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Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Legislative COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATIVE JOURNAL TUESDAY, JANUARY 6, 2015 SESSION OF 2015 199TH OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY No. 1 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE The House convened at 12 m., e.s.t. (The Pledge of Allegiance was recited by members-elect and visitors.) THE CHIEF CLERK (ANTHONY FRANK BARBUSH) PRESIDING The CHIEF CLERK. The Sergeants at Arms will open the doors of the House. Members and guests may be seated. CALL TO ORDER ELECTION RETURNS PRESENTED The CHIEF CLERK. This being the day and hour appointed by Article II, section 4, of the Constitution of Pennsylvania for The CHIEF CLERK. The Chair recognizes the Sergeant at the meeting of the General Assembly, the House of Arms of the House. Representatives will now come to order. The SERGEANT AT ARMS. Mr. Chief Clerk, the Deputy The Sergeants at Arms will please close the doors of the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Shannon House. Royer. The prayer will be offered by Rev. Joseph R. McCaffrey, The CHIEF CLERK. The Chair recognizes Mr. Royer. Saints John and Paul Roman Catholic Parish, Franklin Park, PA. Mr. ROYER. I have the honor to present the returns and Immediately after the prayer, we will recite the Pledge of statement of campaign expense compliance for the office of Allegiance. Representative in the General Assembly for the election held Members and all guests will please rise. November 4, 2014. The CHIEF CLERK. The Chair extends the thanks of the PRAYER House to Mr. Royer. The clerk will proceed with the reading of the returns. REV. JOSEPH R. McCAFFREY, Guest Chaplain of the House of Representatives, offered the following prayer: The following election returns were read: Out of respect for the faith of every person gathered here, COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA I would ask that we have a moment of silence so that we can each pray to God in our own heart. Then I will attempt to offer a TO THE CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES prayer that I hope everyone will feel comfortable saying "amen" AND THE MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF to. PENNSYLVANIA, GREETINGS: We stand before You, Holy Spirit, conscious of our sinfulness but aware that we gather in Your holy name. Come to I have the honor to present the official returns of the General us and remain with us. Enlighten our hearts. Give to those who Election held November 4, 2014. The following, having received the take up the charge of public office this day light and strength, to highest number of votes in their respective districts, were duly elected know Your will, to make it their own, and to live it in their Members of the House of Representatives in the General Assembly: lives. Guide them by Your wisdom. Support them by Your power. For You are God, holy and true. Name District You desire justice for all. Enable them to uphold the rights of Patrick J. Harkins First others. Do not allow them to be misled by ignorance or Florindo J. Fabrizio Second corrupted by fear or favor. Unite them to Yourself in the bond Ryan A. Bizzarro Third of love, and keep them faithful to all that is true. As they gather Curtis G. Sonney Fourth in Your name, may they temper justice with love so that all of Barry J. Jozwiak Fifth their decisions may be pleasing to You and earn the reward Bradley T. Roae Sixth promised to good and faithful servants. For You live and reign, Mark A. Longietti Seventh one God forever and ever. Amen. Tedd C. Nesbit Eighth Christopher Sainato Ninth 2 LEGISLATIVE JOURNAL—HOUSE JANUARY 6 Jaret A. Gibbons Tenth H. Scott Conklin Seventy-seventh Brian L. Ellis Eleventh Jesse W. Topper Seventy-eighth Daryl D. Metcalfe Twelfth John D. McGinnis Seventy-ninth John Adda Lawrence Thirteenth Judith F. Ward Eightieth James E. Marshall Fourteenth Richard Irvin Eighty-first James J. Christiana III Fifteenth Christopher Adam Harris Eighty-second Robert F. Matzie Sixteenth Jeff C. Wheeland Eighty-third Parke H. Wentling Seventeenth Garth David Everett Eighty-fourth Gene DiGirolamo Eighteenth Frederick B. Keller Eighty-fifth Jake Wheatley, Jr. Nineteenth Mark K. Keller Eighty-sixth Adam J. Ravenstahl Twentieth Glen R. Grell Eighty-seventh Dominic James Costa Twenty-first Sheryl M. Delozier Eighty-eighth Peter G. Schweyer Twenty-second Robert W. Kauffman Eighty-ninth Dan B. Frankel Twenty-third Paul Schemel Ninetieth Edward C. Gainey Twenty-fourth Daniel P. Moul Ninety-first Joseph F. Markosek Twenty-fifth Michael R. Regan Ninety-second Timothy F. Hennessey Twenty-sixth Kristin Lee Phillips-Hill Ninety-third Daniel J. Deasy, Jr. Twenty-seventh Stanley E. Saylor Ninety-fourth Michael C. Turzai Twenty-eighth Kevin Joseph Schreiber Ninety-fifth Bernard T. O'Neill Twenty-ninth P. Michael Sturla Ninety-sixth Harold A. English Thirtieth Steven Curtis Mentzer Ninety-seventh Steven Santarsiero Thirty-first David S. Hickernell Ninety-eighth Anthony M. DeLuca Thirty-second David H. Zimmerman Ninety-ninth Francis J. Dermody Thirty-third Bryan D. Cutler One hundredth Paul Costa Thirty-fourth Mauree A. Gingrich One hundred first Marc J. Gergely Thirty-fifth Russell H. Diamond One hundred second Harry A. Readshaw III Thirty-sixth Patty H. Kim One hundred third Melinda S. Fee Thirty-seventh Susan C. Helm One hundred fourth William C. Kortz II Thirty-eighth Ronald S. Marsico One hundred fifth Richard Saccone Thirty-ninth John D. Payne One hundred sixth John A. Maher Fortieth Kurt A. Masser One hundred seventh Brett R. Miller Forty-first Lynda J. Schlegel Culver One hundred eighth Daniel L. Miller Forty-second David R. Millard One hundred ninth Keith J. Greiner Forty-third Tina Pickett One hundred tenth Thomas Mark Mustio Forty-fourth Sandra J. Major One hundred eleventh Nickolas M .Kotik Forty-fifth Frank A. Farina One hundred twelfth Jason A. Ortitay Forty-sixth Martin B. Flynn II One hundred thirteenth Keith J. Gillespie Forty-seventh Michael G. Kavulich One hundred fourteenth Brandon P. Neuman Forty-eighth David C. Parker One hundred fifteenth Peter John Daley Forty-ninth Tarah C. Toohil One hundred sixteenth Pam Snyder Fiftieth Karen Boback One hundred seventeenth Timothy S. Mahoney Fifty-first Michael B. Carroll One hundred eighteenth Ryan Warner Fifty-second Gerald J. Mullery One hundred nineteenth Robert W. Godshall Fifty-third Aaron Kaufer One hundred twentieth Eli Evankovich Fifty-fourth Edwin Pashinski One hundred twenty-first Joseph A. Petrarca Fifty-fifth Doyle M. Heffley One hundred twenty-second George S. Dunbar Fifty-sixth Neal P. Goodman One hundred twenty-third Timothy A. Krieger Fifty-seventh Jerome P. Knowles One hundred twenty-fourth R. Ted Harhai Fifty-eighth Michael G. Tobash One hundred twenty-fifth Michael P. Reese Fifty-ninth Mark L. Rozzi One hundred twenty-sixth Jeffrey P. Pyle Sixtieth Thomas R. Caltagirone One hundred twenty-seventh Catherine M. Harper Sixty-first Mark M. Gillen One hundred twenty-eighth David L. Reed Sixty-second James A. Cox, Jr. One hundred twenty-ninth Donna R. Oberlander Sixty-third David M. Maloney, Sr. One hundred thirtieth Robert Lee James Sixty-fourth Justin J. Simmons One hundred thirty-first Kathy L. Rapp Sixty-fifth Michael Schlossberg One hundred thirty-second Cris Dush Sixty-sixth Daniel T. McNeill One hundred thirty-third Martin T. Causer Sixty-seventh Ryan E. Mackenzie One hundred thirty-fourth Matthew E. Baker Sixty-eighth Stephen P. Samuelson One hundred thirty-fifth Carl Walker Metzgar Sixty-ninth Robert Freeman One hundred thirty-sixth Matthew D. Bradford Seventieth Joseph T. Emrick One hundred thirty-seventh Bryan E. Barbin Seventy-first Marcia M. Hahn One hundred thirty-eighth Frank J. Burns Seventy-second Michael T. Peifer One hundred thirty-ninth Thomas R. Sankey III Seventy-third John T. Galloway One hundred fortieth Harry Lewis, Jr. Seventy-fourth Tina Marie Davis One hundred forty-first Matthew M. Gabler Seventy-fifth Frank A. Farry One hundred forty-second Michael Kelly Hanna, Sr. Seventy-sixth Marguerite Corr Quinn One hundred forty-third 2015 LEGISLATIVE JOURNAL—HOUSE 3 Katharine M. Watson One hundred forty-fourth CERTIFICATE ON ELECTION EXPENSES Craig T. Staats One hundred forty-fifth Thomas J. Quigley One hundred forty-sixth Marcy Toepel One hundred forty-seventh COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA Mary Jo Daley One hundred forty-eighth Timothy P. Briggs One hundred forty-ninth TO THE CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Michael A. Vereb One hundred fiftieth GREETINGS: W. Todd Stephens One hundred fifty-first Thomas P. Murt One hundred fifty-second In accordance with the provisions of Section 1632(b) of the Madeleine Dean Cunnane One hundred fifty-third Pennsylvania Election Code, 25 P.S. § 3252(b), I do hereby certify that Steve C. McCarter One hundred fifty-fourth all duly elected members of the House of Representatives of the Rebecca P. Corbin One hundred fifty-fifth Commonwealth of Pennsylvania have filed all of the reports and Daniel George Truitt, Sr. One hundred fifty-sixth statements of contributions and expenditures required by the provisions Warren E. Kampf 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 E. Barrar One hundred sixtieth Witness my hand and the seal of my office this Joseph T. Hackett, Sr. One hundred sixty-first thirty-first day of December, 2014. Nicholas Anthony Miccarelli One hundred sixty-second (SEAL) James Santora One hundred sixty-third Carol Aichele Margo Davidson One hundred sixty-fourth Secretary of the Commonwealth William Francis Adolph, Jr. One hundred sixty-fifth Gregory S. Vitali One hundred sixty-sixth The CHIEF CLERK. The election returns for all candidates Duane D.
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