01/20/2012
HARRISBURG - State Rep. Jerry Stern (R-Blair) today announced he is accepting nominations from students in the 80th Legislative District interested in receiving a scholarship to Valley Forge Military College (VFMC) for the fall 2012 semester.
12/13/2011
HARRISBURG – Following months of legislative debate and discussion, legislation to hold abortion clinics to the same licensing regulations as other surgical health care facilities was finally passed on the floor of the House today in the form of Senate Bill 732, said Rep. Jerry Stern (R-Blair).
12/12/2011
HARRISBURG – Following today’s vote by the Legislative Reapportionment Commission on the final reapportionment plan for Pennsylvania House and Senate districts, which would expand the 80th Legislative District into northern portions of the county, state Rep. Jerry Stern (R-Blair) issued the following statement:
09/26/2011
HARRISBURG – In an effort to ensure women in Pennsylvania receive proper health care and taxpayers are not inadvertently paying for abortions, Sen. Jane Orie (R-Allegheny/Butler) and Rep. Jerry Stern (R-Blair) held a press conference today at the Capitol and called for legislative action on Senate Bill 732 and Senate Bill 3.
08/31/2011
Tourism is Pennsylvania’s second-largest industry, right behind agriculture. The tourism industry brings billions of dollars of revenue to the state each year and employs thousands of individuals. As majority chairman of the House Tourism and Recreational Development Committee, I have had the unique opportunity to further explore the impact of the tourism industry on the Commonwealth and learn how we can continue to promote and support one of our largest revenue producers and job creators.
06/23/2011
Gov. Tom Corbett today signed into law Senate Bill 1006, legislation that includes a provision originally sponsored by Rep. Jerry Stern (R-Blair) to add the designer drug known as “bath salts” to the state’s controlled substance list.
06/13/2011
HARRISBURG – The House of Representatives today passed legislation that included a provision originally sponsored by Rep. Jerry Stern (R-Blair) to include a designer drug known as “bath salts” to the state’s controlled substance list.
06/09/2011
Rep. Jerry Stern (R-Blair), chairman of the House Tourism and Recreational Development Committee, is encouraging Pennsylvania residents to get out and explore all that the Commonwealth has to offer with the help of two useful publications.
04/12/2011
State Rep. Jerry Stern (R-Blair) today cast an affirmative vote for House Bill 40, known as the “Castle Doctrine,” which upholds the right of law-abiding citizens to use deadly force in the protection of one’s self and family when one has reasonable belief of imminent danger.
04/04/2011
The House of Representatives today approved a bill that includes a provision sponsored by Rep. Jerry Stern (R-Blair) to ban the purchase of concentrated bath salts sold primarily in tobacco shops, hemp stores and other non-traditional locations that are being used as synthetic cocaine, also commonly referred to as “blizzard.”
03/10/2011
A provision sponsored by Rep. Jerry Stern (R-Blair) to ban the purchase in Pennsylvania of synthetic cocaine, also commonly referred to as “blizzard,” was amended onto a bill considered by the state House on Wednesday.
02/15/2011
The House Judiciary Committee today unanimously approved a bill sponsored by Rep. Jerry Stern (R-Blair) that would add some chemical compounds referred to by users as “fake cocaine” and commonly found in certain bath salts to the state’s controlled substance list.
02/11/2011
A health care cost-saving measure championed by Rep. Jerry Stern (R-Blair) was the subject on Wednesday of a joint informational meeting held by three House committees.
01/10/2011
Rep. Jerry Stern (R-Blair) has been appointed to serve as the majority chairman of the House Tourism and Recreational Development Committee during the 2011-12 session that officially began Jan. 4.
10/20/2010
Rep. Jerry Stern (R-Blair), a long-time advocate of the Pennsylvania Association for the Blind (PAB), attended the organization’s 100th Anniversary Gala on Oct. 14. At the event, Stern presented PAB with a House citation recognizing this milestone anniversary.