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The Pennsylvania State Senate is the upper house in the Pennsylvania Legislature. It consists of 50 members who serve four-year terms. The General Assembly is a continuing body during the term for which its representatives are elected. It meets at noon on the first Tuesday of January and then regularly throughout the year. When the Constitution stipulates that the General Assembly must meet in regular session annually, that means the session of one year must adjourn by noon of the first Tuesday of the following year. Two regular sessions cannot meet at the same time.

The General Assembly must also adjourn by midnight, November 30, in even-numbered years due to the expiration of the terms of office of all House members and half the Senate. The Lieutenant Governor, as President of the Senate, can cast a tie-breaking vote on any question except the final passage of a bill or joint resolution, the adoption of a conference report, or the concurrence in amendments made by the House of Representatives[1].

Party balance

Affiliation Members
Image:Bluedot.png Democratic Party 20
Image:Reddot.png Republican Party 29
Vacant 1
Total 50

List of current members

District Representative Party Residence Counties in District
1 Larry Farnese Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Philadelphia Philadelphia
2 Christine Tartaglione Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Philadelphia Philadelphia
3 Shirley Kitchen Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Philadelphia Philadelphia
4 LeAnna Washington Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Philadelphia Montgomery, Philadelphia
5 Mike Stack Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Philadelphia Philadelphia
6 Tommy Tomlinson Image:Reddot.png Republican Bensalem Bucks
7 Vincent Hughes Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Philadelphia Montgomery, Philadelphia
8 Anthony Williams Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Philadelphia Delaware, Philadelphia
9 Dominic Pileggi Image:Reddot.png Republican Chester Chester, Delaware
10 Charles McIlhinney Image:Reddot.png Republican Doylestown Bucks, Montgomery
11 Michael O'Pake Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Reading Berks
12 Stewart Greenleaf Image:Reddot.png Republican Willow Grove Bucks, Montgomery
13 Lloyd Smucker Image:Reddot.png Republican West Lampeter Township Lancaster, York
14 Raphael Musto Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Pittston Carbon, Luzerne
15 Jeffrey Piccola Image:Reddot.png Republican Susquehanna Township Dauphin, York
16 Pat Browne Image:Reddot.png Republican Allentown Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton
17 Daylin Leach Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Upper Merion Delaware, Montgomery
18 Lisa Boscola Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Bethlehem Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton
19 Andy Dinniman Image:Bluedot.png Democrat West Chester Chester, Montgomery
20 Lisa Baker Image:Reddot.png Republican Dallas Luzerne, Monroe, Pike, Susquehanna, Wayne, Wyoming
21 Mary Jo White Image:Reddot.png Republican Franklin Butler, Clarion, Erie, Forest, Venango, Warren
22 Robert Mellow Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Blakely Lackawanna, Luzerne, Monroe
23 Gene Yaw Image:Reddot.png Republican Montoursville Bradford, Lycoming, Sullivan, Susquehanna, Union
24 Vacant Harleysville Bucks, Lehigh, Montgomery, Northampton
25 Joe Scarnati Image:Reddot.png Republican Brockway Cameron, Clearfield, Elk, Jefferson, McKean, Potter, Tioga, Warren
26 Ted Erickson Image:Reddot.png Republican Newton Square Chester, Delaware
27 John Gordner Image:Reddot.png Republican Berwick Columbia, Dauphin, Luzerne, Montour, Northumberland, Snyder
28 Mike Waugh Image:Reddot.png Republican York York
29 David Argall Image:Reddot.png Republican Rush Township Berks, Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton, Schuylkill
30 John Eichelberger Image:Reddot.png Republican Duncansville Bedford, Blair, Franklin, Huntingdon, Mifflin
31 Pat Vance Image:Reddot.png Republican Silver Spring Township Cumberland, York
32 Rich Kasunic Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Dunbar Fayette, Somerset, Washington, Westmoreland
33 Richard Alloway Image:Reddot.png Republican Chambersburg Adams, Franklin, York
34 Jake Corman Image:Reddot.png Republican Benner Township Centre, Juniata, Mifflin, Perry, Union
35 John Wozniak Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Johnstown Cambria, Centre, Clearfield, Clinton, Somerset
36 Michael Brubaker Image:Reddot.png Republican Ephrata Chester, Lancaster
37 John Pippy Image:Reddot.png Republican Moon Township Allegheny, Washington
38 Jim Ferlo Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Pittsburgh Allegheny, Armstrong, Westmoreland
39 Kim Ward Image:Reddot.png Republican Hempfield Township Westmoreland
40 Jane Orie Image:Reddot.png Republican McCandless Allegheny, Butler
41 Don White Image:Reddot.png Republican Indiana Armstrong, Clearfield, Indiana, Westmoreland
42 Wayne Fontana Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Pittsburgh Allegheny
43 Jay Costa Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Forest Hills Allegheny
44 John Rafferty Image:Reddot.png Republican Collegeville Berks, Chester, Montgomery
45 Sean Logan Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Monroeville Allegheny, Westmoreland
46 Barry Stout Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Bentleyville Allegheny, Beaver, Greene, Washington, Westmoreland
47 Elder Vogel Image:Reddot.png Republican Rochester Allegheny, Beaver, Lawrence
48 Mike Folmer Image:Reddot.png Republican Lebanon Berks, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon
49 Jane Earll Image:Reddot.png Republican Erie Erie
50 Bob Robbins Image:Reddot.png Republican Greenville Butler, Crawford, Lawrence, Mercer

Senate Committees

The Pennsylvania Senate has 21 standing committees:

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