Finance Committee, Pennsylvania House of Representatives
The Finance 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 Finance Committee, 2023-2024 |
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Democratic members (11) | Republican members (9) | Third-party members(0) |
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Joseph Adams (R, Secretary) left this committee on February 09, 2024. [Source]
2021-2022 legislative session
House Finance Committee, 2021-2022 |
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Democratic members (10) | Republican members (14) | Third-party members(0) |
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2019-2020 legislative session
House Finance Committee, 2019-2020 |
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Democratic members (10) | Republican members (16) | 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.
Finance Members, 2017 | ||||
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Democratic members (11) | Republican members (16) | |||
• Jake Wheatley, Jr., Minority chair | • Bernard O'Neill, Chair | |||
• Kevin Boyle | • Aaron Bernstine | |||
• Mary Jo Daley | • Stephen Bloom, Pennsylvania | |||
• Margo Davidson | • Michael Corr | |||
• Madeleine Dean | • George Dunbar | |||
• Jordan Harris | • Eli Evankovich | |||
• Sid Michaels Kavulich | • Matt Gabler | |||
• Stephen Kinsey | • Keith Greiner | |||
• Daniel McNeill | • R. Lee James | |||
• Christopher Rabb | • Aaron Kaufer | |||
• Mark Rozzi | • Fred Keller | |||
• John Lawrence | ||||
• Duane Milne | ||||
• Michael Peifer | ||||
• Thomas Quigley | ||||
• Thomas Sankey |
2015 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2015 legislative session.
Finance Members, 2015 | ||||
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Democratic members (11) | Republican members (16) | |||
• Jake Wheatley, Jr., Democratic Chair | • Bernard O'Neill, Chair | |||
• Leslie Acosta | • Stephen Bloom | |||
• Kevin Boyle | • George Dunbar | |||
• Matthew Bradford | • Eli Evankovich | |||
• Mary Jo Daley | • Matt Gabler | |||
• Margo Davidson | • Seth Grove | |||
• Madeleine Dean | • R. Lee James | |||
• Jordan Harris | • Aaron Kaufer | |||
• Sid Kavulich | • Jerry Knowles | |||
• Stephen Kinsey | • John Lawrence (Pennsylvania) | |||
• Daniel McNeill | • Duane Milne | |||
• Michael Peifer | ||||
• Thomas Quigley | ||||
• Kathy Rapp | ||||
• Brad Roae | ||||
• Tommy Sankey |
2013-2014
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2013 legislative session.
Finance Members, 2013 | ||||
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Democratic members (10) | Republican members (15) | |||
• Phyllis Mundy, Democratic Chair | • Kerry Benninghoff, Chair | |||
• Madeleine Dean, Democratic Vice Chair | • John Lawrence, Vice Chair | |||
• Tim Briggs | • Eli Evankovich, Secretary | |||
• Mary Jo Daley | • Stephen Bloom | |||
• Margo Davidson | • Gordon Denlinger | |||
• Jordan Harris | • George Dunbar | |||
• Sid Kavulich | • Matt Gabler | |||
• William Kortz, II | • Keith Greiner | |||
• Rick Mirabito | • Seth Grove | |||
• Adam Ravenstahl | • R. Lee James | |||
• Fred Keller | ||||
• Duane Milne | ||||
• Michael Peifer | ||||
• Kathy Rapp | ||||
• Brad Roae |
2011-2012
Finance Members, 2011 | ||||
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Democratic members (10) | Republican members (15) | |||
• Phyllis Mundy, Democratic Chair | • Kerry Benninghoff, Chair | |||
• Matthew Smith, Democratic Vice Chair | • Gordon Denlinger, Vice Chair | |||
• Kevin Boyle, Democratic Secretary | • Eli Evankovich, Secretary | |||
• Matthew Bradford | • Ryan Aument | |||
• Tim Briggs | • John Bear | |||
• Margo Davidson | • Scott Boyd | |||
• H. William DeWeese | • Jim Cox | |||
• Florindo Fabrizio | • George Dunbar | |||
• Sid Kavulich | • Matt Gabler | |||
• Richard Mirabito | • C. Adam Harris | |||
• Fred Keller | ||||
• Duane Milne | ||||
• Michael Peifer | ||||
• Kathy Rapp | ||||
• Mario Scavello |
2009-2010
Finance Members, 2009 | ||||
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Democratic members (15) | Republican members (10) | |||
• David Levdansky, Chair | • John Bear | |||
• Rosita Youngblood, Vice Chair | • Gordon Denlinger | |||
• Richard Mirabito, Secretary | • Brian Ellis | |||
• Tim Briggs | • C. Adam Harris | |||
• Florindo Fabrizio | • Daryl Metcalfe | |||
• Dan Frankel | • Michael Peifer | |||
• Jaret Gibbons | • Thomas Quigley | |||
• David Kessler | • Dave Reed | |||
• William Kortz, II | • Samuel Rohrer | |||
• John Pallone | • Mario Scavello | |||
• Chris Sainato | ||||
• Tim Seip | ||||
• Josh Shapiro | ||||
• Rick Taylor | ||||
• John Yudichak |
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.