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COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATIVE JOURNAL MONDAY, JANUARY 23, 2017 SESSION OF 2017 201ST OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY No. 2 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SPECIAL ORDER OF BUSINESS The House convened at 1 p.m., e.s.t. SWEARING-IN OF MEMBERS-ELECT THE SPEAKER (MIKE TURZAI) The SPEAKER. Members, we are going to be having a PRESIDING swearing-in of our colleagues, Representatives-elect, for this session: Representatives-elect Tina Davis and John Maher. PRAYER As you know, Representative-elect John Maher for this session is from the 40th Legislative District and Representative- The SPEAKER. I am so excited. I am so honored. The elect Tina Davis for this legislative session is from the prayer today will be offered by Father Canon Nelson K. Baliira, 141st Legislative District. And we will take up the special order and he is with St. Andrew's in the Valley Episcopal Church in of business. Without objection, the Speaker hears no objections. Harrisburg. He is the guest of Chairman Ron Marsico. And we have in front of us right now two of our Sir, did I pronounce the name correctly? I am going to have long-standing colleagues and good friends, Representatives- him restate his name just so that I make sure that I got that elect John Maher and Tina Davis. correctly, and after his prayer, of course, we will recite the I would ask all members to please take their seats. This is, as Pledge of Allegiance. you know, a solemn event on behalf of this august body. All Members and guests, please rise. members, please take your seats. I would ask all staff members Reverend, I know you are a good friend of Chairman to please be seated or to go into the antechambers off the House Marsico. Please, again, tell us your church and make sure floor. All staff members should take their seats or go into the I pronounced the name correctly, sir. antechambers off the House floor. At this time I would ask the Sergeants at Arms to close the REV. CANON NELSON K. BALIIRA, Guest Chaplain of doors of the House. I would ask the Sergeants at Arms to close the House of Representatives, offered the following prayer: the doors of the House. All members, please take your seats. I would ask all members from the back to please come forward Nelson Kuule Baliira, St. Andrew's in the Valley Episcopal and take their seats. I would ask the Sergeants at Arms to please Church. ask all members and staff to take their seats and to close the Before we get to pray, we are reminded in the Book of doors of the House. Proverbs, chapter 9:10, that the fear of the Lord is the beginning Once again, I would ask all staff members to please, if you of wisdom. Let us pray for wisdom. do not have a seat, to please leave the floor of the House and to O God, our Creator, we humbly pray that we, Your servants, go into the anterooms if you do not have a seat, and I would ask may always prove ourselves a people mindful of Thy favor and the Sergeants at Arms to close both doors of the House in the glad to do Your will. Lord, You are the fountain of wisdom back. whose will is good and gracious and whose law is truth. We beseech You so to guide us and bless all the members of the legislature of this State of Pennsylvania that they may enact OATH OF OFFICE ADMINISTERED such laws as shall please You to the glory of Your name and the TO MEMBERS-ELECT welfare of Your people, through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen. The SPEAKER. I would like to introduce someone that many of you know well. It is our honor to have one of the PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Supreme Court Justices, a good friend, an outstanding jurist, Debra Todd, Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. (The Pledge of Allegiance was recited by members and Please give her a hand and welcome Supreme Court Justice visitors.) Debra Todd. She was so kind to accept our invitation today to administer the oath of office, required by Article VI, section 3, JOURNAL APPROVAL POSTPONED of the Constitution of Pennsylvania, and she will now fulfill that duty on behalf of the House of Representatives. The SPEAKER. Without objection, the approval of the Justice Todd, thank you. Journal of Tuesday, January 3, 2017, will be postponed until printed. (Members-elect stood.) 28 LEGISLATIVE JOURNAL—HOUSE JANUARY 23 JUSTICE TODD. Good afternoon. Caltagirone Gergely Matzie Samuelson I bring you greetings from the Supreme Court of Carroll Gillen McCarter Sankey Causer Gillespie McClinton Santora Pennsylvania. It is indeed my pleasure to be here. I appreciate Cephas Godshall McGinnis Saylor the invitation from Speaker Turzai. Charlton Goodman McNeill Schlossberg And again I would like to congratulate Speaker Turzai on his Christiana Greiner Mehaffie Schweyer reelection as Speaker of this House, and I would like to Comitta Grove Mentzer Sims Conklin Haggerty Metcalfe Snyder congratulate all of you on your elections and reelections as Cook Hahn Metzgar Solomon Representatives. Corr Hanna Miccarelli Sonney We have before us Representative John Maher and Costa, D. Harkins Millard Staats Representative Tina Davis, who will be sworn in at this time. Costa, P. Harper Miller, B. Stephens Cox Harris, A. Miller, D. Sturla Cruz Harris, J. Milne Tallman I ask that you place your left hand on the Bible and raise Culver Heffley Moul Taylor your right hand, please. I will recite the oath and ask you to say Cutler Helm Mullery Thomas "I do" at the end. First, I – state your names – do solemnly Daley Hennessey Murt Tobash Davidson Hickernell Mustio Toepel swear that I will support, obey, and defend the Constitution of Davis Hill Neilson Topper the United States and the Constitution of this Commonwealth Dawkins Irvin Nelson Vitali and that I will discharge the duties of my office with fidelity. Day James Nesbit Walsh Dean Jozwiak Neuman Ward Deasy Kampf O'Brien Warner (Members asserted oath.) DeLissio Kaufer O'Neill Warren Delozier Kauffman Oberlander Watson JUSTICE TODD. Congratulations. DeLuca Kavulich Ortitay Wentling The SPEAKER. All 202 members of the chamber have been Dermody Keefer Pashinski Wheatley Diamond Keller, F. Peifer Wheeland sworn in at this time, with 1 vacancy. DiGirolamo Keller, M.K. Petrarca White The Sergeants at Arms should open the doors of the House. Donatucci Keller, W. Petri Youngblood Dowling Kim Pickett Zimmerman Driscoll Kinsey Pyle LEAVES OF ABSENCE Dunbar Kirkland Quigley Turzai, Dush Klunk Quinn, C. Speaker The SPEAKER. The Chair turns to the whips with respect to Ellis Knowles Quinn, M. leaves of absence for today's date, Monday, January 23, 2017. ADDITIONS–0 The majority whip requests leaves of absence for the following members: Tarah TOOHIL of Luzerne County for the NOT VOTING–0 day, Representative Becky CORBIN of Chester County for the day, Representative Paul SCHEMEL of Franklin County for the EXCUSED–5 day, Representative Justin SIMMONS of Lehigh County for the day, and Representative Garth EVERETT of Lycoming County Corbin Schemel Simmons Toohil for the week. Everett To the minority whip, there are no requests for leaves of absence today? The SPEAKER. One hundred and ninety-seven members having voted on the master roll, a quorum is present. MASTER ROLL CALL The SPEAKER. At this time the Chair will begin to take the GUESTS INTRODUCED master roll. Members will proceed to vote. The SPEAKER. Located to the left of the rostrum, the Chair welcomes Mary and Ethan Burton. Will you please stand. Mary The following roll call was recorded: and Ethan Burton. They are accompanying our Guest Chaplain today and are the guests of Representative Ron Marsico, chair PRESENT–197 of the Judiciary Committee. Welcome. Thank you for being Baker Emrick Kortz Rabb here today. Barbin English Krueger Rader To the left of the rostrum, we welcome Josiah Ebersole, who Barrar Evankovich Kulik Rapp is shadowing the majority whip, Representative Bryan Cutler, Benninghoff Evans Lawrence Ravenstahl Bernstine Fabrizio Lewis Readshaw for the day. Please rise. Great to have you here today. Thank Bizzarro Farry Longietti Reed you, Josiah. Bloom Fee Mackenzie Reese And the guests of Representative Donna Oberlander, the Boback Fitzgerald Madden Roae Republican majority caucus secretary, she has with her today Boyle Flynn Maher Roe Bradford Frankel Mako Roebuck Fred Anderson from New Bethlehem and his grandson, Ryan Briggs Freeman Maloney Rothman Anderson. Will you please rise. Thank you so much for being Brown, R. Fritz Markosek Rozzi with us today. Brown, V. Gabler Marshall Ryan To the left of the rostrum, we welcome from Representative Bullock Gainey Marsico Saccone Burns Galloway Masser Sainato Rabb's district office Danielle Duckett. Danielle, will you please rise. Great to see you. Thank you for being with us. 2017 LEGISLATIVE JOURNAL—HOUSE 29 LEGISLATIVE FELLOWS INTRODUCED The SPEAKER. Representative Keller, please suspend. Good staff members, we know how important these days are The SPEAKER. Now, members, these individuals serve our in getting organized, but I would ask you, if you are going to chamber, and I think it only fitting that we give them special have conversations, please have them off the House floor. attention. They are the Legislative Fellows who will be serving I would ask all staff members, if you do not have seats, to for the spring semester for the House of Representatives, and please take the conversations off the House floor. We have a they are to the left of the rostrum. And as I say your name, group of young men who are State champions who have please stand, although we are going to hold our applause to the traveled a considerable distance, and they should be given the very end.