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Game & Fisheries Committee, Pennsylvania House of Representatives
The Game & Fisheries 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 Game & Fisheries Committee, 2023-2024 |
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Democratic members (12) | Republican members (8) | Third-party members(0) |
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Joseph Adams (R) left this committee on February 09, 2024. [Source]
2021-2022 legislative session
House Game & Fisheries 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 Game & Fisheries Committee, 2019-2020 |
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Democratic members (10) | Republican members (14) | Third-party members(0) |
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Justin Walsh (R) left this committee on December 26, 2019.
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2017 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2017 legislative session.
Game & Fisheries Members, 2017 | ||||
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Democratic members (11) | Republican members (16) | |||
• Bryan Barbin, Minority chair | • Keith Gillespie, Chair | |||
• Martin Flynn | • Aaron Bernstine | |||
• Marc Gergely | • Bud Cook | |||
• Kevin Haggerty | • Jim Cox | |||
• Maureen Madden | • Joe Emrick | |||
• Steve McCarter | • Hal English | |||
• Gerald Mullery | • Garth Everett | |||
• Edward Neilson | • Mindy Fee | |||
• Brian Sims | • Barry J. Jozwiak | |||
• Pam Snyder | • David Maloney | |||
• Gregory Vitali | • Thomas Mehaffie | |||
• Dan Moul | ||||
• Michael Peifer | ||||
• Justin Walsh | ||||
• Ryan Warner | ||||
• Parke Wentling |
2015 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2015 legislative session.
Game & Fisheries Members, 2015 | ||||
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Democratic members (11) | Republican members (16) | |||
• R. Ted Harhai, Democratic Chair | • Keith Gillespie, Chair | |||
• Frank Burns | • Joe Emrick | |||
• Michael Driscoll | • Hal English | |||
• Frank Farina | • Garth Everett | |||
• Martin Flynn | • Mindy Fee | |||
• Patrick Harkins | • Matt Gabler | |||
• Sid Michaels Kavulich | • Doyle Heffley | |||
• William Kortz, II | • Barry J. Jozwiak | |||
• Tim Mahoney | • Mark Keller | |||
• Gerald Mullery | • David Maloney | |||
• Brian Sims | • John McGinnis (Pennsylvania) | |||
• Brett Miller | ||||
• Dan Moul | ||||
• Michael Peifer | ||||
• Ryan Warner | ||||
• Parke Wentling |
2013-2014
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2013 legislative session.
Game & Fisheries Members, 2013 | ||||
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Democratic members (10) | Republican members (15) | |||
• Gary Haluska, Democratic Chair | • Martin Causer, Chair | |||
• Gerald Mullery, Democratic Vice Chair | • Todd Rock, Vice Chair | |||
• John Galloway, Democratic Secretary | • Greg Lucas, Secretary | |||
• Frank Farina | • Jim Cox | |||
• Marc Gergely | • Joe Emrick | |||
• Kevin Haggerty | • Hal English | |||
• Deberah Kula | • Garth Everett | |||
• Tim Mahoney | • Mindy Fee | |||
• Pam Snyder | • Keith Gillespie | |||
• Jesse White | • Marcia Hahn | |||
• Doyle Heffley | ||||
• Mark Keller | ||||
• David Maloney | ||||
• Dan Moul | ||||
• Michael Peifer |
2011-2012
Game & Fisheries Members, 2011 | ||||
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Democratic members (10) | Republican members (15) | |||
• Edward Staback, Democratic Chair | • John Evans, Chair | |||
• Kevin Murphy, Democratic Vice Chair | • Todd Rock, Vice Chair | |||
• Gerald Mullery, Democratic Secretary | • Kurt Masser, Secretary | |||
• Angel Cruz | • Bryan Cutler | |||
• H. William DeWeese | • Joe Emrick | |||
• Marc Gergely | • Garth Everett | |||
• Gary Haluska | • Keith Gillespie | |||
• John Hornaman | • Marcia Hahn | |||
• Deberah Kula | • Doyle Heffley | |||
• Tim Mahoney | • Mark Keller | |||
• David Maloney | ||||
• Dan Moul | ||||
• Michael Peifer | ||||
• Jeffrey Pyle | ||||
• Mike Reese |
2009-2010
Game & Fisheries Members, 2009 | ||||
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Democratic members (15) | Republican members (11) | |||
• Edward Staback, Chair | • Craig Dally, Republican Chair | |||
• Gary Haluska, Vice Chair | • Bryan Cutler | |||
• Kevin Murphy, Secretary | • Garth Everett | |||
• Dominic Costa | • Keith Gillespie | |||
• Peter Daley, III | • Mark Keller | |||
• Anthony DeLuca | • Tim Krieger | |||
• Marc Gergely | • Dan Moul | |||
• Neal Goodman | • Michael Peifer | |||
• Michael Hanna, Sr. | • Jeffrey Pyle | |||
• John Hornaman | • Todd Rock | |||
• Deberah Kula | • Curtis Sonney | |||
• David Levdansky | ||||
• Tim Mahoney | ||||
• Michael McGeehan | ||||
• Harry Readshaw, III |
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.