COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
LEGISLATIVE JOURNAL
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2019
SESSION OF 2019 203D OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY No. 67
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES BILLS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEES, The House convened at 11 a.m., e.s.t. CONSIDERED FIRST TIME, AND TABLED HB 105, PN 2916 (Amended) By Rep. PEIFER THE SPEAKER (MIKE TURZAI) PRESIDING An Act amending the act of March 4, 1971 (P.L.6, No.2), known as the Tax Reform Code of 1971, in personal income tax, further providing for classes of income. PRAYER FINANCE. The SPEAKER. The prayer today will be offered by Dr. Overseer Ragland of True Vine Resurrection Temple HB 285, PN 258 By Rep. PEIFER Worldwide here in the capital city of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. She is the guest today of our good friend and colleague, An Act amending the act of March 4, 1971 (P.L.6, No.2), known as the Tax Reform Code of 1971, in personal income tax, further providing Chairwoman Sue Helm, who represents communities in Dauphin for classes of income relating to employee stock ownership plans. and Lebanon Counties. Dr. Ragland. FINANCE.
REV. DR. OVERSEER RAGLAND, Guest Chaplain of the HB 333, PN 2917 (Amended) By Rep. PEIFER House of Representatives, offered the following prayer: An Act amending the act of March 4, 1971 (P.L.6, No.2), known as Good morning. It is an honor to be here this morning in your the Tax Reform Code of 1971, in personal income tax, further providing for classes of income. presence, and I give honor to everyone that is here and the Most High and of course, Sue Helm. FINANCE. Let us pray: Spirit of love, joy, grace, and divine compassion, as we open HB 945, PN 2915 (Amended) By Rep. RAPP the floor of the House of Representatives we ask for Your unity. I pray that Your love will meet everyone where they are this An Act amending the act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), known morning for their decisionmaking for the people, that Your grace as the Human Services Code, in public assistance, providing for use of pharmacy benefits manager by medical assistance managed care will pass all of our imperfections and bring us all in divine organization. leadership and love. Direct our paths in the way that we should go. Bring us all HEALTH. together at the table of reasoning, respect, and love for one another. We receive Your spirit of understanding that passes all HB 1796, PN 2440 By Rep. PEIFER understanding for one another. We ask all these things in Your love. Amen. An Act amending the act of May 30, 1984 (P.L.345, No.69), known as the First Class City Business Tax Reform Act, further providing for definitions. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE FINANCE. (The Pledge of Allegiance was recited by members and visitors.) HB 1945, PN 2914 (Amended) By Rep. EVERETT
An Act amending Title 65 (Public Officers) of the Pennsylvania JOURNAL APPROVAL POSTPONED Consolidated Statutes, in ethics standards and financial disclosure, further providing for definitions, providing for gift ban and for gift ban The SPEAKER. Without objection, the approval of the exceptions and further providing for statement of financial interests.
Journal of Monday, November 18, 2019, will be postponed until STATE GOVERNMENT. printed.
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HB 2018, PN 2834 By Rep. EVERETT VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS. An Act authorizing the Department of General Services, with the approval of the Governor, to grant and convey to the borough of Plymouth a permanent storm water drainage easement in Plymouth HR 614, PN 2877 By Rep. BARRAR Borough, Luzerne County. A Resolution commemorating the 100th anniversary of the STATE GOVERNMENT. Boyertown American Legion Post 471, and recognizing and honoring the legacy of General Carl Spaatz and the American Legion as a staunch advocate for veterans and their families. SB 750, PN 1188 By Rep. EVERETT VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY An Act amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929, in powers and duties of the PREPAREDNESS. Department of General Services and its departmental administrative and advisory boards and commissions, further providing for grounds, buildings and monuments in general and providing for transfer the COMMUNICATION FROM authority of Lieutenant Governor's Mansion; and making a related INDEPENDENT FISCAL OFFICE repeal. The SPEAKER. The Speaker acknowledges receipt of a letter STATE GOVERNMENT. from the Independent Fiscal Office regarding a request for an actuarial note for HB 1982, PN 2895. Thank you. SB 841, PN 1397 (Amended) By Rep. RAPP
An Act amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania (Copy of communication is on file with the Journal clerk.) Consolidated Statutes, providing for the Health Care Cost Containment Council, for its powers and duties, for health care cost containment HOUSE RESOLUTION through the collection and dissemination of data, for public accountability of health care costs and for health care for the indigent. INTRODUCED AND REFERRED
HEALTH. No. 615 By Representatives OBERLANDER, HILL- EVANS, SAINATO, HENNESSEY, FREEMAN, BIZZARRO, RESOLUTIONS REPORTED LONGIETTI, RYAN, CAUSER, KORTZ, DELLOSO, BURNS, MILLARD, SONNEY, CALTAGIRONE, BROWN, MURT, FROM COMMITTEES DUSH, MACKENZIE, McNEILL, JAMES, YOUNGBLOOD, HR 577, PN 2723 By Rep. PEIFER SCHMITT, SCHLOSSBERG, SCHLEGEL CULVER, PICKETT, HAHN, WARREN, ROEBUCK, DiGIROLAMO, A Resolution recognizing the Legislative Budget and Finance BERNSTINE and GILLEN Committee on its 60th anniversary. A Resolution recognizing November 14, 2019, as "World Diabetes FINANCE. Day" in Pennsylvania.
HR 590, PN 2770 By Rep. BARRAR Referred to Committee on HEALTH, November 19, 2019.
A Resolution commemorating December 7, 2019, as "Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day." HOUSE BILLS INTRODUCED AND REFERRED VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS. No. 1988 By Representatives GROVE, O'NEAL, KEEFER, LEWIS, OWLETT, RYAN, JONES, GLEIM, DUSH, HR 597, PN 2803 By Rep. RAPP BERNSTINE, MILLARD, BARRAR, B. MILLER, MOUL, STAATS, THOMAS, KAUFFMAN, TOOHIL, WALSH, A Resolution recognizing the month of October 2019 as GILLEN, ECKER, DIAMOND and NELSON "Chiropractic Health Month" in Pennsylvania. An Act providing for the transfer of certain funds and accounts of HEALTH. the Commonwealth to the General Fund.
HR 598, PN 2804 By Rep. RAPP Referred to Committee on STATE GOVERNMENT, November 19, 2019. A Resolution designating the month of November 2019 as "COPD Awareness Month" in Pennsylvania. No. 1989 By Representatives O'NEAL, LEWIS, GROVE, HEALTH. KEEFER, HERSHEY, OWLETT, RYAN, JONES, GLEIM, DUSH, BERNSTINE, MILLARD, BARRAR, B. MILLER, HR 608, PN 2842 By Rep. BARRAR MOUL, STAATS, THOMAS, KAUFFMAN, TOOHIL, WALSH, GILLEN, ECKER, DIAMOND and NELSON A Resolution designating November 22, 2019, as "Veterans Suicide Prevention and Awareness Day" in Pennsylvania. A Joint Resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in taxation and finance, further providing for surplus. 2019 LEGISLATIVE JOURNAL—HOUSE 1837
Referred to Committee on STATE GOVERNMENT, No. 2059 By Representative RIGBY November 19, 2019. An Act amending the act of December 20, 2000 (P.L.724, No.99), known as the Municipal Code and Ordinance Compliance Act, further No. 1990 By Representatives LEWIS, GROVE, O'NEAL, providing for definitions, for issuance of use and occupancy certificate, KEEFER, OWLETT, RYAN, JONES, GLEIM, DUSH, for applicability and for compliance requirement. BERNSTINE, MILLARD, BARRAR, B. MILLER, MOUL, STAATS, THOMAS, KAUFFMAN, TOOHIL, WALSH, Referred to Committee on URBAN AFFAIRS, November 19, GILLEN, ECKER and DIAMOND 2019.
An Act amending Title 72 (Taxation and Fiscal Affairs) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for Council on State No. 2070 By Representatives MULLERY, HILL-EVANS, Finances. SCHLOSSBERG, FREEMAN, KOSIEROWSKI, MURT, HOHENSTEIN, HARKINS, PASHINSKI, DEASY, BURGOS, Referred to Committee on STATE GOVERNMENT, FRANKEL, McNEILL, MADDEN, SCHWEYER, DeLUCA November 19, 2019. and McCLINTON
An Act amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania No. 1991 By Representatives KEEFER, GROVE, LEWIS, Consolidated Statutes, providing for impact of opioid epidemic. O'NEAL, OWLETT, RYAN, JONES, DUSH, BERNSTINE, MILLARD, BARRAR, B. MILLER, MOUL, STAATS, Referred to Committee on HEALTH, November 19, 2019. KAUFFMAN, TOOHIL, WALSH, GILLEN, ECKER and DIAMOND No. 2071 By Representatives GROVE, MILLARD, ROTHMAN, RYAN, BERNSTINE, BARRAR, SAYLOR and A Joint Resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in taxation and finance, further KEEFER providing for appropriations. An Act amending Title 71 (State Government) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for Commonwealth employment; and Referred to Committee on STATE GOVERNMENT, establishing the Commonwealth Tax Accountability Program. November 19, 2019. Referred to Committee on APPROPRIATIONS, No. 2055 By Representatives SNYDER, KORTZ, November 19, 2019. SHUSTERMAN, HILL-EVANS, MILLARD, ULLMAN, YOUNGBLOOD, PICKETT, STRUZZI, HERSHEY, No. 2072 By Representatives GALLOWAY, ROTHMAN and CALTAGIRONE, MATZIE, GALLOWAY and GOODMAN HILL-EVANS
An Act amending Titles 53 (Municipalities Generally) and 66 An Act amending Title 53 (Municipalities Generally) of the (Public Utilities) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in consolidated county assessment, municipal authorities, further providing for purposes and powers; and, further providing for assessment of lands divided by boundary lines. in alternative form of regulation of telecommunications services, further providing for network modernization plans. Referred to Committee on LOCAL GOVERNMENT, Referred to Committee on LOCAL GOVERNMENT, November 19, 2019. November 19, 2019. SENATE BILLS FOR CONCURRENCE No. 2057 By Representatives WHITE, ROTHMAN, JAMES, HEFFLEY, MILLARD, MULLERY, SAYLOR, The clerk of the Senate, being introduced, presented the CALTAGIRONE, JOHNSON-HARRELL, GALLOWAY, following bills for concurrence: GLEIM, ORTITAY and KAUFER SB 67, PN 60 An Act amending the act of June 2, 1915 (P.L.736, No.338), known as the Workers' Compensation Act, in liability and compensation, further providing for compensation in case of death. Referred to Committee on PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE, November 19, 2019. Referred to Committee on LABOR AND INDUSTRY, November 19, 2019. SB 906, PN 1327
No. 2058 By Representative KEEFER Referred to Committee on HEALTH, November 19, 2019.
An Act amending Title 53 (Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in assessments of persons and property, providing for senior citizen tax sale deferral.
Referred to Committee on FINANCE, November 19, 2019.
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SENATE MESSAGE The SPEAKER. Representative Shusterman is invited to the rostrum. We have the Devon Prep School Boys Baseball Team. HOUSE BILL We are going to bring that team down here to the well. We have CONCURRED IN BY SENATE some of the players coming up here to the rostrum with Representative Shusterman. The clerk of the Senate, being introduced, returned HB 1410, Coaches or administrators, come on up with us. You will stand PN 2161, with information that the Senate has passed the same on the lower level in front of the young men. without amendment. We are going to close the doors of the House at this time. These good individuals from Representative Shusterman's SENATE MESSAGE district have traveled quite far to be with us. Everybody needs to take their seats at this time. HOUSE AMENDMENTS CONCURRED IN BY SENATE DEVON PREPARATORY SCHOOL BASEBALL TEAM PRESENTED The clerk of the Senate, being introduced, informed that the Senate has concurred in the amendments made by the House of The SPEAKER. Representative Shusterman, please introduce Representatives to SB 146, PN 1160; SB 147, PN 1354; and us. SB 456, PN 1266. Ms. SHUSTERMAN. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Today I would like to honor the Devon Prep Baseball Team BILLS SIGNED BY SPEAKER on winning the PIAA 2A baseball title this past June. It is truly an honor to be able to celebrate their success here in the House Bills numbered and entitled as follows having been prepared of Representatives. for presentation to the Governor, and the same being correct, the They are an outstanding team that played hard and titles were publicly read as follows: aggressively all season in their first Philadelphia Catholic League. The Devon Prep team grew and improved throughout HB 1410, PN 2161 this season and eventually ended their season with a thrilling 3-2 State championship win. The coaching staff did a fantastic An Act amending the act of December 8, 2004 (P.L.1801, No.238), job preparing and teaching this team. The coaching team was led known as the Transit Revitalization Investment District Act, in general provisions, further providing for declaration of policy and for by head coach Mark Aquilante. Pat Kane, Robert Harper, Bobby definitions; providing for military installation remediation; and Harper, Jack Duffy, Tom Graham, Pete Sena, Matt O'Hara, Alec establishing the Military Installation Remediation Fund. Pachella, and athletic director Jason Fisher were instrumental in developing such a winning team. SB 146, PN 1160 This team was made up of mainly underclassmen; however, the leadership of two key seniors, Aaron Nuble and Andrew An Act amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in Commonwealth services, providing for online Czachor. A special shout-out to Andrew. Andrew, can you put training for firefighters; and making a related repeal. your hand up? Oh, Andrew is not here. Well, I am giving a shout-out to Andrew, who pitched 6 2/3 scoreless innings. After SB 147, PN 1354 going down 2-0 early in the game, Andrew came into the game at a crucial time and he shut the opposing offense down. The Tide An Act amending Title 34 (Game) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated was able to mount a three-run comeback and held off their Statutes, in Pennsylvania Game Commission, further providing for opponents to clinch their first State championship since 2014. accountability; and, in hunting and furtaking, further providing for hunting on Sunday prohibited and for trespass on private property while I am extremely proud of this group of young gentlemen, and hunting and providing for hunting on Sunday without written as I say your name, please raise your hands. permission. The SPEAKER. Representative Shusterman, just hold for a second. Members, we are going to introduce the team. Please take SB 456, PN 1266 your seats. Staff in the back, take your seats. Those standing in the back, please take some seats. An Act amending the act of December 15, 1986 (P.L.1585, No.174), known as the Private Licensed Schools Act, further providing for And, Representative Shusterman, please proceed. definitions, for State Board of Private Licensed Schools, for powers and Ms. SHUSTERMAN. Thank you. duties of board, for application for license, for license fees and for Players are: Patrick Coleman, Thomas Cunningham, Andrew requirements for licensure and operation; providing for multibranch Czachor, Aaron Nuble, Matthew Romano, Robert Burdick, training schools and for institutional grants authority; further providing for promulgation of rules; and repealing provisions relating to existing Patrick Clementi, Liam Dunfee, Jackson Jonik, Alex Kenneson, licenses to remain in force and transfer of personnel, etc. Matthew Masayko, Sean O'Reilly, Jack Samms, Jake Stangl, Kevin Walton, Jake Andrien, Berenger Bauers, Vaughn Brogan, Whereupon, the Speaker, in the presence of the House, signed Anthony Deoria, Jack Eshleman, Michael Ferry, Paul Grycewicz, the same. Thomas Kent, Michael Romano, Evan Schmidt – are you guys raising your hands? Okay – Eamon Walsh and Mason Lindley. Please welcome this team with a great round of applause. Thank you so much. The SPEAKER. Thank you, Representative Shusterman.
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After this photo, Representative Aaron Bernstine will be next. According to the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network, the He will be recognized under unanimous consent. And then, disease is the third leading cause of cancer deaths in the United Representative Matzie and Representative Warren, I believe you States, claiming more lives than breast cancer, and is projected to both have guests here today, so you will follow Representative become the second leading cause in the near future, possibly as Bernstine, okay? early as next year. The statistics show that this year alone, more than STATEMENT BY MR. BERNSTINE 56,000 people in the United States will be diagnosed with this deadly disease and more than 45,000 people will die. That is a The SPEAKER. Representative Bernstine. 2-percent increase over last year. It is hard to see the statistics Mr. BERNSTINE. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. going in the wrong direction, and it is especially painful to see Mr. Speaker, I have some very special guests with me here those we know and love affected. today. Today in the Judiciary Committee we had passed through The disease hit close to home last year when we lost our dear HB 1855 in recognition of Markie Mason. Markie Mason was colleague, Flo Fabrizio. Never one to back down from a brutally murdered in western Pennsylvania by an individual who challenge, Flo put up a great fight but ultimately lost that battle was recently released from prison. at age 73. It is something that hit our community harder than you could For me, the story hits even closer to home. My mother is a ever imagine, and this family has been through terrible tragedy. pancreatic cancer survivor. She was one of the lucky ones. The While this family has been through tragedy, they have also 5-year survival rate for pancreatic cancer is just 9 percent. Mom worked extremely hard with me on legislation in order to put is at 5 1/2 years. She is a miracle. something together that would help future children and future Unfortunately, pancreatic cancer often spreads before it residents right here in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. So causes any symptoms, so by the time a patient sees the doctor, I wanted to thank them for their support, thank them for their the tumor has already attacked nearby blood vessels or organs bravery, and thank them for their efforts to help Pennsylvanians. and surgery is no longer possible. We have Maram Saada— In these cases, which are sadly the majority of cases, the only The SPEAKER. Wait; please suspend. remaining treatment options are chemotherapy and radiation. The Members, please take your seats. We are being introduced to news is not all bad. Doctors are learning more about whom the some family members with respect to horrific victims of crime. disease targets and how it can be detected. For example, they are Please take your seats. discovering that patients who carry certain genetic mutations are Thank you for being with us today. more likely to develop pancreatic cancer, as are people who Mr. BERNSTINE. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. suddenly develop diabetes relatively late in life, like my mother. Mr. Speaker, we have Markie's mother, Maram Saada. If you Knowing that certain individuals are at higher risk affords the could wave when I call your name. We have Maram's best friend, possibility of early screening, and new screening tests are being Laquisha Lyles. We have Mark Mason, Sr., Markie's father. We developed as well. have Kayla Mason, Markie's stepmother. And while the rest of Researchers are investigating using liquid biopsies, which can you are up there, I will tell you that I think my favorite one of the detect tumor cells in the blood, as well as blood tests that can bunch is my man, Matthew Mason, a 7-year-old, who is about detect pancreatic cancer based on protein patterns in the blood. one of the most bravest 7-year-olds that I ever had the opportunity Researchers are also developing new forms of imaging, imaging to be around. that can detect the disease at an earlier stage. We are also learning So as we continue to work on HB 1855, I thank the folks more about the disease. Just a few months ago, a researcher at the behind me for having the bravery and the courage to put University of Virginia announced a new discovery regarding how Pennsylvania residents first, and we will honor Markie in this the cancer fuels growth, and of course, there are clinical trials House for years and years to come. Thank you. under way as I speak. The SPEAKER. Thank you, Representative Bernstine. Thank What can we do from our end? Well, we could speak out about you so much, family, for being with us today. God bless. God the danger of ignoring symptoms and make sure Pennsylvanians bless you. understand that early detection can mean the difference between life and death. We can continue raising public awareness about This is on a resolution that we will be voting on later today. It pancreatic cancer and advocate for greater funding for research. is HR 566, Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month. But Through medical research comes experimental drugs, clinical Representative Matzie and Representative Warren do have some trials, and the first steps toward a cure. guests that they will be introducing in their remarks. We will be You know, my mom was part of a clinical trial, and prior to voting on it later today, so they will be advocating for its passage. her being diagnosed they had just approved the treatment that she underwent. Two forms of chemotherapy were applied to that tumor. It shrunk the tumor enough, it shrunk the tumor enough, STATEMENT BY MR. MATZIE and because of the location of that tumor, she was a candidate for surgery. She had the Whipple procedure, she had the tumor The SPEAKER. Representative Matzie, you may proceed, sir. removed, and, as I said, is a miracle still with us. Mr. MATZIE. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. And we can vow to keep pancreatic cancer in the public light I introduce this resolution designating the month of November until surviving the insidious killer is the rule, and not the as "Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month" to keep a deadly exception. And we ask you all to continue to speak out about it. disease in the spotlight. It is so important, and that is why I wear purple today as well,
1840 LEGISLATIVE JOURNAL—HOUSE NOVEMBER 19 that being the color for Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month. BILLS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE, Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Day is this week. It will be CONSIDERED FIRST TIME, AND TABLED Thursday. So again, I thank you for your kind attention today. I ask for a HB 44, PN 2918 (Amended) By Rep. KAUFFMAN vote when it comes to the floor later. Perry Warren, my good colleague, State Representative Warren, will have some An Act amending Title 61 (Prisons and Parole) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole, comments as well. Thank you. further providing for investigation of circumstances of offense and providing for corrections officer statement, testimony and participation in hearing. STATEMENT BY MR. WARREN JUDICIARY. The SPEAKER. Representative Warren.
Mr. WARREN. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Thank you, HB 256, PN 2919 (Amended) By Rep. KAUFFMAN Representative Matzie. I am pleased to introduce two special guests today for An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month. In the back of the chamber, Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in assault, further providing for the Christine Edmonds from Newtown is the president of A Love for offense of assault by prisoner.
Life. Anne Marie Hughes from Newtown Square, in JUDICIARY. Representative O'Mara's district, is a board member of A Love for Life and a two-time pancreatic cancer survivor, celebrating HB 257, PN 2920 (Amended) By Rep. KAUFFMAN 8 years this month. Christine started A Love for Life in honor of her husband, An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Kevin Edmonds, who exemplified a love for life and who died at Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in assault, further providing for the age 51 from pancreatic cancer, and Kevin's sister, Nora Edmonds, offense of assault by prisoner. who always was filled with a love for life and also died from JUDICIARY. pancreatic cancer also at the age of 51. Both Kevin and Nora were only 49 when they were diagnosed. HB 1781, PN 2371 By Rep. KAUFFMAN Christine and Anne Marie made it their missions to celebrate life and friendship and adventure while funding pancreatic cancer An Act amending Title 61 (Prisons and Parole) of the Pennsylvania research. Christine and Anne Marie and A Love for Life are Consolidated Statutes, in miscellaneous provisions, further providing for dedicated to funding research. In fact, they raised nearly a million contraband prohibited. dollars for pancreatic cancer research at the Abramson Cancer Center at Penn Medicine. In raising awareness of the critical lack JUDICIARY. of funding for pancreatic cancer, which has an average survival rate of only 180 days, Christine and Anne Marie are determined HB 1855, PN 2921 (Amended) By Rep. KAUFFMAN to improve outcomes for those who are struggling today and An Act amending Title 61 (Prisons and Parole) of the Pennsylvania those who will face this challenge in the future. Let us hope and Consolidated Statutes, in Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole, let us work, colleagues, that through the legacies of Kevin and further providing for parole power. Nora and the efforts of Christine and Anne Marie and their friends and supporters, that someday we will be here JUDICIARY. commemorating not Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month, but rather Pancreatic Cancer Cure Month. RESOLUTIONS REPORTED Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and thank you, colleagues. FROM COMMITTEE The SPEAKER. Thank you, Representatives. HR 178, PN 1094 By Rep. KAUFFMAN
GUESTS INTRODUCED A Resolution recommending the Department of Corrections provide identification badges for corrections officers. The SPEAKER. Teachers, parents, and students from Mastery Charter School and Freire Charter School in Philadelphia are here JUDICIARY. with the Philadelphia Charters Schools for Excellence. All of our guests are in the back. Please stand and wave hello. We are so HR 579, PN 2725 By Rep. KAUFFMAN glad to have you here today. Thank you so much. We also have the CEO (chief executive officer) of Boys' Latin A Resolution designating November 25, 2019, as "Elimination of Violence Against Women Day" in Pennsylvania to coincide with the School and the president of Mastery School. Will they both United Nations' "International Day for the Elimination of Violence please stand. Noah, Scott, please stand. Thank you so much for Against Women." being with us today. We are so honored. Thank you. JUDICIARY.
The SPEAKER. Okay. We are not going to do the rereferrals now, because as a whole, we are not that open to the rereferrals, but we are going to check on both of them. 2019 LEGISLATIVE JOURNAL—HOUSE 1841
FILMING PERMISSION And then where is Kyle Rivers? Kyle, come on up. He is a senior at York College of Pennsylvania. He is also on the college The SPEAKER. Members, there is a request. Members, please swim team and a member of the Pre-Law Society and the pay attention. There is a request from Matt Rourke of the Environmental Club. Representative Hill-Evans, thank you for Associated Press to come onto the House floor to take photos. bringing them with you today. Thank you. We are going to do these photos when we come back from break. Representative Rozzi has some guests in the rear of the House. My understanding is, it is general news coverage and they are They are from his district office. They are interns. Just come up designed for stories dealing with the legislature and they want to the rostrum. I mean, right up to the railing, please. Emily photos of the chamber plus photos of leadership. So we are going Robbins and Emily Showalter. Thank you so much for being with to be doing those photos when we come back from the caucuses. us today, young ladies. Thank you so much. Be aware, however, that the Associated Press photographer will In the rear of the House, Langston Ellison is with be on the House floor when we return from caucus meetings. Representative Chris Rabb. Please come on up, Langston. That is a tall gentleman. He is a graduate of Susquehanna University with GUESTS INTRODUCED a degree in communications and marketing, and he is interning in Representative Rabb's office. Thanks so much for being here. The SPEAKER. To the left of the rostrum, we are pleased to welcome Amy Kopecky, who is the city of Lebanon's Main Street We will be doing the resolutions at the end of the day, and any Manager. She is with Representative Frank Ryan for the day. member who wishes to speak on the resolution, of which I think Please stand. There she is. Amy, great to have you. Great town, there are a number today, we ask you to keep it to 3 minutes. I, Lebanon. Thank you. of course, will stay on the floor for those resolution remarks. And Andrew Murray is a guest. He is here today. Where is anybody else who wishes to remain to hear them, we will be Andrew? Please stand. Andrew is standing right there next to doing that at the end of the legislative session day. Chairman Stephen Barrar, an 11th grader at Garnet Valley High At this time we do not have anything further from the rostrum. School. Great to have you, Andrew. Thanks, buddy. GAME AND FISHERIES STATEMENT BY MRS. SNYDER COMMITTEE MEETING
The SPEAKER. Representative Pam Snyder, do you want to The SPEAKER. Keith Gillespie is recognized on unanimous be recognized on unanimous consent for your special guests? consent. Keith Gillespie, Representative Keith Gillespie, who is Mrs. SNYDER. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. chair of the Fish and Game Committee. Representative Keith The SPEAKER. Please, everybody, this good lady and her Gillespie. family have traveled from the far southwest corner of Mr. GILLESPIE. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Pennsylvania next to the West Virginia and Ohio borders, and Is it an appropriate time to make an announcement for Representative Pam Snyder is going to introduce her. committee? Mrs. SNYDER. It is such a pleasure for me to introduce to the The SPEAKER. Yes, sir; absolutely. House Miss Katie Swauger, who is the 2019 Miss Rain Day in Mr. GILLESPIE. Thank you. Greene County, Pennsylvania. I want to welcome Katie and her Immediately at the break, the House Fish and Game parents and her sister and two of the committee members for the Committee will meet in 60 East Wing to consider HB 1187 and Rain Day Pageant. HB 1584 and any other business to come before the committee. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The SPEAKER. Thank you, Representative Snyder. The SPEAKER. Thank you, Mr. Chair. So we have – is Ken and Judy Swauger here? Ken and Judy, Immediately at the break, the House Game and Fisheries wave your hands. Those are the parents. Sister, Kenna Swauger, Committee will meet in room 60, East Wing. great to have you; Emilia Bertugli is president of the Rain Day Scholarship, please stand; and Jeanine Henry, who is the pageant Do any other chairs have any committee announcements representative. And we are so honored to have you, Katie. before I turn over to our caucus chairs? Congratulations on winning Miss Rain Day. Thank you. We will take a photo at the break, if you do not mind. APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE MEETING
GUESTS INTRODUCED The SPEAKER. Our Appropriations chair, the majority Appropriations chair, Representative Stan Saylor of York The SPEAKER. In the rear of the House, two interns from County, for an Appropriations Committee announcement. Representative Carol Hill-Evans' office in York, PA. Where is Mr. SAYLOR. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Cody Beck? Cody, come up to the railing; just stand next to the The Appropriations Committee will meet immediately upon railing. He is a senior at Central York High School, a member of the break in the majority caucus room. the band. What instrument do you play, Cody? I did not quite Thank you, Mr. Speaker. hear it, and on the swim team, right? The SPEAKER. The Appropriations Committee will meet immediately upon the break in the majority caucus room.
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REPUBLICAN CAUCUS others is just one of the positive ways Christine has chosen to embrace the United States. The SPEAKER. And now I am going to turn over to the So thank you for your hard work and choosing to be a part of caucus chairs. the United States. Congratulations, Christine, on your 1-year Our majority caucus chair, Representative Marcy Toepel of anniversary of being a citizen here. Congratulations. Montgomery County, for a Republican caucus announcement. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mrs. TOEPEL. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Republicans will caucus at 12:15. We would be prepared to RECESS return to the floor at 1:15. Thank you. The SPEAKER. Members, we will be in recess until DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS 1:15 p.m., on the House floor. Thank you.
The SPEAKER. Actually, we are going to turn to the leader, RECESS EXTENDED the Democratic leader, for a Democratic caucus announcement. Representative Frank Dermody of Allegheny County. The time of recess was extended until 1:30 p.m. Mr. DERMODY. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the Democrats will also caucus at 12:15. We will caucus at 12:15. AFTER RECESS
The SPEAKER. So the Republican Caucus and the The time of recess having expired, the House was called to Democratic Caucus are both to be held at 12:15. We are to return order. to the floor at 1:15 p.m. Members, I will stress this, we will be having a photographer BILLS REREPORTED FROM COMMITTEE on the floor when we return, so I would suggest everybody make sure you are here and on the floor. I know everybody is, but HB 1234, PN 2813 By Rep. SAYLOR oftentimes we are milling about, but be on the floor. That will be An Act amending the act of June 2, 1915 (P.L.736, No.338), known at 1:15, or if it is extended, just pay attention, but whenever we as the Workers' Compensation Act, in liability and compensation, further come back, the photographer will be on the floor. Thank you very providing for the definitions of "injury," "personal injury" and "injury much, everybody. arising in the course of his employment," providing for diseases with long latency periods between occupational exposure and manifestation of the disease and further providing for liability. GUEST INTRODUCED APPROPRIATIONS. The SPEAKER. Representative Malagari, I just got this and I apologize. HB 1982, PN 2895 By Rep. SAYLOR Christine Stenner. Is Christine here? Christine, it is so great to have you here. I think Representative Malagari would like to say An Act amending Title 71 (State Government) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in preliminary provisions, further providing for a few remarks. I am sorry. I just received this, and if you will just definitions; in membership, credited service, classes of service, and stand up near the railing, and, Representative Malagari, just come eligibility for benefits, further providing for credited State service; in to the front. contributions, further providing for shared-risk member contributions and shared-gain adjustments to regular member contributions, for contributions to the system by the Commonwealth and other employers STATEMENT BY MR. MALAGARI and for actuarial cost method and providing for advance payment of accrued liability contributions; in administration, funds, accounts and The SPEAKER. Representative Malagari. general provisions, further providing for administrative duties of the board, for duties of heads of departments and for State accumulation Mr. MALAGARI. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. account; providing for obligations of the board, for exercise of Good morning, everyone. I would like to just take a quick legislative power and for liability. moment to recognize one of my esteemed staff members here, Christine Stenner. She is in the back of the House. Her role in my APPROPRIATIONS. district office is she is a constituent service adviser, and she is an integral part of our team's day-to-day operations and a perfect BILLS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEES, example of how immigration plays an important role in our CONSIDERED FIRST TIME, AND TABLED country. She emigrated with her family 7 1/2 years ago from Munich, HB 1187, PN 1384 By Rep. GILLESPIE Germany. Her path to citizenship took a great deal of time, patience, and perseverance. Today Christine is celebrating her An Act amending Title 30 (Fish) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated 1-year citizenship anniversary. She has come to embrace the Statutes, in special licenses and permits, further providing for Lake Erie fishing permits. United States as her own. In Germany she was a practicing attorney. Currently she GAME AND FISHERIES. attends Temple Law School. Achieving her law degree in the United States will allow her to be a stronger advocate for those in her community. Her desire to get involved and advocate for
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HB 1584, PN 2032 By Rep. GILLESPIE Brown Gaydos Masser Samuelson Bullock Gillen Matzie Sanchez An Act amending Title 30 (Fish) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Burgos Gillespie McCarter Sankey Statutes, in Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, repealing Burns Gleim McClinton Sappey provisions relating to waterways patrolmen and employees. Caltagirone Goodman McNeill Saylor Carroll Gregory Mehaffie Schemel GAME AND FISHERIES. Causer Greiner Mentzer Schlossberg Cephas Grove Merski Schmitt Ciresi Hahn Metcalfe Schroeder SB 166, PN 985 By Rep. SAYLOR Comitta Hanbidge Metzgar Schweyer Conklin Harkins Mihalek Shusterman An Act providing for the capital budget for the fiscal year 2019- Cook Harrell Millard Sims 2020. Cox Harris Miller, B. Snyder Cruz Heffley Miller, D. Solomon APPROPRIATIONS. Culver Helm Mizgorski Sonney Cutler Hennessey Moul Staats Daley Hershey Mullery Struzzi SB 905, PN 1399 (Amended) By Rep. SAYLOR Davidson Hickernell Mullins Sturla Davis, A. Hohenstein Murt Thomas An Act providing for the capital budget for fiscal year 2019-2020; Davis, T. Howard Mustello Tobash itemizing public improvement projects, furniture and equipment Dawkins Innamorato Nelson Toepel projects, transportation assistance, redevelopment assistance projects, Day Irvin Nesbit Toohil flood control projects, Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission projects Deasy Isaacson O'Mara Topper and Manufacturing Fund projects leased or assisted by the Department DeLissio James O'Neal Ullman of General Services and other State agencies, together with their Delloso Jones Oberlander Vitali estimated financial costs; authorizing the incurring of debt without the Delozier Jozwiak Ortitay Walsh approval of the electors for the purpose of financing the projects to be DeLuca Kail Otten Warner constructed, acquired or assisted by the Department of General Services Dermody Kaufer Owlett Warren and other State agencies; authorizing the use of current revenue for the Diamond Kauffman Pashinski Webster purpose of financing the projects to be constructed, acquired or assisted DiGirolamo Keefer Peifer Wentling of by the Department of General Services and other State agencies Donatucci Keller Petrarca Wheatley stating the estimated useful life of the projects; restricting use of funds Dowling Kenyatta Pickett Wheeland on certain projects; and making appropriations. Driscoll Kim Polinchock White Dunbar Kinsey Puskaric Williams APPROPRIATIONS. Dush Klunk Pyle Youngblood Ecker Knowles Quinn Zabel Emrick Kortz Rabb Zimmerman The SPEAKER, Members, please report to the floor. We are Evans Kosierowski Rader moving to second consideration bills. We are going to start with Everett Krueger Rapp Turzai, Representative Seth Grove. Oh, I guess I need a master roll first. Farry Kulik Ravenstahl Speaker
ADDITIONS–0 LEAVES OF ABSENCE NOT VOTING–0 The SPEAKER. The majority whip requests leave of absence for Representative Justin SIMMONS of Lehigh County for the EXCUSED–5 day, and that is the only one we have. Without objection, that will be granted. Kirkland Neilson Simmons Stephens Mako The minority whip requests leaves of absence for Representative Ed NEILSON of Philadelphia County for the day and Representative Brian KIRKLAND of Delaware County for The SPEAKER. We have 198 members voting today. We the day. have a quorum.
MASTER ROLL CALL ANNOUNCEMENT BY MR. SCHLOSSBERG
The SPEAKER. Members, please proceed to vote on the The SPEAKER. Representative Mike Schlossberg is master roll. recognized on unanimous consent. Mr. SCHLOSSBERG. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The following roll call was recorded: If the members will indulge me for a moment. I wanted to take a second to wish my daughter a happy PRESENT–198 birthday. She turns 7 years old today. So happy birthday, Ayla.
Barrar Fee Lawrence Readshaw The SPEAKER. Happy birthday. Benninghoff Fiedler Lee Reese Bernstine Fitzgerald Lewis Rigby Bizzarro Flynn Longietti Roae ANNOUNCEMENT BY SPEAKER Boback Frankel Mackenzie Roebuck Borowicz Freeman Madden Rothman The SPEAKER. Members, please take your seats. As I said, Boyle Fritz Malagari Rowe Matt Rourke – I believe I am saying the name correctly – from Bradford Gabler Maloney Rozzi the AP, a photographer, is on the House floor, or will be on the Briggs Gainey Markosek Ryan Brooks Galloway Marshall Sainato House floor. Take your seats. 1844 LEGISLATIVE JOURNAL—HOUSE NOVEMBER 19
CALENDAR The SPEAKER. Okay. The amendment is withdrawn. I am glad you said that. So there are no amendments being offered for BILLS ON SECOND CONSIDERATION HB 943, PN 2089.
The House proceeded to second consideration of HB 942, On the question recurring, PN 2088, entitled: Will the House agree to the bill on second consideration? Bill was agreed to. An Act amending the act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), known as the Human Services Code, in public assistance, further providing for * * * pharmaceutical and therapeutics committee.
On the question, The House proceeded to second consideration of HB 941, Will the House agree to the bill on second consideration? PN 1748, entitled:
Bill was agreed to. An Act amending the act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), known as the Human Services Code, in public assistance, further providing for * * * medical assistance pharmacy services.
The House proceeded to second consideration of HB 943, On the question, PN 2089, entitled: Will the House agree to the bill on second consideration?
An Act providing for consumer prescription drug pricing disclosure Mr. HEFFLEY offered the following amendment and pharmacy freedom to communicate. No. A03878:
On the question, Amend Bill, page 1, lines 1 through 4, by striking out all of said Will the House agree to the bill on second consideration? lines and inserting Amending the act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), entitled "An act to Ms. GAYDOS offered the following amendment consolidate, editorially revise, and codify the public welfare laws No. A03912: of the Commonwealth," in public assistance, further providing for medical assistance pharmacy services. Amend Bill, page 1, line 2, by inserting after "communicate" Amend Bill, page 1, lines 7 through 17; pages 2 through 6, lines and imposing a penalty 1 through 30; page 7, line 1; by striking out all of said lines on said Amend Bill, page 2, by inserting between lines 8 and 9 pages and inserting "Department." The Department of Human Services of the Section 1. Section 449 of the act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, Commonwealth. No.21), known as the Human Services Code, is amended to read: Amend Bill, page 3, by inserting between lines 20 and 21 Section 449. Medical Assistance Pharmacy Services.–(a) Any (4) Communication and help-desk services between managed care [entity] organization under contract to the department pharmacies and pharmacy benefit managers. must contract on an equal basis with any pharmacy qualified to (5) Communication and help-desk services between participate in the Medical Assistance Program that is willing to comply pharmacies and a person, business or other entity under with the managed care [entity's] organization's pharmacy payment rates paragraphs (1), (2), (3) and (4). and terms and to adhere to quality standards established by the managed Amend Bill, page 4, lines 8 and 9, by striking out ", county or care [entity] organization. municipal" (b) The department may conduct an audit or review of an entity. Amend Bill, page 4, lines 9 and 10, by striking out ", county or In the course of an audit or review under this subsection, a managed care municipal" organization utilizing a pharmacy benefit manager shall provide medical Amend Bill, page 4, line 13, by inserting after "restrict" assistance-specific information from a pharmacy contract or agreement or remove to the department. Amend Bill, page 4, by inserting between lines 14 and 15 (c) A contract or agreement between an entity and a pharmacy Section 5. Enforcement and penalty. may not include any of the following: The department shall enforce the provision of this act and shall (1) A confidentiality provision that prohibits the disclosure of impose an administrative fine of not less than $10,000 for a violation of information to the department. this act. (2) Any provision that restricts the disclosure of information to or Amend Bill, page 4, line 15, by striking out "5" and inserting communication with a managed care organization or the department. 6 (d) An entity shall maintain records sufficient to disclose, upon the department's request, information regarding the provision of On the question, pharmacy services eligible for payment by the medical assistance program. Will the House agree to the amendment? (e) Information disclosed or produced by an entity to the department under this section shall not be subject to the act of February AMENDMENT WITHDRAWN 14, 2008 (P.L.6, No.3), known as the Right-to-Know Law. (f) If an entity approves a claim for payment under the medical The SPEAKER. On the amendment, Representative Gaydos assistance program, the entity may not retroactively deny or modify the is recognized. payment unless any of the following apply: Ms. GAYDOS. Mr. Speaker, I would like to withdraw the (1) The claim was fraudulent. amendment. (2) The claim was duplicative of a previously paid claim. (3) The pharmacy did not dispense the pharmacy service on the claim.
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(g) A managed care organization or pharmacy benefit manager "Pharmacy benefit manager" means a person, business or other may not do any of the following: entity that performs pharmacy benefit management. The term includes (1) Mandate that a medical assistance recipient use a specific a wholly-owned subsidiary of a managed care organization that pharmacy or other entity if any of the following apply: performs pharmacy benefits management. (i) The managed care organization or pharmacy benefit manager "Pharmacy services administration organization" means a person, has an ownership interest in the pharmacy or other entity. business or other entity that performs any of the following: (ii) The pharmacy or other entity has an ownership interest in the (1) Negotiates or contracts with a managed care organization or managed care organization or pharmacy benefit manager. pharmacy benefit manager on behalf of its pharmacy members. (2) Provide an incentive to a medical assistance recipient to (2) Negotiates payment rates, payments or audit terms on behalf encourage the use of a specific pharmacy. of its pharmacy members. (h) A pharmacy benefit manager or pharmacy services (3) Collects or reconciles payments on behalf of its pharmacy administration organization may not do any of the following: members. (1) Require that a pharmacist or pharmacy participate in a Section 2. The amendment of section 449 of the act shall apply network managed by the pharmacy benefit manager or pharmacy to any agreement or contract relating to pharmacy services to medical services administration organization as a condition for the pharmacist assistance recipients in the managed care delivery system entered into or pharmacy to participate in another network managed by the same or amended on or after the effective date of this section. pharmacy benefit manager or pharmacy services administration Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days. organization. (2) Automatically enroll or disenroll a pharmacist or pharmacy On the question, without cause in a contract or modify an existing agreement without Will the House agree to the amendment? written agreement of the pharmacist or pharmacy. (3) Charge or retain a differential between what is billed to a The SPEAKER. On the amendment, the Chair recognizes managed care organization as a reimbursement for a pharmacy service and what is paid to pharmacies by the pharmacy benefit manager or Representative Heffley. pharmacy services administration organization for the pharmacy Mr. HEFFLEY. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. service. This is an agreed-to amendment, and I would ask for an (4) Charge pharmacy transmission fees. affirmative vote. (i) A managed care organization or pharmacy benefit manager The SPEAKER. Representative Rob Matzie, on the shall provide payment for a pharmacy service that is a covered benefit amendment, sir. if the pharmacy service is performed by a licensed pharmacist in Mr. MATZIE. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. accordance with all of the following: This is an agreed-to amendment. I urge the members to vote (1) The pharmacy service performed is within the scope of in the affirmative. Thank you. practice of the licensed pharmacist. (2) The managed care organization or pharmacy benefit manager The SPEAKER. Thank you, sir. would cover the pharmacy service if the pharmacy service was performed by a physician, an advanced practice registered nurse or a On the question recurring, physician assistant. Will the House agree to the amendment? (j) As used in this section, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings given to them in this subsection: The following roll call was recorded: "Entity" means a pharmacy, pharmacy benefit manager, pharmacy services administration organization or other entity that YEAS–198 manages, processes, influences the payment for or dispenses pharmacy services to medical assistance recipients in the managed care delivery Barrar Fee Lawrence Readshaw system. Benninghoff Fiedler Lee Reese "Pharmacy benefit management" means any of the following: Bernstine Fitzgerald Lewis Rigby (1) The procurement of prescription drugs at a negotiated Bizzarro Flynn Longietti Roae contracted rate for distribution within this Commonwealth. Boback Frankel Mackenzie Roebuck (2) The administration or management of prescription drug Borowicz Freeman Madden Rothman benefits provided by a managed care organization. Boyle Fritz Malagari Rowe Bradford Gabler Maloney Rozzi (3) The administration of pharmacy benefits, including any of Briggs Gainey Markosek Ryan the following: Brooks Galloway Marshall Sainato (i) Operating a mail-service pharmacy. Brown Gaydos Masser Samuelson (ii) Processing claims. Bullock Gillen Matzie Sanchez (iii) Managing a retail pharmacy network. Burgos Gillespie McCarter Sankey (iv) Paying claims to pharmacies, including retail, specialty or Burns Gleim McClinton Sappey mail-order pharmacies, for prescription drugs dispensed to medical Caltagirone Goodman McNeill Saylor assistance recipients receiving services in the managed care delivery Carroll Gregory Mehaffie Schemel Causer Greiner Mentzer Schlossberg system via a retail or mail-order pharmacy. Cephas Grove Merski Schmitt (v) Developing and managing a clinical formulary or preferred Ciresi Hahn Metcalfe Schroeder drug list, utilization management or quality assurance programs. Comitta Hanbidge Metzgar Schweyer (vi) Rebate contracting and administration. Conklin Harkins Mihalek Shusterman (vii) Managing a patient compliance, therapeutic intervention Cook Harrell Millard Sims and generic substitution program. Cox Harris Miller, B. Snyder (viii) Operating a disease management program. Cruz Heffley Miller, D. Solomon (ix) Setting pharmacy payment pricing and methodologies, Culver Helm Mizgorski Sonney Cutler Hennessey Moul Staats including maximum allowable cost and determining single or multiple Daley Hershey Mullery Struzzi source drugs.
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Davidson Hickernell Mullins Sturla Ms. RAPP offered the following amendment No. A03700: Davis, A. Hohenstein Murt Thomas Davis, T. Howard Mustello Tobash Dawkins Innamorato Nelson Toepel Amend Bill, page 2, lines 2 and 3, by striking out "THE Day Irvin Nesbit Toohil SUDDEN ONSET OF PAIN IN RESPONSE TO A" in line 2 and all of Deasy Isaacson O'Mara Topper line 3 and inserting DeLissio James O'Neal Ullman Pain that comes on quickly, may be severe, but lasts a relatively Delloso Jones Oberlander Vitali short time and is provoked by a specific condition or injury. Delozier Jozwiak Ortitay Walsh Amend Bill, page 2, line 24, by striking out "an immediate" and DeLuca Kail Otten Warner inserting Dermody Kaufer Owlett Warren a time sensitive Diamond Kauffman Pashinski Webster DiGirolamo Keefer Peifer Wentling Donatucci Keller Petrarca Wheatley On the question, Dowling Kenyatta Pickett Wheeland Will the House agree to the amendment? Driscoll Kim Polinchock White Dunbar Kinsey Puskaric Williams Dush Klunk Pyle Youngblood The SPEAKER. On the amendment, the Chair recognizes the Ecker Knowles Quinn Zabel chair of the Health Committee, Representative Kathy Rapp. Emrick Kortz Rabb Zimmerman Ms. RAPP. Mr. Speaker, this is an agreed-to amendment with Evans Kosierowski Rader the sponsor. Everett Krueger Rapp Turzai, Farry Kulik Ravenstahl Speaker The SPEAKER. Thank you. And I have Representative Dan Frankel, who wishes to speak NAYS–0 on the amendment. Sir, you may proceed. Mr. FRANKEL. Mr. Speaker, this is an agreed-to amendment. NOT VOTING–0 Thank you. The SPEAKER. Thank you, Representative. EXCUSED–5
Kirkland Neilson Simmons Stephens On the question recurring, Mako Will the House agree to the amendment?
The following roll call was recorded: The majority having voted in the affirmative, the question was determined in the affirmative and the amendment was agreed to. YEAS–198
On the question, Barrar Fee Lawrence Readshaw Benninghoff Fiedler Lee Reese Will the House agree to the bill on second consideration as Bernstine Fitzgerald Lewis Rigby amended? Bizzarro Flynn Longietti Roae Bill as amended was agreed to. Boback Frankel Mackenzie Roebuck Borowicz Freeman Madden Rothman Boyle Fritz Malagari Rowe The SPEAKER. The bill as amended will be reprinted. Bradford Gabler Maloney Rozzi Briggs Gainey Markosek Ryan * * * Brooks Galloway Marshall Sainato Brown Gaydos Masser Samuelson Bullock Gillen Matzie Sanchez The House proceeded to second consideration of HB 944, Burgos Gillespie McCarter Sankey PN 2090, entitled: Burns Gleim McClinton Sappey Caltagirone Goodman McNeill Saylor An Act amending the act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), known Carroll Gregory Mehaffie Schemel as the Human Services Code, in public assistance, providing for Causer Greiner Mentzer Schlossberg pharmacy benefits manager audit and obligations. Cephas Grove Merski Schmitt Ciresi Hahn Metcalfe Schroeder On the question, Comitta Hanbidge Metzgar Schweyer Conklin Harkins Mihalek Shusterman Will the House agree to the bill on second consideration? Cook Harrell Millard Sims Bill was agreed to. Cox Harris Miller, B. Snyder Cruz Heffley Miller, D. Solomon * * * Culver Helm Mizgorski Sonney Cutler Hennessey Moul Staats Daley Hershey Mullery Struzzi The House proceeded to second consideration of SB 572, Davidson Hickernell Mullins Sturla PN 1285, entitled: Davis, A. Hohenstein Murt Thomas Davis, T. Howard Mustello Tobash An Act amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania Dawkins Innamorato Nelson Toepel Consolidated Statutes, in public safety, providing for opioid treatment Day Irvin Nesbit Toohil agreements. Deasy Isaacson O'Mara Topper DeLissio James O'Neal Ullman Delloso Jones Oberlander Vitali On the question, Delozier Jozwiak Ortitay Walsh Will the House agree to the bill on second consideration? DeLuca Kail Otten Warner Dermody Kaufer Owlett Warren 2019 LEGISLATIVE JOURNAL—HOUSE 1847
Diamond Kauffman Pashinski Webster The SPEAKER. Representative Garth Everett, on the DiGirolamo Keefer Peifer Wentling amendment, sir. Donatucci Keller Petrarca Wheatley Dowling Kenyatta Pickett Wheeland Mr. EVERETT. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Driscoll Kim Polinchock White Senator Argall, the prime sponsor of this bill, does not support Dunbar Kinsey Puskaric Williams this amendment; believes it is unnecessary, that the occasion that Dush Klunk Pyle Youngblood this would be possibly required is very remote. I would ask for a Ecker Knowles Quinn Zabel Emrick Kortz Rabb Zimmerman "no" vote on this amendment. Evans Kosierowski Rader Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Everett Krueger Rapp Turzai, The SPEAKER. Representative Bob Freeman, on the Farry Kulik Ravenstahl Speaker amendment. Representative Freeman, sir.
NAYS–0 Mr. FREEMAN. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I rise to support the Boyle amendment. I think NOT VOTING–0 what the gentleman, Mr. Boyle, has provided for us here is a safeguard to ensure that party bosses do not have a veto over the EXCUSED–5 selection of a Lieutenant Governor candidate by the nominee of each party for Governor. That nominee would have been chosen Kirkland Neilson Simmons Stephens in a primary, chosen by the rank-and-file members of their party Mako to be their nominee for Governor. They are in the best position to decide who should be their running mate. The majority having voted in the affirmative, the question was If we allow State committees to veto that choice, what good determined in the affirmative and the amendment was agreed to. can come of that? It only allows for the kind of bargaining and political machinations that can undermine the integrity of that On the question, selection process. It is important to note that when a Governor Will the House agree to the bill on second consideration as would choose a Lieutenant Governor running mate, it affords amended? them the opportunity to bring balance to the ticket, to reach out Bill as amended was agreed to. perhaps to a faction of their party, to unify their party in going forward in the general election. That is a decision that should be The SPEAKER. The bill as amended will be reprinted. made by the gubernatorial candidate and not by the State committee. Okay. We have Representative Cruz' bill. Could staff please In addition, we should also remember that by allowing the check on Representative Cruz because I want to offer his bill, and Governor to pick their running mate without party interference, he has an amendment to the bill as well. we ensure a more unified executive branch in terms of their service to this Commonwealth. * * * I wholeheartedly support the Boyle amendment and urge a "yes" vote. The House proceeded to second consideration of SB 133, The SPEAKER. Thank you, Representative. PN 1185, entitled: Does anybody else wish to speak on this amendment?
A Joint Resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of On the question recurring, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, further providing for Lieutenant Will the House agree to the amendment? Governor. The following roll call was recorded: On the question, Will the House agree to the bill on second consideration? YEAS–96
Mr. BOYLE offered the following amendment No. A03800: Bizzarro Donatucci Kosierowski Readshaw Boyle Driscoll Krueger Roebuck Amend Bill, page 2, lines 2 and 3, by striking out ", SUBJECT Bradford Evans Kulik Rozzi TO THE APPROVAL OF THE POLITICAL" in line 2 and all of line 3 Briggs Fiedler Lee Sainato Bullock Fitzgerald Longietti Samuelson Burgos Flynn Madden Sanchez On the question, Burns Frankel Malagari Sappey Will the House agree to the amendment? Caltagirone Freeman Markosek Schlossberg Carroll Gainey Matzie Schweyer Cephas Galloway McCarter Shusterman The SPEAKER. Representative Boyle, I apologize, I should Ciresi Gillen McClinton Sims not extemporize, but everybody is interested in this amendment. Comitta Goodman McNeill Snyder So please tell us what the amendment does, sir. Conklin Hanbidge Merski Solomon Mr. BOYLE. Mr. Speaker, let me begin by saying that Cruz Harkins Miller, D. Sturla Daley Harrell Mullery Thomas I wholeheartedly support the premise of this bill. Gubernatorial Davidson Harris Mullins Ullman nominees should be able to choose their running mates, but we Davis, A. Hohenstein Murt Vitali need to be able to do it right. Party bosses should not be able to Davis, T. Howard O'Mara Warren veto this election of the nominees of each party for Governor. So Dawkins Innamorato Otten Webster Deasy Isaacson Pashinski Wheatley I urge support for this amendment. Thank you. DeLissio Kenyatta Petrarca White 1848 LEGISLATIVE JOURNAL—HOUSE NOVEMBER 19
Delloso Kim Quinn Williams midwifery school or a college or university-based program distinct DeLuca Kinsey Rabb Youngblood from the discipline of nursing. The term includes certified professional Dermody Kortz Ravenstahl Zabel midwives, traditional midwives, Amish, Mennonite or Plain midwives and other specific cultural or spiritual community-based midwives not NAYS–102 licensed by the State Board of Medicine as a certified-nurse midwife. Amend Bill, page 3, line 5, by inserting after "Requirement.–A" Barrar Gaydos Maloney Reese Benninghoff Gillespie Marshall Rigby certified-nurse midwife, direct-entry midwife or Bernstine Gleim Masser Roae Amend Bill, page 3, line 15, by inserting after "a" where it occurs Boback Gregory Mehaffie Rothman the second time Borowicz Greiner Mentzer Rowe certified-nurse midwife, direct-entry midwife or Brooks Grove Metcalfe Ryan Brown Hahn Metzgar Sankey On the question, Causer Heffley Mihalek Saylor Cook Helm Millard Schemel Will the House agree to the amendment? Cox Hennessey Miller, B. Schmitt Culver Hershey Mizgorski Schroeder The SPEAKER. Representative Cruz, sir, on the amendment. Cutler Hickernell Moul Sonney Mr. CRUZ. This is an agreed-to amendment, Mr. Speaker, and Day Irvin Mustello Staats Delozier James Nelson Struzzi I hope the members from both sides of the aisle can vote in the Diamond Jones Nesbit Tobash affirmative. DiGirolamo Jozwiak O'Neal Toepel The SPEAKER. Thank you, sir. Dowling Kail Oberlander Toohil Does anybody else wish to speak on the amendment? Dunbar Kaufer Ortitay Topper Dush Kauffman Owlett Walsh Ecker Keefer Peifer Warner On the question recurring, Emrick Keller Pickett Wentling Will the House agree to the amendment? Everett Klunk Polinchock Wheeland Farry Knowles Puskaric Zimmerman Fee Lawrence Pyle The following roll call was recorded: Fritz Lewis Rader Turzai, Gabler Mackenzie Rapp Speaker YEAS–198
NOT VOTING–0 Barrar Fee Lawrence Readshaw Benninghoff Fiedler Lee Reese EXCUSED–5 Bernstine Fitzgerald Lewis Rigby Bizzarro Flynn Longietti Roae Kirkland Neilson Simmons Stephens Boback Frankel Mackenzie Roebuck Mako Borowicz Freeman Madden Rothman Boyle Fritz Malagari Rowe Bradford Gabler Maloney Rozzi Briggs Gainey Markosek Ryan Less than the majority having voted in the affirmative, the Brooks Galloway Marshall Sainato question was determined in the negative and the amendment was Brown Gaydos Masser Samuelson not agreed to. Bullock Gillen Matzie Sanchez Burgos Gillespie McCarter Sankey Burns Gleim McClinton Sappey On the question, Caltagirone Goodman McNeill Saylor Will the House agree to the bill on second consideration? Carroll Gregory Mehaffie Schemel Bill was agreed to. Causer Greiner Mentzer Schlossberg Cephas Grove Merski Schmitt Ciresi Hahn Metcalfe Schroeder * * * Comitta Hanbidge Metzgar Schweyer Conklin Harkins Mihalek Shusterman The House proceeded to second consideration of HB 1220, Cook Harrell Millard Sims Cox Harris Miller, B. Snyder PN 2507, entitled: Cruz Heffley Miller, D. Solomon Culver Helm Mizgorski Sonney An Act providing for cytomegalovirus education and newborn Cutler Hennessey Moul Staats screening. Daley Hershey Mullery Struzzi Davidson Hickernell Mullins Sturla On the question, Davis, A. Hohenstein Murt Thomas Will the House agree to the bill on second consideration? Davis, T. Howard Mustello Tobash Dawkins Innamorato Nelson Toepel Day Irvin Nesbit Toohil Mr. CRUZ offered the following amendment No. A03861: Deasy Isaacson O'Mara Topper DeLissio James O'Neal Ullman Amend Bill, page 1, by inserting between lines 14 and 15 Delloso Jones Oberlander Vitali "Certified-nurse midwife." An individual licensed by the State Delozier Jozwiak Ortitay Walsh DeLuca Kail Otten Warner Board of Medicine to practice midwifery under section 35 of the act of Dermody Kaufer Owlett Warren December 20, 1985 (P.L.457, No.112), known as the Medical Practice Diamond Kauffman Pashinski Webster Act of 1985. DiGirolamo Keefer Peifer Wentling Amend Bill, page 1, by inserting between lines 16 and 17 Donatucci Keller Petrarca Wheatley "Direct-entry midwife." An independent practitioner educated in Dowling Kenyatta Pickett Wheeland the discipline of midwifery through self-study, apprenticeship, a Driscoll Kim Polinchock White Dunbar Kinsey Puskaric Williams 2019 LEGISLATIVE JOURNAL—HOUSE 1849
Dush Klunk Pyle Youngblood The following roll call was recorded: Ecker Knowles Quinn Zabel Emrick Kortz Rabb Zimmerman Evans Kosierowski Rader YEAS–198 Everett Krueger Rapp Turzai, Farry Kulik Ravenstahl Speaker Barrar Fee Lawrence Readshaw Benninghoff Fiedler Lee Reese NAYS–0 Bernstine Fitzgerald Lewis Rigby Bizzarro Flynn Longietti Roae
Boback Frankel Mackenzie Roebuck NOT VOTING–0 Borowicz Freeman Madden Rothman Boyle Fritz Malagari Rowe EXCUSED–5 Bradford Gabler Maloney Rozzi Briggs Gainey Markosek Ryan Kirkland Neilson Simmons Stephens Brooks Galloway Marshall Sainato Mako Brown Gaydos Masser Samuelson Bullock Gillen Matzie Sanchez Burgos Gillespie McCarter Sankey Burns Gleim McClinton Sappey The majority having voted in the affirmative, the question was Caltagirone Goodman McNeill Saylor determined in the affirmative and the amendment was agreed to. Carroll Gregory Mehaffie Schemel Causer Greiner Mentzer Schlossberg On the question, Cephas Grove Merski Schmitt Ciresi Hahn Metcalfe Schroeder Will the House agree to the bill on second consideration as Comitta Hanbidge Metzgar Schweyer amended? Conklin Harkins Mihalek Shusterman Bill as amended was agreed to. Cook Harrell Millard Sims Cox Harris Miller, B. Snyder Cruz Heffley Miller, D. Solomon The SPEAKER. The bill as amended will be reprinted. Culver Helm Mizgorski Sonney Cutler Hennessey Moul Staats Daley Hershey Mullery Struzzi SUPPLEMENTAL CALENDAR A Davidson Hickernell Mullins Sturla Davis, A. Hohenstein Murt Thomas BILL ON THIRD CONSIDERATION Davis, T. Howard Mustello Tobash Dawkins Innamorato Nelson Toepel Day Irvin Nesbit Toohil The House proceeded to third consideration of HB 1982, Deasy Isaacson O'Mara Topper PN 2895, entitled: DeLissio James O'Neal Ullman Delloso Jones Oberlander Vitali An Act amending Title 71 (State Government) of the Pennsylvania Delozier Jozwiak Ortitay Walsh Consolidated Statutes, in preliminary provisions, further providing for DeLuca Kail Otten Warner definitions; in membership, credited service, classes of service, and Dermody Kaufer Owlett Warren eligibility for benefits, further providing for credited State service; in Diamond Kauffman Pashinski Webster contributions, further providing for shared-risk member contributions DiGirolamo Keefer Peifer Wentling and shared-gain adjustments to regular member contributions, for Donatucci Keller Petrarca Wheatley contributions to the system by the Commonwealth and other employers Dowling Kenyatta Pickett Wheeland and for actuarial cost method and providing for advance payment of Driscoll Kim Polinchock White accrued liability contributions; in administration, funds, accounts and Dunbar Kinsey Puskaric Williams general provisions, further providing for administrative duties of the Dush Klunk Pyle Youngblood board, for duties of heads of departments and for State accumulation Ecker Knowles Quinn Zabel account; providing for obligations of the board, for exercise of Emrick Kortz Rabb Zimmerman legislative power and for liability. Evans Kosierowski Rader Everett Krueger Rapp Turzai, Farry Kulik Ravenstahl Speaker On the question, Will the House agree to the bill on third consideration? NAYS–0 Bill was agreed to. NOT VOTING–0 (Bill analysis was read.) EXCUSED–5 The SPEAKER. This bill has been considered on three Kirkland Neilson Simmons Stephens different days and agreed to and is now on final passage. Mako The question is, shall the bill pass finally? Agreeable to the provisions of the Constitution, the yeas and nays will now be taken. The majority required by the Constitution having voted in the affirmative, the question was determined in the affirmative and the bill passed finally. Ordered, That the clerk present the same to the Senate for concurrence.
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CALENDAR CONTINUED equivalent course for those hired before September 2, 2019, to the beginning of the 2020-2021 school year. BILL ON CONCURRENCE This does nothing to change the training. It does nothing to IN SENATE AMENDMENTS alter that. It is truly just an extension so that we can realistically have our officers trained without making our schools less covered AS AMENDED during that timeframe. And it also extends the Higher Education The House proceeded to consideration of concurrence in Funding Commission reporting deadline, which was supposed to Senate amendments to the following HB 49, PN 2893, as further be June/July 2020 and gives a few extra months until November amended by the House Rules Committee: 30, 2020. And lastly, it requires a student seeking a fostering An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known independence waiver to apply for all available Federal and State as the Public School Code of 1949, in school security, further providing grants as qualification for the program. for definitions, for school police officers, for training, for powers and So there are a couple different things added to this bill, but all duties, for school resource officers and for school security guards; in high schools, further providing for courses of study; in miscellaneous very good things to help us kind of put through to the finish line. provisions relating to institutions of higher education, further providing Thank you, Mr. Speaker. for Public Higher Education Funding Commission; and, in fostering The SPEAKER. Representative Brown, thank you for independence through education, further providing for fostering comprehensively setting forth the information in the bill. It has independence waiver program. been amended by the Senate, and it was once again then amended On the question, by the House. So we are voting on concurrence. Will the House concur in Senate amendments as amended by Moved by the gentlelady, Representative Rosemary Brown, the Rules Committee? that House concur. It is HB 49, PN 2893.
The SPEAKER. So it was a House bill, it went to the Senate, On the question recurring, the Senate amended it, it came back to the House, and the House Will the House concur in Senate amendments as amended by amended it. We are sending the bill back to the Senate if it passes. the Rules Committee? So it is HB 49, PN 2893. It is on concurrence in Senate The SPEAKER. Agreeable to the provisions of the amendments and as amended by the House amendments. Constitution, the yeas and nays will now be taken. Hold on. We do not have that yet. It is on your screens however. The amended bill is on your screen. I am just going to The following roll call was recorded: give you a brief summary. It is a bill that provides for definitions, for school police officers, for training, for powers and duties, for YEAS–161 school resource officers and for school security guards. Anything Barrar Fee Longietti Ravenstahl else you want to add to that? Benninghoff Flynn Mackenzie Readshaw Bernstine Freeman Madden Reese Okay. So this bill was brought up by Representative Rosemary Bizzarro Fritz Malagari Rigby Boback Gabler Maloney Roae Brown. She is going to speak on both the Senate amendments and Borowicz Gaydos Markosek Rothman the underlying bill, the Senate amendments and the House Boyle Gillen Marshall Rowe amendments. Briggs Gillespie Masser Rozzi Representative Brown, please proceed. Brooks Gleim Matzie Ryan Brown Goodman McNeill Sainato Mrs. BROWN. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Burns Gregory Mehaffie Samuelson Not an easy process. The underlying bill, HB 49, as many of Caltagirone Greiner Mentzer Sankey you know I have worked on for several years, is regarding Carroll Grove Merski Sappey financial literacy for our students before they leave high school Causer Hahn Metcalfe Saylor Ciresi Hanbidge Metzgar Schemel and it allows a financial literacy coursework to be applied for Comitta Harkins Mihalek Schmitt graduation requirements; to satisfy the student's social studies, Conklin Heffley Millard Schroeder family and consumer science, mathematics, or business Cook Helm Miller, B. Shusterman education credit requirement. Cox Hennessey Mizgorski Snyder Cruz Hershey Moul Sonney So I think that is a very positive piece. I am very happy that Culver Hickernell Mullery Staats we have gotten this far, and I think it will really help our students Cutler Hohenstein Mullins Struzzi gain further real-life experience before they leave school. Davis, T. Howard Murt Thomas Continuing with that, because it is the School Code, we had Day Irvin Mustello Tobash Deasy James Nelson Toepel made some changes in regards to our school police officers and DeLissio Jones Nesbit Toohil some of our school safety training, which had a negative impact Delloso Jozwiak O'Mara Topper on our schools and really was not functioning correctly, so this is Delozier Kail O'Neal Ullman some fixes to that. DeLuca Kaufer Oberlander Vitali Dermody Kauffman Ortitay Walsh The school police officers, what it does for that – just give me Diamond Keefer Owlett Warner a second – we actually are returning arresting powers to our DiGirolamo Keller Pashinski Warren school police officers that are employed by the school district, Donatucci Kim Peifer Wentling which is extremely important for us to have response times. It Dowling Klunk Petrarca Wheeland Driscoll Knowles Pickett White extends the school security training deadline required by the Dunbar Kortz Polinchock Zabel National Association of School Resource Officers or an Dush Kosierowski Puskaric Zimmerman 2019 LEGISLATIVE JOURNAL—HOUSE 1851
Ecker Krueger Pyle Cox Harris Miller, B. Snyder Emrick Kulik Quinn Turzai, Cruz Heffley Miller, D. Solomon Everett Lawrence Rader Speaker Culver Helm Mizgorski Sonney Farry Lewis Rapp Cutler Hennessey Moul Staats Daley Hershey Mullery Struzzi NAYS–37 Davidson Hickernell Mullins Sturla Davis, A. Hohenstein Murt Thomas Bradford Fitzgerald Kinsey Schlossberg Davis, T. Howard Mustello Tobash Bullock Frankel Lee Schweyer Dawkins Innamorato Nelson Toepel Burgos Gainey McCarter Sims Day Irvin Nesbit Toohil Cephas Galloway McClinton Solomon Deasy Isaacson O'Mara Topper Daley Harrell Miller, D. Sturla DeLissio James O'Neal Ullman Davidson Harris Otten Webster Delloso Jones Oberlander Vitali Davis, A. Innamorato Rabb Wheatley Delozier Jozwiak Ortitay Walsh Dawkins Isaacson Roebuck Williams DeLuca Kail Otten Warner Evans Kenyatta Sanchez Youngblood Dermody Kaufer Owlett Warren Fiedler Diamond Kauffman Pashinski Webster DiGirolamo Keefer Peifer Wentling NOT VOTING–0 Donatucci Keller Petrarca Wheatley Dowling Kenyatta Pickett Wheeland
Driscoll Kim Polinchock White EXCUSED–5 Dunbar Kinsey Puskaric Williams Dush Klunk Pyle Youngblood Kirkland Neilson Simmons Stephens Ecker Knowles Quinn Zabel Mako Emrick Kortz Rabb Zimmerman Evans Kosierowski Rader Everett Krueger Rapp Turzai, The majority required by the Constitution having voted in the Farry Kulik Ravenstahl Speaker affirmative, the question was determined in the affirmative and NAYS–0 the amendments as amended were concurred in. Ordered, That the clerk return the same to the Senate for NOT VOTING–0 concurrence. EXCUSED–5 The SPEAKER. Everybody, as you can see, the AP photographer is on the House floor. Kirkland Neilson Simmons Stephens Mako
RESOLUTIONS The majority having voted in the affirmative, the question was Mr. MASSER called up HR 406, PN 2132, entitled: determined in the affirmative and the resolution was adopted.
A Resolution designating the month of August 2019 as "Stevens- Johnson Syndrome Awareness Month" in Pennsylvania. * * *
On the question, Mr. ROTHMAN called up HR 424, PN 2250, entitled:
Will the House adopt the resolution? A Resolution recognizing the 30th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square protests that began on June 4, 1989, and the events that occurred The following roll call was recorded: that day, along with the heroism of the participants.
YEAS–198 On the question, Will the House adopt the resolution? Barrar Fee Lawrence Readshaw Benninghoff Fiedler Lee Reese Bernstine Fitzgerald Lewis Rigby The following roll call was recorded: Bizzarro Flynn Longietti Roae Boback Frankel Mackenzie Roebuck YEAS–198 Borowicz Freeman Madden Rothman Boyle Fritz Malagari Rowe Barrar Fee Lawrence Readshaw Bradford Gabler Maloney Rozzi Benninghoff Fiedler Lee Reese Briggs Gainey Markosek Ryan Bernstine Fitzgerald Lewis Rigby Brooks Galloway Marshall Sainato Bizzarro Flynn Longietti Roae Brown Gaydos Masser Samuelson Boback Frankel Mackenzie Roebuck Bullock Gillen Matzie Sanchez Borowicz Freeman Madden Rothman Burgos Gillespie McCarter Sankey Boyle Fritz Malagari Rowe Burns Gleim McClinton Sappey Bradford Gabler Maloney Rozzi Caltagirone Goodman McNeill Saylor Briggs Gainey Markosek Ryan Carroll Gregory Mehaffie Schemel Brooks Galloway Marshall Sainato Causer Greiner Mentzer Schlossberg Brown Gaydos Masser Samuelson Cephas Grove Merski Schmitt Bullock Gillen Matzie Sanchez Ciresi Hahn Metcalfe Schroeder Burgos Gillespie McCarter Sankey Comitta Hanbidge Metzgar Schweyer Burns Gleim McClinton Sappey Conklin Harkins Mihalek Shusterman Caltagirone Goodman McNeill Saylor Cook Harrell Millard Sims 1852 LEGISLATIVE JOURNAL—HOUSE NOVEMBER 19
Carroll Gregory Mehaffie Schemel The following roll call was recorded: Causer Greiner Mentzer Schlossberg Cephas Grove Merski Schmitt Ciresi Hahn Metcalfe Schroeder YEAS–197 Comitta Hanbidge Metzgar Schweyer Conklin Harkins Mihalek Shusterman Barrar Fee Lawrence Reese Cook Harrell Millard Sims Benninghoff Fiedler Lee Rigby Cox Harris Miller, B. Snyder Bernstine Fitzgerald Lewis Roae Cruz Heffley Miller, D. Solomon Bizzarro Flynn Longietti Roebuck Culver Helm Mizgorski Sonney Boback Frankel Mackenzie Rothman Cutler Hennessey Moul Staats Borowicz Freeman Malagari Rowe Daley Hershey Mullery Struzzi Boyle Fritz Maloney Rozzi Davidson Hickernell Mullins Sturla Bradford Gabler Markosek Ryan Davis, A. Hohenstein Murt Thomas Briggs Gainey Marshall Sainato Davis, T. Howard Mustello Tobash Brooks Galloway Masser Samuelson Dawkins Innamorato Nelson Toepel Brown Gaydos Matzie Sanchez Day Irvin Nesbit Toohil Bullock Gillen McCarter Sankey Deasy Isaacson O'Mara Topper Burgos Gillespie McClinton Sappey DeLissio James O'Neal Ullman Burns Gleim McNeill Saylor Delloso Jones Oberlander Vitali Caltagirone Goodman Mehaffie Schemel Delozier Jozwiak Ortitay Walsh Carroll Gregory Mentzer Schlossberg DeLuca Kail Otten Warner Causer Greiner Merski Schmitt Dermody Kaufer Owlett Warren Cephas Grove Metcalfe Schroeder Diamond Kauffman Pashinski Webster Ciresi Hahn Metzgar Schweyer DiGirolamo Keefer Peifer Wentling Comitta Hanbidge Mihalek Shusterman Donatucci Keller Petrarca Wheatley Conklin Harkins Millard Sims Dowling Kenyatta Pickett Wheeland Cook Harrell Miller, B. Snyder Driscoll Kim Polinchock White Cox Harris Miller, D. Solomon Dunbar Kinsey Puskaric Williams Cruz Heffley Mizgorski Sonney Dush Klunk Pyle Youngblood Culver Helm Moul Staats Ecker Knowles Quinn Zabel Cutler Hennessey Mullery Struzzi Emrick Kortz Rabb Zimmerman Daley Hershey Mullins Sturla Evans Kosierowski Rader Davidson Hickernell Murt Thomas Everett Krueger Rapp Turzai, Davis, A. Hohenstein Mustello Tobash Farry Kulik Ravenstahl Speaker Davis, T. Howard Nelson Toepel Dawkins Innamorato Nesbit Toohil NAYS–0 Day Irvin O'Mara Topper Deasy Isaacson O'Neal Ullman
DeLissio James Oberlander Vitali NOT VOTING–0 Delloso Jones Ortitay Walsh Delozier Jozwiak Otten Warner EXCUSED–5 DeLuca Kail Owlett Warren Dermody Kaufer Pashinski Webster Kirkland Neilson Simmons Stephens Diamond Kauffman Peifer Wentling Mako DiGirolamo Keefer Petrarca Wheatley Donatucci Keller Pickett Wheeland Dowling Kenyatta Polinchock White Driscoll Kim Puskaric Williams The majority having voted in the affirmative, the question was Dunbar Kinsey Pyle Youngblood determined in the affirmative and the resolution was adopted. Dush Klunk Quinn Zabel Ecker Knowles Rabb Zimmerman * * * Emrick Kortz Rader Evans Kosierowski Rapp Turzai, Everett Krueger Ravenstahl Speaker RESOLUTION PASSED OVER Farry Kulik Readshaw
The SPEAKER. Representative Todd Stephens is not here, so NAYS–0 we are going to go over HR 425. NOT VOTING–1
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Mr. WHEATLEY called up HR 434, PN 2381, entitled: EXCUSED–5
A Resolution commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Golden Kirkland Neilson Simmons Stephens Gate Lodge #33. Mako
On the question, Will the House adopt the resolution? The majority having voted in the affirmative, the question was determined in the affirmative and the resolution was adopted.
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Mrs. BROWN called up HR 501, PN 2495, entitled: The majority having voted in the affirmative, the question was determined in the affirmative and the resolution was adopted. A Resolution recognizing the importance and valuable service of pediatric shift nurses to children with complex medical needs in Pennsylvania. * * *
On the question, Mrs. EVANS called up HR 537, PN 2661, entitled: Will the House adopt the resolution? A Resolution recognizing November 21, 2019, as "The Great American Smokeout Day" in Pennsylvania. The following roll call was recorded: On the question, YEAS–198 Will the House adopt the resolution?
Barrar Fee Lawrence Readshaw Benninghoff Fiedler Lee Reese The following roll call was recorded: Bernstine Fitzgerald Lewis Rigby Bizzarro Flynn Longietti Roae YEAS–198 Boback Frankel Mackenzie Roebuck Borowicz Freeman Madden Rothman Barrar Fee Lawrence Readshaw Boyle Fritz Malagari Rowe Benninghoff Fiedler Lee Reese Bradford Gabler Maloney Rozzi Bernstine Fitzgerald Lewis Rigby Briggs Gainey Markosek Ryan Bizzarro Flynn Longietti Roae Brooks Galloway Marshall Sainato Boback Frankel Mackenzie Roebuck Brown Gaydos Masser Samuelson Borowicz Freeman Madden Rothman Bullock Gillen Matzie Sanchez Boyle Fritz Malagari Rowe Burgos Gillespie McCarter Sankey Bradford Gabler Maloney Rozzi Burns Gleim McClinton Sappey Briggs Gainey Markosek Ryan Caltagirone Goodman McNeill Saylor Brooks Galloway Marshall Sainato Carroll Gregory Mehaffie Schemel Brown Gaydos Masser Samuelson Causer Greiner Mentzer Schlossberg Bullock Gillen Matzie Sanchez Cephas Grove Merski Schmitt Burgos Gillespie McCarter Sankey Ciresi Hahn Metcalfe Schroeder Burns Gleim McClinton Sappey Comitta Hanbidge Metzgar Schweyer Caltagirone Goodman McNeill Saylor Conklin Harkins Mihalek Shusterman Carroll Gregory Mehaffie Schemel Cook Harrell Millard Sims Causer Greiner Mentzer Schlossberg Cox Harris Miller, B. Snyder Cephas Grove Merski Schmitt Cruz Heffley Miller, D. Solomon Ciresi Hahn Metcalfe Schroeder Culver Helm Mizgorski Sonney Comitta Hanbidge Metzgar Schweyer Cutler Hennessey Moul Staats Conklin Harkins Mihalek Shusterman Daley Hershey Mullery Struzzi Cook Harrell Millard Sims Davidson Hickernell Mullins Sturla Cox Harris Miller, B. Snyder Davis, A. Hohenstein Murt Thomas Cruz Heffley Miller, D. Solomon Davis, T. Howard Mustello Tobash Culver Helm Mizgorski Sonney Dawkins Innamorato Nelson Toepel Cutler Hennessey Moul Staats Day Irvin Nesbit Toohil Daley Hershey Mullery Struzzi Deasy Isaacson O'Mara Topper Davidson Hickernell Mullins Sturla DeLissio James O'Neal Ullman Davis, A. Hohenstein Murt Thomas Delloso Jones Oberlander Vitali Davis, T. Howard Mustello Tobash Delozier Jozwiak Ortitay Walsh Dawkins Innamorato Nelson Toepel DeLuca Kail Otten Warner Day Irvin Nesbit Toohil Dermody Kaufer Owlett Warren Deasy Isaacson O'Mara Topper Diamond Kauffman Pashinski Webster DeLissio James O'Neal Ullman DiGirolamo Keefer Peifer Wentling Delloso Jones Oberlander Vitali Donatucci Keller Petrarca Wheatley Delozier Jozwiak Ortitay Walsh Dowling Kenyatta Pickett Wheeland DeLuca Kail Otten Warner Driscoll Kim Polinchock White Dermody Kaufer Owlett Warren Dunbar Kinsey Puskaric Williams Diamond Kauffman Pashinski Webster Dush Klunk Pyle Youngblood DiGirolamo Keefer Peifer Wentling Ecker Knowles Quinn Zabel Donatucci Keller Petrarca Wheatley Emrick Kortz Rabb Zimmerman Dowling Kenyatta Pickett Wheeland Evans Kosierowski Rader Driscoll Kim Polinchock White Everett Krueger Rapp Turzai, Dunbar Kinsey Puskaric Williams Farry Kulik Ravenstahl Speaker Dush Klunk Pyle Youngblood Ecker Knowles Quinn Zabel NAYS–0 Emrick Kortz Rabb Zimmerman Evans Kosierowski Rader NOT VOTING–0 Everett Krueger Rapp Turzai, Farry Kulik Ravenstahl Speaker EXCUSED–5 NAYS–0 Kirkland Neilson Simmons Stephens Mako NOT VOTING–0
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EXCUSED–5 NAYS–0
Kirkland Neilson Simmons Stephens NOT VOTING–0 Mako EXCUSED–5
The majority having voted in the affirmative, the question was Kirkland Neilson Simmons Stephens determined in the affirmative and the resolution was adopted. Mako
* * * The majority having voted in the affirmative, the question was Ms. SHUSTERMAN called up HR 546, PN 2642, entitled: determined in the affirmative and the resolution was adopted.
A Resolution recognizing the month of November 2019 as * * * "National Dog Show Month" in Pennsylvania. Mr. READSHAW called up HR 551, PN 2647, entitled: On the question, Will the House adopt the resolution? A Resolution recognizing the week of November 16 through 24, 2019, as "Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week" in Pennsylvania. The following roll call was recorded: On the question, YEAS–198 Will the House adopt the resolution?
Barrar Fee Lawrence Readshaw The following roll call was recorded: Benninghoff Fiedler Lee Reese Bernstine Fitzgerald Lewis Rigby YEAS–198 Bizzarro Flynn Longietti Roae
Boback Frankel Mackenzie Roebuck Barrar Fee Lawrence Readshaw Borowicz Freeman Madden Rothman Benninghoff Fiedler Lee Reese Boyle Fritz Malagari Rowe Bernstine Fitzgerald Lewis Rigby Bradford Gabler Maloney Rozzi Bizzarro Flynn Longietti Roae Briggs Gainey Markosek Ryan Boback Frankel Mackenzie Roebuck Brooks Galloway Marshall Sainato Borowicz Freeman Madden Rothman Brown Gaydos Masser Samuelson Boyle Fritz Malagari Rowe Bullock Gillen Matzie Sanchez Bradford Gabler Maloney Rozzi Burgos Gillespie McCarter Sankey Briggs Gainey Markosek Ryan Burns Gleim McClinton Sappey Brooks Galloway Marshall Sainato Caltagirone Goodman McNeill Saylor Brown Gaydos Masser Samuelson Carroll Gregory Mehaffie Schemel Bullock Gillen Matzie Sanchez Causer Greiner Mentzer Schlossberg Burgos Gillespie McCarter Sankey Cephas Grove Merski Schmitt Burns Gleim McClinton Sappey Ciresi Hahn Metcalfe Schroeder Caltagirone Goodman McNeill Saylor Comitta Hanbidge Metzgar Schweyer Carroll Gregory Mehaffie Schemel Conklin Harkins Mihalek Shusterman Causer Greiner Mentzer Schlossberg Cook Harrell Millard Sims Cephas Grove Merski Schmitt Cox Harris Miller, B. Snyder Ciresi Hahn Metcalfe Schroeder Cruz Heffley Miller, D. Solomon Comitta Hanbidge Metzgar Schweyer Culver Helm Mizgorski Sonney Conklin Harkins Mihalek Shusterman Cutler Hennessey Moul Staats Cook Harrell Millard Sims Daley Hershey Mullery Struzzi Cox Harris Miller, B. Snyder Davidson Hickernell Mullins Sturla Cruz Heffley Miller, D. Solomon Davis, A. Hohenstein Murt Thomas Culver Helm Mizgorski Sonney Davis, T. Howard Mustello Tobash Cutler Hennessey Moul Staats Dawkins Innamorato Nelson Toepel Daley Hershey Mullery Struzzi Day Irvin Nesbit Toohil Davidson Hickernell Mullins Sturla Deasy Isaacson O'Mara Topper Davis, A. Hohenstein Murt Thomas DeLissio James O'Neal Ullman Davis, T. Howard Mustello Tobash Delloso Jones Oberlander Vitali Dawkins Innamorato Nelson Toepel Delozier Jozwiak Ortitay Walsh Day Irvin Nesbit Toohil DeLuca Kail Otten Warner Deasy Isaacson O'Mara Topper Dermody Kaufer Owlett Warren DeLissio James O'Neal Ullman Diamond Kauffman Pashinski Webster Delloso Jones Oberlander Vitali DiGirolamo Keefer Peifer Wentling Delozier Jozwiak Ortitay Walsh Donatucci Keller Petrarca Wheatley DeLuca Kail Otten Warner Dowling Kenyatta Pickett Wheeland Dermody Kaufer Owlett Warren Driscoll Kim Polinchock White Diamond Kauffman Pashinski Webster Dunbar Kinsey Puskaric Williams DiGirolamo Keefer Peifer Wentling Dush Klunk Pyle Youngblood Donatucci Keller Petrarca Wheatley Ecker Knowles Quinn Zabel Dowling Kenyatta Pickett Wheeland Emrick Kortz Rabb Zimmerman Driscoll Kim Polinchock White Evans Kosierowski Rader Dunbar Kinsey Puskaric Williams Everett Krueger Rapp Turzai, Dush Klunk Pyle Youngblood Farry Kulik Ravenstahl Speaker Ecker Knowles Quinn Zabel 2019 LEGISLATIVE JOURNAL—HOUSE 1855
Emrick Kortz Rabb Zimmerman DiGirolamo Keefer Peifer Wentling Evans Kosierowski Rader Donatucci Keller Petrarca Wheatley Everett Krueger Rapp Turzai, Dowling Kenyatta Pickett Wheeland Farry Kulik Ravenstahl Speaker Driscoll Kim Polinchock White Dunbar Kinsey Puskaric Williams NAYS–0 Dush Klunk Pyle Youngblood Ecker Knowles Quinn Zabel NOT VOTING–0 Emrick Kortz Rabb Zimmerman Evans Kosierowski Rader
Everett Krueger Rapp Turzai, EXCUSED–5 Farry Kulik Ravenstahl Speaker
Kirkland Neilson Simmons Stephens NAYS–0 Mako
NOT VOTING–0
The majority having voted in the affirmative, the question was EXCUSED–5 determined in the affirmative and the resolution was adopted. Kirkland Neilson Simmons Stephens * * * Mako
Ms. OBERLANDER called up HR 557, PN 2653, entitled: The majority having voted in the affirmative, the question was A Resolution designating the week of November 10 through 16, determined in the affirmative and the resolution was adopted. 2019, as "Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease Awareness Week" in Pennsylvania. * * *
On the question, Mr. PASHINSKI called up HR 561, PN 2663, entitled: Will the House adopt the resolution? A Resolution recognizing November 3, 2019, as "One Health Day" The following roll call was recorded: in Pennsylvania.
YEAS–198 On the question, Will the House adopt the resolution? Barrar Fee Lawrence Readshaw Benninghoff Fiedler Lee Reese The following roll call was recorded: Bernstine Fitzgerald Lewis Rigby Bizzarro Flynn Longietti Roae Boback Frankel Mackenzie Roebuck YEAS–196 Borowicz Freeman Madden Rothman Boyle Fritz Malagari Rowe Barrar Fee Lawrence Readshaw Bradford Gabler Maloney Rozzi Benninghoff Fiedler Lee Reese Briggs Gainey Markosek Ryan Bernstine Fitzgerald Lewis Rigby Brooks Galloway Marshall Sainato Bizzarro Flynn Longietti Roae Brown Gaydos Masser Samuelson Boback Frankel Mackenzie Roebuck Bullock Gillen Matzie Sanchez Borowicz Freeman Madden Rothman Burgos Gillespie McCarter Sankey Boyle Fritz Malagari Rowe Burns Gleim McClinton Sappey Bradford Gabler Maloney Rozzi Caltagirone Goodman McNeill Saylor Briggs Gainey Markosek Ryan Carroll Gregory Mehaffie Schemel Brooks Galloway Marshall Sainato Causer Greiner Mentzer Schlossberg Brown Gaydos Masser Samuelson Cephas Grove Merski Schmitt Bullock Gillen Matzie Sanchez Ciresi Hahn Metcalfe Schroeder Burgos Gillespie McCarter Sankey Comitta Hanbidge Metzgar Schweyer Burns Gleim McClinton Sappey Conklin Harkins Mihalek Shusterman Caltagirone Goodman McNeill Saylor Cook Harrell Millard Sims Carroll Gregory Mehaffie Schemel Cox Harris Miller, B. Snyder Causer Greiner Mentzer Schlossberg Cruz Heffley Miller, D. Solomon Cephas Grove Merski Schmitt Culver Helm Mizgorski Sonney Ciresi Hahn Metcalfe Schroeder Cutler Hennessey Moul Staats Comitta Hanbidge Metzgar Schweyer Daley Hershey Mullery Struzzi Conklin Harkins Mihalek Shusterman Davidson Hickernell Mullins Sturla Cook Harrell Millard Sims Davis, A. Hohenstein Murt Thomas Cox Harris Miller, B. Snyder Davis, T. Howard Mustello Tobash Cruz Heffley Miller, D. Solomon Dawkins Innamorato Nelson Toepel Culver Helm Mizgorski Sonney Day Irvin Nesbit Toohil Cutler Hennessey Moul Staats Deasy Isaacson O'Mara Topper Daley Hershey Mullery Struzzi DeLissio James O'Neal Ullman Davidson Hickernell Mullins Sturla Delloso Jones Oberlander Vitali Davis, A. Hohenstein Murt Thomas Delozier Jozwiak Ortitay Walsh Davis, T. Howard Mustello Tobash DeLuca Kail Otten Warner Dawkins Innamorato Nelson Toepel Dermody Kaufer Owlett Warren Day Irvin Nesbit Topper Diamond Kauffman Pashinski Webster Deasy Isaacson O'Mara Ullman
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DeLissio James O'Neal Vitali Culver Helm Mizgorski Sonney Delloso Jones Ortitay Walsh Cutler Hennessey Moul Staats Delozier Jozwiak Otten Warner Daley Hershey Mullery Struzzi DeLuca Kail Owlett Warren Davidson Hickernell Mullins Sturla Dermody Kaufer Pashinski Webster Davis, A. Hohenstein Murt Thomas Diamond Kauffman Peifer Wentling Davis, T. Howard Mustello Tobash DiGirolamo Keefer Petrarca Wheatley Dawkins Innamorato Nelson Toepel Donatucci Keller Pickett Wheeland Day Irvin Nesbit Toohil Dowling Kenyatta Polinchock White Deasy Isaacson O'Mara Topper Driscoll Kim Puskaric Williams DeLissio James O'Neal Ullman Dunbar Kinsey Pyle Youngblood Delloso Jones Oberlander Vitali Dush Klunk Quinn Zabel Delozier Jozwiak Ortitay Walsh Ecker Knowles Rabb Zimmerman DeLuca Kail Otten Warner Emrick Kortz Rader Dermody Kaufer Owlett Warren Evans Kosierowski Rapp Turzai, Diamond Kauffman Pashinski Webster Everett Krueger Ravenstahl Speaker DiGirolamo Keefer Peifer Wentling Farry Kulik Donatucci Keller Petrarca Wheatley Dowling Kenyatta Pickett Wheeland NAYS–0 Driscoll Kim Polinchock White Dunbar Kinsey Puskaric Williams NOT VOTING–2 Dush Klunk Pyle Youngblood Ecker Knowles Quinn Zabel
Emrick Kortz Rabb Zimmerman Oberlander Toohil Evans Kosierowski Rader
Everett Krueger Rapp Turzai, EXCUSED–5 Farry Kulik Ravenstahl Speaker
Kirkland Neilson Simmons Stephens NAYS–0 Mako
NOT VOTING–0
The majority having voted in the affirmative, the question was EXCUSED–5 determined in the affirmative and the resolution was adopted. Kirkland Neilson Simmons Stephens * * * Mako
Mr. DAY called up HR 564, PN 2666, entitled: The majority having voted in the affirmative, the question was A Resolution designating October 22, 2019, as "Vincent Neil determined in the affirmative and the resolution was adopted. DiRenzo Day" in Pennsylvania in memory of a native son who identified Cuban-based Soviet nuclear missiles in October 1962. * * *
On the question, Mr. MATZIE called up HR 566, PN 2715, entitled: Will the House adopt the resolution? A Resolution designating the month of November 2019 as The following roll call was recorded: "Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month" in Pennsylvania.
YEAS–198 On the question, Will the House adopt the resolution? Barrar Fee Lawrence Readshaw Benninghoff Fiedler Lee Reese The following roll call was recorded: Bernstine Fitzgerald Lewis Rigby Bizzarro Flynn Longietti Roae Boback Frankel Mackenzie Roebuck YEAS–198 Borowicz Freeman Madden Rothman Boyle Fritz Malagari Rowe Barrar Fee Lawrence Readshaw Bradford Gabler Maloney Rozzi Benninghoff Fiedler Lee Reese Briggs Gainey Markosek Ryan Bernstine Fitzgerald Lewis Rigby Brooks Galloway Marshall Sainato Bizzarro Flynn Longietti Roae Brown Gaydos Masser Samuelson Boback Frankel Mackenzie Roebuck Bullock Gillen Matzie Sanchez Borowicz Freeman Madden Rothman Burgos Gillespie McCarter Sankey Boyle Fritz Malagari Rowe Burns Gleim McClinton Sappey Bradford Gabler Maloney Rozzi Caltagirone Goodman McNeill Saylor Briggs Gainey Markosek Ryan Carroll Gregory Mehaffie Schemel Brooks Galloway Marshall Sainato Causer Greiner Mentzer Schlossberg Brown Gaydos Masser Samuelson Cephas Grove Merski Schmitt Bullock Gillen Matzie Sanchez Ciresi Hahn Metcalfe Schroeder Burgos Gillespie McCarter Sankey Comitta Hanbidge Metzgar Schweyer Burns Gleim McClinton Sappey Conklin Harkins Mihalek Shusterman Caltagirone Goodman McNeill Saylor Cook Harrell Millard Sims Carroll Gregory Mehaffie Schemel Cox Harris Miller, B. Snyder Causer Greiner Mentzer Schlossberg Cruz Heffley Miller, D. Solomon Cephas Grove Merski Schmitt Ciresi Hahn Metcalfe Schroeder 2019 LEGISLATIVE JOURNAL—HOUSE 1857
Comitta Hanbidge Metzgar Schweyer Caltagirone Goodman McNeill Saylor Conklin Harkins Mihalek Shusterman Carroll Gregory Mehaffie Schemel Cook Harrell Millard Sims Causer Greiner Mentzer Schlossberg Cox Harris Miller, B. Snyder Cephas Grove Merski Schmitt Cruz Heffley Miller, D. Solomon Ciresi Hahn Metcalfe Schroeder Culver Helm Mizgorski Sonney Comitta Hanbidge Metzgar Schweyer Cutler Hennessey Moul Staats Conklin Harkins Mihalek Shusterman Daley Hershey Mullery Struzzi Cook Harrell Millard Sims Davidson Hickernell Mullins Sturla Cox Harris Miller, B. Snyder Davis, A. Hohenstein Murt Thomas Cruz Heffley Miller, D. Solomon Davis, T. Howard Mustello Tobash Culver Helm Mizgorski Sonney Dawkins Innamorato Nelson Toepel Cutler Hennessey Moul Staats Day Irvin Nesbit Toohil Daley Hershey Mullery Struzzi Deasy Isaacson O'Mara Topper Davidson Hickernell Mullins Sturla DeLissio James O'Neal Ullman Davis, A. Hohenstein Murt Thomas Delloso Jones Oberlander Vitali Davis, T. Howard Mustello Tobash Delozier Jozwiak Ortitay Walsh Dawkins Innamorato Nelson Toepel DeLuca Kail Otten Warner Day Irvin Nesbit Toohil Dermody Kaufer Owlett Warren Deasy Isaacson O'Mara Topper Diamond Kauffman Pashinski Webster DeLissio James O'Neal Ullman DiGirolamo Keefer Peifer Wentling Delloso Jones Oberlander Vitali Donatucci Keller Petrarca Wheatley Delozier Jozwiak Ortitay Walsh Dowling Kenyatta Pickett Wheeland DeLuca Kail Otten Warner Driscoll Kim Polinchock White Dermody Kaufer Owlett Warren Dunbar Kinsey Puskaric Williams Diamond Kauffman Pashinski Webster Dush Klunk Pyle Youngblood DiGirolamo Keefer Peifer Wentling Ecker Knowles Quinn Zabel Donatucci Keller Petrarca Wheatley Emrick Kortz Rabb Zimmerman Dowling Kenyatta Pickett Wheeland Evans Kosierowski Rader Driscoll Kim Polinchock White Everett Krueger Rapp Turzai, Dunbar Kinsey Puskaric Williams Farry Kulik Ravenstahl Speaker Dush Klunk Pyle Youngblood Ecker Knowles Quinn Zabel NAYS–0 Emrick Kortz Rabb Zimmerman Evans Kosierowski Rader NOT VOTING–0 Everett Krueger Rapp Turzai, Farry Kulik Ravenstahl Speaker
EXCUSED–5 NAYS–0
Kirkland Neilson Simmons Stephens Mako NOT VOTING–0
EXCUSED–5
The majority having voted in the affirmative, the question was Kirkland Neilson Simmons Stephens determined in the affirmative and the resolution was adopted. Mako
* * * The majority having voted in the affirmative, the question was Mr. BIZZARRO called up HR 570, PN 2718, entitled: determined in the affirmative and the resolution was adopted.
A Resolution recognizing the month of November 2019 as * * * "National Epilepsy Awareness Month" in Pennsylvania.
On the question, Ms. BOBACK called up HR 572, PN 2708, entitled:
Will the House adopt the resolution? A Resolution recognizing November 23, 2019, as "National Adoption Day" in Pennsylvania. The following roll call was recorded: On the question, YEAS–198 Will the House adopt the resolution?
Barrar Fee Lawrence Readshaw The following roll call was recorded: Benninghoff Fiedler Lee Reese Bernstine Fitzgerald Lewis Rigby Bizzarro Flynn Longietti Roae YEAS–198 Boback Frankel Mackenzie Roebuck Borowicz Freeman Madden Rothman Barrar Fee Lawrence Readshaw Boyle Fritz Malagari Rowe Benninghoff Fiedler Lee Reese Bradford Gabler Maloney Rozzi Bernstine Fitzgerald Lewis Rigby Briggs Gainey Markosek Ryan Bizzarro Flynn Longietti Roae Brooks Galloway Marshall Sainato Boback Frankel Mackenzie Roebuck Brown Gaydos Masser Samuelson Borowicz Freeman Madden Rothman Bullock Gillen Matzie Sanchez Boyle Fritz Malagari Rowe Burgos Gillespie McCarter Sankey Bradford Gabler Maloney Rozzi Burns Gleim McClinton Sappey Briggs Gainey Markosek Ryan 1858 LEGISLATIVE JOURNAL—HOUSE NOVEMBER 19
Brooks Galloway Marshall Sainato Boback Frankel Madden Rothman Brown Gaydos Masser Samuelson Borowicz Freeman Malagari Rowe Bullock Gillen Matzie Sanchez Boyle Fritz Maloney Rozzi Burgos Gillespie McCarter Sankey Bradford Gabler Markosek Ryan Burns Gleim McClinton Sappey Briggs Gainey Marshall Sainato Caltagirone Goodman McNeill Saylor Brooks Galloway Masser Samuelson Carroll Gregory Mehaffie Schemel Brown Gaydos Matzie Sanchez Causer Greiner Mentzer Schlossberg Bullock Gillen McCarter Sankey Cephas Grove Merski Schmitt Burgos Gillespie McClinton Sappey Ciresi Hahn Metcalfe Schroeder Burns Gleim McNeill Saylor Comitta Hanbidge Metzgar Schweyer Caltagirone Goodman Mehaffie Schemel Conklin Harkins Mihalek Shusterman Carroll Gregory Mentzer Schlossberg Cook Harrell Millard Sims Causer Greiner Merski Schmitt Cox Harris Miller, B. Snyder Cephas Grove Metcalfe Schroeder Cruz Heffley Miller, D. Solomon Ciresi Hahn Metzgar Schweyer Culver Helm Mizgorski Sonney Comitta Hanbidge Mihalek Shusterman Cutler Hennessey Moul Staats Conklin Harkins Millard Sims Daley Hershey Mullery Struzzi Cook Harrell Miller, B. Snyder Davidson Hickernell Mullins Sturla Cox Harris Miller, D. Solomon Davis, A. Hohenstein Murt Thomas Cruz Heffley Mizgorski Sonney Davis, T. Howard Mustello Tobash Culver Helm Moul Staats Dawkins Innamorato Nelson Toepel Cutler Hennessey Mullery Struzzi Day Irvin Nesbit Toohil Daley Hershey Mullins Sturla Deasy Isaacson O'Mara Topper Davidson Hickernell Murt Thomas DeLissio James O'Neal Ullman Davis, A. Hohenstein Mustello Tobash Delloso Jones Oberlander Vitali Davis, T. Innamorato Nelson Toepel Delozier Jozwiak Ortitay Walsh Dawkins Irvin Nesbit Toohil DeLuca Kail Otten Warner Day Isaacson O'Mara Topper Dermody Kaufer Owlett Warren Deasy James O'Neal Ullman Diamond Kauffman Pashinski Webster DeLissio Jones Oberlander Vitali DiGirolamo Keefer Peifer Wentling Delloso Jozwiak Ortitay Walsh Donatucci Keller Petrarca Wheatley Delozier Kail Otten Warner Dowling Kenyatta Pickett Wheeland DeLuca Kaufer Owlett Warren Driscoll Kim Polinchock White Dermody Kauffman Pashinski Webster Dunbar Kinsey Puskaric Williams Diamond Keefer Peifer Wentling Dush Klunk Pyle Youngblood DiGirolamo Keller Petrarca Wheatley Ecker Knowles Quinn Zabel Donatucci Kenyatta Pickett Wheeland Emrick Kortz Rabb Zimmerman Dowling Kim Polinchock White Evans Kosierowski Rader Driscoll Kinsey Puskaric Williams Everett Krueger Rapp Turzai, Dunbar Klunk Pyle Youngblood Farry Kulik Ravenstahl Speaker Dush Knowles Quinn Zabel Ecker Kortz Rabb Zimmerman NAYS–0 Emrick Kosierowski Rader Evans Krueger Rapp Turzai, NOT VOTING–0 Everett Kulik Ravenstahl Speaker Farry Lawrence Readshaw
EXCUSED–5 NAYS–0
Kirkland Neilson Simmons Stephens Mako NOT VOTING–1
Howard
The majority having voted in the affirmative, the question was EXCUSED–5 determined in the affirmative and the resolution was adopted. Kirkland Neilson Simmons Stephens * * * Mako
Ms. DELOZIER called up HR 580, PN 2726, entitled: The majority having voted in the affirmative, the question was A Resolution designating the month of October 2019 as "Sudden determined in the affirmative and the resolution was adopted. Cardiac Arrest Awareness Month" in Pennsylvania. * * * On the question, Will the House adopt the resolution? Mrs. BULLOCK called up HR 581, PN 2749, entitled:
The following roll call was recorded: A Resolution recognizing the week of October 20 through 26, 2019, as "National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week" in Pennsylvania. YEAS–197 On the question, Barrar Fee Lee Reese Will the House adopt the resolution? Benninghoff Fiedler Lewis Rigby Bernstine Fitzgerald Longietti Roae Bizzarro Flynn Mackenzie Roebuck 2019 LEGISLATIVE JOURNAL—HOUSE 1859
The following roll call was recorded: Mr. MULLINS called up HR 595, PN 2793, entitled:
YEAS–198 A Resolution designating the month of November 2019 as "Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Awareness Month" in Pennsylvania.
Barrar Fee Lawrence Readshaw Benninghoff Fiedler Lee Reese On the question, Bernstine Fitzgerald Lewis Rigby Will the House adopt the resolution? Bizzarro Flynn Longietti Roae Boback Frankel Mackenzie Roebuck Borowicz Freeman Madden Rothman The following roll call was recorded: Boyle Fritz Malagari Rowe Bradford Gabler Maloney Rozzi YEAS–198 Briggs Gainey Markosek Ryan Brooks Galloway Marshall Sainato Barrar Fee Lawrence Readshaw Brown Gaydos Masser Samuelson Benninghoff Fiedler Lee Reese Bullock Gillen Matzie Sanchez Bernstine Fitzgerald Lewis Rigby Burgos Gillespie McCarter Sankey Bizzarro Flynn Longietti Roae Burns Gleim McClinton Sappey Boback Frankel Mackenzie Roebuck Caltagirone Goodman McNeill Saylor Borowicz Freeman Madden Rothman Carroll Gregory Mehaffie Schemel Boyle Fritz Malagari Rowe Causer Greiner Mentzer Schlossberg Bradford Gabler Maloney Rozzi Cephas Grove Merski Schmitt Briggs Gainey Markosek Ryan Ciresi Hahn Metcalfe Schroeder Brooks Galloway Marshall Sainato Comitta Hanbidge Metzgar Schweyer Brown Gaydos Masser Samuelson Conklin Harkins Mihalek Shusterman Bullock Gillen Matzie Sanchez Cook Harrell Millard Sims Burgos Gillespie McCarter Sankey Cox Harris Miller, B. Snyder Burns Gleim McClinton Sappey Cruz Heffley Miller, D. Solomon Caltagirone Goodman McNeill Saylor Culver Helm Mizgorski Sonney Carroll Gregory Mehaffie Schemel Cutler Hennessey Moul Staats Causer Greiner Mentzer Schlossberg Daley Hershey Mullery Struzzi Cephas Grove Merski Schmitt Davidson Hickernell Mullins Sturla Ciresi Hahn Metcalfe Schroeder Davis, A. Hohenstein Murt Thomas Comitta Hanbidge Metzgar Schweyer Davis, T. Howard Mustello Tobash Conklin Harkins Mihalek Shusterman Dawkins Innamorato Nelson Toepel Cook Harrell Millard Sims Day Irvin Nesbit Toohil Cox Harris Miller, B. Snyder Deasy Isaacson O'Mara Topper Cruz Heffley Miller, D. Solomon DeLissio James O'Neal Ullman Culver Helm Mizgorski Sonney Delloso Jones Oberlander Vitali Cutler Hennessey Moul Staats Delozier Jozwiak Ortitay Walsh Daley Hershey Mullery Struzzi DeLuca Kail Otten Warner Davidson Hickernell Mullins Sturla Dermody Kaufer Owlett Warren Davis, A. Hohenstein Murt Thomas Diamond Kauffman Pashinski Webster Davis, T. Howard Mustello Tobash DiGirolamo Keefer Peifer Wentling Dawkins Innamorato Nelson Toepel Donatucci Keller Petrarca Wheatley Day Irvin Nesbit Toohil Dowling Kenyatta Pickett Wheeland Deasy Isaacson O'Mara Topper Driscoll Kim Polinchock White DeLissio James O'Neal Ullman Dunbar Kinsey Puskaric Williams Delloso Jones Oberlander Vitali Dush Klunk Pyle Youngblood Delozier Jozwiak Ortitay Walsh Ecker Knowles Quinn Zabel DeLuca Kail Otten Warner Emrick Kortz Rabb Zimmerman Dermody Kaufer Owlett Warren Evans Kosierowski Rader Diamond Kauffman Pashinski Webster Everett Krueger Rapp Turzai, DiGirolamo Keefer Peifer Wentling Farry Kulik Ravenstahl Speaker Donatucci Keller Petrarca Wheatley Dowling Kenyatta Pickett Wheeland NAYS–0 Driscoll Kim Polinchock White Dunbar Kinsey Puskaric Williams NOT VOTING–0 Dush Klunk Pyle Youngblood Ecker Knowles Quinn Zabel EXCUSED–5 Emrick Kortz Rabb Zimmerman Evans Kosierowski Rader
Everett Krueger Rapp Turzai, Kirkland Neilson Simmons Stephens Farry Kulik Ravenstahl Speaker Mako
NAYS–0
The majority having voted in the affirmative, the question was NOT VOTING–0 determined in the affirmative and the resolution was adopted. EXCUSED–5 * * * Kirkland Neilson Simmons Stephens Mako
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The majority having voted in the affirmative, the question was The following roll call was recorded: determined in the affirmative and the resolution was adopted. YEAS–198 * * * Barrar Fee Lawrence Readshaw Benninghoff Fiedler Lee Reese Ms. HAHN called up HR 507, PN 2748, entitled: Bernstine Fitzgerald Lewis Rigby Bizzarro Flynn Longietti Roae A Resolution directing the Legislative Budget and Finance Boback Frankel Mackenzie Roebuck Committee to conduct a study and issue a report analyzing the current Borowicz Freeman Madden Rothman Pennsylvania health and human services hotlines and their cost to the Boyle Fritz Malagari Rowe Commonwealth. Bradford Gabler Maloney Rozzi Briggs Gainey Markosek Ryan On the question, Brooks Galloway Marshall Sainato Will the House adopt the resolution? Brown Gaydos Masser Samuelson Bullock Gillen Matzie Sanchez Burgos Gillespie McCarter Sankey Ms. HAHN offered the following amendment No. A03703: Burns Gleim McClinton Sappey Caltagirone Goodman McNeill Saylor Amend Resolution, page 2, line 9, by striking out Carroll Gregory Mehaffie Schemel "IMPLEMENTATION" and inserting Causer Greiner Mentzer Schlossberg Cephas Grove Merski Schmitt adoption Ciresi Hahn Metcalfe Schroeder Amend Resolution, page 2, line 14, by striking out all of said line Comitta Hanbidge Metzgar Schweyer and inserting Conklin Harkins Mihalek Shusterman Finance Committee all of the following: Cook Harrell Millard Sims (1) The list of hotlines that are in full or in Cox Harris Miller, B. Snyder Amend Resolution, page 2, line 17, by striking out Cruz Heffley Miller, D. Solomon "COMMONWEALTH; AND BE IT FURTHER" and inserting Culver Helm Mizgorski Sonney Commonwealth. Cutler Hennessey Moul Staats Daley Hershey Mullery Struzzi (2) The hotlines contracted with other businesses or Davidson Hickernell Mullins Sturla organizations within this Commonwealth that provide health Davis, A. Hohenstein Murt Thomas and human services information to residents of this Davis, T. Howard Mustello Tobash Commonwealth. Dawkins Innamorato Nelson Toepel (3) The services provided by the hotlines; Day Irvin Nesbit Toohil and be it further Deasy Isaacson O'Mara Topper Amend Resolution, page 2, by inserting between lines 23 and 24 DeLissio James O'Neal Ullman RESOLVED, That the study include an analysis of the value of Delloso Jones Oberlander Vitali Delozier Jozwiak Ortitay Walsh information provided by each hotline as maintained by the Department DeLuca Kail Otten Warner of Health, Department of Human Services, Department of Aging, Dermody Kaufer Owlett Warren Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs, Pennsylvania Housing Diamond Kauffman Pashinski Webster Finance Agency and Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, DiGirolamo Keefer Peifer Wentling including, but not limited to, all of the following: Donatucci Keller Petrarca Wheatley (1) The disposition of calls. Dowling Kenyatta Pickett Wheeland (2) The subject matter of calls. Driscoll Kim Polinchock White (3) The wait times of calls. Dunbar Kinsey Puskaric Williams Dush Klunk Pyle Youngblood (4) The volume of calls. Ecker Knowles Quinn Zabel (5) Where the calls originated. Emrick Kortz Rabb Zimmerman (6) Whether each hotline provides an opportunity for Evans Kosierowski Rader customer feedback in the form of a survey or call-back; Everett Krueger Rapp Turzai, and be it further Farry Kulik Ravenstahl Speaker Amend Resolution, page 3, by inserting between lines 5 and 6 RESOLVED, That a hotline under this resolution include a call NAYS–0 that is live answered or a call that uses an interactive voice response to direct the caller to a staff person who answers the call within the NOT VOTING–0 operating hours of the hotline with the goal of identifying appropriate services to address the caller's needs; and be it further EXCUSED–5
Kirkland Neilson Simmons Stephens On the question, Mako Will the House agree to the amendment?
The SPEAKER. So, Representative Hahn, on the amendment, The majority having voted in the affirmative, the question was please. determined in the affirmative and the amendment was agreed to. Ms. HAHN. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The amendment defines the term "hotline" and was asked to On the question, be put in the bill, and I am asking for an affirmative vote. Will the House adopt the resolution as amended?
On the question recurring, Will the House agree to the amendment? 2019 LEGISLATIVE JOURNAL—HOUSE 1861
The SPEAKER. We have amended the resolution. I know The majority having voted in the affirmative, the question was your printer's number is not going to reflect the change by the determined in the affirmative and the resolution as amended was amendment. It is a resolution. We are going to vote the resolution adopted. as amended. The SPEAKER. Now, there are no further votes today. On the question recurring, However, we are having members speak on resolutions, and let Will the House adopt the resolution as amended? me give you the order, and of course, I will remain on the floor for these speakers: Representative Hill-Evans will start on The following roll call was recorded: HR 537. She will be followed by Representative Hahn on HR 507, Representative Oberlander on HR 557, Representative YEAS–198 Pashinski on HR 561, Representative Boback on HR 572, Representative Delozier on HR 580, and Representative Mullins Barrar Fee Lawrence Readshaw on HR 595. Benninghoff Fiedler Lee Reese Bernstine Fitzgerald Lewis Rigby Bizzarro Flynn Longietti Roae AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS Boback Frankel Mackenzie Roebuck Borowicz Freeman Madden Rothman COMMITTEE MEETING Boyle Fritz Malagari Rowe Bradford Gabler Maloney Rozzi The SPEAKER. I have a committee announcement. Chairman Briggs Gainey Markosek Ryan Marty Causer of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee, Brooks Galloway Marshall Sainato Brown Gaydos Masser Samuelson please, your announcement, sir. Bullock Gillen Matzie Sanchez Mr. CAUSER. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Burgos Gillespie McCarter Sankey Mr. Speaker, the Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee is Burns Gleim McClinton Sappey having a meeting tomorrow at 9 a.m. in the majority caucus room, Caltagirone Goodman McNeill Saylor Carroll Gregory Mehaffie Schemel room 140, Main Capitol. We will be voting on HR 605, HR 605, Causer Greiner Mentzer Schlossberg and then we will have an informational meeting after that. Cephas Grove Merski Schmitt So tomorrow at 9 a.m. in the majority caucus room. Ciresi Hahn Metcalfe Schroeder Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Comitta Hanbidge Metzgar Schweyer Conklin Harkins Mihalek Shusterman The SPEAKER. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Cook Harrell Millard Sims The Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee is having a Cox Harris Miller, B. Snyder meeting tomorrow at 9 a.m. in the majority caucus room, room Cruz Heffley Miller, D. Solomon 140, Main Capitol. Culver Helm Mizgorski Sonney Cutler Hennessey Moul Staats Daley Hershey Mullery Struzzi CHILDREN AND YOUTH Davidson Hickernell Mullins Sturla Davis, A. Hohenstein Murt Thomas COMMITTEE MEETING Davis, T. Howard Mustello Tobash Dawkins Innamorato Nelson Toepel The SPEAKER. Our chair of the Children and Youth Day Irvin Nesbit Toohil Committee, Representative Karen Boback, the House Deasy Isaacson O'Mara Topper DeLissio James O'Neal Ullman chairwoman of the Children and Youth Committee, for a Delloso Jones Oberlander Vitali committee announcement. Delozier Jozwiak Ortitay Walsh Ms. BOBACK. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. DeLuca Kail Otten Warner I want to remind everyone that tomorrow Children and Youth Dermody Kaufer Owlett Warren Diamond Kauffman Pashinski Webster has a voting meeting at 9:30 in B-31. Voting meeting tomorrow, DiGirolamo Keefer Peifer Wentling 9:30, B-31. Donatucci Keller Petrarca Wheatley Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Dowling Kenyatta Pickett Wheeland The SPEAKER. Thank you, Madam Chair. Driscoll Kim Polinchock White Dunbar Kinsey Puskaric Williams Children and Youth has a voting meeting tomorrow at Dush Klunk Pyle Youngblood 9:30 a.m. in B-31. Ecker Knowles Quinn Zabel Emrick Kortz Rabb Zimmerman Representative Rothman is going to speak on HR 424, after Evans Kosierowski Rader Everett Krueger Rapp Turzai, Representative Mullins; Representative Wheatley, on HR 434; Farry Kulik Ravenstahl Speaker Representative Shusterman, on HR 546; and Representative Day, on HR 564. NAYS–0 Members, I am going to ask you to take your seats. These members are entitled to be heard. NOT VOTING–0 I am going to begin with Representative Carol Hill-Evans on
HR 537. EXCUSED–5 I am going to ask each speaker on a resolution to limit their Kirkland Neilson Simmons Stephens remarks to 3 minutes. It is not in the rules. I cannot enforce it. But Mako I would just ask you, as a matter of respect for the other speakers, that we limit our remarks to 3 minutes.
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STATEMENT BY MRS. EVANS Ms. HAHN. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. HR 507 would direct the Legislative Budget and Finance The SPEAKER. Representative Hill-Evans. Committee to conduct a study and issue a report analyzing the Mrs. EVANS. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. cost-effectiveness and overall utility of our various Cigarettes kill 480,000 Americans every year, and more than Commonwealth agency hotlines. Right now we operate hotlines 16 million Americans live with a smoking-related disease. for the Department of Aging, Department of Drug and Alcohol Between the increased risks of heart disease, stroke, and various programs, Department of Health, and Department of Human cancers and lung diseases, tobacco use remains the most Services. These hotlines are meant to help Pennsylvanians get the preventable cause of death in the United States. As a result, these information they need to take advantage of the various programs products cost our society more than $300 billion every year, available to them. including more than $170 billion in direct health-care costs and This study would simply take stock of our existing hotlines more than $156 billion lost from lack of productivity. and identify areas of which there are redundancies or Nationally, the Great American Smokeout started from an opportunities for improvement. It is possible that there are event in 1970 that called for one day of no smoking and the funds overlaps in services. It is also possible that these hotlines could used to buy cigarettes would be donated to a local high school be working better for the people we represent. The fact is that we scholarship fund in Massachusetts by Arthur Mullaney. From do not presently know, hence why such a study is so important. there, events throughout the nation began that included With this analysis, we can garner, number one, the number of Minnesota and California. Then local communities led smoke- hotlines currently in operation; two, the operating hours of each free advocacy efforts, and legislation through local governments hotline; three, the contact options for each hotline, such as started to take hold, placing smoking restrictions in certain public whether the hotlines have corresponding Web pages or mobile places like the workplace. apps; and four, the cost to the Commonwealth to maintain each Every year, on the third Thursday of November – this year of hotline. which happens to be my birthday – the American Cancer Society These hotlines are taxpayer-funded, which means that the hosts the Great American Smokeout Day, which is used to people of Pennsylvania are paying for them. Let us make sure encourage tobacco users to quit. Quitting this addiction may be a they are getting their money's worth. difficult battle, but the benefits are well worth it when you can Thank you for the unanimous vote on HR 507. lower your risk for lung cancer and other diseases, including Thank you, Mr. Speaker. respiratory issues and also eliminate secondhand smoke exposure The SPEAKER. Thank you, Representative Hahn. to your family and friends. On this day, we take time to recognize the health risks posed STATEMENT BY MS. OBERLANDER by these products. This year, this day is celebrated on November 21. It is in this spirit that I ask each of you to give me that birthday The SPEAKER. Representative Donna Oberlander, the gift, for your support to recognize that day as "The Great majority caucus Policy chair, is speaking on HR 557. American Smokeout Day" in Pennsylvania. Ms. OBERLANDER. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. We need to educate the public about the truly harmful effects I wish to thank the members for their unanimous support of tobacco can have on an individual's health and society at large. HR 557, which names November 10 through 16 as "Diabetes and Encourage your loved ones and friends to quit, and give them Cardiovascular Disease Awareness Week." November is your full support. It could be the first step that leads them to a National Diabetes Month, and I wanted to share for a moment the healthier and happier lifestyle. reason why it is so important that we name the week "Diabetes Thank you, Mr. Speaker. and Cardiovascular Disease Awareness Week" during the month The SPEAKER. Thank you, Representative. of diabetes awareness. Approximately 1.4 million Pennsylvanians have diabetes. VOTE CORRECTION There are another 3.5 million who are prediabetic. The connection and the link between diabetes and cardiovascular The SPEAKER. Representative Oberlander, for the record; disease is medically proven. Those with diabetes are more likely Representative Oberlander, for the record. to develop heart disease and have a greater chance of a heart Ms. OBERLANDER. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. attack or a stroke. Over time, high blood glucose from diabetes I was not recorded on HR 561. I would like to be recorded in can damage your blood vessels and the nerves that control your the affirmative. heart. Adults with diabetes are nearly twice as likely to die from Thank you, Mr. Speaker. heart disease or stroke as people without. The SPEAKER. Thank you, Madam Chair. But there is good news, and this is the reason why we want to grow the awareness of this connection. There is good news in that STATEMENT BY MS. HAHN if you take steps to manage your diabetes, you will also lower your chances of heart disease and stroke. You can manage your The SPEAKER. Representative Marcia Hahn is recognized to A1C, your blood pressure, and your cholesterol levels; you can speak on HR 507. develop and maintain healthy lifestyle habits; you can learn ways I would ask members to please give her the courtesy of being to manage your stress; you can stay on top of your medication heard. and make sure that you take it; and you can stop smoking and using tobacco products.
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Mr. Speaker, I am very thankful that our members also share Ms. BOBACK. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. this concern and want to grow awareness as well. HR 572 recognizes November 23, 2019, as "National Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Adoption Day" in Pennsylvania and shines a special spotlight on The SPEAKER. Thank you, Madam Chair. the more than 2,500 children in this Commonwealth who are currently waiting to be adopted. Adoption provides children with VOTE CORRECTION a lifetime connection to a family, which profoundly changes the course of a child's life, offering them stability, security, love, and The SPEAKER. For the record, we are going to do a record endless opportunities. correction. Representative Tarah Toohil will go right now. Thank In recognizing November 23 as "National Adoption Day," we you. join the rest of the United States in a collective national effort to Ms. TOOHIL. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. raise awareness of the more than 120,000 children across this On HR 561 my button failed to record a vote. I am requesting country who are awaiting adoption. Similarly, we recognize the that I be recorded in the affirmative. tireless commitment of adoption agencies and foster programs in The SPEAKER. Thank you, Representative. advocating for the needs of these children. Last year there were 4,000 children who had their adoptions finalized on the Saturday before Thanksgiving, in observance of STATEMENT BY MR. PASHINSKI "National Adoption Day." They joined nearly 70,000 children whose adoptions have marked the occasion since the holiday's The SPEAKER. Representative Eddie Day Pashinski, on inception in the year 2000. HR 561. All children need love and support to grow to their fullest Mr. PASHINSKI. Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. potential, and all families deserve the opportunity to open their And thank you to my colleagues for your support for HR 561, hearts to the love of a child. Thank you for joining me in designating November 3, 2019, as "One Health Day," which I am recognizing November 23 as "National Adoption Day." pleased to cosponsor with my good friend and fellow Agriculture Thank you, Mr. Speaker and Rural Affairs Committee chairman, Marty Causer. The SPEAKER. Thank you, Madam Chair. One Health Day is celebrated around the world each year to highlight and raise awareness about the One Health concept: the idea that health of humans, animals, plants, and the environment STATEMENT BY MS. DELOZIER are closely linked. This concept is especially important to recognize in Pennsylvania, where our illustrious agricultural The SPEAKER. Representative Sheryl Delozier is recognized heritage has grown into a robust agricultural economy, to speak on HR 580. generating over $135 billion every year. Clearly, the health of our Ms. DELOZIER. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. society and economy depend on the health of our people, our I appreciate the opportunity to talk about why we need to plants, our animals, and the environment in which we all live. A recognize "Cardiac Arrest Awareness Month." More than threat to any one of these is a threat to all, which is why One 350,000 people in America die each year as a result of sudden Health approach brings together experts from multiple fields to cardiac arrest. That is one life claimed every 90 seconds. Among address the shared health treatment of humans, animals, and our the victims, there are children, a majority of whom have environment. This approach is being increasingly accepted by detectable and treatable heart conditions that were undiagnosed numerous major health-oriented organizations, like the World because well-child visits with our doctors and with sports Health Organization and American Public Health. physicals have limited scope. Sudden cardiac arrest is not a heart Here in the Commonwealth, we also recognize how serious attack. A heart attack is caused by impeded blood flow, while this issue is and have established the One Health Task Force that sudden cardiac arrest is a structural or electrical problem, usually is diligently working to broaden the collaborative actions of the stemming from an undetected heart condition. Commonwealth agencies and the diverse groups of partners Automated external defibrillators, as we know them as AEDs, concerned with attaining optimal health for humans, animals, are an important device to save someone who is experiencing plants, and our environment. As elected officials, it is our duty to sudden cardiac arrest. I thank the businesses, schools, and public support efforts like the One Health Task Force who are working locations that have installed AEDs as well as those who have to ensure the health, safety, and well-being of all Pennsylvanians, been trained to use them. animals, and the entire ecosystem that inhabit this The State of Pennsylvania has benefited from the work of a Commonwealth. By adopting today's resolution, we have done group in my district, the Peyton Walker Foundation, which was just that. established in the memory of a 19-year-old whose life was stolen Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker, and thank you to my by sudden cardiac arrest in 2013. Julie, her mom, took possibly colleagues for recognizing "One Health Day" in Pennsylvania. the worst event of her life – the loss of her beautiful daughter – The SPEAKER. Thank you, Representative. and has used it to save so many others. As we have seen, there are many strong and brave people in Pennsylvania who take a painful event to help others. The STATEMENT BY MS. BOBACK foundation reminds us that sudden cardiac arrest is the number one killer of student athletes in the United States. It provides CPR The SPEAKER. Representative Karen Boback, the chair of (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) and AED classes, as well as the Children and Youth Committee, is recognized to speak on heart screening for students. Education is power. If you know, HR 572. you can be proactive. Together we can learn about sudden cardiac
arrest and how to save someone who is experiencing it.
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I appreciate that we are bringing the increased awareness to STATEMENT BY MR. DAY this issue by recognizing it, and on behalf of the Walker Foundation and the family, I say thank you for your support. The SPEAKER. Representative Gary Day is recognized to Thank you, Mr. Speaker. speak on HR 564. The SPEAKER. Thank you. Mr. DAY. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, today I rise to recognize an American hero. STATEMENT BY MR. MULLINS When we think about heroes, we often think about people who run into burning buildings, like firefighters, police officers, on The SPEAKER. Representative Kyle Mullins is recognized to that thin blue line. We think about people who use their physical speak on HR 595. skills and abilities to maneuver in dangerous situations. However, Mr. MULLINS. Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. some heroes use their intellect to help prevent dangerous And thank you to my colleagues for your vote in favor of situations. That was the case with Vincent Neil DiRenzo. HR 595, designating November 2019 as "Complex Regional Pain Mr. Speaker, Vincent Neil DiRenzo played a significant role in a Syndrome Awareness Month." historic event that affected the balance of power in the world and A constituent came into our district office looking for forever changed the course of human destiny. assistance with her ongoing case with the Department of Human DiRenzo was born in 1928 in Shenandoah, Schuylkill County. Services and her State insurance company. More so, she was That is why our colleague, Neal Goodman, and I worked on this looking for help from her local legislator in spreading awareness resolution together. He graduated from J.W. Cooper High School about her crippling disease. CRPS, which is also called reflex and East Stroudsburg State Teachers College, as it was called at sympathetic dystrophy syndrome, is not well known. Although it the time. He trained and served 4 years with the United States affects a relatively small population, these people matter and are Marines, and while continuing his education as a graduate student deserving of effective health care and they are in a tremendous at Clark University, DiRenzo was recruited by the Central amount of pain that is often dismissed or misdiagnosed, as there Intelligence Agency. He joined the CIA as a photo interpreter is still not enough awareness in the medical community. with the National Photographic Interpretation Center in The National Organization for Rare Disorders recently Washington, DC. officially designated CRPS as a rare disease. This means that they On October 15, 1962, DiRenzo was at the right place at the have determined that there are fewer than 200,000 CRPS patients right time, with the right training. He and his team were in the United States. But because so many people are reviewing aerial images taken by top-secret CIA-modified U-2 misdiagnosed, we must assume that there are far more than that airplanes with a flight over Cuba. While analyzing those images, 200,000 number of people suffering. CRPS is called the suicide DiRenzo found something that would alter the course of history. disease, as too often people have taken their own life rather than His team found significant canvas-covered objects indicating live one more day with the chronic pain. CRPS can be brought ballistic missile installations on the island of Cuba. This meant on by a simple injury or even by surgery, and the pain continues that the majority of the United States was within reach of Soviet to spread until it takes over one's entire body – that is, if it is not intermediate-range missiles, completely changing, if they stayed properly treated. Early intervention is said to be one of the most there, the power in the world. important things for combatting the pain. My constituent shared DiRenzo and his team took this information directly to that even getting bloodwork done caused her pain to spread more President Kennedy and explained what they saw and explained rapidly – the type of labwork that is no big deal to the rest of us. how they interpreted what they saw. DiRenzo and his team's While the pain disorder dates back to the Civil War, it was not discovery led to the tumultuous diplomatic period that we now until 2007 that medical literature was finally published and refer to as the Cuban Missile Crisis. During that standoff, the doctors started to become better equipped in treating this disease. world stood on the brink of all-out nuclear war. Through skillful But for my constituent, the closest specialist was all the way up diplomacy, President Kennedy and his team were able to in New York State. The bottom line is, there needs to be more negotiate a peaceful resolution to the standoff. The crisis came to awareness surrounding CRPS and better research must be done an end on October 28, 1962, when the Soviet Union pledged to in order to help the people who are suffering. Therefore, I am dismantle the missile installations in Cuba. This epic proud to introduce this resolution designating November 2019 as international crisis lasted 13 days, which forever changed the "Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Awareness Month" and to course of history. If DiRenzo's team had failed to identify those acknowledge the critical need for more research on this missile installations, it is hard to know just how much the balance condition. of power would have tipped toward communism and away from Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. freedom and democracy. The SPEAKER. Thank you, Representative Mullins. DiRenzo and his team were highly praised for their performance. DiRenzo later, much later, after I knew him, had Representative Greg Rothman is recognized to speak on received the Intelligence Medal of Merit from the CIA. Back at HR 424. He waives off. the time, President Kennedy extended to him a Presidential Representative Jake Wheatley is recognized to speak on Commendation. In 2002 DiRenzo's team was inducted into the HR 434. He waives off. National Imagery and Mapping Agency's Hall of Fame. In 2018 DiRenzo was posthumously recognized as a Wall of Fame honoree by Shenandoah Valley High School. I say that because Vincent Neil DiRenzo passed away on July 17, 2017.
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Mr. Speaker, Vincent DiRenzo was not recognized for The SPEAKER. Thank you, Representative. running into burning buildings and was not recognized for his policing work. Instead, he became a hero by performing an BILLS RECOMMITTED important job behind the scenes where few people would see or notice his work. Rather than brawn or brute force, he relied on The SPEAKER. The majority leader moves that the following his intelligence and keen insight and training in the battle against bills be recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations: evil. By doing his job, he enabled his bosses and everybody up through the chain of command, all the way to the President of the HB 941; United States, to proactively address a dangerous situation. HB 942; Mr. Speaker, Mr. DiRenzo worked with me right when I came HB 943; out of college and I did not know. He did not go around bragging, HB 944; "Hey, I'm a Marine. Hey, I worked for the CIA." He did not talk HB 1220; about it at all. Yet he was a mentor of mine, like so many other SB 133; and veterans that go away and fight for freedom and then come back SB 572. and fight to advance the next generation. He mentored me, worked with me, and he never explained all that. He did not brag On the question, or boast. He gave me advice on work, kids, and family. Will the House agree to the motion? I remember he told me, "If you're going to have children, have a Motion was agreed to. lot of them and have them close together." I do not know why I remember that, but I remember that. With work he told me, "Why are you here? Why don't you go to this top-notch place and BILLS REMOVED FROM TABLE get more training and more schooling and more job The SPEAKER. The majority leader moves that the following opportunities?" With family, he also pushed me and said he knew bills be removed from the tabled calendar and placed on the what my decision was going to be, and he said, "You know. Why active calendar: don't you ask her to marry you?" And he was one of the people who knew what the best advice was for each person. HB 410; Mr. Speaker, based on his important role in a historic situation HB 533; that altered the course of human events, I have introduced HB 1800; HR 564 to mark October 22, 2019, as "Vincent Neil DiRenzo HB 1880; Day" in Pennsylvania. I am grateful for the House's attention to HB 1985; this issue and appreciate the votes of my colleagues in support of SB 314; this measure. SB 316; Mr. Speaker, thank you for your time. SB 317; The SPEAKER. Thank you. SB 473; SB 751; and STATEMENT BY MS. SHUSTERMAN SB 857.
The SPEAKER. Representative Melissa Shusterman is On the question, recognized to speak on HR 546. Will the House agree to the motion? Ms. SHUSTERMAN. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Motion was agreed to. And I thank my colleagues for designating November as "National Dog Show Month." The National Dog Show is a long- loved tradition, not only in Montgomery County, but all across BILL ON SECOND CONSIDERATION America. Held annually since 1933, the National Dog Show has The House proceeded to second consideration of HB 881, evolved into a Thanksgiving Day tradition for dog lovers PN 1434, entitled: everywhere. We always tune in, in my household. Each year the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center in Oaks, An Act amending the act of June 18, 1982 (P.L.549, No.159), Montgomery County, welcomes crowds of nearly 15,000 people entitled "An act providing for the administration of certain and 2,000 dogs of over 150 breeds to celebrate the beauty and Commonwealth farmland within the Department of Agriculture," further grace of man's best friend. Meanwhile, nearly 20 million people providing for agricultural land conservation assistance grant program. tune in to watch the show on television from the comfort of their On the question, homes. This year you can tune in to NBC on Thursday, Will the House agree to the bill on second consideration? November 28, at 12 p.m., all time zones. This dog show is immensely popular, largely due to the fact that it is among the last and largest of its kind. The National Dog BILL TABLED Show is one of six benched shows in all of the United States. This means the show dogs must remain on assigned benches The SPEAKER. The majority leader moves that HB 881 be throughout the day when they are not being shown in removed from the active calendar and placed on the tabled competition, so you can actually go over and meet them. calendar. I once again want to thank everyone for making November 2019 as "National Dog Show Month." Thank you. 1866 LEGISLATIVE JOURNAL—HOUSE NOVEMBER 19
On the question, ADJOURNMENT Will the House agree to the motion? Motion was agreed to. The SPEAKER. Representative Eric Nelson, of Westmoreland County, moves that the House be adjourned until BILL REMOVED FROM TABLE Wednesday, November 20, 2019, at 11 a.m., e.s.t., unless sooner recalled by the Speaker. The SPEAKER. The majority leader moves that HB 881 be removed from the tabled calendar and placed on the active calendar. On the question, Will the House agree to the motion? On the question, Motion was agreed to, and at 2:40 p.m., e.s.t., the House Will the House agree to the motion? adjourned. Motion was agreed to.
RESOLUTION
Ms. TOOHIL called up HR 438, PN 2285, entitled:
A Resolution directing the Joint State Government Commission to study the fiscal impact of a timely and expeditious versus a delayed implementation of the Family First Prevention Services Act on the Commonwealth's funding under Part E of Title IV of the Social Security Act.
On the question, Will the House adopt the resolution?
RESOLUTION TABLED
The SPEAKER. The majority leader moves that HR 438 be removed from the active calendar and placed on the tabled calendar.
On the question, Will the House agree to the motion? Motion was agreed to.
RESOLUTION REMOVED FROM TABLE
The SPEAKER. The majority leader moves that HR 438 be removed from the tabled calendar and placed on the active calendar.
On the question, Will the House agree to the motion? Motion was agreed to.
BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS PASSED OVER
The SPEAKER. Without objection, all remaining bills and resolutions on today's calendar will be passed over. The Chair hears no objection.