Oct. 14, 2021 /
![Benninghoff’s Centre County Shredder Event Postponed]()
BELLEFONTE – A paper shredding event scheduled to be hosted by Pennsylvania State Rep. Kerry Benninghoff (R-Centre/Mifflin) in Centre County on Oct. 23 has been postponed until 2022.
Oct. 06, 2021 /
![Benninghoff: House Republican Caucus Continues to Deliver for the People of Pennsylvania]()
HARRISBURG – Pennsylvania House Majority Leader Kerry Benninghoff (R-Centre/Mifflin) addressed the media Wednesday and noted the significant proposals passed by the House that delivered for the people of Pennsylvania.
Sep. 29, 2021 /
HARRISBURG – Pennsylvania House Majority Leader Kerry Benninghoff (R-Centre/Mifflin) said Wednesday that House Bill 1861, legislation sponsored by Rep. Andrew Lewis (R-Dauphin) that deals with the nearly 500 regulations waived and suspended as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, is heading to the governor.
Sep. 21, 2021 /
![Benninghoff Supports Extension of Ida Disaster Emergency Declaration]()
HARRISBURG – House Majority Leader Kerry Benninghoff (R-Centre/Mifflin) on Tuesday voted in support of House Resolution 139, which would extend the provisions of Gov. Tom Wolf’s Aug. 31 disaster emergency declaration relative to the aftereffects of Tropical Storm Ida.
Sep. 21, 2021 /
![Benninghoff Votes for Greater Information Sharing to Help Combat Opioid Epidemic]()
HARRISBURG – House Majority Leader Kerry Benninghoff (R-Centre/Mifflin) on Tuesday voted in support of an amendment to House Bill 1774 that would allow for increased information sharing between departments of material from the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program as a tool to help the Commonwealth combat the opioid addiction and overdose epidemic.
Sep. 21, 2021 /
![Benninghoff Supports Ward Resolution on Prisoner Reallocation]()
HARRISBURG – House Majority Leader Kerry Benninghoff (R-Centre/Mifflin) on Tuesday morning voted in support of a resolution offered by Senate Majority Leader Kim Ward (R-Westmoreland) during a meeting of the Legislative Reapportionment Commission that would put additional guidelines on how prisoner reallocation data is to be compiled and counted by, among other things, ensuring that individuals incarcerated to a minimum sentence expiring after April 1, 2030, will be counted at the prison at which they reside.
Sep. 20, 2021 /
![Cutler, Benninghoff Discuss Legislative Agenda]()
HARRISBURG – Pennsylvania Speaker of the House Bryan Cutler (R-Lancaster) and House Majority Leader Kerry Benninghoff (R-Centre/Mifflin), held a press conference Monday morning discussing the legislative agenda for the House of Representatives for the next few weeks.
Sep. 19, 2021 /
![PA House Speaker, Majority Leader to Hold Press Conference]()
WHAT: Press conference on upcoming legislative agenda and other matters of importance.
Sep. 09, 2021 /
![Republican Leaders Request More Detailed COVID-19 Data from Wolf Administration]()
HARRISBURG – The Republican leaders of the Pennsylvania General Assembly—President Pro Tempore Jake Corman (R-Centre/Mifflin/Juniata/Huntingdon), Speaker of the House Bryan Cutler (R-Lancaster), Senate Majority Leader Kim Ward (R-Westmoreland), and House Majority Leader Kerry Benninghoff (R-Centre/Mifflin)—wrote a letter joined by Senate Health and Human Services Chairman Michele Brooks (R-Crawford/Erie/Mercer/Warren) and House Health Committee Chairman Kathy Rapp (R-Warren/Crawford/Forest) to Gov. Tom Wolf and Acting Health Secretary Alison Beam seeking more specific COVID-19 data from the Wolf administration.
Aug. 31, 2021 /
HARRISBURG – Pennsylvania House Majority Leader Kerry Benninghoff (R-Centre/Mifflin) made the following statement on the school and day care mask mandate issued by the Wolf administration today:
Aug. 24, 2021 /
![Benninghoff: Prisoner Reallocation Proposal Outside the Scope of LRC’s Powers]()
HARRISBURG – Pennsylvania House Majority Leader Kerry Benninghoff (R-Centre/Mifflin), a member of the Legislative Reapportionment Commission, voted against a proposal Tuesday to reallocate how some state prisoners are counted for purposes of state legislative redistricting.
Aug. 23, 2021 /
![Benninghoff to Host Free Community Shredding Event this Saturday]()
REEDSVILLE – Rep. Kerry Benninghoff (R-Centre/Mifflin) announced he will be hosting a free community shredding event this Saturday, Aug. 28, 2021, from 8 - 11 a.m. (or until the shredder is full).
Aug. 05, 2021 /
![House, Senate Leaders Renew Fight Against Opioid Epidemic]()
Letter to Governor calls for collaboration, not emergency declaration
Aug. 05, 2021 /
![Legislative Reapportionment Commission Continues Fair, Open and Legal Redistricting Process, Benninghoff says]()
HARRISBURG – Pennsylvania House Majority Leader Kerry Benninghoff (R-Centre/Mifflin), a member of the Legislative Reapportionment Commission, commented Thursday on the ongoing work of the commission following two days of hearings that heard from citizens, experts, and advocacy organizations interested in state level redistricting.
Jul. 30, 2021 /
![Transportation Tax Plan Ill-Timed, Short-Sighted, Benninghoff Says]()
HARRISBURG – Pennsylvania House Majority Leader Kerry Benninghoff (R-Centre/Mifflin) said Friday that Gov. Tom Wolf’s Transportation Funding Commission’s recommendations are ill-timed and short-sighted given the federal discussion on transportation infrastructure funding and Pennsylvania’s stagnant economic recovery.
Jul. 26, 2021 /
![Benninghoff to State Agencies: Prepare Now for Waived and Suspended Regulations to be Reinstated]()
HARRISBURG – Pennsylvania House Majority Leader Kerry Benninghoff (R-Centre/Mifflin) sent a letter to state agencies Monday telling them to prepare to have the nearly 500 waived and suspended regulations reinstated on Sept. 30, while also working with House standing committees on reviewing which regulations should be permanently repealed or reformed.
Jun. 30, 2021 /
HARRISBURG – Pennsylvania House Majority Leader Kerry Benninghoff (R-Centre/Mifflin) commented on the veto by Gov. Tom Wolf of House Bill 1300, the Pennsylvania Voting Rights Protection Act, with the following statement:
Jun. 25, 2021 / Press Release
HARRISBURG – Pennsylvania House Majority Leader Kerry Benninghoff (R-Centre/Mifflin) announced Friday that the Pennsylvania state budget passed by a vote of 140 to 61 and the spending plan provides for increased funding for nursing homes and invests significant additional dollars in students.
Jun. 25, 2021 / Press Release
HARRISBURG – The FY 2021-2022 state budget passed the Pennsylvania House of Representatives by a vote of 140 to 61.
Jun. 23, 2021 /
![Benninghoff: Legislation Restoring Freedom of Pennsylvanians by Clarifying Secretary of Health’s Authority Passes House]()
HARRISBURG – Pennsylvania House Majority Leader Kerry Benninghoff (R-Centre/Mifflin) announced Wednesday that Senate Bill 618, legislation restoring freedom to Pennsylvanians by clarifying the Secretary of Health’s authority under the Disease Prevention and Control Law, passed the House by a vote of 112-89.