Michele Brooks
Pennsylvania · State Senator · District 50 · Republican
Address
Senate Box 203050 Harrisburg, PA 17120-3050 Room: 168 Main Capitol
Phone
717-787-1322
Address
100 Hadley Road Suite 9 Greenville, PA 16125
Phone
724-588-8911
Address
Senate Box 203050 Harrisburg, PA 17120-3050 Room: 168 Main Capitol
Phone
717-787-1322
Address
100 Hadley Road Suite 9 Greenville, PA 16125
Phone
724-588-8911
Featured Bills
Nov 21, 2023
Signed by Governor
Sponsor
Pennsylvania Senate Bill 500
An Act amending the act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), known as the Human Services Code, in public assistance, providing for medical assistance coverage for pasteurized donor human milk.
Became Law
Nov 15, 2023
Passed Senate
Cosponsor
Pennsylvania Senate Bill 596
An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in theft and related offenses, further providing for the offense of organized retail theft; and establishing the Office of Deputy Attorney General for Organized Retail Crime Theft.
Active
Nov 15, 2023
Passed House
Cosponsor
Pennsylvania Senate Bill 843
An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, in preliminary provisions, further providing for Basic Education Funding Commission and for special provisions applicable to limited school years and providing for public job posting database, for instructional vacancy data and for data transparency; in grounds and buildings, further providing for limitation on new applications for Department of Education approval of public school building projects; in intermediate units, further providing for school safety and security enhancements; in certification of teachers, further providing for substitute teaching permit for prospective teachers, for locally issued temporary certification for substitute teachers and for permit for classroom monitors; providing for Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact and for Educator Pipeline Support Grant Program; in safe schools, further providing for definitions and for Office for Safe Schools, repealing provisions relating to regulations and to reporting, further providing for policy relating to bullying and for maintenance of records, repealing provisions relating to safe schools advocate in school districts of the first class, to standing, to enforcement and to construction of article and other laws; in school safety and security, further providing for definitions and for School Safety and Security Committee, providing for duties of committee, further providing for School Safety and Security Grant Program, providing for Targeted School Safety Grants for Nonpublic Schools and School Entities Program, for standardized protocols, for county safe schools' collaborative and for school mental health grants for 2023-2024 school year, further providing for school safety and security coordinator training and providing for reporting and memorandum of understanding, for safe schools advocate in school districts of the first class and for enforcement; in school security, further providing for definitions, for school police officers, for annual report and for school security guards; in drug and alcohol recovery high school program, further providing for scope of program and selection of students, providing for enrollment of students and further providing for academic programs; in early learning programs, providing for quarterly reporting; in high schools, further providing for attendance in other districts; in community colleges, further providing for financial program and reimbursement of payments; in funding for public libraries, providing for State aid for fiscal year 2023-2024; in reimbursements by Commonwealth and between school districts, further providing for payments on account of pupils enrolled in career and technical curriculums, for payments to intermediate units, for assistance to school districts declared to be in financial recovery status or identified for financial watch status, for Ready-to-Learn Block Grant and for payment of required contribution for public school employees' Social Security; in construction and renovation of buildings by school entities, further providing for applicability; and making an editorial change.
Active
Nov 14, 2023
Passed Senate
Sponsor
Pennsylvania Senate Bill 700
An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, in certification of teachers, further providing for Career and Technical Instructional Certificate.
Active
Nov 13, 2023
Passed Senate
Cosponsor
Pennsylvania Senate Resolution 208
A Resolution celebrating the life and honoring the memory of Trooper Jacques F. Rougeau Jr., who gave his life in the line of duty on June 17, 2023.
Active
Recent Votes
Nov 15, 2023
Voted Yes
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Yes
SB 907 PN 1182, 2023 A2989, REGAN Amendment No. A-2989
Passed
Pennsylvania Senate Bill 907
An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, in school safety and security, further providing for school
safety and security coordinator; and,
in school security, further providing for duties of commission and providing for school security personnel.
Nov 15, 2023
Voted Yes
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Yes
HB 301 PN 2311, Final Passage
Passed
Pennsylvania House Bill 301
An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, in preliminary provisions, further providing for special provisions applicable to limited school years; in duties and powers of board of school directors, further providing for additional schools and departments; in grounds and buildings, further providing for limitation on new applications for Department of Education approval of public school building projects; in school directors' associations and county boards of school directors, further providing for powers and duties; in intermediate units, further providing for visual services and for school safety and security enhancements; in certification of teachers, further providing for substitute teaching permit for prospective teachers and for locally issued temporary certification for substitute teachers, repealing provisions relating to permit for classroom monitors and providing for permit for classroom monitors; providing for the Educator Pipeline Support Grant Program; in pupils and attendance, further providing for compulsory education of physical defectives, for school lunch and breakfast reimbursement, for dependent children, for actual cost of tuition and maintenance of certain exceptional children in the four chartered schools for education of the deaf and the blind, for payment of cost of tuition and maintenance of certain exceptional children, for transfer of funds for transferal programs and for children under six with defective hearing and parent or guardian advised of schools, etc.; in safe schools, further providing for definitions and for Office for Safe Schools, repealing provisions relating to regulations and to reporting, further providing for policy relating to bullying and for maintenance of records and repealing provisions relating to Safe Schools Advocate in School Districts of the First Class, to standing, to enforcement and to construction of article and other laws; in school safety and security, further providing for definitions and for school safety and security committee, providing for duties of committee, further providing for School Safety and Security Grant Program, providing for Targeted School Safety Grants for Nonpublic Schools and School Entities Program, for standardized protocols, for county safe schools' collaborative and for school mental health grants for 2023-2024 school year, further providing for school safety and security coordinator training and providing for reporting and memorandum of understanding, for safe schools advocate in school districts of the first class and for enforcement; in school security, further providing for definitions, for school police officers, for annual report and for school security guards; in character education program, further providing for character education program; in community colleges, further providing for financial program and reimbursement of payments; in school districts of the first class, further providing for qualifications of principals and teachers; in funding for public libraries, providing for State aid for fiscal year 2023-2024; in reimbursements by Commonwealth and between school districts, further providing for definitions and for payments on account of pupils enrolled in career and technical curriculums, for payments on account of courses for exceptional children, for payments to intermediate units, for assistance to school districts declared to be in financial recovery status or identified for financial watch status, for payments, for payments on account of pupil transportation, for Ready-to-Learn Block Grant and for payment of required contribution for public school employees' Social Security; in construction and renovation of buildings by school entities, further providing for applicability; providing for School Environmental Repairs Program; and making an editorial change.
Nov 15, 2023
Voted Yes
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Yes
SB 596 PN 1232, Final Passage
Passed
Pennsylvania Senate Bill 596
An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in theft and related offenses, further providing for the offense of organized retail theft; and establishing the Office of Deputy Attorney General for Organized Retail Crime Theft.
Nov 15, 2023
Voted Yes
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Yes
SB 945 PN 1111, Final Passage
Passed
Pennsylvania Senate Bill 945
An Act amending Title 16 (Counties) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, consolidating the act of August 9, 1955 (P.L.323, No.130), known as The County Code; and making repeals.
Nov 15, 2023
Voted Yes
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Yes
HB 1461 PN 2288, Final Passage
Passed
Pennsylvania House Bill 1461
An Act providing for funding for State-related universities for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024, for costs basis, for frequency of payments and for recordkeeping requirements; imposing a duty on the Auditor General; providing for financial statements, for the Agricultural College Land Scrip Fund and for restrictions; and making appropriations.
Nov 15, 2023
Voted Yes
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Yes
HB 1556 PN 1817, Final Passage
Passed
Pennsylvania House Bill 1556
An Act amending the act of February 14, 2008 (P.L.6, No.3), known as the Right-to-Know Law, in State-related institutions, further providing for reporting, for contents of report and for copies and posting and providing for contracts.
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