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Select Committee on Non-Preferred Appropriations (HR 349)

Collection

Identifier: SS1993_03

Scope and Contents

The collection contains materials from the committee meetings and the public hearings that were held on the subject on October 17 and 18, 1994. The bulk of the collection is made up of materials that were submitted to the committee for review by organizations such as the Fox Chase Cancer Center and Pennsylvania universities, who were seeking to keep their non-preferred status. The Final Report is also held in the collection. Approximately half of the records have been water damaged.

Dates: 1994

Found in: Pennsylvania House of Representatives Archives

Select Committee on Property Tax Reform (HR 774)

Collection

Identifier: SS2011_02

Scope and Contents

Chaired by Representative Thomas Quigley, the select committee held public hearings throughout the summer and fall of 2012 and produced its final report on November 30, 2012.

Dates: 2012; Acquisition: Date acquired: 02/01/2014

Found in: Pennsylvania House of Representatives Archives

Select Committee on Public Education Funding (HR 42)

Collection

Identifier: SS2001_03

Scope and Contents House Resolution 42 established and directed on February 8, 2001, a Select Committee of the House to examine matters relating to the system for funding public education in the Commonwealth. On June 5, 2001, the House Representatives adopted House Resolution 42 and required a final report to be submitted by September 15, 2001. The Select Committee was composed of fifteen members, eight of whom were appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives and seven of whom were appointed by...

Dates: 2001-2002

Found in: Pennsylvania House of Representatives Archives

Select Committee on Restoring Law and Order (HR 216), 2022

Collection

Identifier: 2023.026

Scope and Contents

The House Select Committee on Restoring Law and Order was chaired by John Lawrence (Republican). Members also on the committee were: Torren Ecker, Wendi Thomas, Amen Brown, and Danilo Burgos.

The collection includes the committee record, meeting voting records, interim and final report, and press releases.

Dates: 2022; Acquisition: 2023-02-09

Found in: Pennsylvania House of Representatives Archives

Select Committee on Rules Review (HR 11)

Collection

Identifier: SS1999_01

Scope and Contents

The Select Committee in its Final Report, made twenty-seven suggestions to the House. Recommendations included, seniority be eliminated as a basis for appointing members to committee chairmanship, an additional Minority party member be added to each standing committee, all committees be composed of an odd number of members, and the adoption of the Legislative Leave Rule for proxy voting on the House Floor.

Dates: 1999

Found in: Pennsylvania House of Representatives Archives

Select Committee on Rules Review (HR 17)

Collection

Identifier: SS1993_01

Scope and Contents A total of four public hearings were held in accordance with the Sunshine Law, which resulted in testimony from over twenty-two witnesses representing various groups including the General Assembly and concerned citizens.Their report was submitted to the House of Representatives on March 10, 1993. As a result of the suggestions of this committee, House Resolution 37 was created and passed by the House on March 17, 1993. The resolution provided for the adoption of the permanent...

Dates: 1993

Found in: Pennsylvania House of Representatives Archives

Select Committee on Safe Drinking Water (HR 87), 1983-1984

Collection

Identifier: SS1983_02

Scope and Contents The records of the Select Committee on Safe Drinking Water, 1983-1984. The Chairman of the committee was Russell Kowalyshyn (D). Members of the committee included Democrats (in the majority) Kenneth Cole, William Wachob, William Lloyd, Jr., and David Sweet and Republicans Roger Madigan, Robert Reber, Jr., James Burd, and Joseph Lashinger, Jr. The committee studied groundwater contamination in the Commonwealth and around the United States in an effort to improve Pennsylvania's drinking...

Dates: 1983-1984

Found in: Pennsylvania House of Representatives Archives

Select Committee on Seasonal Farm Laborers (HR 138), 1983-1984

Collection

Identifier: 02-SS1983_03

Scope and Contents The 1983-1984 Select Committee on Seasonal Farm Laborers, Pursuant to House Resolution 138, for the majority, was chaired by James A. Gallagher. Members, for the majority, included Mark B. Cohen, Kenneth Cole, Jeffrey Coy, and Samuel W. Morris; for the minority, members included Howard L. Fargo, Edwin G. Johnson, Marvin Miller, Jr., and Joseph Pitts. The committee's agenda was to make a complete and thorough review and investigation of the Commonwealth's compliance under the Act of June 23,...

Dates: 1983-1984

Found in: Pennsylvania House of Representatives Archives