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Select Committee for School Safety (HR 53)
Collection
Identifier: SS2013_01
Scope and Contents
House Resolution 53 was introduced by Representative Gary Day on January 30, 2013 and adopted March 13 of the same year. HR 53 created the Select Committee for School Safety to investigate security policies and procedures in Pennsylvania schools. The Committee was chaired by Representative Gary Day (R, Berks/Lehigh) with Cherelle Parker (D, Philadelphia) serving as Vice Chair.
Four public hearings were held to receive information from representatives of educational institutions, both...
Dates:
2013-2014; Other: Majority of material found in 2013; Other: Date acquired: 05/11/2015
Select Committee Investigating Licensed and Unlicensed Homes for the Elderly, Indigent, and Sickly (Senate Resolution 57), 1973-1974
Collection
Identifier: 1973.010
Scope and Contents
The file contains the final report with recommendations.
Dates:
1973 - 1974
Select Committee on Act 1605 of 1956 (House Resolution 132), 1959-1960
Collection — Container: Select Committee Box A
Identifier: SS1959_01
Scope and Contents
Report of the Select Committee Appointed under House Resolution 132 by the Legislative Reference Bureau and Staff of the Joint State Government Commission, January 4, 1960. On December 18, 1959, a Select Committee was appointed to study the amendment to Article II, Section 4 of the Constitution of Pennsylvania regarding the powers of the General Assembly.Members appointed by Speaker Hiram G. Andrews (D) to the Select Committee include: Stephen McCann (D-House Majority...
Dates:
1959 - 1960
Select Committee on Domestic Violence and Rape Crisis Services (HR 229), 1989-1990
Collection
Identifier: SS1989_01
Scope and Contents
Three public hearings were held regarding this subject, and testimony was heard by experts in the field, service providers, law enforcement personnel, and survivors of rape and domestic violence. The Committee made recommendations to increase state funding levels for rape crisis and domestic violence programs, and initiatives that would not require funding. Their suggestions covered the introduction of new legislation that would protect the rights of victims and provide for funding for new...
Dates:
1989 - 1990
Select Committee on Eminent Domain (HR 180)
Collection
Identifier: SS1997_04
Scope and Contents
The Select Committee held hearings, took testimony and made investigations at such places as it deemed necessary in the Commonwealth. Each member of the committee had power to administer oaths and affirmations to witnesses that appeared before the committee. The Select Committee made a final report of its findings and recommendations to the House of Representatives in November 1998.Members of the Committee included Edward Krebs, Chairman, Brett Feese, Ronald Marsico, Steven...
Dates:
1997-1998
Select Committee on Federal State Affairs, (House Resolution 46), 1973-1974
Collection
Identifier: SS1974_01
Scope and Contents
These three hearing transcripts were found in Reno Thomas collection and reprocessed, as seen here.
(Resolution No. 46) URGING SELECTION OF A FEDERAL-STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE TO REVIEW EXISTING RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN COMMONWEALTH AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT; AND CONDUCT OF THE COMMONWEALTH AGENCY MAINTAINED IN WASHINGTON, D. C. In the House of Representatives, March 14, 1973
H. Sheldon Parker, Chairman
Dates:
1973 - 1974
Select Committee on Harness and Thoroughbred Racing (House Resolution 203), 1973-1974
Collection
Identifier: 1973.009
Scope and Contents
The file contains the report from the committee including findings and recommendations.
Dates:
1973 - 1974
Select Committee on Higher Education (HR 181)
Collection
Identifier: SS1995_02
Scope and Contents
In its final report, the Select Committee recommended items such as taking sabbatical leave only when professional development or health reasons interfered; requiring state institutions to use a common travel agent and adopting stricter guidelines for travel reimbursement; and developing more specific guidelines for record-keeping and use of non-preferred appropriations. The Select Committee also reaffirmed support for tuition reduction for employees of state institutions and their...
Dates:
1995
Select Committee on Industrial Development Corporations (HR 27 and 194)
Collection
Identifier: SS1991_02
Scope and Contents
Tom Murphy (chairman), Richard Cessar, David Levdansky, James Merry, Christopher McNally, Jess Stairs, and Thomas Michlovic served on the Select Committee on Industrial Development Corporations (IDC). The committee held three public hearings, conducted personal interviews, and contacted all 138 of the state’s registered IDC’s, asking for information such as charters, mission statements, financial audits, and names of their board of directors. Records from the eighty-eight companies that...
Dates:
1991-1992
Select Committee on Information Security (HR 351)
Collection
Identifier: SS2005_04
Scope and Contents
The collection houses information on the meetings and presentations held by the Committee. The Final Report is also included.
Dates:
2005 - 2006