News Releases

As Chairman of the Senate Aging & Youth Committee, Senator John DiSanto (Dauphin/Perry) held a voting meeting to approve bills that strengthen penalties for failing to report child abuse and better track reports of infants born with drug or alcohol addiction.   [Read More]

Senator John DiSanto (Dauphin/Perry) announced today his new legislation which seeks to give municipalities stronger enforcement mechanisms to better combat abandoned and dilapidated properties.   [Read More]

State Senator John DiSanto (Dauphin/Perry) today announced the approval of $1.2 million in state grants to help pay for three transportation projects in Dauphin County.   [Read More]

Senator John DiSanto’s (Dauphin/Perry) proposal to provide for a new nonprofit security grant to enhance safety for faith-based institutions and nonprofit organizations was signed into law today by Governor Tom Wolf as part of  Act 83 of 2019.   [Read More]

The Senate approved legislation yesterday aimed at promoting telemedicine in Pennsylvania as a way to overcome barriers to quality patient care created by distance and reduce the costs of those services, according to Senator John DiSanto (Dauphin/Perry).    [Read More]

Senator John DiSanto (Dauphin/Perry) today joined Senate colleagues in approving legislation to help student athletes and their parents take steps to prevent Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA).   [Read More]

The State Senate approved legislation Tuesday that will bring the most comprehensive changes to Pennsylvania’s election laws in more than eight decades, according to Senator John DiSanto (Dauphin/Perry).   [Read More]

Today the Senate Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure Committee unanimously approved Senator John DiSanto’s (Dauphin/Perry) Senate Bill 637 to extend second chances for rehabilitated individuals seeking meaningful employment, while growing the Commonwealth’s skilled workforce.   [Read More]

Senator John DiSanto (Dauphin/Perry) said legislation to better protect Pennsylvania’s senior population by overhauling the Older Adult Protective Services Act (OAPSA) was approved by the Senate today.   [Read More]

The Senate voted Monday to extend new protections to members of the healthcare community by strengthening penalties for assaults against health care practitioners and technicians, according to Senator John DiSanto (Dauphin/Perry), who supported the measure.   [Read More]

Senator John DiSanto (Dauphin/Perry) said today that the state Senate has approved legislation that would allow Pennsylvanians to transfer digital assets and property in the same manner as tangible property.   [Read More]

Senator John DiSanto (Dauphin/Perry) introduced an amendment today to House Bill 859, that was adopted unanimously by the Senate, to provide for a new nonprofit security grant fund to enhance safety for faith-based institutions and nonprofit organizations.   [Read More]