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Originally Posted by Steve M
It's in committee right now - there's a hearing later this month. It's not dead just yet.
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Next Thursday, September 27th, the Pennsylvania Legislature is holding a hearing on banning aluminum bats from youth baseball and softball in the entire state of Pennsylvania.
If a few politicians in Harrisburg have their way, and they pass an aluminum bat ban, our players would be hit with a $25 fine for playing with a non-wood bat, even in a pick-up game. Non-wood baseball and softball bats would be banned from organized competition in high schools, PONY Baseball and Softball, and everywhere else children play. The proposed law in Pennsylvania bans aluminum bats not just in baseball – but in softball too!
Unfortunately this ban is also going to cost a lot of money to our youth baseball and softball programs. Money that could be better spent on coaching education, facility development and other league necessities would instead go to fund the cost of re-supplying broken wood bats for a game that is already considered safe.
With everything else our elected officials had to worry about, you would think they had better uses for their time.
I know these are busy times, but I am asking you to please take five minutes of your day today to send an e-mail or make a phone call to the office of Representative Louise Williams Bishop– expressing your displeasure with this proposed law. She is the Chairwoman for the Committee on Children and Youth in the Pennsylvania legislature. She will decide whether this bill will be voted on or not.
Representative Louise Williams Bishop contact information is below. Please make a call or an email and express your displeasure with this bill.
Representative Louise Williams Bishop, 215-879-6625 or 717-783-2192 (feel free to contact either number or both)
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