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COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATIVE JOURNAL TUESDAY, JANUARY 6, 2009 SESSION OF 2009 193D OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY No. 1 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES We likewise commend to Your unbounded mercy all our The House convened at 12 m., e.s.t. fellow citizens of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. May we, as your sons and daughters, always walk humbly in the paths of peace and justice. THE CHIEF CLERK (ROGER NICK) All this we ask in Your most holy name. Amen. PRESIDING CALL TO ORDER PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE The CHIEF CLERK. This being the day and the hour (The Pledge of Allegiance was recited by members and appointed by Article II, section 4, of the Constitution of visitors.) Pennsylvania for the meeting of the General Assembly, the House of Representatives will now come to order. The CHIEF CLERK. The Sergeants at Arms will open the The Sergeants at Arms will close the doors of the House. doors of the House. Members and guests may be seated. The prayer will be offered by Rev. Msgr. John B. McCann of the Immaculate Conception Church, Douglassville, PA. Immediately after the prayer, we will recite the Pledge of Allegiance. ELECTION RETURNS PRESENTED Members and all guests will please rise. The CHIEF CLERK. The Chair recognizes the Sergeant at Arms of the House. PRAYER The SERGEANT AT ARMS. Mr. Chief Clerk, Tom Weaver, Executive Deputy Secretary, Department of State, REV. MSGR. JOHN B. McCANN, Guest Chaplain of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. House of Representatives, offered the following prayer: The CHIEF CLERK. The Chair recognizes Mr. Weaver, Executive Deputy Secretary from the Secretary of the Let us pray: Commonwealth's Office. Mighty and eternal God, we gather today as a grateful people Mr. WEAVER. Mr. Chief Clerk, good afternoon. to enjoy the many blessings You have bestowed upon this On behalf of the Secretary of the Commonwealth and the nation and upon the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. We are Pennsylvania Department of State, I have the privilege and grateful for Your vision, which inspired the Founders of our honor of presenting the election returns for the members of the nation to create this democratic experiment as one nation under House of Representatives for the general election held on God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. November 4, 2008, and the certifications of the election Assist with Your spirit of counsel and fortitude the elected expenses for all members of the House. leaders of this Commonwealth. Let the light of Your divine The CHIEF CLERK. The Chair extends the thanks of the wisdom direct the deliberations of the House of Representatives House to Mr. Weaver. and shine forth in all the proceedings and laws framed for our The clerk will proceed with the reading of the returns. rule in government. May our elected officials seek to preserve peace, promote happiness, and continue to bring us the The following election returns were read: blessings of liberty and equality. We pray for the Governor of the Commonwealth of COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA Pennsylvania, the Speaker-designate of this House, and all the members of the General Assembly. May they be enabled by TO THE CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Your powerful protection to discharge their duties with honesty AND THE MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES and ability. Bless, too, their families and sustain them in Your OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF merciful love. PENNSYLVANIA, GREETINGS: Even as we celebrate this great moment, we remember I have the honor to present the returns of the General Election held before You the men and women of our Armed Forces. We November 4, 2008. The following, having received the highest number commend them to Your care. Give them courage to carry out of votes in their respective districts, were duly elected Members of the their duties and courage to face the perils that beset them, and House of Representatives in the General Assembly: grant them an abiding sense of Your presence in all that they do. 2 LEGISLATIVE JOURNAL—HOUSE JANUARY 6 Name District Martin T. Causer Sixty-seventh Matthew E. Baker Sixty-eighth Patrick J. Harkins First Carl Walker Metzgar Sixty-ninth Flo Fabrizio Second Matthew D. Bradford Seventieth John Hornaman Third Bryan Barbin Seventy-first Curt Sonney Fourth Frank Burns Seventy-second John R. Evans Fifth Gary Haluska Seventy-third Brad Roae Sixth Camille George Seventy-fourth Mark Longietti Seventh Matt Gabler Seventy-fifth Dick Stevenson Eighth Mike Hanna Seventy-sixth Chris Sainato Ninth H. Scott Conklin Seventy-seventh Jaret Gibbons Tenth Dick L. Hess Seventy-eighth Brian L. Ellis Eleventh Richard A. Geist Seventy-ninth Daryl Metcalfe Twelfth Jerry A. Stern Eightieth Tom Houghton Thirteenth Michael E. Fleck Eighty-first Jim Marshall Fourteenth C. Adam Harris Eighty-second Jim Christiana Fifteenth Richard Mirabito Eighty-third Robert F. Matzie Sixteenth Garth D. Everett Eighty-fourth Michele Brooks Seventeenth Russ Fairchild Eighty-fifth Gene DiGirolamo Eighteenth Mark K. Keller Eighty-sixth Jake Wheatley Nineteenth Glen R. Grell Eighty-seventh Don Walko Twentieth Sheryl M. Delozier Eighty-eighth Dom Costa Twenty-first Rob Kauffman Eighty-ninth Chelsa Wagner Twenty-second Todd A. Rock Ninetieth Dan B. Frankel Twenty-third Dan Moul Ninety-first Joseph Preston, Jr. Twenty-fourth Scott Perry Ninety-second Joseph F. Markosek Twenty-fifth Ron Miller Ninety-third Tim Hennessey Twenty-sixth Stanley E. Saylor Ninety-fourth Daniel J. Deasy, Jr. Twenty-seventh Eugene A. DePasquale Ninety-fifth Mike Turzai Twenty-eighth Mike Sturla Ninety-sixth Bernie O'Neill Twenty-ninth John C. Bear Ninety-seventh Randy Vulakovich Thirtieth David S. Hickernell Ninety-eighth Steve Santarsiero Thirty-first Gordon Denlinger Ninety-ninth Anthony M. DeLuca Thirty-second Bryan Cutler One hundredth Frank Dermody Thirty-third Mauree Gingrich One hundred first Paul Costa Thirty-fourth RoseMarie Swanger One hundred second Marc J. Gergely Thirty-fifth Ron Buxton One hundred third Harry Readshaw Thirty-sixth Susan C. Sue Helm One hundred fourth Thomas C. Creighton Thirty-seventh Ron Marsico One hundred fifth Bill Kortz Thirty-eighth John D. Payne One hundred sixth David K. Levdansky Thirty-ninth Robert E. Belfanti, Jr. One hundred seventh John Maher Fortieth Merle H. Phillips One hundred eighth Katie True Forty-first David R. Millard One hundred ninth Matt Smith Forty-second Tina Pickett One hundred tenth Scott W. Boyd Forty-third Sandra J. Major One hundred eleventh Mark Mustio Forty-fourth Ken Smith One hundred twelfth Nick Kotik Forty-fifth Kevin Murphy One hundred thirteenth Jesse White Forty-sixth Jim Wansacz One hundred fourteenth Keith Gillespie Forty-seventh Edward G. Staback One hundred fifteenth Timothy Joseph Solobay Forty-eighth Todd A. Eachus One hundred sixteenth Peter J. Daley II Forty-ninth Karen Boback One hundred seventeenth Bill DeWeese Fiftieth Mike Carroll One hundred eighteenth Tim Mahoney Fifty-first John T. Yudichak One hundred nineteenth Deberah Kula Fifty-second Phyllis Mundy One hundred twentieth Robert W. Godshall Fifty-third Eddie Day Pashinski One hundred twenty-first John E. Pallone Fifty-fourth Keith McCall One hundred twenty-second Joseph A. Petrarca Fifty-fifth Neal P. Goodman One hundred twenty-third James E. Casorio, Jr. Fifty-sixth David G. Argall One hundred twenty-fourth Tim Krieger Fifty-seventh Tim Seip One hundred twenty-fifth R. Ted Harhai Fifty-eighth Dante Santoni, Jr. One hundred twenty-sixth Mike Reese Fifty-ninth Thomas R. Caltagirone One hundred twenty-seventh Jeffrey Pyle Sixtieth Samuel E. Rohrer One hundred twenty-eighth Kate M. Harper Sixty-first Jim Cox One hundred twenty-ninth Dave Reed Sixty-second David R. Kessler One hundred thirtieth Donna Oberlander Sixty-third Karen D. Beyer One hundred thirty-first Scott E. Hutchinson Sixty-fourth Jennifer L. Mann One hundred thirty-second Kathy L. Rapp Sixty-fifth Joseph F. Brennan One hundred thirty-third Sam Smith Sixty-sixth Douglas G. Reichley One hundred thirty-fourth 2009 LEGISLATIVE JOURNAL—HOUSE 3 Steve Samuelson One hundred thirty-fifth Mark B. Cohen Two hundred second Robert Freeman One hundred thirty-sixth Dwight Evans Two hundred third Richard T. Grucela One hundred thirty-seventh Craig A. Dally One hundred thirty-eighth Witness my hand and the seal of my Michael T. Peifer One hundred thirty-ninth office this fifth day of January, 2009. John T. Galloway One hundred fortieth (SEAL) Anthony J. Melio One hundred forty-first Pedro A. Cortés Frank Farry One hundred forty-second Secretary of the Commonwealth Marguerite Quinn One hundred forty-third Katharine M. Watson One hundred forty-fourth Paul I. Clymer One hundred forty-fifth CERTIFICATE ON ELECTION EXPENSES Thomas J. Quigley One hundred forty-sixth Bob Mensch One hundred forty-seventh COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA Mike Gerber One hundred forty-eighth Tim Briggs One hundred forty-ninth TO THE CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Mike Vereb One hundred fiftieth GREETINGS: Rick Taylor One hundred fifty-first Thomas P. Murt One hundred fifty-second In accordance with the provisions of Section 1632(b) of the Josh Shapiro One hundred fifty-third Pennsylvania Election Code, 25 P.S. § 3252(b), I do hereby certify that Lawrence H. Curry One hundred fifty-fourth all duly elected members of the House of Representatives of the Curt Schroder One hundred fifty-fifth Commonwealth of Pennsylvania have filed all of the reports and Barbara McIlvaine Smith One hundred fifty-sixth statements of contributions and expenditures required by the provisions Paul J. Drucker One hundred fifty-seventh of Article XVI of the Pennsylvania Election Code entitled "Primary Chris Ross One hundred fifty-eighth and Election Expenses." Thaddeus Kirkland One hundred fifty-ninth Stephen Barrar One hundred sixtieth Witness my hand and the seal of my Bryan Lentz One hundred sixty-first office this fifth day of January, 2009.