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Senator Collett Hosts Town Hall At Brittany Pointe Estates
Senator Collett Announces PAsmart Grant Awards for the 12th District
North Wales, Pa. - January 17, 2020 — Senator Maria Collett (D-12 Montgomery/Bucks) has announced $70,000 in PAsmart Targeted grants to fund computer services classes and teacher training for two school districts in the 12th District. “Computer science training is...
Senator Collett Encourages Local Organizations to Apply for Non-Profit Security Grants
North Wales, Pa. - January 15, 2020 — Senator Maria Collett (D-12 Montgomery/Bucks) announced that the new Non-Profit Security Grant Program is now accepting applications. The application period ends at 11:45 PM on February 14, 2020. Passed in the wake of a rise in...
Senator Collett Takes Tour of Farm PA Show Tour 2020
Senator Collett Takes Part In PA Farm Show 2020 Rabbit Hop
Group of Democratic State Senators Request Hearing or Committee Vote on Bills Aimed at Protecting Quality, Stable Health Care in PA
HARRISBURG – January 7, 2020 – State Senators Vincent Hughes (D-Philadelphia/Montgomery), Pam Iovino (D-Allegheny/Washington), Steve Santarsiero (D-Bucks), Maria Collett (D-Montgomery/Bucks), and Tim Kearney (D-Delaware/Chester) have requested that the state Senate...
Senator Collett Announces Teacher in The Workplace Grants for the 12th District
North Wales, PA. − January 6, 2020 — Senator Maria Collett (D-12 Montgomery/Bucks) has announced $50,000 in Teacher in the Workplace grants supporting two educational programs serving students in the 12th District. “These grants will allow our students to build...
Senator Collett Announces $150,000 For Career and Technical Education Equipment in the 12th District
North Wales, Pa. – December 20, 2019 — Senator Maria Collett (D-12 Montgomery/Bucks) has announced $150,000 in competitive career and technical education equipment grants awarded to three schools that serve her district. Grant recipients include: Middle...
Democratic Senators Introduce Legislation to Reform Judicial Nomination Process for Vacant Court Seats
Harrisburg, Pa. − December 18, 2019 − Today, Senators Anthony H. Williams (D – Delaware, Philadelphia), Lindsey M. Williams (D – Allegheny), Maria Collett (D – Bucks, Montgomery), and Katie Muth (D – Chester, Montgomery, Berks) introduced Senate Bill 978, which...
Senator Collett Tours the Warminster Grocery Outlet
Senator Collett Hosts ACA Event Part II
Senator Maria Collett Joined by More State Legislators Across the Country Committing to Protect Drinking Water
Harrisburg, Pa. – December 3, 2019 – Senator Maria Collett (D-12 Montgomery/Bucks) has been joined by legislators in 20 states across the country in introducing legislation to address PFAS contamination in drinking water. PFAS, or "forever chemicals,” are found in...
Senator Collett Announces $325,000 for Clean Energy Vehicle Projects in the 12th District, Encourages Others to Apply
North Wales, Pa. — November 20, 2019 — Senator Maria Collett (D-12 Montgomery/Bucks) has announced $325,000 in Alternative Fuel Incentive Grants (AFIG) for clean energy vehicle projects in her district. Grant recipients include: Waste Management, Inc. - $300,000 for...
Senator Collett Tours Special Equestrians
Senator Maria Collett Highlights Pennsylvania’s Primary Care Loan Repayment Program
North Wales, Pa. – November 18, 2019 – Senator Maria Collett (D-12 Montgomery/Bucks) would like to call attention to the Pennsylvania Department of Health’s recent notice of requests for applications under the Pennsylvania Primary Care Loan Repayment Program. ...
Sen. Collett’s Warminster Town Hall :: November 13, 2019
Senator Collett Announces More than $1,000,000 in Funding for Local Transportation, Recreation and Conservation Projects
North Wales, Pa. — November 13, 2019 — Senator Maria Collett (D-12 Montgomery/Bucks) has announced over $1,000,000 in grant funding for local projects awarded through the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) and the Pennsylvania...
Comcast Newsmakers – Menstrual Equality Legislation
Don’t call Pa.’s new female lawmakers ‘girlie’ or they’ll hold another rally about tampons | Maria Panaritis
HARRISBURG — Just past the clear bowl of tampons and pads she now makes available at the front desk of her Pennsylvania Senate office, from a seat at the shiny wood table where Maria Collett and I were talking the other day in the Capitol, I leaned toward the...
Senator Maria Collett Announces Overnight Hit & Run Accident Damage to Warminster District Office
Warminster, Pa. – October 25, 2019 – Senator Maria Collett (D-Montgomery/Bucks) has announced that her Warminster district office, located at 1410 W. Street Road, was damaged during a hit and run accident overnight. “Fortunately, the office was closed when the crash...
Pa. lawmakers introduce bill to end ‘period poverty’ in high schools
HARRISBURG — State Rep. Danielle Friel Otten, D-155th Dist., accompanied by Reps. Sara Innamorato, D-Allegheny, and Isabella Fitzgerald, D-Phila., and state Sen. Maria Collett, D-Bucks/Montgomery, on Tuesday hosted a press conference on their bills that seek to end...
Senator Maria Collett Celebrating Diwali at the State Capitol
Sen. Collett’s Guest Senate Chaplain Dipesh Pandya
Senator Collett Announces More Than $110,000 in Funding for Local School Safety
North Wales, Pa. - October 18, 2019 — Senator Maria Collett (D-12 Montgomery/Bucks) has announced $110,207 in Safe Schools Targeted Grants awarded by the Pennsylvania Department of Education. The grant recipients in the 12th Senatorial district include: Gwynedd Mercy...
State Sen. Collett pushes for feminine hygiene product access
A bill from Sen. Maria Collett, D-12, would make tampons and similar products as readily accessible as paper towels or toilet paper in public spaces. Tampons, pads and other menstruation hygiene products aren’t luxury items, but a Lower Gwynedd state lawmaker says...
Senator Maria Collett Introduces Menstrual Equity Legislation
North Wales, Pa. – October 7, 2019 – Today, Senator Maria Collett (D-12, Bucks and Montgomery) introduced legislation to establish the “Pennsylvania Menstrual Equity Act,” to ensure that Menstrual Products (“MPs”) are made available in public bathroom facilities....
Senator Collett Announces $560,000 for Traffic Safety Improvements in the 12th District
NORTH WALES, PA. – October 4, 2019 – Senator Maria Collett (D-Montgomery/Bucks) announced today that $560,000 in grant funds have been awarded to improve traffic safety in Montgomery Township and Upper Moreland Township through the Pennsylvania Department of...
Menstruation is having a moment: Here comes National Period Day
After President Donald Trump was elected in 2016, Jennifer Weiss-Wolf was working on a book about periods and constantly worrying that her exploration of menstruation would flop in the face of everything else happening politically. Then, the #MeToo movement broke open...
Judiciary Committee Hearing on Behavioral Health, Second Amendment Rights, and other Gun-Related Issues (Part 2 of 2)
Judiciary Committee Hearing on Behavioral Health, Second Amendment Rights, and other Gun-Related Issues (Part 1 of 2)
Senator Colletts Health & Wellness Fair
Senate Democratic Policy Committee Hearing – Eliminating the Rape Culture Epidemic
Getting Real ID cards can be a challenge for seniors. They might be getting help, and a discount.
Staff at area senior centers can see firsthand how getting a Real ID driver’s license or identification card could be particularly difficult for older Pennsylvanians. For instance, one woman who comes to the Coatesville Area Senior Center daily and is in her 90s...
Thomas, Collett kick off paid medical leave listening tour
Republican Rep. Wendi Thomas and Democratic Sen. Maria Collett, are meeting with constituents to discuss bills establishing funding for workers taking extended medical leave. Taking weeks off work for medical care isn’t an option for many in Pennsylvania living...
Senator Maria Collett Introduces Legislation to Offer Real ID Discounts to Seniors
Harrisburg, Pa. – September 19, 2019 – Senator Maria Collett (D-Montgomery/Bucks) introduced legislation (SB 855) today to reduce fees for seniors applying for REAL ID cards and driver’s licenses. Pennsylvania is home to a substantial and expanding senior population....
Senator Collett Announces $250,000 for Watershed Protection and Recreational Development in Montgomery County
NORTH WALES, PA. – September 17, 2019 – Senator Maria Collett (D-Montgomery/Bucks) announced today that $250,000 in grant funds have been awarded to support watershed restoration and protection and the development of greenways, trails and recreation in Montgomery...
Senator Collett Hosts Family Care Act Listening Tour
Senator Maria Collett Community Town Hall
Pa. nurses are fed up with hold times, rude answers, and delays dealing with state licensing board
HARRISBURG — Nicole Hatem thought she was in a good spot when she graduated from Philadelphia’s Jefferson College of Nursing in May. She had landed a job offer to be a staff nurse at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital and was slated to start in July. All she needed...