HARRISBURG, Jan. 13 – State Rep. Dave Madsen today announced his state House committee assignments for the 2025-26 legislative session. Madsen said he looks forward to serving on the following committees: Appropriations. Housing & Community Development. Intergovernmental Affairs & Operations. Local Government. Transportation. Madsen took the oath of office Tuesday and was sworn in to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives to serve his second term representing the 104th Legislative District. “I want to thank Speaker Joanna McClinton and Leader Matt Bradford for the honor of serving on these committees,” said Madsen, D-Dauphin. “I look forward to bringing an informed perspective drawn from my experiences as a union leader, community activist and state representative to the bipartisan crafting of critical legislation that will impact millions of Pennsylvanians.” The 104 th Legislative District comprises part of the City of Harrisburg and Lower Swatara and Swatara and Highspire, Paxtang and Steelton boroughs. Read more

HARRISBURG, Jan. 8 – State Rep. Justin Fleming was sworn in to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives Tuesday, beginning a new term serving the 105th Legislative District. “I am both honored and humbled that my constituents have once again trusted me to advocate for them at the Capitol,” said Fleming, D-Dauphin. “I am grateful for the opportunity to continue to work to deliver continued investments in public education, support for working families by raising the minimum wage and instituting paid sick/family leave, investments in mental health services and top-notch constituent services to our residents. In his first term, Fleming had legislation enacted into law to enable homeowners to disavow restrictive covenants on their property deeds and incentivize redevelopment of shopping malls. A Senate version of his bill to implement a tested literacy program to improve reading rates for school children was also passed into law last year. He additionally introduced legislation to simplify Miranda Rights for juvenile suspects and co-sponsored dozens of other legislative proposals. Fleming has been appointed to serve on the following committees during the 2025-26 term: Appropriations, Children & Youth, Environmental & Natural Resources Protection, Finance and Local Government. “I look forward to working with my colleagues across the aisle on these House committees to craft and steward critical legislation impacting Read more

HARRISBURG, Jan. 9 – State Rep. Ismail Smith-Wade-El today announced his new committee assignments for the 2025-26 legislative session. The assignments were handed out Tuesday after Smith-Wade-El was sworn in for another term representing the 49th Legislative District. Smith-Wade-El said he looks forward to serving on the following committees: House Aging and Older Adult Services Committee. House Education Committee. House Housing & Community Development Committee. House Local Government Committee. Professional Licensure Committee. “I want to thank Speaker Joanna McClinton and Leader Matt Bradford for the honor of serving on these committees,” said Smith-Wade-El, D-Lancaster. “I look forward to drawing on my experience as a legislator, local government official and community activist to the bipartisan crafting of legislation that will improve the lives of millions of Pennsylvanians.” The 49th District includes parts of the City of Lancaster, Lancaster Township, and Millersville Borough. Read more