COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATIVE JOURNAL TUESDAY, JUNE 25, 2019 SESSION OF 2019 203D OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY No. 50 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HB 1662, PN 2207 By Rep. DiGIROLAMO The House convened at 11 a.m., e.d.t. An Act amending the act of October 24, 2012 (P.L.1198, No.148), known as the Methadone Death and Incident Review Act, further providing for title of act, for short title, for definitions, for establishment THE SPEAKER (MIKE TURZAI) of Methadone Death and Incident Review Team, for team duties, for PRESIDING duties of coroner and medical examiner, for review procedures and for confidentiality. PRAYER HUMAN SERVICES. HON. PAM SNYDER, member of the House of The SPEAKER. I am going to ask all members to please come Representatives, offered the following prayer: to the floor. We will be taking up the budget bill very shortly. We are going to start off with the budget bill after some of the Thank you, Mr. Speaker. championship teams are welcomed. We are so honored to have Let us bow our heads, please: these championship teams with us, and we are going to start with Heavenly Father, as we gather today to do the people's work, them now. Representatives, please take your seats. let us fulfill our duties remembering we are made in Your image. Representative Marcy Toepel and Representative Steve Let us love as You love. Let us show compassion as You do. Let Malagari are invited to the rostrum for the purpose of presenting us forgive as You forgive us. Let us never forget Your words that a citation to one of our championship baseball teams. Please whatever you do to the least of my brothers, that you do unto Me. come up to the rostrum. As we head into this final week of budget season, may we lead All members, please report to the floor because we are going by Your example to remember that it is not about us, but about to be welcoming these champions, and as soon as we have had an those we serve. In Your holy name we pray. Amen. opportunity to express our congratulations to these teams, we are then going to go right into the budget bill vote. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Can we bring the championship baseball team to the rostrum and into the well of the House. (The Pledge of Allegiance was recited by members and Members, take your seats. We are going to close the doors of visitors.) the House to honor this championship team. The Sergeants at Arms will close the doors of the House. The SPEAKER. Thank you, Representative Snyder. SOUDERTON AREA HIGH SCHOOL JOURNAL APPROVAL POSTPONED BASEBALL TEAM PRESENTED The SPEAKER. Without objection, the approval of the The SPEAKER. And Representative Marcy Toepel, the Journal of Monday, June 24, 2019, will be postponed until majority caucus chair, for a citation announcement, along with printed. Representative Steve Malagari. Mrs. TOEPEL. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. BILLS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE, I am excited to stand here today and recognize the young men CONSIDERED FIRST TIME, AND and coaching staff who make up the Souderton Area High School RECOMMITTED TO COMMITTEE ON RULES Baseball Team. This outstanding group of athletes had an amazing season and recently captured the PIAA 6A State HB 386, PN 370 By Rep. DiGIROLAMO Championship title. What is even more remarkable is that this is the first State title for the school's baseball program. An Act amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known Led by head coach Mike Childs, the Indians won the Suburban as The Administrative Code of 1929, in powers and duties of the Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs, further providing for powers One League Continental Conference Championship by going and duties. undefeated in league play with an overall record of 24 and 4. Then during a tough championship game, Souderton rallied from HUMAN SERVICES. a 3-0 deficit to defeat Central Bucks South 6 to 3 to claim the PIAA 6A State Championship title. 1272 LEGISLATIVE JOURNAL—HOUSE JUNE 25 Each of the players, as well as the coaching staff, are to be Young men, they are going to take a photo here with you, so commended for the hard work and dedication it took to win the if you can line up right now. The rest of the team is coming down State title. Please join me in honoring these outstanding and the good Representatives. athletes and the coaching staff that make up the 2019 PIAA 6A Championship titleholders. Congratulations, Indians. And the next team, this team, can we bring them right down The SPEAKER. Representative Malagari. here to my left. Representative O'Mara and Representative Mr. MALAGARI. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Krueger have the Springfield High School Girls Lacrosse Team. So many of us in this room might remember "The Gong Come on down. The whole team should come down to my left. Show." It was a television program from the 1970s and 1980s. The rest of the team right in the well of the House. Thank you. For the record, I was not born in the seventies, but the eighties I was. It showcased various types and levels of talent. Why do SPRINGFIELD HIGH SCHOOL I bring this up, though, while standing with a bunch of ballplayers GIRLS LACROSSE TEAM PRESENTED from Montgomery County? Because these young men from Souderton Area High School not only possess tremendous talent, The SPEAKER. Everybody, if you could, let us give this girls but they got to be pretty darn good at banging the gong during team a round of applause to start it off and that way we will make their run to the PIAA Class 6A State Championship earlier this sure everybody is in their seats. These young ladies are State year. That is right. These guys literally had a gong in their dugout champions. they would drum anytime they scored a run. There are photos to And, Representative O'Mara, the floor is yours. prove it. Ms. O'MARA. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. And Souderton scored plenty of runs. The Indians outscored When I first got elected, I remember thinking, what would my their four State tournament opponents 27 to 5 en route to their first State champion team be? And I am so excited to say that it program's first title. That includes a 6-3 comeback victory over is the Springfield Girls Lacrosse, because as someone from division rival Central Bucks South in the June 14 championship Springfield, I think Springfield women are doing a great job right game at Penn State's Medlar Field. In that game, this team, with now. 14 seniors, did not panic one bit after falling behind 3-0. Starting Standing among us today are the girls from Springfield High pitcher Luke Taylor settled down to earn the win on the mound. School in Delaware County, a group of young ladies who, on The 7-, 8-, and 9-hole hitters, Jordan Morales, Billy Norbeck, and paper, were not supposed to be here. When Springfield took the Hogan DeSpain, combined to go 6 for 8 with four runs and field earlier this month at West Chester East High School in the three RBIs (runs batted in) to lead the comeback. And then PIAA Girls Lacrosse Championship, they were the decided right-hander Andrew Curran fired a scoreless seventh inning to underdogs against defending State champions Villa Maria pocket the save and set off a gong-heavy celebration. Academy, a team that had just defeated the Cougars 2 weeks To head coach Mike Childs and the entire Indians roster, what earlier in the district title game. you accomplished this spring will never be forgotten by any of Coach Keith Broome had previously led his program to the you. You made not only your coaches, families, and school State championship game three other seasons, but each time the proud, but the entire community as well. We are proud to have Cougars suffered heartbreaking defeat. But not this time. you here as our guests today. Thank you for showing not only Springfield Girls Lacrosse was crowned State champions after what great talent, determination, and patience can accomplish, edging Villa Maria 10 to 8 on June 8, earning the program's but also that you can have a lot of fun while doing it. first-ever PIAA title. Isabelle Mastropietro scored four goals for Congratulations, Souderton Area High School and the the Cougars with two each added by Erin Gormley, Alyssa Long, Indians, and hopefully we will see you back here next year. and Olivia Pace. And the team's goalie, Dana Mirigliano, was Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. outstanding with seven clutch saves in front of the net. Hey, The SPEAKER. Thank you, Representative Malagari. Dana, can we get some of those Spider-Man cookies? We could At this time Representative Toepel will be announcing each use them up here this week. of the players and coaches by name. If you could when your name Seriously, this is such an awesome accomplishment for the is called, would you just raise your hand, wave to the chamber. Springfield girls lacrosse program. Rep. Krueger and I want to We would appreciate it. say to all of you ladies, your coaching staff, your families, Mrs. TOEPEL. This was the 2019 Souderton Indians Baseball friends, and fellow students, that you deserve to take a bow as we roster: Evan Bromiley; Moses Clemens; Andrew Curran; Hogan salute this outstanding achievement. Congratulations on earning DeSpain; Aaron Groller; Austin Jones; Dylan Kummery; Jordan the right to forever call yourselves State champions.