Agriculture & Rural Affairs Committee, Pennsylvania House of Representatives
The Agriculture & Rural Affairs Committee is a standing committee of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.
Per the General Operating Rules of the House, memberships of the Pennsylvania House committees are recommended to the Speaker of the House by the House Committee on Committees. The Committee on Committees is made up of the Speaker and 15 members of the House, ten majority party members and five minority party members.
The Speaker appoints a chair, vice-chair, and secretary. The Minority Leader appoints a minority chair, vice-chair, and secretary. Only representatives with the most seniority in their respective caucuses may serve as chair or minority chair of a committee. Members of House majority and minority leadership may not serve as a chair or minority chair of any standing committee and no representative may serve as the chair or minority chair of more than one standing committee.[1]
The Speaker, Majority Floor Leader, and Minority Floor Leader are ex officio members of all standing committees, but have no voting rights and are not counted for the purpose of determining a quorum. At least fifty percent of the committee members must be present to establish a quorum.[1]
See rules: General Operating Rules of the House
Function
The General Operating Rules of the House describes the function of standing committees as follows:
“ | To assist the House in appraising the administration of the laws and in developing such amendments or related legislation as it may deem necessary, each standing committee or subcommittee of the House shall exercise continuous watchfulness of the execution by the administrative agencies concerned of any laws, the subject matter of which is within the jurisdiction of such committee or subcommittee; and, for that purpose, shall study all pertinent reports and data submitted to the House by the agencies in the executive branch of the Government.[2][3] | ” |
Membership
2023-2024 legislative session
House Agriculture & Rural Affairs Committee, 2023-2024 |
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Democratic members (15) | Republican members (17) | Third-party members(0) |
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2021-2022 legislative session
House Agriculture & Rural Affairs Committee, 2021-2022 |
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Democratic members (10) | Republican members (15) | Third-party members(0) |
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2019-2020 legislative session
House Agriculture & Rural Affairs Committee, 2019-2020 |
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Democratic members (10) | Republican members (15) | Third-party members(0) |
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2017 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2017 legislative session.
Agriculture & Rural Affairs Members, 2017 | ||||
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Democratic members (11) | Republican members (16) | |||
• Eddie Day Pashinski, Minority chair | • Martin Causer, Chair | |||
• Morgan Cephas | • Stephen Bloom, Pennsylvania | |||
• Pamela Delissio | • Karen Boback | |||
• Kevin Haggerty | • Russell Diamond | |||
• Jordan Harris | • Mindy Fee | |||
• Sid Michaels Kavulich | • Mark Gillen | |||
• Maureen Madden | • Marcia Hahn | |||
• Daniel McNeill | • Richard Irvin | |||
• Brandon Neuman | • Mark K. Keller | |||
• Christopher Rabb | • Kate Anne Klunk | |||
• Gregory Vitali | • John Lawrence | |||
• David Millard | ||||
• Dan Moul | ||||
• Mike Tobash | ||||
• Ryan Warner | ||||
• David H. Zimmerman |
2015 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2015 legislative session.
Agriculture & Rural Affairs Members, 2015 | ||||
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Democratic members (11) | Republican members (16) | |||
• John Sabatina, Jr., Democratic Chair | • Martin Causer, Chair | |||
• Vanessa Lowery Brown | • Stephen Bloom, Pennsylvania | |||
• H. Scott Conklin | • Karen Boback | |||
• Margo Davidson | • Russell Diamond | |||
• Pamela Delissio | • Joe Emrick | |||
• John Galloway | • Mindy Fee | |||
• Jaret Gibbons | • Marcia Hahn | |||
• Jordan Harris | • Rob Kauffman | |||
• Sid Michaels Kavulich | • Mark Keller | |||
• Tim Mahoney, Pennsylvania Representative | • John Lawrence (Pennsylvania) | |||
• Brandon Neuman | • John Maher | |||
• David Millard | ||||
• Dan Moul | ||||
• Mike Reese | ||||
• Mike Tobash | ||||
• David H. Zimmerman |
2013-2014
Agriculture & Rural Affairs Members, 2013 | ||||
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Democratic members (10) | Republican members (15) | |||
• Joseph Petrarca, Democratic Chair | • John Maher, Chair | |||
• Deberah Kula, Democratic Vice Chair | • Mindy Fee, Secretary | |||
• Brandon Neuman, Democratic Secretary | • Mike Reese, Vice Chair | |||
• Scott Conklin | • Stephen Bloom | |||
• Pamela Delissio | • Michele Brooks | |||
• Sid Kavulich | • Gordon Denlinger | |||
• Rick Mirabito | • Joe Emrick | |||
• Mark Painter | • Mike Fleck | |||
• Mark Rozzi | • Marcia Hahn | |||
• Jake Wheatley | • David Hickernell | |||
• Rob Kauffman | ||||
• Mark Keller | ||||
• David Millard | ||||
• Dan Moul | ||||
• Mike Tobash |
2011-2012
Agriculture & Rural Affairs Members, 2011 | ||||
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Democratic members (10) | Republican members (15) | |||
• Joseph Petrarca, Democratic Chair | • John Maher, Chair | |||
• Deberah Kula, Democratic Vice Chair | • Mike Reese, Vice Chair | |||
• Brandon Neuman, Democratic Secretary | • Stephen Bloom, Secretary | |||
• Brendan Boyle | • Karen Boback | |||
• Scott Conklin | • Michele Brooks | |||
• Jaret Gibbons | • Gordon Denlinger | |||
• Gary Haluska | • Garth Everett | |||
• Sid Kavulich | • David Hickernell | |||
• Richard Mirabito | • Rob Kauffman | |||
• Matthew Smith | • Mark Keller | |||
• John Lawrence | ||||
• David Millard | ||||
• Dan Moul | ||||
• Tina Pickett | ||||
• Mike Tobash |
2009-2010
Agriculture & Rural Affairs Members, 2009 | ||||
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Democratic members (16) | Republican members (11) | |||
• Michael Hanna, Sr., Chair | • Samuel Rohrer, Republican Chair | |||
• David Kessler, Vice Chair | • Karen Boback | |||
• Scott Conklin, Secretary | • Michele Brooks | |||
• Mike Carroll | • Jim Cox | |||
• Eugene DePasquale | • Gordon Denlinger | |||
• Richard Grucela | • C. Adam Harris | |||
• Gary Haluska | • David Hickernell | |||
• Tom Houghton | • Mark Keller | |||
• Babette Josephs | • Carl Metzgar | |||
• David Millard | • David Millard | |||
• Richard Mirabito | • Tina Pickett | |||
• John Myers | ||||
• Frank Oliver, Sr. | ||||
• Joseph Preston, Jr. | ||||
• Timothy Solobay | ||||
• Jesse White |
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Pennsylvania House of Representatives, "General Operating Rules of the House of Representatives," accessed Feb. 21, 2021
- ↑ Pennsylvania House of Representatives, "General Operating Rules of the House of Representatives," accessed Feb. 21, 2021
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.