State Government Committee, Pennsylvania House of Representatives
The State Government 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] | ” |
Click here to read more regarding this committee's role in the state's redistricting after the 2020 census.
Membership
2023-2024 legislative session
House State Government 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 State Government Committee, 2021-2022 |
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Democratic members (10) | Republican members (15) | Third-party members(0) |
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Margo Davidson (D, Democratic Chair) left this committee on July 23, 2021. [Source]
2019-2020 legislative session
House State Government 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.
State Government Members, 2017 | ||||
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Democratic members (11) | Republican members (16) | |||
• Matthew Bradford, Minority chair | • Daryl Metcalfe, Chair | |||
• Donna Bullock | • Stephen Barrar | |||
• Mary Jo Daley | • Jim Christiana | |||
• Pamela Delissio | • Cris Dush | |||
• Madeleine Dean | • Matt Gabler | |||
• Isabella Fitzgerald | • Kristin Phillips-Hill | |||
• Steve McCarter | • Jerry Knowles | |||
• Christopher Rabb | • Brett Miller | |||
• Brian Sims | • Bradley Roae | |||
• Jared Solomon | • Francis Ryan | |||
• Gregory Vitali | • Rick Saccone | |||
• Thomas Sankey | ||||
• Craig Staats | ||||
• Justin Walsh | ||||
• Judith Ward | ||||
• Jeff Wheeland |
2015 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2015 legislative session.
State Government Members, 2015 | ||||
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Democratic members (11) | Republican members (16) | |||
• Mark Cohen, Democratic Chair | • Daryl Metcalfe, Chair | |||
• Leslie Acosta | • George Dunbar | |||
• Vanessa Lowery Brown | • Cris Dush | |||
• Mary Jo Daley | • Matt Gabler | |||
• Pamela Delissio | • Kristin Phillips-Hill | |||
• Steve McCarter | • Richard Irvin | |||
• Michael O'Brien, Pennsylvania Representative | • Fred Keller | |||
• Eddie Day Pashinski | • Jerry Knowles | |||
• Michael Schlossberg | • Brett Miller | |||
• Brian Sims | • Bradley Roae | |||
• Ronald Waters | • Rick Saccone | |||
• Thomas Sankey | ||||
• Jesse Topper | ||||
• Dan Truitt | ||||
• Judith Ward | ||||
• Jeff Wheeland |
2013-2014
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2013 legislative session.
State Government Members, 2013 | ||||
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Democratic members (10) | Republican members (15) | |||
• Mark Cohen, Democratic Chair | • Daryl Metcalfe, Chair | |||
• Marty Flynn, Democratic Secretary | • John McGinnis, Secretary | |||
• Tim Briggs | • Stephen Barrar | |||
• Mary Jo Daley | • George Dunbar | |||
• Jordan Harris | • Eli Evankovich | |||
• Daniel McNeill | • Garth Everett | |||
• Michael O'Brien | • Matt Gabler | |||
• Michael Schlossberg | • Fred Keller | |||
• Brian Sims | • Jerry Knowles | |||
• Greg Vitali | • Tim Krieger | |||
• David Maloney | ||||
• Brad Roae | ||||
• Rick Saccone | ||||
• Justin Simmons | ||||
• Dan Truitt |
2011-2012
State Government Members, 2011 | ||||
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Democratic members (10) | Republican members (15) | |||
• Babette Josephs, Democratic Chair | • Daryl Metcalfe, Chair | |||
• Tony Payton, Jr., Democratic Secretary | • Seth Grove, Secretary | |||
• Tim Briggs | • Jim Cox | |||
• Eugene DePasquale | • George Dunbar | |||
• Florindo Fabrizio | • Eli Evankovich | |||
• Kenyatta Johnson | • Matt Gabler | |||
• Eddie Day Pashinski | • Glen Grell | |||
• Steve Samuelson | • Marcia Hahn | |||
• Steve Santarsiero | • Rob Kauffman | |||
• Gregory Vitali | • Jerry Knowles | |||
• Tim Krieger | ||||
• T. Mark Mustio | ||||
• Bradley Roae | ||||
• Lynda Schlegel-Culver | ||||
• Jerry Stern |
2009-2010
State Government Members, 2009 | ||||
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Democratic members (14) | Republican members (11) | |||
• Babette Josephs, Chair | • Kerry Benninghoff, Republican Chair | |||
• Michael O'Brien, Vice Chair | • Jim Cox | |||
• Jaret Gibbons, Secretary | • Thomas Creighton | |||
• Brendan Boyle | • Sheryl Delozier | |||
• Mike Carroll | • Matt Gabler | |||
• Mark Cohen | • Glen Grell | |||
• Lawrence Curry | • Tim Krieger | |||
• Florindo Fabrizio | • David Millard | |||
• Dan Frankel | • Marguerite Quinn | |||
• Robert Freeman | • Kathy Rapp | |||
• John Galloway | • Bradley Roae | |||
• Frank Oliver, Sr. | ||||
• Rick Taylor | ||||
• Gregory Vitali |
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.