LAWRENCE M FARNESE, JR.

Early Life:
Lawrence M. “Larry” Farnese Jr. (D), born in 1968, in Philadelphia, son of Madeline and the late Lawrence M. Farnese; Villanova University (B.S.), political science, 1990; Temple University (J.D.), 1994. 

Early Career:
Board member, Historical Society of Pa., Casa Farnese; member, Pa. Housing Advisory Commission Legislative Data Processing Committee, Pa. Commission on LGBTQ Affairs, Legislative Audit Advisory Committee.

Pennsylvania Politics:
Elected to Pa. Senate 2008; minority chair, Judiciary Committee and Community, Economic, & Recreational Development Committee; member, Banking & Insurance, Consumer Protection & Professional Licensure, Rules & Executive Nominations Committees; caucus member, Bi-Cameral Arts & Culture, Women’s Health, LGBTQ, Early Childhood Education, Firefighters & Emergency Services, Hunger, LGBT Equality.

Cited: Pennsylvania Manual Dec. 2019, vol. 124 p. 3-17