Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness Committee, Pennsylvania House of Representatives
The Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness 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
Note: This membership information was last updated in September 2023. Ballotpedia completes biannual updates of committee membership. If you would like to send us an update, email us at: editor@ballotpedia.org.
2023-2024 legislative session
House Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness 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
House Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness 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 Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness 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.
Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness Members, 2017 | ||||
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Democratic members (11) | Republican members (16) | |||
• Chris Sainato, Minority chair | • Stephen Barrar, Chair | |||
• Bryan Barbin | • Karen Boback | |||
• Ryan Bizzarro | • Rosemary Brown | |||
• Frank Burns | • Lynda Schlegel-Culver | |||
• Dominic Costa | • Gary Day | |||
• Maria Donatucci | • Frank Farry | |||
• Kevin Haggerty | • Mark Gillen | |||
• Carol Hill-Evans | • Keith Greiner | |||
• Anita Astorino Kulik | • R. Lee James | |||
• Adam Ravenstahl | • Barry J. Jozwiak | |||
• Peter Schweyer | • Zachary Mako | |||
• Jim Marshall | ||||
• Kathy Rapp | ||||
• Francis Ryan | ||||
• Rick Saccone | ||||
• Will Tallman |
2015 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2015 legislative session.
Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness Members, 2015 | ||||
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Democratic members (11) | Republican members (16) | |||
• Chris Sainato, Democratic Chair | • Stephen Barrar, Chair | |||
• Bryan Barbin | • Karen Boback | |||
• Ryan Bizzarro | • Rosemary Brown | |||
• Dominic Costa | • Lynda Schlegel-Culver | |||
• Margo Davidson | • Frank Farry | |||
• Maria Donatucci | • Mark Gillen | |||
• Patrick Harkins | • Joe Hackett | |||
• William Kortz, II | • R. Lee James | |||
• Dan Miller (Pennsylvania) | • Barry J. Jozwiak | |||
• Adam Ravenstahl | • Jim Marshall | |||
• Peter Schweyer | • John McGinnis (Pennsylvania) | |||
• Kathy Rapp | ||||
• Rick Saccone | ||||
• Will Tallman | ||||
• Mike Tobash | ||||
• Mike Vereb |
2013-2014
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2013 legislative session.
Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness Members, 2013 | ||||
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Democratic members (10) | Republican members (15) | |||
• Chris Sainato, Democratic Chair | • Stephen Barrar, Chair | |||
• Ryan Bizzarro, Democratic Secretary | • Mark Gillen, Secretary | |||
• Bryan Barbin | • Karen Boback | |||
• Maria Donatucci | • Rosemary Brown | |||
• Kevin Haggerty | • Frank Farry | |||
• Patrick Harkins | • Joseph Hackett | |||
• William Kortz, II | • R. Lee James | |||
• J.P. Miranda | • Jim Marshall | |||
• Gerald Mullery | • Thomas Murt | |||
• Adam Ravenstahl | • Kathy Rapp | |||
• Rick Saccone | ||||
• Lynda Schlegel-Culver | ||||
• RoseMarie Swanger | ||||
• Will Tallman | ||||
• Mike Tobash |
2011-2012
Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness Members, 2011 | ||||
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Democratic members (10) | Republican members (15) | |||
• Chris Sainato, Democratic Chair | • Stephen Barrar, Chair | |||
• Tina Davis | • Mark Gillen, Secretary | |||
• Bryan Barbin | • Karen Boback | |||
• H. William DeWeese | • Martin Causer | |||
• Maria Donatucci | • Garth Everett | |||
• John Galloway | • Frank Farry | |||
• Neal Goodman | • Joe Hackett | |||
• John Hornaman | • Scott Hutchinson | |||
• William Kortz, II | • Jim Marshall | |||
• Jake Wheatley, Jr. | • Thomas Murt | |||
• Scott Perry | ||||
• Kathy Rapp | ||||
• Rosemarie Swanger | ||||
• Will Tallman | ||||
• Randy Vulakovich |
2009-2010
Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness Members, 2009 | ||||
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Democratic members (15) | Republican members (11) | |||
• Anthony Melio, Chair | • Russell Fairchild, Republican Chair | |||
• Rick Taylor, Secretary | • RoseMarie Swanger, Republican Secretary | |||
• Bryan Barbin | • Karen Boback | |||
• Vanessa Lowery Brown | • Martin Causer | |||
• Neal Goodman | • Garth Everett | |||
• Richard Grucela | • Frank Farry | |||
• John Hornaman | • Scott Hutchinson | |||
• William Kortz, II | • Jim Marshall | |||
• Deberah Kula | • Ronald Miller | |||
• Bryan Lentz | • Thomas Murt | |||
• Tim Mahoney | • Kathy Rapp | |||
• Steve Santarsiero | ||||
• John Siptroth | ||||
• Ken Smith | ||||
• Timothy Solobay |
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.