Labor and Industry Committee, 2013-2014

Collection

Identifier: ST2013_16

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The records of the Labor and Industry Committee from the 2013-2014 session, the Republicans in majority. The chairs were Mario Scavello (majority) and William Keller. Vice chairs were Ryan Mackenzie (majority) and Marc Gergely. The secretaries were Stephen Bloom (majority) and Pam Snyder. The Committee covered many bills during the session. Some major topics included increasing minimum wage across the Commonwealth, revising, updating, and modernizing the Unemployment Compensation Code, the Pennsylvania Construction Code and the Workers' Compensation Act. There were also several attempts to repeal the Prevailing Wage Act.

Dates

2013 - 2014
Acquisition: Date acquired: October 27, 2014

Creator

House. Labor and Industry Committee (Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

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Extent

2.00 Cubic Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Arrangement Note

The collection is arranged into nine series: 1. Committee Record, 2. Meetings, Tours and Public Hearing, 3. House Bills, 4. House Resolutions, 5. Senate Bills, 6. House Blue Backs, 7. House Resolutions that Died in Committee, 8. Senate Green Backs, 9. Regulations.

Custodial History

Labor and Industry Committee to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives Archives.

Source of Acquisition

Labor and Industry Committee

Method of Acquisition

Pursuant to House Rule 45 of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (titled “Powers and Duties of Standing Committees and Subcommittees”) governing the management and disposition of historically valuable committee material, the secretary of the committee must record the attendance of Members and any votes taken, the minutes of the meeting and records, bills, and other papers in the possession of committees and subcommittees which must be submitted to the Chief Clerk at the end of every two year legislative session for permanent archival storage.