The ASCA’s model legislation is gaining traction across the country. This time it is in Pennsylvania.
We learned this week that Rep. Tom Murt (R-Montgomery/Philadelphia) followed through on his commitment to us and introduced our legislation -- House Bill 1672 -- to the Pennsylvania General Assembly. This legislation would make hold harmless agreements and indemnification clauses null and void at the state level in snow contracts.
In addition to the bill being introduced, we were even more excited to learn the Rep. Murt secured five co-sponsors for the legislation -- Mike Driscoll, D-Philadelphia; Mark Rozzi, D-Berks; Mark Cohen, D- Philadelphia; Daniel McNeill, D-Lehigh; and Dave Zimmerman, R-Lancaster --crossed the aisle, giving us a bi-partisan sponsored bill. Bills with support from both sides off the aisle have a much better chance of being enacted.
Pennsylvania contractors can thank a number of folks in your state who helped get this done, including: Teri Merrideth, Eastern LLC; Steph and Joes Sauers, Sauers Tree Services; Josh Ferguson, Kent McBride; Bob and Caroline Young, Young Contractors; and the team at About Time Snow (Leann Slanyk, Bency Oonnoonny, and Lori Hamlin). They made the effort to get this bill introduced. Through the ASCA’s Action Network we worked as a group and individually to communicate with your elected officials to make this bill a reality.
We now move onto the next step and will work to get this legislate enacted. Pennsylvania joins Illinois (HB4221 and SB 2138) and New Jersey (S 3121) as states that have introduced the ASCA’s model legislation. We expected to make more of these announcements in the very near future.
On another note, the ASCA Action Network has also been communicating with your elected officials in Washington D.C., specifically the Senate offices. The Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act, which we announced last month, passed the US House of Representatives and is sitting in the Senate’s Judiciary Committee. Our lobby and communication efforts have kept this bill moving along in the Senate. ASCA membership has been sending the ASCA-created positioning pieces to educate the Senate on this bill’s importance.
The ASCA has created a conduit between the snow and ice management and its elected officials, and today that collective voice is being heard in Washington and in state capitols throughout the snow states.
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