose Proposed Singular Vaccine Site
Chester, PA – March 19, 2021 – Yesterday, a bipartisan group of Senators representing Bucks, Chester, Delaware, and Montgomery Counties sent a letter to Governor Wolf, Acting Health Secretary Alison Beam, and the members of the COVID-19 Vaccine Joint Task Force,...
Senator Collett Virtual COVID Tax Event
Democratic Senators Intervene in Fracking Lawsuit Against DRBC
BUCKS COUNTY − March 12, 2021 − State Senator Steve Santarsiero (D-10) was joined by Democratic colleagues today in New Hope to announce their action to protect clean drinking water for millions of Pennsylvanians from the environmental hazards of fracking. Their...
PA Senate Dems Again Call for Legislative Window of Justice for Adult Survivors of Sexual Abuse & More Protections for the Future
Harrisburg, Pa. – March 12, 2021 − Pennsylvania Senate Democrats held a press conference today to again call for immediate action to create a two-year window for adult survivors of sexual abuse currently barred from seeking justice due to statutory time limitations....
Pa Senate Dems Again Call For Legislative Window of Justice For Adult Suvivors of Sexual Abuse & More Protections For the Future
Remembering Senator Stewart Greenleaf
PA nurses say the Patient Safety Act is needed to save lives
Harrisburg, PA – February 23, 2021 – Nurses have been on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic, risking their lives to provide the safest and best care possible, even with insufficient staffing in unsafe conditions.