Lisa Boscola
Lisa M. Boscola is an American politician from Pennsylvania currently serving as a Democratic member of the Pennsylvania State Senate, representing the 18th Senate District which includes portions of Lehigh and Northampton.
Boscola was born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania to Richard and Anna Stofko. She is a graduate of Bethlehem's Freedom High School and Villanova University, from which she holds both a bachelor's degree and a master's degree in political science.
After college, she worked briefly as a court clerk before entering politics. From 1987 to 1993, Boscola was a Northampton County deputy court administrator. She first won a seat in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1994 and served two terms. In 1998, she won a seat in the state senate and was re-elected in 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014 and 2018.
In 2020, the Pennsylvania Senate passed a bill sponsored by Boscola that would mandate the reporting of infants born with opioid addiction. According to Health Crisis Alert, "The bill would require a report to the state Department of Health that would be used to determine whether the opioid crisis is worsening, where resources are needed and what kind of resources are needed."
