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Senator Santarsiero Announces $118,200 in Funding to Bucks County Workforce Development Board
BUCKS COUNTY — January 17, 2020 — State Senator Steve Santarsiero (D-10) announced the award of $118,200 in funding to the Bucks County Workforce Development Board (BCWDB) as part of the Department of Labor and Industry’s (L&I) Business-Education Partnership (BEP)...
Senator Santarsiero Holds Press Conference on Lower Makefield Township Ballot Referendum
LOWER MAKEFIELD — January 17, 2020 — State Senator Steve Santarsiero (D-10) was joined by state Representative Perry Warren (D-31) and Jim McCaffrey, of McCaffrey Food Markets, today at DeLorenzo’s Tomato Pies in Yardley, Pennsylvania for a press conference on the...
Senator Santarsiero Holds Press Conference on Lower Makefield Township Ballot Referendum
Senator Santarsiero Announces $200,000 in Funding to Bucks County Community College’s Apprenticeship Program
BUCKS COUNTY — January 15, 2020 — State Senator Steve Santarsiero (D-10) announced the award of $200,000 in funding to Bucks County Community College’s (BCCC) Metalwork Pre-Apprenticeship Training Program. These funds are allocated to the creation of an awareness...
Senator Santarsiero Responds to Suicide Prevention Task Force Report
BUCKS COUNTY — January 15, 2020 — The following statement is attributable to Senator Steve Santarsiero (D-10) in response to the release of the initial report from Governor Wolf’s Suicide Prevention Task Force: The initial report from Governor Wolf’s Suicide...
Senator Santarsiero Announces $25,000 Grant for Bucks County Intermediate Unit
BUCKS COUNTY – January 8, 2020 − State Senator Steve Santarsiero (D-10) announced the award of $25,000 in grant funding through the Pennsylvania Department of Education’s (PDE) Teacher in the Workplace (TIW) Grant Program to Bucks County Intermediate Unit #22 (Bucks...
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 Santarsiero Announces Grant for Bucks County 4-H
BUCKS COUNTY − January 7, 2020 − State Senator Steve Santarsiero (D-10) announced the award of $3,000 in grant funding through the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture’s Ag & Youth Grant Program to Penn State University to host the Bucks County 4-H (Head,...
Senator Santarsiero Announces $18,000 in Funding to Bucks County Opportunity Council
BUCKS COUNTY − January 7, 2020 − State Senator Steve Santarsiero (D-10) announced the approval of $18,000 in tax credit funding to the Bucks County Opportunity Council (BCOC), through the Department of Community and Economic Development’s (DCED) Neighborhood...
Sen. Steve Santarsiero Remembers Congressman Mike Fitzpatrick
BUCKS COUNTY— January 6, 2020 − The following statement is attributable to Senator Steve Santarsiero (D-10) in response to the passing of former Congressman Mike Fitzpatrick: “I join all in Bucks County who mourn the untimely passing of Congressman Mike Fitzpatrick...
Senator Santarsiero Announces Reopening of Limekiln Road Bridge in Doylestown
BUCKS COUNTY – December 27, 2019 – State Senator Steve Santarsiero (D-10) announced the reopening of the bridge carrying Limekiln Road over Cooks Run in Doylestown, following the completion of a bridge rehabilitation project. The announcement comes...
Senator Santarsiero Announces Career and Technical Education Equipment Grants to Three Bucks County Technical Schools
BUCKS COUNTY – December 19, 2019 – State Senator Steve Santarsiero (D-10) announced the award of $118,892 in grant funding from the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) to Middle Bucks Institute of Technology and Bucks County Technical High...
Senator Santarsiero and Representative Galloway Announce Nearly $250,000 Award to Blue Ridge Wood Products for Freight Rail Improvement Project
BUCKS COUNTY –December 13, 2019 – State Senator Steve Santarsiero (D-10) and Representative John Galloway (D-140) announced the award of $249,420 to Blue Ridge Wood Products through the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT). The funds will...
Senator Santarsiero Announces Grant for Bucks County Intermediate Unit
BUCKS COUNTY – December 11, 2019 – State Senator Steve Santarsiero (D-10) announced the award of $28,197 in state funding to Bucks County Intermediate Unit #22 through the Pennsylvania Department of Education’s (PDE) Keystone Telepresence Education Grant program...
Senator Santarsiero Hosts Second ACA Enrollment Event
Senator Santarsiero, Representatives Warren, Galloway, Announce Grants for Clean Energy Vehicle Projects
BUCKS COUNTY – November 20, 2019 – State Senator Steve Santarsiero (D-10) and Representatives Perry Warren (D-31) and John Galloway (D-140) announced the award of grant funding totaling $368,000 through the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection’s...
Doylestown Legislative Breakfast
Senator Santarsiero Announces Nearly $2 million in Grants for Local Nonprofits
BUCKS COUNTY – November 15, 2019 − State Senator Steve Santarsiero (D-10) announced the award of $1,957,500 in state grants through the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Developments’ (DCED) Neighborhood Assistance (NAP) Tax Credit Program for projects...
Senator Santarsiero Announces Grants for Local New Britain and Sellersville Parks
BUCKS COUNTY – November 14, 2019 – State Senator Steve Santarsiero (D-10) announced the award of $152,800 in grant funding through the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources’ (DCNR) Community Parks and Recreation Grant program for New Britain Civic...
Senator Santarsiero Announces Nearly $2 Million in Infrastructure Grants
BUCKS COUNTY – November 12, 2019 – State Senator Steve Santarsiero (D-10) announced the award of nearly $2 million in targeted state funding to bolster economic development and to improve pedestrian safety. The funding from the Commonwealth Financing...
Senator Santarsiero Shares PennDOT Resurfacing Plan
BUCKS COUNTY – November 8, 2019 – State Senator Steve Santarsiero (D-10) announced the release of the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation’s (PennDOT) Five-Year Resurfacing Plan for Bucks County. This list reflects requests to prioritize certain roads most in...
Senator Santarsiero Announces Start of Limekiln Road Bridge Rehabilitation
DOYLESTOWN − October 28, 2019 − State Senator Steve Santarsiero (D-10) announced that the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation’s (PennDOT) rehabilitation of the bridge carrying Limekiln Road, which runs over Cooks Run in Doylestown Township, has officially begun....
Senator Santarsiero Pennsbury Baseball Teams Floor Remarks
Child Custody Hearing Highlights
Senator Steve Santarsiero Participated in the Diwali Celebration at The State Capitol
Senator Santarsiero Hosts KidsFest
Senator Santarsiero, Representatives Warren, Galloway, Announce School Safety Grants
HARRISBURG – October 18, 2019 − State Senator Steve Santarsiero (D-10) and state Representatives Perry Warren (D-31) and John Galloway (D-140) announced nearly $60,000 in grants will be awarded to schools in their districts through the Pennsylvania Department of...
Policy Committee Hearing on Child Custody Issues
To protect children from abuse, lawmakers urge passage of ‘Kayden’s Law’
When 7-year-old Kayden Mancuso’s father killed her in his Philadelphia home last year, her mother vowed to take action. Kathryn Sherlock and her husband, Brian, met with Gov. Tom Wolf to seek support for “Kayden’s Law,” a measure that would better protect children...
Senator Santarsiero, Representatives Warren, Galloway Announce Grant for Morrisville Free Library
HARRISBURG − October 17, 2019 − State Senator Steve Santarsiero (D-10) and state Representatives Perry Warren (D-31) and John Galloway (D-140) announced the award of a Keystone Grant totaling $52,500 to Morrisville Free Library for the replacement of the slate roof of...
State Senate Policy Committee Holds Hearing on Child Custody Issues
LOWER MAKEFIELD − October 17, 2019 – At the request of state Sen. Steve Santarsiero (D-10), the Senate Democratic Policy Committee held a hearing on Santarsiero’s SB 868, or “Kayden’s Law,” which would provide children in the family court system with greater legal...
Senators Santarsiero, Iovino, Hughes and Brooks to Introduce Legislation to Protect Healthcare Rights of Pennsylvanians
HARRISBURG − October 15, 2019 − In an effort to protect the healthcare rights of Pennsylvanians in the event the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is overturned through judicial actions at the federal level, state Senators Steve Santarsiero (D-10), Pam Iovino (D-37), Vincent...
Senator Santarsiero to Host KidsFest in Morrisville
NEWTOWN – October 10, 2019 – On Saturday, October 19th from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm, state Senator Steve Santarsiero (D-10) will host a KidsFest at Morrisville High School in Morrisville, Pennsylvania. There will be more than 30 vendors with fun and valuable...
KAYDEN’S LAW: Bucks County lawmakers introduce bills to ensure children in custody disputes are protected
NEWTOWN >> State Senator Steve Santarsiero (D-10), state Representatives Tina Davis (D-141) and Perry Warren (D-31), and family members of the late Kayden Mancuso, held a press call on Oct. 4 to announce the introduction of SB 868, and a companion House Bill, also...
Lawmakers introduce ‘Kayden’s Law’ after murder of Bucks County child
PHILADELPHIA - Pennsylvania lawmakers are introducing a legislation to reform the child custody hearing process after the murder of Kayden Mancuso. Kayden, 7, was murdered by her father last summer during an unsupervised visit. Jeffrey Mancuso, her biological father,...
Bucks lawmakers introduce custody bill in honor of Kayden Mancuso
Pennsylvania child custody laws let judges deciding child custody matters treat past violent and criminal behavior of a parent as equal to things like the distance between parents’ homes and the availability of extended family. A newly introduced piece of legislation...
Senator Santarsiero, Representatives Davis and Warren, Promote Child Custody Bill
NEWTOWN − October 4, 2019 − State Senator Steve Santarsiero (D-10), state Representatives Tina Davis (D-141) and Perry Warren (D-31), and family members of the late Kayden Mancuso, held a press call this afternoon to discuss SB 868, and the companion House Bill, also...