COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATIVE JOURNAL TUESDAY, JANUARY 3, 2017 SESSION OF 2017 201ST OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY No. 1 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES strength, and fortitude to change the things that they are able to The House convened at 12 m., e.s.t. change. Then, most importantly, give those same individuals that are here today the cerebral strength, the cognitive ability, mental capacity, and wisdom to be able to appropriately THE CHIEF CLERK distinguish critically and know the difference between the (DAVID L. REDDECLIFF) PRESIDING things that they can change versus the things that they cannot change during their time in office. CALL TO ORDER So as we conclude our dialogue with You on today, we close as we started by saying thank You for hearing our petition on The CHIEF CLERK. This being the day and the hour today and allowing family members, loved ones, and significant appointed by Article II, section 4, of the Constitution of others to be part of such a marvelous and magnanimous event Pennsylvania for the meeting of the General Assembly, the on today. We thank You for helping us to be united in all of our House of Representatives will now come to order. efforts and simply functioning as one nation under You, The Sergeants at Arms will close the doors of the House. indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Amen. The prayer will be offered by Elder Steven Kenric Lewis, nephew of Representative Harry Lewis, pastor at Greater Mount PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Calvary Holy Church of America, Washington, DC. Immediately after the prayer, we will recite the Pledge of (The Pledge of Allegiance was recited by members-elect and Allegiance. visitors.) Members and guests will please rise as able. The CHIEF CLERK. The Sergeants at Arms will open the PRAYER doors of the House. Members and guests may be seated. ELDER STEVEN KENRIC LEWIS, Guest Chaplain of the ELECTION RETURNS PRESENTED House of Representatives, offered the following prayer: The CHIEF CLERK. The Chair recognizes the Sergeant at Shall we pray: Arms of the House. Lord, this is the day that You have made, and because You The SERGEANT AT ARMS. Mr. Chief Clerk, the Deputy have made this day, it requires two responses from us. The first Secretary for Elections and Administration of the response is to simply say thank You for such a wonderful day Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Marian Schneider. that You have allowed each and every one of us to see, followed The CHIEF CLERK. The Chair recognizes Deputy Secretary by the most appropriate and logical second response, which is to Schneider. simply rejoice and be glad in allowing us to be part of this Ms. SCHNEIDER. Thank you, Mr. Chief Clerk. momentous and tremendous occasion. I have the honor to present the returns and statement of We thank You for the swearing-in day, inauguration event, campaign expense compliance for the office of Representative for these elected officials that will serve in the public office of in the General Assembly for the election held November 8, the House of Representatives within the Commonwealth of 2016. Pennsylvania. The CHIEF CLERK. The Chair extends the thanks of the Lord, we ask You on today, this 3d day of January 2017, that House to Ms. Schneider. You would simply guide the hearts and give clarity of thought The clerk will proceed with the reading of the returns. to the minds of each and every individual that is assembled here today. The following election returns were read: Furthermore, in our petition to You on today, we ask that You would grant each of the 203 elected individuals of the COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA House of Representatives and the Speaker of the House, grant them the serenity or the calmness to accept the things during TO THE CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES their tenure that they may not be able to change. Then I pray AND THE MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that You would give those same individuals the courage, OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, GREETINGS: 2 LEGISLATIVE JOURNAL—HOUSE JANUARY 3 I have the honor to present the returns of the General David L. Reed Sixty-second Election held November 8, 2016. The following, having received the Donna R. Oberlander Sixty-third highest number of votes in their respective districts, were duly elected Robert L. James Sixty-fourth Members of the House of Representatives in the General Assembly: Kathy L. Rapp Sixty-fifth Cris E. Dush Sixty-sixth Name District Martin T. Causer Sixty-seventh Matthew E. Baker Sixty-eighth Patrick J. Harkins First Carl Walker Metzgar Sixty-ninth Florindo J. Fabrizio Second Matthew D. Bradford Seventieth Ryan A. Bizzarro Third Bryan E. Barbin Seventy-first Curtis G. Sonney Fourth Frank Burns Seventy-second Barry J. Jozwiak Fifth Thomas R. Sankey, III Seventy-third Bradley T. Roae Sixth Harry Lewis, Jr. Seventy-fourth Mark A. Longietti Seventh Matthew M. Gabler Seventy-fifth Tedd C. Nesbit Eighth Michael K. Hanna, Sr. Seventy-sixth Christopher Sainato Ninth H. Scott Conklin Seventy-seventh Aaron Joseph Bernstine Tenth Jesse W. Topper Seventy-eighth Brian L. Ellis Eleventh John D. McGinnis Seventy-ninth Daryl D. Metcalfe Twelfth Judith F. Ward Eightieth John Adda Lawrence Thirteenth Richard S. Irvin Eighty-first James E. Marshall Fourteenth Christopher Adam Harris Eighty-second James J. Christiana, III Fifteenth Jeff C. Wheeland Eighty-third Robert F. Matzie Sixteenth Garth David Everett Eighty-fourth Parke H. Wentling Seventeenth Frederick B. Keller Eighty-fifth Gene DiGirolamo Eighteenth Mark K. Keller Eighty-sixth Jake Wheatley Nineteenth William Gregory Rothman Eighty-seventh Adam J. Ravenstahl Twentieth Sheryl M. Delozier Eighty-eighth Dominic James Costa Twenty-first Robert W. Kauffman Eighty-ninth Peter George Schweyer Twenty-second Paul Schemel Ninetieth Dan B. Frankel Twenty-third Daniel P. Moul Ninety-first Edward C. Gainey Twenty-fourth Dawn Wetzel Keefer Ninety-second Joseph F. Markosek Twenty-fifth Kristin Lee Phillips-Hill Ninety-third Timothy F. Hennessey Twenty-sixth Stanley E. Saylor Ninety-fourth Daniel J. Deasy Twenty-seventh Carol Hill-Evans Ninety-fifth Michael C. Turzai Twenty-eighth Peter Michael Sturla Ninety-sixth Bernard T. O'Neill Twenty-ninth Steven Curtis Mentzer Ninety-seventh Harold A. English Thirtieth David S. Hickernell Ninety-eighth Perry S. Warren, Jr. Thirty-first David H. Zimmerman Ninety-ninth Anthony M. DeLuca Thirty-second Bryan D. Cutler One hundredth Francis J. Dermody Thirty-third Francis Xavier Ryan One hundred first Paul Costa Thirty-fourth Russ Diamond One hundred second Marc J. Gergely Thirty-fifth Patty H. Kim One hundred third Harry A. Readshaw, III Thirty-sixth Susan C. Helm One hundred fourth Melinda S. Fee Thirty-seventh Ronald S. Marsico One hundred fifth William C. Kortz, II Thirty-eighth Thomas L. Mehaffie, III One hundred sixth Richard Saccone Thirty-ninth Kurt A. Masser One hundred seventh John A. Maher Fortieth Lynda J. Schlegel Culver One hundred eighth Brett R. Miller Forty-first David R. Millard One hundred ninth Daniel Laurenzano Miller Forty-second Tina Pickett One hundred tenth Keith J. Greiner Forty-third Jonathan A. Fritz One hundred eleventh Thomas Mark Mustio Forty-fourth Kevin Haggerty One hundred twelfth Anita Astorino Kulik Forty-fifth Martin B. Flynn, II One hundred thirteenth Jason A. Ortitay Forty-sixth Michael George Kavulich One hundred fourteenth Keith J. Gillespie Forty-seventh Maureen E. Madden One hundred fifteenth Brandon P. Neuman Forty-eighth Tarah C. Toohil One hundred sixteenth Donald Cook Forty-ninth Karen Boback One hundred seventeenth Pamela Snyder Fiftieth Michael B. Carroll One hundred eighteenth Matthew David Dowling Fifty-first Gerald J. Mullery One hundred nineteenth Ryan James Warner Fifty-second Aaron D. Kaufer One hundred twentieth Robert W. Godshall Fifty-third Edwin A. Pashinski One hundred twenty-first Eli Evankovich Fifty-fourth Doyle M. Heffley One hundred twenty-second Joseph A. Petrarca Fifty-fifth Neal P. Goodman One hundred twenty-third George S. Dunbar Fifty-sixth Jerome P. Knowles One hundred twenty-fourth Eric R. Nelson Fifty-seventh Michael G. Tobash One hundred twenty-fifth Justin M. Walsh Fifty-eighth Mark Lucio Rozzi One hundred twenty-sixth Michael P. Reese Fifty-ninth Thomas R. Caltagirone One hundred twenty-seventh Jeffrey P. Pyle Sixtieth Mark M. Gillen One hundred twenty-eighth Kate M. Harper Sixty-first James A. Cox, Jr. One hundred twenty-ninth 2017 LEGISLATIVE JOURNAL—HOUSE 3 David M. Maloney, Sr. One hundred thirtieth Donna Bullock One hundred ninety-fifth Justin J. Simmons One hundred thirty-first Seth Grove One hundred ninety-sixth Michael H. Schlossberg One hundred thirty-second Leslie Acosta One hundred ninety-seventh Daniel T. McNeill One hundred thirty-third Rosita C. Youngblood One hundred ninety-eighth Ryan E. Mackenzie One hundred thirty-fourth Stephen L. Bloom One hundred ninety-ninth Stephen P. Samuelson One hundred thirty-fifth Christopher M. Rabb Two hundredth Robert Freeman One hundred thirty-sixth Stephen Kinsey Two hundred first Joseph T. Emrick One hundred thirty-seventh Jared G. Solomon Two hundred second Marcia M. Hahn One hundred thirty-eighth Isabella Fitzgerald Two hundred third Michael T. Peifer One hundred thirty-ninth John T. Galloway One hundred fortieth Witness my hand and the seal of my office this Tina M. Davis One hundred forty-first twenty-first day of December, 2016. Frank Anthony Farry, III One hundred forty-second (SEAL) Marguerite Corr Quinn One hundred forty-third Pedro A. Cortés Katharine M. Watson One hundred forty-fourth Secretary of the Commonwealth Craig T. Staats One hundred forty-fifth Thomas J. Quigley One hundred forty-sixth Marcy Toepel One hundred forty-seventh CERTIFICATE ON ELECTION EXPENSES Mary Josephine Daley One hundred forty-eighth Timothy P.