Judiciary Committee, Pennsylvania House of Representatives
The Judiciary 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 Judiciary Committee, 2023-2024 |
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Democratic members (12) | Republican members (10) | Third-party members(0) |
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2021-2022 legislative session
House Judiciary 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
House Judiciary Committee, 2019-2020 |
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Democratic members (10) | Republican members (13) | Third-party members(0) |
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Tedd Nesbit (R, Subcommittee Chair on Crime and Corrections) left this committee on January 02, 2020.
Justin Walsh (R) left this committee on December 26, 2019.
2017 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2017 legislative session.
Judiciary Members, 2017 | ||||
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Democratic members (11) | Republican members (16) | |||
• Joseph Petrarca, Minority chair | • Ronald Marsico, Chair | |||
• Ryan Bizzarro | • Becky Corbin | |||
• Tim Briggs | • Sheryl Delozier | |||
• Dominic Costa | • Hal English | |||
• Tina Davis | • Garth Everett | |||
• Jason Dawkins | • Barry J. Jozwiak | |||
• Madeleine Dean | • Kate Anne Klunk | |||
• Joanna McClinton | • Jerry Knowles | |||
• Dan Miller | • Tedd Nesbit | |||
• Gerald Mullery | • Jeffrey Pyle | |||
• Brandon Neuman | • Rick Saccone | |||
• Paul Schemel | ||||
• Todd Stephens | ||||
• Tarah Toohil | ||||
• Jesse Topper | ||||
• Martina White |
2015 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2015 legislative session.
Judiciary Members, 2015 | ||||
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Democratic members (11) | Republican members (16) | |||
• Joseph Petrarca, Democratic Chair | • Ronald Marsico, Chair | |||
• Bryan Barbin | • Jim Cox | |||
• Ryan Bizzarro | • Sheryl Delozier | |||
• Tim Briggs | • Garth Everett | |||
• Dominic Costa | • Glen Grell | |||
• Tina Davis | • Joe Hackett | |||
• Madeleine Dean | • Barry J. Jozwiak | |||
• Dan Miller (Pennsylvania) | • Mark Keller | |||
• Gerald Mullery | • Tim Krieger | |||
• Brandon Neuman | • Tedd Nesbit | |||
• Mark Rozzi | • Mike Regan | |||
• Rick Saccone | ||||
• Todd Stephens | ||||
• Marcy Toepel | ||||
• Tarah Toohil | ||||
• Mike Vereb |
2013-2014
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2013 legislative session.
Judiciary Members, 2013 | ||||
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Democratic members (10) | Republican members (15) | |||
• Thomas Caltagirone, Democratic Chair | • Ron Marsico, Chair | |||
• Deberah Kula, Democratic Secretary | • Todd Stephens, Secretary | |||
• Bryan Barbin | • Bryan Cutler | |||
• Matthew Bradford | • Sheryl Delozier | |||
• Vanessa Lowery Brown | • Brian Ellis | |||
• Dominic Costa | • Glen Grell | |||
• Madeleine Dean | • Joseph Hackett | |||
• Brandon Neuman | • Dick Hess | |||
• John Sabatina | • Mark Keller | |||
• Jesse White | • Tim Krieger | |||
• Bernie O'Neill | ||||
• Mike Regan | ||||
• Todd Rock | ||||
• Rick Saccone | ||||
• Tarah Toohil |
2011-2012
Judiciary Members, 2011 | ||||
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Democratic members (10) | Republican members (15) | |||
• Thomas Caltagirone, Democratic Chair | • Ronald Marsico, Chair | |||
• Deberah Kula | • Todd Stephens, Secretary | |||
• Matthew Bradford | • Thomas Creighton | |||
• Joseph Brennan | • Bryan Cutler | |||
• Dominic Costa | • Sheryl Delozier | |||
• Eugene DePasquale | • Brian Ellis | |||
• John Sabatina, Jr. | • Keith Gillespie | |||
• Josh Shapiro | • Glen Grell | |||
• Ronald Waters | • Tim Krieger | |||
• Jesse White | • Mark Keller | |||
• Bernard O'Neill | ||||
• Todd Rock | ||||
• Rick Saccone | ||||
• Marcy Toepel | ||||
• Tarah Toohil |
2009-2010
Judiciary Members, 2009 | ||||
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Democratic members (14) | Republican members (11) | |||
• Thomas Caltagirone, RepublicanChair | • Ronald Marsico, Chair | |||
• Deberah Kula, Secretary | • Thomas Creighton | |||
• Joseph Brennan | • William Gabig | |||
• James Casorio, Jr. | • Glen Grell | |||
• Paul Drucker | • Catherine Harper | |||
• Bryan Lentz | • Tim Krieger | |||
• Kathy Manderino | • Bernard O'Neill | |||
• John Pallone | • Todd Rock | |||
• Joseph Petrarca | • Richard Stevenson | |||
• Josh Shapiro | • Katie True | |||
• Gregory Vitali | • Mike Vereb | |||
• Chelsa Wagner | ||||
• Ronald Waters | ||||
• 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.