Rep. Joanna E. McClinton June 16, 2020 | 1:44 PM
HARRISBURG, June 16 – State Rep. Joanna McClinton (D-Phila), the House Democratic Caucus Chair, applauded the House Judiciary Committee for passing a series of important police and criminal justice reform bills on Monday. Two bills related to police hiring and training, and a third bill that will help citizens with past convictions return to the workforce all passed unanimously.
“I want to thank my colleagues on the House Judiciary Committee for working in a thoughtful, bi-partisan manner to move these pivotal police and criminal justice reform bills forward,” McClinton said. “I’m proud to see the committee following part of the road map created by the PA Legislative Black Caucus and the Police Reform Working Group to get us to this point. Now I’m calling on House Republican Leadership to schedule these bills for a vote during the week of June 22 when we return to Harrisburg for voting session.”
The committee passed several important pieces of legislation at their meeting on Monday:
“What we witnessed in committee on Monday proves that the peaceful protests throughout Philadelphia, the commonwealth, and the entire country have reached the eyes and ears of legislators in Harrisburg and we must now finish the work by passing these bills in the House and Senate and sending them to Governor Wolf for his signature,” McClinton said.
“Yesterday was the first step in that process. We need to see it through to the finish.”
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