PRINTER'S NO. 704

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE RESOLUTION

No.

17

Session of

2019

INTRODUCED BY WEBSTER, SOLOMON, DONATUCCI, SCHLOSSBERG, McNEILL,

FREEMAN, ULLMAN, RABB, FRANKEL, ISAACSON, HILL-EVANS,

SAMUELSON, CALTAGIRONE, DeLUCA, SAPPEY, DEASY, DALEY,

Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives, further

providing for standing committees and subcommittees.

RESOLVED, That Rule 43 of the Rules of the House of

Representatives be amended to read:

The Committee on Committees shall consist of the Speaker and

15 members of the House, ten of whom shall be members of the

majority party and five of whom shall be members of the minority

party, whose duty shall be to recommend to the House the names

The Speaker shall appoint the chair and vice-chair of each

standing committee when such standing committee has no standing

subcommittees as prescribed herein, except the Committee on

Appropriations which shall also have a vice-chair appointed by

the Speaker; when the standing committee has standing

subcommittees, the Speaker shall appoint a subcommittee chair

for each standing subcommittee. The Speaker shall appoint a

secretary for each standing committee. The Minority Leader shall

appoint the minority chair, minority vice-chair and minority

secretary of each standing committee and the minority

with the most seniority as members of their respective caucus.

Whenever there are more caucus members with equal seniority than

available chairs or minority chairs for that caucus, the

selection of a chair or minority chair from among such caucus

members shall be in the discretion of the appointing authority.

The appointing authority may designate the standing committee to

which the appointing authority shall appoint a member as chair

or minority chair without regard to seniority. The Speaker and

the Floor Leader, Whip, Caucus Chair, Caucus Secretary, Caucus

Administrator and Policy Chair of the majority party and

meet the requirements of this rule shall become vacant by

automatic operation of this rule. If the appointing authority

fails to make an appointment of a chair or minority chair prior

to the organizational meeting of a standing committee or fails

to fill a vacancy within seven calendar days after it occurs,

such position shall be deemed to remain vacant in violation of

this rule. Whenever a chair or minority chair becomes vacant or

remains vacant in violation of this rule, the member of the

applicable caucus who meets the requirements of this rule shall

automatically fill the vacancy and, if there are two or more

Nothing in this rule shall prohibit the appointing authority

from transferring a member from the chair or minority chair of a

standing committee to the chair or minority chair of another

standing committee.

Whenever the appointment of a chair or minority chair will

cause the applicable caucus to exceed its permissible allocation

of members on a standing committee, the appointing authority

shall make a temporary transfer of an eligible committee member

to the standing committee vacated by the member appointed as

chair or minority chair until a regular committee appointment

shall be automatically transferred to the committee vacated by

the newly appointed chair or minority chair and, if more than

one committee member is eligible for such transfer, the transfer

shall be implemented through a lottery conducted under the

supervision of the Chief Clerk.

The Speaker of the House, Floor Leader of the majority party

and the Floor Leader of the minority party shall be ex-officio

members of all standing committees, without the right to vote

and they shall be excluded from any limitation as to the number

of members on the committees or in counting a quorum.

Committee on Appropriations which shall consist of 22 members of

the majority party and 15 members of the minority party.] a

number of members as determined by the Committee on Committees

of the majority party and the minority party apportioned as

nearly as possible to reflect the percentage of the membership

of the majority and minority parties in the House. The quorum

for each of the standing committees and subcommittees shall be

no less than the majority of said committees. The following are

the standing committees and subcommittees thereof:

(1) Aging and Older Adult Services

(a) Subcommittee on Health and Human Services

(b) Subcommittee on Education

(c) Subcommittee on Economic Impact and Infrastructure

(d) Subcommittee on Fiscal Policy

(e) Subcommittee on Criminal Justice

(f) Subcommittee on Government and Financial Oversight

(4) Children and Youth

(5) Commerce

(a) Subcommittee on Financial Services and Banking

(b) Subcommittee on Housing

(7) Education

(a) Subcommittee on Basic Education

(b) Subcommittee on Higher Education

(c) Subcommittee on Special Education

(d) Subcommittee on Career and Technical Education

(8) Environmental Resources and Energy

(a) Subcommittee on Energy

(b) Subcommittee on Mining

(c) Subcommittee on Parks and Forests

(9) Finance

(a) Subcommittee on Health Facilities

(b) Subcommittee on Health Care

(13) Human Services

(a) Subcommittee on Mental Health

(b) Subcommittee on Drugs and Alcohol

(14) Insurance

(15) Judiciary

(a) Subcommittee on Crime and Corrections

(b) Subcommittee on Courts

(c) Subcommittee on Family Law

(b) Subcommittee on Counties

(c) Subcommittee on Townships

(19) Professional Licensure

(20) State Government

(a) Subcommittee on Government Operations

(b) Subcommittee on Federal-State Relations

(21) Tourism and Recreational Development

(a) Subcommittee on Arts and Entertainment

(b) Subcommittee on Recreation

(c) Subcommittee on Travel Promotion, History and

(c) Subcommittee on Transportation Safety

(d) Subcommittee on Aviation

(e) Subcommittee on Railroads

(23) Urban Affairs

(a) Subcommittee on Cities, Counties - First Class

(b) Subcommittee on Cities, Counties - Second Class

(c) Subcommittee on Cities, Third Class

(24) Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness

(a) Subcommittee on Military and Veterans Facilities

(b) Subcommittee on Security and Emergency Response