Review Says Pa. Lawmakers Introducing, Passing Fewer Bills

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – A new analysis found the number of bills introduced and the number of laws passed by the Pennsylvania Legislature has fallen since peaking in the early 1990s.
The review of four decades of data by The Philadelphia Inquirer and Spotlight PA found that lawmakers are increasingly introducing resolutions that do not substantively change state law.
The news organizations say that the busiest period since the mid-1970s, between 1991 and 1996, saw about 5,100 bills introduc