01. Standing Committees

Scope and Contents The 2001-2002 Consumer Affairs Committee was chaired by Republican, Chris R. Wogan (majority) and by Democrat, Joseph Preston Jr. (minority). The chairs of the Subcommittee on Public Utilities were Republican, Kenneth M Jadlowiec and by Democrat, Susan Laughlin. The chairs of the Subcommittee on Telecommunications were Republican, William F. Adolph Jr. and Demcorat, Ronald I. Buxton. The Secretaries were Republican, John R. Evans and Democrat, R. Ted Harhai.During the 2001-2002...

Scope and Contents This collection contains the records of the Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee for the 2011-2012 session, Republicans in majority. Chairs John A. Maher (R) and Joseph A. Petrarca (D) serving with Vice-Chairs Mike Reese (R) and Deberah Kula(D). The Secretary was Stephen Bloom (R). The committee met over major topics such as land-use tax exemptions, amendments to Pennsylvania's Dog Law regarding kennels, kennel-use, proper elimination methods for dogs, as well as� farm vehicle...

Scope and Contents The 1981-1982 Consumer Affairs Committee was chaired by Republican, Lee C. Taddonio (majority). The Subcommittee Chairman on Public Utilities was Republican. Stephen F. Freind. The Secretary was Republican, Kathrynann W Durham.During the 1981-1982 period in which this committee operated, some of the main focuses were to prevent fraudulent advertisement or business efforts on the parts of several different companies as well as conducting inspections on several Public Utilities in...

Scope and Contents The Commerce Committee was chaired by Dick L. Hess (Majority) and Peter J. Daley (D). The Subcommittee Chairs on Economic Development were C. Walker Metzgar (Majority) and Adam Ravenstahl (D). The Subcommittee on Financial Services and Banking was chaired by Bernard T. O'Neill (Majority) and Jaret Gibbons (D). The Subcommittee Chair on Housing was Mike Fleck (Majority) and Robert F. Matzie (D). The Subcommittee Chair on Small Business was Jim Marshall (Majority) and Rick Mirabito (D). The...

Scope and Contents The records of the Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee from the 2015-2016 session, the Republicans in majority. Martin T. Causer served as majority Chair with Mike Carroll serving as minority Chair. The Vice Chairs were Mark K. Keller (majority) and Sid Kavulich (minority). The Secretaries were David Zimmerman (majority) and Brandon Neuman (minority).The Committee reviewed bills related to the general topics of horse racing and breeding, the hemp industry, requirements for...

Scope and Contents The 2011-2012 Consumer Affairs Committee was chaired by Robert W. Godshall (Majority) and Joseph Preston, Jr. (D). The Chair of the Subcommittee on Public Utilities was Rob W. Kauffman (Majority) and Eugene DePasquale (D). Brian Ellis (Majority) and Franks Burns (D) were the Chair of the Subcommittee on Telecommunications. Warren Kampf (Majority) and Joseph F. Brennan (D) were Secretary.In the 2011-2012 session, the major topics discussed were Telecommunication and Wireless...

Scope and Contents The Collection contains information related to the Insurance Committee for the 1981-1982 session. Serving as Chairman for the majority was Republican Walter F. DeVerter, as Vice-Chairman was Republican Peter R. Vroon and as Secretary was Republican Bruce Smith. This committee met to discuss House Bill 1285 during the duration of the 1981-82 session. House Bill 1285 is an Act amending the "Pennsylvania No-fault Motor Vehicle Insurance Act," approved July 19, 1974. This redefined and added...

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This collection consists of the records of the Liquor Control Committee meetings, public hearings, discussions and analysis of various House and Senate Bills regarding liquor distibution, consumption and regulation, as well as subject files regarding divestiture, drunk driving and deficiencies in law enforcement. Republicans were in the Majority The Chairman was Sanford I. Lehr (R) and Vice-Chairman was Franklin Coslett (R). The Secretary was Gerald J. Spitz (R).

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The Consumer Protection Committee was chaired by Percy G. Foor (R), with Eugene R. Geesey (R) as Chair of the Subcommittee on Public Utilities and Stanford I. Lehr (R) as Chair of the Subcommittee on Insurance.

Scope and Contents The records of the Intergovernmental Affairs Committee from the 2009-2010 session, the Democrats in majority. The Chairs were W. Curtis Thomas (Majority) and Chris Ross (Minority). The Chairs of the Subcommittee on Federal State Relations were Bryan R. Lentz (Majority) and Duane Milne (Minority). The Chairs of the Subcommittee on Information Technology were H. Scott Conklin (Majority) and Keith J. Gillespie (Minority). The Secretaries were Matthew D. Bradford (Majority) and Tim Krieger...