Aug. 15, 2022 /
![Klunk to Host Document Shredding and Hard-to-Read License Plate Event This Saturday]()
HANOVER— Rep. Kate Klunk (R-Hanover) will host a Document Shredding and Hard-to-Read License Plate Event this Saturday, Aug. 20, from 9 a.m. to noon at 118 Carlisle St. in Hanover.
Jun. 30, 2022 /
![Legislation Allows More Money to Stay with Community Civic, Veterans Groups, Says Klunk]()
HARRISURG— The Pennsylvania General Assembly continues efforts to ensure civic and veterans’ groups have the flexibility to use money collected through Small Games of Chance. The House passed legislation by Sen. Michele Brooks (R-Crawford/Erie/Mercer/Warren) which would extend Rep. Kate Klunk’s (R-Hanover) Act 118 of 2020.
Jun. 24, 2022 /
![Supreme Court Overturns Roe v. Wade, Klunk Comments]()
HARRISBURG - The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled to overturn Roe v. Wade, a 1973 decision that struck down a Texas statute banning abortion, effectively legalizing the procedure across the country. Since that has been overruled, decisions regarding the legality of abortion procedures will be up to individual states to determine and regulate. State Rep. Kate Klunk (R-Hanover) weighed in on what that could mean for Pennsylvania.
May. 24, 2022 /
![Klunk Bill to Protect Children and Youth Agencies Passes the State House]()
HARRISBURG – With bipartisan support, the House passed legislation by Rep. Kate Klunk (R-Hanover) to protect private children and youth social service agencies and residential treatment providers. The bill will accomplish this by voiding certain indemnification clauses when these agencies renew their professional liability policies.
May. 24, 2022 /
![House Passes Government Transparency Bill, Says Klunk]()
HARRISBURG – Following numerous unneeded hurdles put in place by the Wolf administration to shield information from a state government research agency and, by extension, all Pennsylvanians, the House passed legislation by Rep. Kate Klunk (R-Hanover) to ensure the agency has access to information so it can perform needed research.
Apr. 29, 2022 /
![House Moves to Slash Taxes, Create More Economically Friendly Environment]()
HARRISBURG – During session this week, the House moved with bipartisan support to slash Pennsylvania’s Corporate Net Income Tax (CNIT). In response, the York County House Republican delegation, consisting of House Appropriations Chairman Stan Saylor (R-Red Lion), House State Government Committee Chairman Seth Grove (R-Dover), Game and Fisheries Committee Chairman Keith Gillespie (R-Hellam) and Reps. Kate Klunk (R-Hanover), Dawn Keefer (R-Dillsburg) and Mike Jones (R-York Township), issued the following statement:
Apr. 29, 2022 / Press Release
![Protecting Transparency, Holding Government Accountable]()
Recently, the House Health Committee advanced legislation I was privileged to author with Rep. Torren Ecker (R-Abbottstown) that would prevent departments within state government from denying state agencies access to vital records needed to complete research.
Apr. 26, 2022 /
![House Advances Government Transparency Bill, Klunk and Ecker Say]()
HARRISBURG – Following numerous unneeded hurdles put in place by the Wolf administration to shield information from a state government research agency and, extension, all Pennsylvanians, the House Health Committee today approved legislation by Reps. Kate Klunk (R-Hanover) and Torren Ecker (R-Abbottstown) to ensure the agency has access to information so it can perform needed research.
Mar. 25, 2022 / Press Release
![Unleash the Power of Pennsylvania]()
The Russian invasion of the sovereign nation of Ukraine sparked outraged throughout the world. It has also led to high prices at the gas pumps, as well as higher heating bills for those with natural gas due to volatility in the energy market.
Feb. 08, 2022 /
![York House GOP Delegation: Wolf Wants More Unsustainable Spending]()
HARRISBURG – In response Gov. Tom Wolf’s plan to increase spending by $6.2 billion, the York County House Republican delegation consisting of House Appropriations Chairman Stan Saylor (R-Red Lion), House State Government Committee Chairman Seth Grove (R-Dover), Game and Fisheries Committee Chairman Keith Gillespie (R-Hellam) and Reps. Kate Klunk (R-Hanover), Dawn Keefer (R-Dillsburg) and Mike Jones (R-York Township) issued the following statement:
Jan. 31, 2022 /
![Grove, Klunk Announce $700,000 in Watershed Restoration Funding for York County]()
HARRISBURG – Nearly $700,000 in Growing Greener grants have been awarded to restore creeks in York County, Reps. Seth Grove (R-Dover) and Kate Klunk (R-Hanover) announced today.
Dec. 08, 2021 /
![Klunk, Hospital Officials Announce Funding to Expand Behavioral Health and Crisis Treatment at UPMC Hanover]()
HARRISBURG – To better serve patients in the Hanover area and beyond, a $1.5 million Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program grant was approved to create a new secure behavioral health and crisis suite at UPMC Hanover, Rep. Kate Klunk (R-Hanover) and hospital officials announced today.
Nov. 23, 2021 / Press Release
![PA Deserves Answers: Free the COVID-19 Data]()
For months during the COVID-19 pandemic, we heard from the Wolf administration, namely the governor and former Secretary of Health Rachel Levine, that we must trust the science…trust the data. And I fully agree. Science and data must drive policy, whether it be in response to a global pandemic or other bills before the General Assembly.
Nov. 17, 2021 /
![Klunk: Bills to Modernize Family Law Arbitration, Close Bail Bonds Loophole Approved by House]()
HARRISBURG –The House approved two key pieces of legislation to modernize bail bonds in Pennsylvania and formalize family law arbitration, announced Rep. Kate Klunk (R-Hanover), sponsor of the bills.
Nov. 10, 2021 /
![York County House Members React to Court Decision on Mask Mandate]()
HARRISBURG – State Reps. Keith Gillespie (R-Hellam), Seth Grove (R-Dover), Mike Jones (R-Dallastown), Dawn Keefer (R-Dillsburg), Kate Klunk (R-Hanover) and Stan Saylor (R-Red Lion), majority chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, issued the following statement in reaction to today’s Commonwealth Court decision to invalidate the mask mandate imposed on Pennsylvania’s schools by Acting Health Secretary Alison Beam:
Nov. 10, 2021 /
![Klunk: Months Overdue COVID-19 Data Report Finally Released]()
HARRISBURG – Despite numerous unneeded hurdles put in place by the Wolf administration, the Legislative Budget and Finance Commission (LBFC) released its report on the Department of Health’s COVID-19 death reporting, Rep. Kate Klunk (R-Hanover) announced today.
Nov. 09, 2021 /
![Committee Approves Klunk Bills to Modernize Family Law Arbitration, Close Bail Bonds Loophole]()
HARRISBURG – The House Judiciary Committee today advanced two pieces of legislation sponsored by Rep. Kate Klunk (R-Hanover) to the full House.
Oct. 21, 2021 /
![Klunk Named to Task Force on Child Pornography]()
HANOVER – Rep. Kate Klunk (R-Hanover) has been named to the Task Force on Child Pornography to further combat child sexual abuse in Pennsylvania.
Jul. 16, 2021 / Press Release
![Legislators Don’t Have to be Moderate to Work Together]()
Everyone in today’s General Assembly can agree on one thing (and perhaps only one thing): we, as a legislative body, are rather polarized. We are a polarized state within a polarized country.
Jul. 06, 2021 /
![Companion Legislation to Klunk’s Bill to Update Medical Assistance for Workers with Disabilities Signed by Governor]()
HARRISBURG – To ensure Pennsylvanians with disabilities won’t become ineligible for a valuable medical assistance program because they make too much money, Gov. Tom Wolf signed into law the companion bill to Rep. Kate Klunk’s (R-Hanover) House Bill 1115.