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HOUSE of REPRESENTATIVES SACCONE, GREINER, HENNESSEY, PHILLIPS-HILL, the House Convened at 11 A.M., E.D.T COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATIVE JOURNAL TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 2018 SESSION OF 2018 202D OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY No. 11 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SACCONE, GREINER, HENNESSEY, PHILLIPS-HILL, The House convened at 11 a.m., e.d.t. R. BROWN, LAWRENCE, CUTLER, GILLESPIE, RADER, BLOOM, REED, HELM, CALTAGIRONE, EVERETT, CHRISTIANA, TALLMAN, ELLIS, TOOHIL, TOBASH, THE SPEAKER (MIKE TURZAI) BARRAR, MOUL, MICCARELLI, M. K. KELLER, PRESIDING D. COSTA, MACKENZIE and STAATS An Act providing for tax levies and information related to taxes; PRAYER authorizing the imposition of a personal income tax or an earned income tax by a school district subject to voter approval; providing for The SPEAKER. Our prayer today will be offered by Pastor imposition of and exclusions from a sales and use tax for the David Dressler of the First Baptist Church in Sunbury, stabilization of education funding, for increase to the personal income Pennsylvania, and he is the guest of our good friend and tax, for certain licenses, for hotel occupancy tax, for procedure and administration of the tax, for expiration of authority to issue certain colleague, Representative Lynda Culver. debt and for reporting by local government units of debt outstanding; establishing the Education Stabilization Fund; providing for PASTOR DAVID DRESSLER, Guest Chaplain of the House disbursements from the Education Stabilization Fund and for senior of Representatives, offered the following prayer: citizen property tax and rent rebate assistance; and making repeals. Let us pray: Referred to Committee on FINANCE, April 10, 2018. Our gracious Heavenly Father, You have privileged us today to bow in Your presence. We come before You, Father, with No. 2248 By Representatives MILNE, O'NEILL, PEIFER, grateful hearts. We thank You for Your love, we thank You for C. QUINN, MILLARD, MURT, SCHLOSSBERG, A. DAVIS, Your grace, we thank You for Your mercy. And, Father, I ask DRISCOLL, PICKETT, ROE, SCHLEGEL CULVER, that You would be with the House today. Give us wisdom, give PASHINSKI, HENNESSEY, BARBIN, CONKLIN, WATSON them strength, give them insight, as they seek to be Your and DALEY ministers today participating in Your institution. And, Father, An Act amending the act of April 3, 1992 (P.L.28, No.11), known I pray that as the day goes on, that we might leave this place as the Tuition Account Programs and College Savings Bond Act, in knowing that we magnified Your name and sought Your help. tuition account program, further providing for tuition account programs I ask these things in the authority of Christ. Amen. and funds and establishing the Keystone Scholars Grant Program and the Keystone Scholars Grant Program Account; and making editorial changes. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Referred to Committee on FINANCE, April 10, 2018. (The Pledge of Allegiance was recited by members and visitors.) No. 2249 By Representatives MURT, CALTAGIRONE, CHARLTON, DAVIS, DEAN, DRISCOLL, HILL-EVANS, JOURNAL APPROVAL POSTPONED KINSEY, McCLINTON, J. McNEILL, PASHINSKI, SCHLOSSBERG, SOLOMON, STEPHENS and WARREN The SPEAKER. Without objection, the approval of the An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Journal of Monday, April 9, 2018, will be postponed until Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in firearms and other dangerous printed. articles, further providing for sale or transfer of firearms. HOUSE BILLS Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY, April 10, 2018. INTRODUCED AND REFERRED No. 2250 By Representatives MURT, BARRAR, No. 76 By Representatives COX, RYAN, MILLARD, CALTAGIRONE, DRISCOLL, KINSEY and SAYLOR QUIGLEY, SIMMONS, ROZZI, FEE, MALONEY, An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the KAUFFMAN, BOBACK, HEFFLEY, HAHN, DIAMOND, Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in firearms and other dangerous KAUFER, KNOWLES, GILLEN, ZIMMERMAN, JOZWIAK, articles, further providing for sale or transfer of firearms. MULLERY, KAVULICH, A. HARRIS, TOEPEL, HICKERNELL, HAGGERTY, WHEELAND, GOODMAN, Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY, April 10, 2018. 286 LEGISLATIVE JOURNAL—HOUSE APRIL 10 No. 2251 By Representatives MURT, BARRAR, Bloom Farry Madden Roebuck CALTAGIRONE, DEAN, J. McNEILL and SAYLOR Boback Fee Maher Rothman Boyle Fitzgerald Mako Rozzi An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Bradford Flynn Maloney Ryan Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in firearms and other dangerous Briggs Frankel Markosek Saccone articles, further providing for definitions, for persons not to possess, Brown, R. Freeman Marshall Sainato use, manufacture, control, sell or transfer firearms, for sale or transfer Brown, V. Fritz Marsico Samuelson of firearms, for Pennsylvania State Police, for firearm sales surcharge, Bullock Gainey Masser Sankey Burns Galloway Matzie Santora for Firearm Records Check Fund, for retail dealer required to be Caltagirone Gillen McCarter Saylor licensed and for licensing of dealers and providing for ammunition Carroll Gillespie McClinton Schemel purchase authorization permits and for transporting ammunition into Causer Godshall McGinnis Schlossberg this Commonwealth. Cephas Goodman McNeill Schweyer Charlton Greiner Mehaffie Simmons Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY, April 10, 2018. Christiana Grove Mentzer Sims Comitta Haggerty Metcalfe Snyder Conklin Hahn Metzgar Solomon No. 2252 By Representatives MURT, BARRAR, Cook Hanna Miccarelli Sonney CALTAGIRONE, DRISCOLL, KINSEY and SAYLOR Corbin Harkins Millard Staats Corr Harper Miller, B. Stephens An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Costa, D. Harris, A. Miller, D. Sturla Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in firearms and other dangerous Costa, P. Harris, J. Milne Tallman articles, further providing for persons not to possess, use, manufacture, Cox Heffley Moul Taylor control, sell or transfer firearms, for restoration of firearm rights for Cruz Helm Mullery Thomas offenses under prior laws of this Commonwealth, for licenses and for Culver Hennessey Murt Tobash Pennsylvania State Police. Cutler Hickernell Mustio Toepel Daley Hill Neilson Toohil Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY, April 10, 2018. Davidson Irvin Nelson Topper Davis, A. James Nesbit Vazquez Davis, T. Jozwiak O'Brien Vitali No. 2504 By Representatives COX, BENNINGHOFF, Dawkins Kampf O'Neill Walsh BAKER, DRISCOLL, JAMES, J. McNEILL, MILLARD, Day Kaufer Oberlander Ward B. MILLER, PICKETT, READSHAW, ROZZI, SAYLOR, Deasy Kauffman Ortitay Warner DeLissio Kavulich Pashinski Warren TOOHIL, WARD, WATSON, WHEELAND and Delozier Keefer Peifer Watson ZIMMERMAN DeLuca Keller, F. Petrarca Wentling Dermody Keller, M.K. Pickett Wheatley An Act amending the act of October 27, 2014 (P.L.2911, No.191), Diamond Keller, W. Pyle Wheeland known as the Achieving Better Care by Monitoring All Prescriptions DiGirolamo Kim Quigley White Program (ABC-MAP) Act, further providing for purpose, for Donatucci Kinsey Quinn, C. Youngblood definitions, for powers and duties of board, for establishment of Dowling Kirkland Quinn, M. Zimmerman program and for requirements for dispensers and pharmacies; providing Driscoll Klunk Rabb for requirements for first responders; and further providing for access Dunbar Knowles Rader Turzai, to prescription information. Dush Kortz Rapp Speaker Ellis Krueger Ravenstahl Referred to Committee on HEALTH, April 10, 2018. ADDITIONS–0 LEAVES OF ABSENCE NOT VOTING–0 The SPEAKER. Members, we are going to turn to leaves of EXCUSED–3 absence. Dean Fabrizio Gabler There are no leaves requested by the majority whip. The minority whip requests leaves of absence for LEAVES ADDED–7 Representative Flo FABRIZIO of Erie County for the day and Representative Madeleine DEAN of Montgomery County for Christiana Davis, T. Haggerty Reed the day. Without objection, those will be granted. Davidson Galloway Kortz MASTER ROLL CALL The SPEAKER. One hundred and ninety-seven members having voted on the master roll, a quorum is present. The SPEAKER. We are going to proceed to vote on the master roll. Members, please proceed to vote. GUESTS INTRODUCED The following roll call was recorded: The SPEAKER. We are going to do some introductions of PRESENT–197 guest pages. Members, please take your seats. I have some guests that have traveled some distance. Barbin Emrick Kulik Readshaw Guest pages Cora DeFrancesco and Carly Holencik – both Barrar English Lawrence Reed attend Trinity High School – and they are guests of Benninghoff Evankovich Lewis Reese Representative Sheryl Delozier. Please give them a warm Bernstine Evans Longietti Roae Bizzarro Everett Mackenzie Roe welcome. 2018 LEGISLATIVE JOURNAL—HOUSE 287 Kyle Steven Rivers is currently attending York College of In the rear of the House, these are guests of Representative Pennsylvania, majoring in international relations. Where is Keith Greiner and Representative Zimmerman: Ben and Levi Kyle? He is a guest page and he is a guest of Representative King. Please stand. Ben and Levi King, great to have you. Ryan. Thank you for being with us. Thank you so much for being with us today. Guest page Chase Runey. Chase, will you stand? He attends In the gallery, "Parents Know Best," we have a group of Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary School, and he is here homeschool families. Would you please stand, everybody. What with his dad, Kevin. Kevin is seated in the rear of the House, a great group. Oh, it is so great to have you. Dilonna Coran and and they are guests of Representative John Lawrence. Thank the "Parents Know Best" group. It is great to have you here you. Thanks for being here, Chase. from Lycoming County. You are the guests of Representative
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