01. Standing Committees

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The records of the Game and Fisheries Committee from the 2009-2010 session, the Democrats in majority. The Chairs were Edward G. Staback (Majority) and Craig A. Dally (Minority). The Vice Chairs were Gary Haluska (Majority) and Mark K. Keller (Minority). The Secretaries were Kevin P. Murphy (Majority) and Todd Rock (Minority).

Scope and Contents The records of the Local Government Committee from the 2003-2004 session, the Republicans in the Majority. The Chairs were Lynn B. Herman (Majority) and Gaynor Cawley (Minority). The Chairs of the Subcommittee on Counties were John W. Fichter (Majority) and James E. Casorio, Jr. (Minority). The Chairs of the Subcommittee on Townships were Tim Hennessey (Majority) and Robert L. Freeman (Minority). The Chairs of the Subcommittee on Boroughs were Mark S. McNaughton (Majority) and R. Ted...

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The records of the Democratic Minority Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness Committee from the 1997-1998 session. The Chairs were Arthur D. Hershey (Majority) and Thomas A. Michlovic (Minority). The Vice Chairs were C. Allan Egolf (Majority) and Thomas M. Tigue (Minority). The Secretaries were Jerry A. Stern (Majority) and Lawrence Roberts (Minority).

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The records of the Professional Licensure Committee from the 1995-1996 session, the Republicans in majority. The Chairs were Mario J. Civera, Jr. (Majority) and William W. Rieger (Minority). The Vice Chairs were Ronald C. Raymond (Majority) and William R. Lloyd, Jr. (Minority). The Secretary was Michael L. Waugh (Majority).

Scope and Contents During the 2007-2008 Session, the Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee dealt, in depth, with the following topics: the Dog Law (House Bill 2525), the Future of Community Fairs, Agriculture Education and Careers, Providing for Organic Farming Transition Program and Establishing Organic Agriculture Development Fund (House Bill 2347), Agriculture Fair Share Funding and the Pennsylvania Farmland and Forest Land Assessment Act of 1974 (Clean and Green). This collection includes...

Scope and Contents The 2001-2002 Environmental Resources and Energy Committee dealt with all standard issues generally discussed in the Committee. However, they also dealt with several specific issues such as the commercial river dredging industry, coal mining, agreements for certain municipal and residual waste facilities (House Bill 1436), blasting licenses issued by the Department of Environmental Protection (House Bill 1467), Environmental Conservancies, Water-Well Construction Standards (House Bill...

Scope and Contents The 2007-2008 Session Environmental Resources and Energy Committee handled all typical Committee issues, however, it also dealt with several specific issues such as: enhancing the ability of the Pennsylvania Energy Development Authority (PEDA) to support the development of alternative energy sources (House Bill 1200); Coal Bed Methane (House Bill 1735); the Governor's Energy Initiative; and the Marcellus Shale Gas Play. In addition, the Environmental Resources and Energy...

Scope and Contents The 2007-2008 Session Commerce Committee handled all typical topics addressed by the Commerce Committee, however, they also addressed some issues specific to this session. For example, at the forefront of the Committee's concerns were the mortgage problems which the entire nation faced during this time. The Committee dealt with a package of six bills (House Bills 1079, 1080, 1081, 1082, 1083 and 1084) known as the Mortgage Reform Package in order to address some of those concerns. ...

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The records of the Gaming Oversight Committee from the 2009-2010 session, the Democrats in majority. The Chairs were Dante Santoni, Jr. (Majority) and Curt Schroder (Minority). The Vice Chairs were Florindo J. Fabrizio (Majority) and Michael Peifer (Minority). The Secretaries were Daniel J. Deasy (Majority) and Donna Oberlander (Minority).

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The records of the Rules Committee from the 1995-1996 session, the Republicans in Majority. The Chairs were John Perzel (Majority) and H. William DeWeese (Minority). The Vice Chairs were John Barley (Majority) and Ivan Itkin (Minority). The Secretaries were Joseph Pitts (Majority) and Dwight Evans (Minority).