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Health Committee, Pennsylvania House of Representatives
The Health 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
Health Committee, 2023-2024 |
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Democratic members (12) | Republican members (9) | Third-party members(0) |
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2021-2022 legislative session
Health Committee, 2021-2022 |
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Democratic members (9) | Republican members (15) | Third-party members(0) |
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Summer Lee (D) left this committee on December 07, 2022. [Source]
2019-2020 legislative session
Health 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.
Health Members, 2017 | ||||
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Democratic members (11) | Republican members (16) | |||
• Florindo Fabrizio, Minority chair | • Matthew Baker, Chair | |||
• Kevin Boyle | • Aaron Bernstine | |||
• Vanessa Lowery Brown | • Alexander Charlton | |||
• Mary Jo Daley | • Becky Corbin | |||
• Jason Dawkins | • Eli Evankovich | |||
• Pamela Delissio | • Frank Farry | |||
• Edward Gainey | • Kristin Phillips-Hill | |||
• Stephen Kinsey | • Aaron Kaufer | |||
• Brian Kirkland | • Dawn Keefer | |||
• Gerald Mullery | • Harry Lewis, Jr. | |||
• Michael Schlossberg | • Paul Schemel | |||
• Todd Stephens | ||||
• Jesse Topper | ||||
• Judith Ward | ||||
• Martina White | ||||
• David H. Zimmerman |
2015 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2015 legislative session.
Health Members, 2015 | ||||
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Democratic members (11) | Republican members (16) | |||
• Florindo Fabrizio, Democratic Chair | • Matthew Baker, Chair | |||
• Kevin Boyle | • Becky Corbin | |||
• Vanessa Lowery Brown | • Jim Cox | |||
• Mary Jo Daley | • Gary Day | |||
• Jason Dawkins | • Frank Farry | |||
• Pamela Delissio | • Marcia Hahn | |||
• Robert Matzie | • Kristin Phillips-Hill | |||
• Gerald Mullery | • Aaron Kaufer | |||
• Michael O'Brien | • Tim Krieger | |||
• Michael Schlossberg | • John Lawrence | |||
• Ronald Waters | • Harry Lewis, Jr. | |||
• Paul Schemel | ||||
• Marcy Toepel | ||||
• Tarah Toohil | ||||
• Jesse Topper | ||||
• Judith Ward |
2013-2014
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2013 legislative session.
Health Members, 2013 | ||||
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Democratic members (10) | Republican members (15) | |||
• Florindo Fabrizio, Democratic Chair | • Matthew Baker, Chair | |||
• Mary Jo Daley, Democratic Secretary | • Justin Simmons, Secretary | |||
• Kevin Boyle | • Becky Corbin | |||
• Vanessa Lowery Brown | • Bryan Cutler | |||
• James Clay | • Gary Day | |||
• Pamela Delissio | • Frank Farry | |||
• Gerald Mullery | • Mauree Gingrich | |||
• Michael O'Brien | • Glen Grell | |||
• John Sabatina, Jr. | • Marcia Hahn | |||
• Michael Schlossberg | • Rob Kauffman | |||
• John Lawrence | ||||
• Scott Petri | ||||
• Jerry Stern | ||||
• Marcy Toepel | ||||
• Tarah Toohil |
2011-2012
Health Members, 2011 | ||||
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Democratic members (10) | Republican members (15) | |||
• John Myers, Democratic Chair | • Matthew Baker, Chair | |||
• Kevin Boyle | • Marcy Toepel, Secretary | |||
• Vanessa Lowery Brown | • Ryan Aument | |||
• Mark Cohen | • Kerry Benninghoff | |||
• Pamela Delissio | • Martin Causer | |||
• Daniel Deasy, Jr. | • Bryan Cutler | |||
• Gerald Mullery | • Gary Day | |||
• John Sabatina, Jr. | • Frank Farry | |||
• Ken Smith | • Mauree Gingrich | |||
• Ronald Waters | • John Lawrence | |||
• David Maloney | ||||
• Kurt Masser | ||||
• Nicholas Micozzie | ||||
• Scott Petri | ||||
• Tarah Toohil |
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.