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Professional Licensure Committee, Pennsylvania House of Representatives
The Professional Licensure 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
Professional Licensure 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
Professional Licensure Committee, 2021-2022 |
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Democratic members (9) | Republican members (14) | Third-party members(0) |
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Jake Wheatley Jr. (D, Democratic Chair) left this committee on January 31, 2022. [Source]
Tarah Toohil (R) left this committee on December 31, 2021. [Source]
2019-2020 legislative session
Professional Licensure 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.
Professional Licensure Members, 2017 | ||||
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Democratic members (11) | Republican members (16) | |||
• Harry Readshaw, III, Minority chair | • T. Mark Mustio, Chair | |||
• Tim Briggs | • Rosemary Brown | |||
• Carolyn Comitta | • Jim Christiana | |||
• Dominic Costa | • Gary Day | |||
• Tina Davis | • Joe Emrick | |||
• Daniel Deasy, Jr. | • Keith Gillespie | |||
• Jordan Harris | • Susan Helm | |||
• William Kortz, II | • David Hickernell | |||
• Joanna McClinton | • Jerry Knowles | |||
• Daniel McNeill | • John Maher | |||
• Adam Ravenstahl | • Zachary Mako | |||
• Steven Mentzer | ||||
• Marguerite Quinn | ||||
• Jamie Santora | ||||
• Curtis Sonney | ||||
• Tarah Toohil |
2015 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2015 legislative session.
Professional Licensure Members, 2015 | ||||
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Democratic members (11) | Republican members (16) | |||
• Harry Readshaw, Democratic Chair | • Julie Harhart, Chair | |||
• Tim Briggs | • Jim Christiana | |||
• Dominic Costa | • Joe Emrick | |||
• Tina Davis | • Keith Gillespie | |||
• Daniel Deasy, Jr. | • Joe Hackett | |||
• John Galloway | • Susan Helm | |||
• Jaret Gibbons | • David Hickernell | |||
• Jordan Harris | • Jerry Knowles | |||
• William Kortz, II | • John Maher | |||
• Daniel McNeill | • Steven Mentzer | |||
• Cherelle Parker | • David Millard | |||
• T. Mark Mustio | ||||
• Marguerite Quinn | ||||
• Jamie Santora | ||||
• Curtis Sonney | ||||
• Marcy Toepel |
2013-2014
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2013 legislative session.
Professional Licensure Members, 2013 | ||||
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Democratic members (10) | Republican members (15) | |||
• Harry Readshaw, Democratic Chair | • Julie Harhart, Chair | |||
• William Kortz, II, Democratic Vice Chair | • David Hickernell, Vice Chair | |||
• Jaret Gibbons, Democratic Secretary | • Michele Brooks, Secretary | |||
• Tim Briggs | • Jim Christiana | |||
• John Galloway | • Jim Cox | |||
• Marc Gergely | • Bryan Cutler | |||
• Jordan Harris | • Keith Gillespie | |||
• Daniel McNeill | • Susan Helm | |||
• Cherelle Parker | • John Maher | |||
• Brian Sims | • Mark Mustio | |||
• Bernie O'Neill | ||||
• Marguerite Quinn | ||||
• Mario Scavello | ||||
• Curtis Sonney | ||||
• Marcy Toepel |
2011-2012
Professional Licensure Members, 2011 | ||||
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Democratic members (10) | Republican members (15) | |||
• Harry Readshaw, III, Democratic Chair | • Julie Harhart, Chair | |||
• William Kortz, II, Democratic Vice Chair | • David Hickernell, Vice Chair | |||
• Jaret Gibbons, Democratic Secretary | • Michele Brooks, Secretary | |||
• Tim Briggs | • John Bear | |||
• John Galloway | • Jim Christiana | |||
• Marc Gergely | • Gary Day | |||
• Neal Goodman | • Keith Gillespie | |||
• Nick Kotik | • Susan Helm | |||
• Cherelle Parker | • John Maher | |||
• Tony Payton, Jr. | • T. Mark Mustio | |||
• Donna Oberlander | ||||
• Marguerite Quinn | ||||
• Douglas Reichley | ||||
• Mario Scavello | ||||
• Curtis Sonney |
2009-2010
Professional Licensure Members, 2009 | ||||
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Democratic members (14) | Republican members (11) | |||
• Michael McGeehan, Chair | • William Adolph, Jr., Republican Chair | |||
• Harry Readshaw, III, Vice Chair | • Craig Dally | |||
• Cherelle Parker, Secretary | • Keith Gillespie | |||
• James Casorio, Jr. | • Julie Harhart | |||
• Marc Gergely | • Susan Helm | |||
• Jaret Gibbons | • John Maher | |||
• Neal Goodman | • T. Mark Mustio | |||
• Nick Kotik | • Bernard O'Neill | |||
• Tony Payton, Jr. | • Douglas Reichley | |||
• Joseph Petrarca | • Mario Scavello | |||
• John Sabatina, Jr. | • Richard Stevenson | |||
• Timothy Solobay | ||||
• James Wansacz | ||||
• Ronald Waters |
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.