PRINTER'S NO. 1546
No. 111 Session of 1991
INTRODUCED BY OLIVER, JUNE 7, 1991
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON RULES, JUNE 7, 1991
A RESOLUTION
1 Amending Rule 43 of the House of Representatives to provide a
2 subcommittee for the State Government Committee.
3 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives amend Rule 43 of
4 the Rules of the House of Representatives to read as follows:
5 RULE 43
6 Standing Committees and Subcommittees
7 The Committee on Committees shall consist of the Speaker and
8 15 members of the House, ten of whom shall be members of the
9 majority party and five of whom shall be members of the minority
10 party, whose duty shall be to recommend to the House the names
11 of members who are to serve on the standing committees of the
12 House.
13 The Speaker shall appoint the chairman and vice-chairman of
14 each standing committee when such standing committee has no
15 standing subcommittees as prescribed herein, except the
16 Committee on Appropriations which shall also have a vice-
17 chairman appointed by the Speaker; when the standing committee
1 has standing subcommittees, the Speaker shall appoint a
2 subcommittee chairman for each standing subcommittee. The
3 Speaker shall appoint a secretary for each standing committee.
4 The Minority Leader shall appoint the minority chairman and
5 minority vice-chairman of each standing committee and the
6 minority subcommittee chairman for each standing subcommittee.
7 The Speaker of the House, Floor Leader of the majority party
8 and the Floor Leader of the minority party shall be ex-officio
9 members of all standing committees, without the right to vote
10 and they shall be excluded from any limitation as to the number
11 of members on the committees or in counting a quorum.
12 Twenty-one standing committees of the House, each to consist
13 of 24 members except the Committee on Appropriations, which
14 shall consist of 32 members, are hereby created. In addition,
15 there is hereby created 27 standing subcommittees.
16 All standing committees shall consist of 14 members of the
17 majority party and ten members of the minority party, except the
18 Committee on Appropriations which shall consist of 20 members of
19 the majority party and 12 members of the minority party. The
20 quorum for each of the standing committees and subcommittees
21 shall be no less than the majority of said committees. The
22 following are the standing committees and subcommittees thereof:
23 (1) Aging and Youth
24 (a) Subcommittee on Aging
25 (b) Subcommittee on Youth
26 (2) Agriculture and Rural Affairs
27 (3) Appropriations
28 (a) Subcommittee on Health and Welfare
29 (b) Subcommittee on Education
30 (c) Subcommittee on Capital Budget
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1 (4) Business and Commerce
2 (a) Subcommittee on Banking and Savings and Loan
3 Associations
4 (b) Subcommittee on Housing
5 (c) Subcommittee on Industrial Development, Recreation
6 and Tourism
7 (5) Conservation
8 (a) Subcommittee on Mining
9 (6) Consumer Affairs
10 (a) Subcommittee on Public Utilities
11 (b) Subcommittee on Telecommunications
12 (7) Education
13 (a) Subcommittee on Basic Education
14 (b) Subcommittee on Higher Education
15 (8) Federal-State Relations
16 (9) Finance
17 (10) Game and Fisheries
18 (11) Health and Welfare
19 (a) Subcommittee on Health
20 (b) Subcommittee on Welfare
21 (12) Insurance
22 (13) Judiciary
23 (a) Subcommittee on Crime and Corrections
24 (b) Subcommittee on Courts
25 (14) Labor Relations
26 (15) Liquor Control
27 (16) Local Government
28 (a) Subcommittee on Boroughs
29 (b) Subcommittee on Counties
30 (c) Subcommittee on Townships
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1 (17) Military and Veterans Affairs
2 (18) Professional Licensure
3 (19) State Government
4 (a) Elections
5 (20) Transportation
6 (a) Subcommittee on Highways
7 (b) Subcommittee on Public Transportation
8 (c) Subcommittee on Transportation Safety
9 (d) Subcommittee on Aviation
10 (21) Urban Affairs
11 (a) Subcommittee on Cities, Counties - First Class
12 (b) Subcommittee on Cities, Counties - Second Class
13 (c) Subcommittee on Cities, Third Class
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