House of Representatives

Daily Session Update

December 13, 2005

Prepared by the Office of the Parliamentarian

 

Communications Received

 

The Chair acknowledged receipt of an actuarial note for Senate Bill 394 P.N. 1400.

 

From the Senate

 

The Clerk of the Senate being introduced, presented the following extract from the Journal of the Senate, which was read as follows, viz:

 

In the Senate

December 12, 2005

 

RESOLVED, (the House of Representatives concurring), Pursuant to Article II, Section 14 of the Pennsylvania Constitution, that when the Regular Session of the Senate recesses this week, it reconvene on Tuesday, January 3, 2006, unless sooner recalled by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate; and be it further

 

RESOLVED, Pursuant to Article II, Section 14 of the Pennsylvania Constitution, that when the Regular Session of the Senate recesses the week of January 3rd, it reconvene on Monday, January 23, 2006, unless sooner recalled by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate; and be it further

 

RESOLVED, Pursuant to Article II, Section 14 of the Pennsylvania Constitution, that when the Regular Session of the House of Representatives recesses this week, it reconvene on Monday, December 19, 2005, unless sooner recalled by the Speaker of the House of the Representatives; and be it further

 

RESOLVED, Pursuant to Article II, Section 14 of the Pennsylvania Constitution, that when the Regular Session of the House of Representatives recesses the week of December 19th, it reconvene on Tuesday, January 3, 2006, unless sooner recalled by the Speaker of the House of Representatives; and be it further

 

RESOLVED, Pursuant to Article II, Section 14 of the Pennsylvania Constitution, that when the Regular Session of the House of Representatives recesses the week of January 3rd, it reconvene on Monday, January 23, 2006, unless sooner recalled by the Speaker of the House of Representatives.

 

Ordered, That the Clerk present the same to the House of Representatives for its concurrence.

                                                                        ADOPTED VOICE VOTE

 

Bills on Concurrence

 

Voting Schedule

 

HB 1485 PN 1803

196-0 

HB 1487 PN 3232

196-0 

HB 1604 PN 2007

 

      04706 (SEMMEL )

196-0 

      Final Passage

196-0

HB 1621 PN 2056

 

      02916 (SEMMEL )

196-0 

      Final Passage

196-0

HB 1879 PN 3056

 

      05072 (VITALI )

75-121 (failed) 

      Final Passage

196-0

HB 2001 PN 3234

 

      05097 (FLICK )

195-0 

      Final Passage

196-0

HB 2145 PN 2968

196-0

HB 1486 PN 3231

196-0 

HB 2157 PN 2980

196-0 

HB 2282 PN 3194

196-0 

SB 869 PN 1406

196-0

HB 1552 PN 2273

 

      Motion to Appeal Ruling of Chair

      (VITALI)

172-24

      Final Passage

196-0

 

Bills Signed by the Speaker

 

Bills Referred

 

HR 535                    To Calendar under Rule 35 – Supplemental Calendar

HR 536                    To Calendar under Rule 35 – Supplemental Calendar

HR 537                    Appropriations

HR 538                    Appropriations

HR 539                    To Calendar under Rule 35

 

Bills Recommitted

 

SB 394 to Appropriations

SB 854 to Appropriations

SB 862 to Appropriations

SB 881 to Appropriations

SB 895 to Appropriations

SB 897 to Appropriations

SB 1034 to Appropriations

HB 2317 to Appropriations

SB 640 to Appropriations

 

Bills and Resolutions Reported from Committee

 

HB 671 from Agriculture and Rural Affairs as Committed

HB 2317 from Appropriations as Amended

SB 1034 from Appropriations as Committed

HB 1618 from Education as Amended

HR 529 from Intergovernmental Affairs as Committed

HB 2283 from Judiciary as Amended

HB 2286 from Judiciary as Amended

HB 2288 from Judiciary as Amended

HB 2291 from Judiciary as Amended

 

Bills Removed from the Table

 

HB 760

SB 394

SB 854

SB 862

SB 881

SB 895

SB 897

SB 1034

HB 2317

SB 640

 

Bills Placed on the Table

 

HB 760

 

House Resolutions Adopted

 

HR 446

A Resolution urging the President and the Congress of the United States to direct the Base Realignment and Closure Commission to designate strategic unused military bases in each region of the United States to be given to the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA's) jurisdiction to be maintained and used in an emergency such as Hurricane Katrina which displaces large numbers of people.

 

 

Suspension of Rules (PETRONE)

196-0

 

Final Passage

196-0

HR 495

A Resolution designating the month of January 2006 as "Radon Action Month" in Pennsylvania.

192-0

HR 535

A Resolution congratulating Major General Jessica L. Wright, Adjutant General of Pennsylvania, and the Pennsylvania National Guard for their transformation of the 56th Brigade of the 28th Infantry Division (Mechanized) into the 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team and for their ongoing efforts to administer more than $1 billion in Federal funds to improve armories, training sites and ranges.

 196-0

HR 536

A Resolution congratulating The Pennsylvania State University, Head Coach Joe Paterno and the Nittany Lions football team on a great season and wishing them good luck in the FedEx Orange Bowl against the Florida State Seminoles on January 3, 2006, in Miami, Florida

196-0

 

 

This is not an official record of the day’s legislative activity.

The House of Representatives

In Recess to the Call of the Chair