House. Rules Committee
Dates
- Existence: 1961 - Present
Biography
The Rules Committee was created in 1961, originally with 10 members. In the 2021 House Rules, Rule 46, "The Committee on Rules shall consist of the Speaker, the Majority Leader, the Majority Whip, the Minority Leader, the Minority Whip, the Majority Appropriations Chair, the Minority Appropriations Chair, 14 members of the majority party appointed by the Speaker, and 12 members of the minority party appointed by the Minority
Leader. The Majority Leader shall be chair.
The committee shall make recommendations designed to improve and expedite the business and procedure of the House and its committees, and to propose to the House any amendments to the Rules deemed necessary. The committee shall also do all things necessary to fulfill any assignment or duty given to the committee by any resolution, or other rule of the House of Representatives.
The committee shall be privileged to report at any time.
The committee shall, until or unless superseded by law, adopt guidelines for the expenditure of all funds appropriated to the House or to any member or nonmember officer by any appropriation act.
Such guidelines shall include a detailed statement of the general and specific purposes for which the funds from that appropriation account may be used, as well as uniform standards of required documentation, accounting systems and record keeping procedures.
Except as expressly provided in Rule 30 or this rule, the committee shall not have the power to amend any bill or joint resolution."
Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:
Rules Committee, 2013-2014
The records of the Rules Committee for the 2013-2014 session, the Republicans in majority. Mike Turzai served as majority chairperson with Frank Dermody serving the minority role.
The collection is comprised only of meeting files, which contain bills and amendments, agenda, voting record, and minutes.
Rules Committee, 2015-2016
The records of Rules Committee 2015-2016, the Republicans are the majority. The Chair was Dave Reed.
Most of this committee's attention was focused on increasing punishment for crimes and raising government subsidies such as welfare.
Rules Committee, 2017-2018
The records of Rules Committee 2017-2018, the Republicans in the majority. The Chair was Majority Floor Leader Dave Reed.
Rules Committee, 2019-2020
The records of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives' Rules Committee, the Republicans in the majority, the Democrats in the minority. The Chairs of the Committee were Kerry A. Benninghoff (majority) and Frank Dermody (minority).
Rules Committee, 2021-2022
The records of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives' Rules Committee, the Republicans in the majority, the Democrats in the minority. The Chairs of the Committee were Kerry A. Benninghoff (majority) and Joanna McClinton (minority).