Brennan sworn in for second term as state representative
Rep. Tim Brennan January 9, 2025 | 1:18 PM
HARRISBURG, Jan. 9 – State Rep. Tim Brennan was officially sworn in Tuesday for his second two-year term in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.
The swearing-in ceremony marked the beginning of the 2025-26 legislative session, with members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives taking the oath of office at the state Capitol in Harrisburg.
Brennan has been re-appointed to serve on the important House Appropriations Committee, as well as the standing House committees on Labor and Industry, Insurance, State Government, and Tourism and Economic & Recreational Development. He will also continue to serve as one of eight members of the bipartisan House Ethics Committee. He is a member of the Asian Pacific American Caucus, Delaware River Basin Caucus, Jewish Legislative Caucus, and Autism and Intellectual Disabilities Caucus. All his committee and caucus roles can be found on his website.
"I came to Harrisburg to fix problems, improve people's lives and to make a difference for my constituents and the people of Pennsylvania. I am looking forward to getting back to work," said Brennan. "For my second term in office, I will continue my progress working with PennDOT to prioritize local road projects, especially fixes for routes 611 and 202. I'll also continue to help secure state funding for farmland preservation and to improve our infrastructure – such as the new boat launch in New Hope and PFAS remediation facility in Doylestown – creating high paying jobs right here in Bucks County in the process.”
Brennan’s additional achievements in his first term include helping to secure state funding for the Doylestown American Legion Post 210 to repair its headquarters, leading efforts to find better funding solutions for local police coverage, and honoring the work of now-retired Buckingham educator Linda Raitt Monkoski, whose fifth-grade class took home first place in The Rendell Center’s 2024 Citizenship Challenge.
Brennan’s legislation to ease restrictions on municipalities that take ownership of abandoned cemeteries was signed into law as Act 99 of 2024 on Oct. 14, after passing both the House and Senate nearly unanimously (one House member was on leave during the vote, and one senator did not vote). It was a legislative priority of the Bucks County Association of Township Officials (BCATO). He has already re-introduced his legislation to require AEDs at school athletic events, a measure that passed the House on a bipartisan vote during the 2023-24 legislative session but not taken under consideration by the Senate. He also reintroduced a bill to provide more funding for police and local road maintenance.
