COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATIVE JOURNAL MONDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2011 SESSION OF 2011 195TH OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY No. 82 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Look how the sun He has created shines upon us all. God takes The House was convened at 1 p.m., e.s.t. care of all of our physical needs. How could the same God neglect some and choose to guide others when it comes to providing spiritual enlightenment? God could not have THE SPEAKER (SAMUEL H. SMITH) neglected anyone. God's love is universal and indiscriminate. PRESIDING This is the God Islam calls us to fall in love with and adore and worship. PRAYER Islam teaches us that God has been sending His revelation among all the people of the world, in all ages and periods from The SPEAKER. Today the prayer will be offered by the earliest of times. So we Muslims believe in all the prophets Maulana Naseem Mahdi, national vice president and missionary including Adam and Noah and Abraham and Moses and Jesus in-charge of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. and Zoroaster and Krishna and Buddha – may peace be on all of them. All were God's messengers sent to teach humanity about MAULANA NASEEM MAHDI, Guest Chaplain of the God's existence and provide them guidance to make their lives a House of Representatives, offered the following prayer: veritable paradise on earth. So it is with this concept of the single universal God that I stand here and pray that He may (Prayer in Arabic.) bless us all who have made the United States our home. Grant us, O God, unity, and make us all one. Let those of us In the name of God, the gracious, the merciful, may God's whom You have blessed with abundance discharge our peace and blessings be upon all of you. All praise belongs to responsibility of caring for those who are not so fortunate. God only, the Lord of all the worlds. Remove, O God, from us all rancor and suspicion and unite us I am humbled to stand before you and join with you all as we all in love and make harmony and peace reign throughout the pray to God, the one who created all that exists. We are all His land. children, and He is the Lord, sustainer, provider, and protector Amen. God bless us all. of us all. I am a Muslim, a Muslim who believes in the Messiah, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Qadiani. I belong to the oldest Muslim PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE community in the United States, the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, which was founded in the U.S. in 1920. (The Pledge of Allegiance was recited by members and As a Muslim, I believe that the utter oneness of God has a visitors.) most important implication, which we, the members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, have taken as our motto: "Love for All, Hatred for None." If there is but one being who JOURNAL APPROVAL POSTPONED created all of us, who created all of us, and if we love Him and adore and worship Him, then how can we harbor any hate or ill The SPEAKER. Without objection, the approval of the will towards anyone? How can we love God and not fall in love Journal of Wednesday, December 7, 2011, will be postponed with everyone and everything He has created? We cannot. So until printed. I stand here as a Muslim, as a believer in the one God, whom I love and worship, to pray that: O God, shower Your choicest JOURNALS APPROVED blessings upon us all. Bless this nation, our home, and all who reside therein. The SPEAKER. However, the following Journals are in print The holy founder of Islam, Muhammad, peace and blessings and, without objection, will be approved: Monday, of God be upon him, taught Muslims in a famous saying of his September 26, 2011, and Tuesday, September 27, 2011. that "Love of one's homeland, one's place of residence, is a part of a Muslim's faith." For a Muslim who loves God and His ANNOUNCEMENT BY SPEAKER messenger, Muhammad, there is never any question of whether his faith comes first or his country, because Islam, the faith of The SPEAKER. For the information of the members, the Muslims, demands that we love the country of our residence. Labor Committee is currently in a meeting, and I give them Another implication of God's unity is that He alone provides for permission to proceed with their meeting, and there will be no all. He takes care of the spiritual as well as the physical needs of roll-call votes throughout that period of time. everyone, even for those who do not believe in His existence. 2486 LEGISLATIVE JOURNAL—HOUSE DECEMBER 12 HOUSE RESOLUTION FABRIZIO, GEIST, GERGELY, GIBBONS, HALUSKA, INTRODUCED AND REFERRED HARKINS, HELM, HORNAMAN, HUTCHINSON, KORTZ, KOTIK, KRIEGER, KULA, LONGIETTI, MAHER, MAJOR, No. 520 By Representatives DeLUCA, SCAVELLO, MARKOSEK, MARSHALL, MATZIE, METZGAR, WATERS, PASHINSKI, STURLA, McGEEHAN, MATZIE, MILLARD, NEUMAN, PASHINSKI, PRESTON, D. COSTA, MUNDY, HARHAI, DePASQUALE, DeWEESE, DERMODY, PYLE, RAVENSTAHL, READSHAW, REESE, BISHOP, MANN, HORNAMAN, HARKINS, MIRABITO, ROAE, SAINATO, SAYLOR, M. SMITH, S. H. SMITH, JOSEPHS, YOUNGBLOOD, THOMAS, GERGELY, SONNEY, STERN, STEVENSON, TURZAI, VEREB, KIRKLAND, DAVIDSON, BRIGGS, V. BROWN, KORTZ, WHEATLEY and WHITE BROWNLEE, PRESTON, SANTARSIERO, MURPHY, An Act amending Title 40 (Insurance) of the Pennsylvania M. O'BRIEN, GERBER, MAHONEY, CONKLIN, P. COSTA, Consolidated Statutes, further providing for contract negotiations. CURRY, DAY, DEASY, DERMODY, FABRIZIO, FRANKEL, GEORGE, GIBBONS, GOODMAN, HALUSKA, Referred to Committee on INSURANCE, December 9, 2011. M. K. KELLER, KOTIK, MARKOSEK, NEUMAN, PETRARCA, RAVENSTAHL, READSHAW, WHEATLEY, No. 2062 By Representatives MILNE, B. BOYLE, COHEN, WHITE, WILLIAMS and HANNA FLECK, GILLEN, GINGRICH, GOODMAN, GROVE, A Concurrent Resolution calling on the Attorney General of the KILLION, MURT, ROEBUCK, SABATINA and STURLA United States to appoint a special counsel to investigate the handling by the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General of an investigation into An Act amending the act of June 3, 1937 (P.L.1333, No.320), alleged sexual abuse of minors and to investigate whether that alleged known as the Pennsylvania Election Code, further providing for form sexual abuse may have violated Federal law. of official primary ballot. Referred to Committee on RULES, December 12, 2011. Referred to Committee on STATE GOVERNMENT, December 12, 2011. HOUSE BILLS No. 2066 By Representatives BENNINGHOFF, AUMENT, INTRODUCED AND REFERRED BLOOM, BROOKS, R. BROWN, CALTAGIRONE, COHEN, CONKLIN, CREIGHTON, CUTLER, DAVIDSON, No. 1892 By Representatives PAYNE, GEIST, BARRAR, DeWEESE, DUNBAR, EVANKOVICH, J. EVANS, BROOKS, FARRY, HESS, HORNAMAN, KAUFFMAN, GINGRICH, GOODMAN, GROVE, HANNA, HARKINS, MARSHALL, MILLARD, MURT, PETRI, SWANGER and HARRIS, HELM, HICKERNELL, HUTCHINSON, JOSEPHS, VULAKOVICH KAUFFMAN, F. KELLER, KNOWLES, KORTZ, An Act establishing and making an appropriation for the Flood LAWRENCE, MAJOR, MILLARD, MOUL, MUNDY, Victims Assistance Program; and providing for the deposit of liquor tax MURPHY, MURT, MUSTIO, PERRY, PICKETT, RAPP, revenues into the Flood Victims Assistance Account. REICHLEY, ROAE, SCAVELLO, SCHRODER, STEPHENS, TALLMAN, TOEPEL, VULAKOVICH, WHITE and GILLEN Referred to Committee on APPROPRIATIONS, December 12, 2011. An Act amending the act of February 14, 2008 (P.L.6, No.3), known as the Right-to-Know Law, in preliminary provisions, further providing for definitions; and repealing provisions relating to State- No. 2052 By Representatives VULAKOVICH, DeLUCA, related institutions. MICOZZIE, FRANKEL, MUSTIO, BROOKS, BARBIN, B. BOYLE, BURNS, CAUSER, D. COSTA, P. COSTA, Referred to Committee on STATE GOVERNMENT, DALEY, DEASY, DeWEESE, DUNBAR, ELLIS, J. EVANS, December 12, 2011. FABRIZIO, GEIST, GERGELY, GIBBONS, HALUSKA, HARKINS, HELM, HORNAMAN, HUTCHINSON, KORTZ, No. 2071 By Representatives MARSICO, AUMENT, KOTIK, KRIEGER, KULA, LONGIETTI, MAHER, MAJOR, CALTAGIRONE, CREIGHTON, EVANKOVICH, EVERETT, MARKOSEK, MARSHALL, MATZIE, METZGAR, GEIST, GIBBONS, GINGRICH, GROVE, HARKINS, HESS, MILLARD, NEUMAN, PASHINSKI, PRESTON, HORNAMAN, M. K. KELLER, KILLION, MAHONEY, DERMODY, PYLE, RAVENSTAHL, READSHAW, REESE, McGEEHAN, MILLARD, MILLER, MILNE, MURT, ROAE, SAINATO, SAYLOR, M. SMITH, S. H. SMITH, PICKETT, ROAE, STEVENSON, SWANGER and SONNEY, STERN, STEVENSON, TURZAI, VEREB, VULAKOVICH WHEATLEY and WHITE An Act amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of An Act amending Title 40 (Insurance) of the Pennsylvania the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, further providing for the Consolidated Statutes, in hospital plan corporations, further providing definition of "municipal police officer." for rates and contracts. Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY, December 12, 2011. Referred to Committee on INSURANCE, December 9, 2011. No. 2072 By Representatives MALONEY, CALTAGIRONE, No. 2053 By Representatives VULAKOVICH, DeLUCA, CREIGHTON, EVANKOVICH, EVERETT, FLECK, GEIST, MICOZZIE, FRANKEL, MUSTIO, BROOKS, BARBIN, GERGELY, GIBBONS, GILLEN, HALUSKA, HARRIS, B. BOYLE, BURNS, CAUSER, D. COSTA, P. COSTA, HEFFLEY, HESS, HORNAMAN, HUTCHINSON, DALEY, DEASY, DeWEESE, DUNBAR, ELLIS, J. EVANS, 2011 LEGISLATIVE JOURNAL—HOUSE 2487 MULLERY, PEIFER, READSHAW, ROCK, SACCONE, BILL SIGNED BY SPEAKER CULVER, SCHRODER, STABACK, WHITE and YOUNGBLOOD Bill numbered and entitled as follows having been prepared for presentation to the Governor, and the same being correct, the An Act amending Title 34 (Game) of the Pennsylvania title was publicly read as follows: Consolidated Statutes, further providing for eligibility for license. HB 1792, PN 2295 Referred to Committee on GAME AND FISHERIES, December 12, 2011. An Act designating a portion of S.R. 642 in Northumberland and Montour Counties, as the United States Army Specialist Zachariah W. No. 2073 By Representatives MALONEY, HANNA, Long Highway. CALTAGIRONE, CAUSER, CREIGHTON, CUTLER, EVERETT, GINGRICH, GODSHALL, GROVE, HELM, Whereupon, the Speaker, in the presence of the House, HESS, HORNAMAN, MULLERY, RAPP, SACCONE, signed the same. STERN, SWANGER and PERRY COMMUNICATION FROM An Act amending the act of June 25, 1982 (P.L.633, No.181), known as the Regulatory Review Act, further providing for the DEPARTMENT OF definition of "agency." ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION Referred to Committee on STATE GOVERNMENT, The SPEAKER.