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COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA

LEGISLATIVE JOURNAL

MONDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2015

SESSION OF 2015 199TH OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY No. 101

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES The House convened at 1 p.m., e.s.t.

THE SPEAKER (MIKE TURZAI) PRESIDING

PRAYER

HON. PETER J. DALEY, member of the House of Representatives, offered the following prayer: Let us pray: Thank You, thank You, thank You, God, for giving us all the opportunity to serve our fellow man in this most wondrous place, for giving us the opportunity to give of our time and talents to make the world a better place for our children and for our grandchildren. Come, Lord, into this world and break it open with Your love. Come into this world and remove the violence in our hearts, take the weapons from our hands, and open our arms to embrace one another. Take the malice in our hearts and replace it with Your unconditional, undying love. Take the fear from our minds and replace it with the assurance that Your presence is always with us. Restore the bridge that we have torn down that has joined us together. Come, Lord, come in Your name, come to this House, and come to all our houses. And all God's children said, Amen.

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

(The Pledge of Allegiance was recited by members and visitors.)

JOURNAL APPROVAL POSTPONED

The SPEAKER. Without objection, the approval of the Journal of Sunday, December 13, 2015, will be postponed until printed.

RESOLUTION REPORTED AS ORIGINATED BY RULES COMMITTEE

HR 617, PN 2664 By Rep. REED A Resolution adopting a temporary rule of the House of

Representatives relating solely to amendments to the General Appropriation Bill for the fiscal year 2015-2016, Senate Bill 1073 (2015).

RULES.

BILLS ON CONCURRENCE REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE

HB 941, PN 2662 (Amended) By Rep. REED An Act amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175),

known as The Administrative Code of 1929, in organization of independent administrative boards and commissions, providing for Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board; in organization, further providing for advisory boards and commissions; in Commonwealth agency fees, further providing for distillery of historical significance license fee reduction; providing for race horse industry reform; conferring duties upon the Joint State Government Commission; making editorial changes; and making related repeals.

RULES.

HB 1322, PN 2663 (Amended) By Rep. REED An Act amending the act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), known

as the Public Welfare Code, as follows: In public assistance: establishing the Keystone Education Yields Success Program; and further providing for copayments for subsidized child care, for identification and proof of residence, for medical assistance payments for institutional care, for other medical assistance payments, for mileage reimbursement and paratransit services for individuals receiving methadone treatment. In children and youth: further providing for payments to counties for services to children, for providers submission and for limits on reimbursement to counties. Repealing provisions relating to Medicaid managed care organization assessments. In Statewide quality care assessment: further providing for definitions, for implementation, for administration, for restricted account and for expiration. Providing for managed care organization assessments. In departmental powers and duties as to supervision: further providing for definitions. In departmental powers and duties as to licensing: further providing for definitions, for fees, for provisional license and for violation and penalty; and repealing provisions relating to registration. In family finding and kinship care: further providing for definitions, for the Kinship Care Program and for permanent legal custodianship subsidy and reimbursement. Making a related repeal. Providing for the licensing of family child-care homes.

RULES.

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HB 1603, PN 2651 By Rep. REED An Act amending Titles 23 (Domestic Relations) and 42 (Judiciary

and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for sex trafficking and missing and abducted children; in uniform interstate family support, making extensive revisions to general provisions, jurisdiction, civil provisions of general application, establishment of support order, direct enforcement of order of another state without registration, enforcement and modification of support order after registration, determination of parentage, interstate rendition and miscellaneous provisions and providing for support proceeding under convention; and, in juvenile matters, further providing for definitions and for disposition of dependent children.

RULES.

HOUSE RESOLUTION INTRODUCED AND REFERRED

No. 619 By Representatives MATZIE, KOTIK, YOUNGBLOOD, DUNBAR, READSHAW, MUSTIO, D. COSTA, GIBBONS, MAHONEY, WARNER, DONATUCCI, SCHWEYER, COHEN, FLYNN, NEILSON and McNEILL

A Resolution urging the Congress of the United States to lift the

Federal ban on sports betting and to allow states that authorize, license and regulate casino gaming, including the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, to legalize sports betting through its licensed facilities.

Referred to Committee on GAMING OVERSIGHT,

December 14, 2015.

HOUSE BILL INTRODUCED AND REFERRED

No. 1760 By Representatives HANNA, HEFFLEY, BRIGGS, SCHLOSSBERG, THOMAS, GODSHALL, COHEN, HARPER, BISHOP, KORTZ, EVERETT, CARROLL, MUSTIO, SAYLOR, GAINEY, D. COSTA and W. KELLER

An Act amending Title 74 (Transportation) of the Pennsylvania

Consolidated Statutes, in administrative practice and procedure, providing for limitation on use of Motor License Fund.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION,

December 14, 2015.

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RESOLUTION PURSUANT TO RULE 35

Mr. REED called up HR 613, PN 2617, entitled: A Resolution commemorating the 100th anniversary of the

Pennsylvania Farm Show. On the question, Will the House adopt the resolution?

RESOLUTION RECOMMITTED

The SPEAKER. The Chair recognizes the majority leader, who moves to recommit to Rules HR 613, PN 2617. On the question, Will the House agree to the motion? Motion was agreed to.

LEAVES OF ABSENCE

The SPEAKER. The majority whip indicates that the following members have requested a leave of absence: Representative WARD of Blair County for the day, and Representative Mark KELLER of Perry County for the day. Without objection, those requests will be granted. The minority whip requests leaves of absence for the following members: Representative DeLUCA of Allegheny County for the day, Representative FARINA of Lackawanna County for the day, and Representative BISHOP of Philadelphia County for the day. Without objection, those requests will be granted.

GUESTS INTRODUCED

The SPEAKER. Located to the left of the rostrum and in the rear of the House as well, the Chair welcomes World War II veteran Joseph Gubernot and his family, and they are in both locations. Joe, would you please stand up, please. It is an honor, an honor as a World War II veteran to have you here today. Representative Masser is going to be coming up later. I know that Mr. Gubernot, according to staff here, wanted to be recognized, but I would ask him if he could just wait until Representative Masser comes up and the full body, because we do have some accolades that are going to come from Representative Masser. If you could just wait with us for a bit, we are going to have more members here. I would really like to have everybody here at that time. Members, at this time the chamber will stand at ease. The chamber will stand at ease. It should be approximately 1:30. So we will be at ease until approximately 1:30. The House will come to order.

MASTER ROLL CALL

The SPEAKER. We are going to go to the master roll call. Members will proceed to vote. The following roll call was recorded: PRESENT–198 Acosta Evans Krieger Rapp Adolph Everett Krueger Ravenstahl Baker Fabrizio Lawrence Readshaw Barbin Farry Lewis Reed Barrar Fee Longietti Reese

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Benninghoff Flynn Mackenzie Regan Bizzarro Frankel Maher Roae Bloom Freeman Mahoney Roebuck Boback Gabler Major Ross Boyle Gainey Maloney Rothman Bradford Galloway Markosek Rozzi Briggs Gergely Marshall Saccone Brown, R. Gibbons Marsico Sainato Brown, V. Gillen Masser Samuelson Bullock Gillespie Matzie Sankey Burns Gingrich McCarter Santarsiero Caltagirone Godshall McClinton Santora Carroll Goodman McGinnis Saylor Causer Greiner McNeill Schemel Christiana Grove Mentzer Schlossberg Cohen Hahn Metcalfe Schreiber Conklin Hanna Metzgar Schweyer Corbin Harhai Miccarelli Simmons Costa, D. Harhart Millard Sims Costa, P. Harkins Miller, B. Snyder Cox Harper Miller, D. Sonney Cruz Harris, A. Milne Staats Culver Harris, J. Moul Stephens Cutler Heffley Mullery Sturla Daley, M. Helm Murt Tallman Daley, P. Hennessey Mustio Taylor Davidson Hickernell Neilson Thomas Davis Hill Nesbit Tobash Dawkins Irvin Neuman Toepel Day James O'Brien Toohil Dean Jozwiak O'Neill Topper Deasy Kampf Oberlander Truitt DeLissio Kaufer Ortitay Vereb Delozier Kauffman Parker, C. Vitali Dermody Kavulich Parker, D. Warner Diamond Keller, F. Pashinski Watson DiGirolamo Keller, W. Payne Wentling Donatucci Killion Peifer Wheatley Driscoll Kim Petrarca Wheeland Dunbar Kinsey Petri White Dush Kirkland Pickett Youngblood Ellis Klunk Pyle Zimmerman Emrick Knowles Quigley English Kortz Quinn Turzai, Evankovich Kotik Rader Speaker ADDITIONS–0 NOT VOTING–0 EXCUSED–5 Bishop Farina Keller, M.K. Ward DeLuca LEAVES ADDED–1 Farry The SPEAKER. There are 198 present. There is a quorum today. Members, please take your seats. I would appreciate if all conversations could go to the anterooms. Members, please take your seats.

FAREWELL ADDRESS BY MR. KRIEGER

The SPEAKER. Another of our colleagues is moving on to another career path. Representative Tim Krieger is soon to be joining the court of common pleas in Westmoreland County. At this time Representative Krieger will be here to give his farewell remarks. So I would very much like to ask all members to please take their seats, and I am going to bring our good friend and colleague, Tim Krieger, to the podium. Mr. KRIEGER. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It is a real honor to stand here in this place, in one of the oldest legislative assemblies in the world. I want to say first of all, in one respect, I am not going to follow Representative Kirkland's lead, I am not going to sing to you. I think we have suffered enough this week, do you not, Mr. Speaker? I must say that this is a bittersweet day for me. I do look forward so much going forward to a new life I will have and my family particularly will have, but I will miss much of what we do here today. I have grown to love this institution, the people I serve with and the people I represent. Serving here, we get something akin to a Ph.D. (doctor of philosophy) in human nature. I have learned so much. I am a different person than whenever I started here 7 years ago. Hopefully, I am a wiser and stronger person. It would be presumptuous of me to stand here and offer pearls of wisdom to this body. I also am very aware I come to you as that most innocuous and yet offensive of political animals, the lame duck. So I will try to remember in my remarks what happens to ducks that quack too loudly. But I would like to just offer a couple observations before I move on to my thank-yous. Most of you know that I am a conservative, and perhaps some of you know that I am an old-fashioned one at that. The people that carved a nation out of the wilderness were not fools. There is little we have learned about human nature, human behavior, that they did not already know. The institutions they created based on their wisdom and insight are worth preserving. They understood that men must be governed and that government power is necessary. But they also understood at the same time and were suspicious of that very power. So they circumscribed it into dual governments, Federal and State, and divided that government into executive, legislative, and judicial branches. They understood that human governments do not give rights. They merely recognize rights that God has already given. They understood that the primary function of government is to protect and preserve those rights. Some now espouse revolution on our college campuses and in the halls of power, seeking to twist and distort our institutions, without any understanding of what will come after that revolution is complete. If a single one of us loses his or her right or his liberty to say perhaps uncomfortable things, to challenge prevailing opinions, to follow the dictates of his conscience, or to worship his God in the way that he chooses, if he does not have that liberty, none of us have liberty, and if none of us have liberty, none of us will be safe.


So that is enough quacking, but I do want to offer some thanks here. Every one of us here, particularly those of us that have families, recognize how much we owe to the people that help us serve here, and I am no different. I thank, first of all, my family. They could not be here today given the fact that our schedule changes from day to day and our schedule with the children. It just was not possible to do today. But I want to thank, first of all, my wife. She has been a wonderful wife and a wonderful mother. She has been a campaigner, an adviser, and a confidant. She has done more than I ever had a right to ask her to do. If there is a hero here, it is her. So, Ellie, thank you. To my three beautiful daughters, Sarah, Libby, and Abigail. They were little girls when I started here and now they are fine young women. They have campaigned with me, they have come to legislative events with me, they have gone to events without me, and I cannot wait to get back and share more of their lives with them. So thank you, girls. To my son, Jack. He was a baby when I got here. He is now a fine 10-year-old boy, and he has a whole list of things he wants to do with me and I cannot wait to do it. To my campaign staff, there are so many people to thank. I do not want to even start naming names, because I will leave somebody out, but there are two I must tell you about. Annette – when I first started, she has been involved in every campaign since I started. She was a stranger to me when I first got to know her and now she is like my own family. To Connie, I could not have done it without you; thank you so very much. To my staff, Nancy Shenk has been a loyal friend. Thank you, Nancy. Ty, he is my writer. We have had some great conversations. I have enjoyed working with him very much. And we have great standing committee staffs here and I hesitate to mention any, but I do want to mention one staff, the Judiciary staff. I have enjoyed very much working on that committee with Chairman Marsico. I have learned so much with him. I know I will be a better judge because of what I have learned. So, Tom Dymek, we had great conversations. I will miss those and thank you. To my district office staff, Maria and Karen, you have always made me look good despite myself. You have been with me since the beginning. Thank you. And to Phil, he is a newer addition, but you have done a great job, and I look forward to your future and what we will see from you in the future. To the House, Mr. Speaker, thank you. You probably recall a conversation we had when my predecessor announced he was resigning. That very afternoon we had a conversation, and I will not reveal that, except you told me the truth that day. So thank you. I did not know it was going to be that hard sometimes, but you told me the truth. To my Democratic colleagues, again, I do not want to mention names because I know I will leave somebody out. We have disagreed often on policy because I strongly held my beliefs and I know many of you did as well. I see political opponents, but I do not see any enemies. I see many friends. I see several gentlemen there on the wall that we have had great conversations. It is interesting some of my best conversations have been with the liberal members of the Democratic Caucus, and I do not think that you take that as anything but a compliment, right? But I respect the fact that you held your

opinions and you believed what you said and we could have civil discussions. I think we agreed on sometimes more things than we thought we would agree on. So I thank all of you. To my Republican colleagues, I see the majority leader is not here. I want to thank Dave Reed for his support over the years. Again, so many of you I have so many wonderful memories of. It brings to mind the words from Shakespeare, "We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;…" and I will add sisters into that. I am so proud of what we have been able to accomplish, how you have held the line for the people of Pennsylvania and for the principles that we believe. So thank you. To the people of the 57th District, you know, this job – I love the politics of this job, I love thinking about politics and talking about politics. I am very interested, since the time I was a little boy, in policy, very interested in achieving good policy for the people of this Commonwealth. It was more than that to me; it was personal. It was a bond we shared. That sounds probably corny to you. So I want to thank the good people of Delmont, Salem, Hempfield, Youngwood, New Stanton, Hunker, South Greensburg, Southwest Greensburg, Greensburg, and Unity until the redistricting. They were my dose of reality, my shelter from the flattery of political life, and my defenders always. If I were to describe to you my feelings about them now, I would use the words of a great leader from the early days of our Republic in the House of Representatives in Washington, John Randolph of Roanoke. He said this: "I will go back to the bosom of my constituents – to such constituents as man never had before, and never will have again – and I shall receive from them the only reward that I ever looked for, but the highest that man can receive – the universal expression of their approbation – of their thanks." In one way I do want to emulate Representative Kirkland and thank God for all he has done for me in my time in this House. His grace has been sufficient for me. So as I close, I would like to say it is not good-bye, it is just farewell. None of us knows what the future holds, but I suspect we will meet again. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

REMARKS BY SPEAKER

The SPEAKER. You know, Representative Krieger; his wife, Ellie; four children, Sarah, Elisabeth, Abigail, and Jack, are good friends of mine and I have spent time with his family, just a lovely family. Tim, you have been an outstanding legislator, one of the most principled individuals I have had the honor of having known. You are going to make an outstanding jurist. Tim leaves here after 7 years of outstanding service to the constituents in the 57th Legislative District and to the citizens of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. In that first conversation that I had with Tim, Tim's question, amongst others – and I asked him if it would be okay to just cover one remark that I made and he made – Tim's question when he was contemplating running was, "Can I go up there and still be who I am? Am I going to change? Am I going to become something different?" You did not. You came through with 7 years of principled legislating. May God bless you. (Commemorative gavel was presented.)


PFC. JOSEPH E. GUBERNOT INTRODUCED

The SPEAKER. The good gentleman has been waiting for some time, this World War II veteran. I did have the honor to introduce him earlier, but Representative Kurt Masser I would invite to come down to the well of the House. On unanimous consent, the Chair recognizes him for his remarks. Mr. MASSER. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise today to ask my colleagues to join me in honoring Pfc. Joseph E. Gubernot, a U.S. Army World War II veteran with a rather unique story. What a wonderful man. As I got to sit down with him and his family today to hear the stories, he does not forget a thing, and telling me about his unique struggles on the beaches of Normandy and spending 2 days on his stomach, crawling around, just made me admire the man even more. Gubernot spent time growing up in a small town, just like many of us, playing baseball. He played on the sandlots of Shamokin, which is located in the 107th District, before joining the Army in 1942. From there he was stationed in England with the 116th Infantry Regiment of the 29th Infantry Division. Once settled, the regiment formed a baseball team named the "116th Infantry Regiment Yankees." The Yankees ultimately entered the ETO (European Theater of Operations) World Series in 1943 as an underdog team and surprised everyone when they won the series, with Gubernot as a major part of the team's success. Eight months after their victory, the 116th Infantry Yankees were one of the first troops to be sent to Omaha Beach in Normandy in 1944. Gubernot was on boat No. 6 and he served as a runner for Lt. Ray Hellekson. As you know, hundreds of men tragically lost their lives that day, including several from his unit. Gubernot survived and went about combat unscathed until he was wounded in Vire, France, in August 1944. After he recovered, he returned to the front. He returned home in November of 1945 and continued playing semiprofessional baseball. His son, Joseph Gubernot, listed his father on the World War II Memorial in Washington, DC. Additionally, Private Gubernot has received numerous military honors; most notably, the Bronze Star, Purple Heart, Combat Infantry Badge, Presidential Unit Citation Badge, and the French Liberation Medal, as well as several others. Today in Shamokin this man is somewhat of a baseball legend and a respected military hero. I congratulate and thank him for his service to our country and for being someone the people of the 107th District can look up to, as well as everyone in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Would you please help me in honoring Joseph Gubernot. The SPEAKER. Thank you. We are going to move to introduce some other guests real briefly.

CHRIS MURPHY INTRODUCED

The SPEAKER. Representative Murt is recognized on unanimous consent for the introduction of some of his guests. Representative Murt, right in the well, please. Thank you.

Mr. MURT. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, with us today from Millersville University we have Chris Murphy, and his coaches, Jon Shehan and Ryan Forrest, and Chris Murphy's parents, Dennis and Linda Murphy. Mr. Speaker, we recognize and honor this special guest visiting us in the House of Representatives. Chris Murphy is currently a pitcher in the Houston Astros organization, and although he has only been playing professional baseball for less than one season, he has already been promoted from the rookie league to the A level in the New York-Penn League in less than one full season of professional experience. Mr. Speaker, Chris Murphy was an accomplished student athlete at Millersville University, and in the 2015 baseball season, Chris completed the greatest pitching career in Millersville University and Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference history by winning the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Pitcher of the Year for an unprecedented third year in a row. After completion of his athletic career on the college level, Chris was selected by the Houston Astros in the 24th round of the 2015 Major League Baseball Player Draft. During his collegiate baseball career, Chris Murphy earned Regional Pitcher of the Week and Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Pitcher of the Week honors six times and National Pitcher of the Week three times. Lauded as the only three-time All-Regional selection in Millersville University history, Chris set a Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference record for most wins in a season without a loss and ranked second in Division II and set a single-season school record for wins, finishing his career with a record of 33 wins and 4 losses. Mr. Speaker, this past spring season, Chris was ranked 27th nationally in walks and hits per innings pitched. Chris Murphy also set Millersville University career records for wins, innings pitched, complete games and starts, and tied the record for strikeouts with 235. To his great credit, Chris is also ranked 2d in Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference history in wins, 10th in the conference in career complete games, 8th in innings pitched, and 15th in career strikeouts. Chris Murphy is to be commended for his continuing commitment to athletic and academic excellence. He has established himself as an invaluable member of the Millersville University athletic community and this Commonwealth. I would also add that Chris, while achieving academic excellence, has also excelled academically and is a graduate of Millersville University with a degree in business administration, having earned and been awarded his undergraduate degree in commencement ceremonies just yesterday. Mr. Speaker, I believe that in the near future we will be seeing Chris Murphy playing baseball in the major leagues. He is a great credit to our Millersville University and to our Commonwealth. At this time I would ask Chris; his parents, Dennis and Linda; and his coaches, Jon Shehan and Ryan Forrest, to please stand to be recognized. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The SPEAKER. Thank you, Representative Murt.


GUESTS INTRODUCED

The SPEAKER. Located in the rear of the House, the Chair welcomes Gina Costello and Lisa Hoffman, and they are guests of Representative Hahn and Representative McNeill. Thank you so much for being with us today. To the left of the rostrum, the Chair welcomes the leadership team from Quality Custom Cabinetry, located in New Holland, and they are Dale Leaman, Jerry Weaver, Glenn Good, and Don Martin. They are guests of Representative Zimmerman. Thank you so much for being here today.

REBECCA FOXWELL PRESENTED

The SPEAKER. Representative Diamond is now invited up here to the rostrum for the purpose of presenting a citation. Representative Diamond, the floor is yours, sir. Mr. DIAMOND. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, distinguished colleagues, I am proud to introduce to you Mrs. Rebecca Foxwell, a first grade teacher from Lickdale Elementary School in the Northern Lebanon School District. Last week Mrs. Foxwell was named "Pennsylvania's 2016 Teacher of the Year." She edged out 11 other highly qualified finalists to achieve this honor. From a young age, Mrs. Foxwell desired to become a teacher, starting when she would assemble children from the neighborhood to play school. She almost always played the teacher. In fact, she would ask her actual schoolteachers for extra sheets of homework assignments and handouts so that she could give them to her pretend pupils. As she grew into an adult, she attended Lancaster Bible College, where she felt the call of God on her heart to pursue a career in helping children and earned a bachelor's in education. She later earned her master's degree from Edinboro University. She has worked in the Northern Lebanon School District since 2010. Her boss, Lickdale Elementary Principal Trevor Saylor, describes Mrs. Foxwell this way: "She is dedicated, hard-working and does her best to have a positive impact on our students. Rebecca is a good representative for our school and our district because she is both an energetic and dependable teacher." In class, Mrs. Foxwell is especially known for using colorful props and often raps lyrics to lessons in order to keep her students fully engaged in the learning process. Earlier this year before her selection, Mrs. Foxwell became the eighth nominee for Pennsylvania Teacher of the Year from Northern Lebanon, reflecting the district's commitment to education excellence. Mr. Speaker, I would like to go off my prepared comments to say how proud I am also to be an alumnus of Northern Lebanon High School, and I believe of all 500 school districts in the Commonwealth, we have the finest alma mater and I would like to just quote the short refrain: We are proud of Northern Lebanon And our life's one aim will be To hold high the Viking banner Keeping faith and trust in Thee.

Mrs. Foxwell will now go on to compete nationally for America's Teacher of the Year. We wish her the best of luck representing our State, knowing that she is fully qualified and deserving of the honor. Ladies and gentlemen, colleagues, Mr. Speaker, please extend a warm welcome as I present to you Pennsylvania Teacher of the Year Rebecca Foxwell.

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RESOLUTIONS PURSUANT TO RULE 35

Mrs. DEAN called up HR 604, PN 2614, entitled: A Resolution commemorating the third anniversary of the loss of

the Sandy Hook Elementary School students and educators who perished in a shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, on December 14, 2012. On the question, Will the House adopt the resolution? The SPEAKER. Representative Dean is recognized. Mrs. DEAN. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Thank you for recognizing me today to remember the third anniversary of the loss at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Three years ago today a quiet town like my hometown or like yours was shattered by violence. Three years ago today Newtown, Connecticut, 20 little children, first graders, and 6 of their teachers and principals were killed in a moment of madness. I ask you to take this moment and I thank you for taking this moment to remember those who were lost. The children: Charlotte Bacon, Daniel Barden, Olivia Engel, Josephine Gay, Ana Marquez-Greene, Dylan Hockley, Madeleine Hsu, Catherine Hubbard, Chase Kowalski, Jesse Lewis, James Mattioli, Grace McDonnell, Emilie Parker, Jack Pinto, Noah Pozner, Caroline Previdi, Jessica Rekos, Avielle Richman, Benjamin Wheeler, and Allison Wyatt. And their teachers: Sandy Hook Principal Dawn Hocksprung; school psychologist Mary Sherlach; their teachers, Rachel Davino, AnneMarie Murphy, Lauren Russeau, and Victoria Soto. We thank the first responders, law enforcement, and community members who came to the aid of their neighbors and continue with that mission today. We pray for those families of Newtown and Sandy Hook and hope they are guided through their grief, their mourning, and their healing. About the pain of loss, Rose Kennedy once said, "It has been said, 'Time heals all wounds.' I do not agree. The wounds remain. In time, the mind, protecting its sanity, covers them with scar tissue and the pain lessens. But it is never gone." And so it must be for the families of Newtown. But all hope is not lost, as we search in that tragedy for what some call the gold of truth. Thank you for remembering the families of Newtown today, and I hope as Mrs. Francine Wheeler, the Sandy Hook mom of Benjamin, the 6-year-old, said to us in this House in July of 2013, quote, "We can honor all victims of violence by having the courage to find love, to listen to one another and make change happen." I ask for your affirmative vote, and I thank you, Mr. Speaker. The SPEAKER. Thank you, Representative.


On the question recurring, Will the House adopt the resolution? The following roll call was recorded: YEAS–198 Acosta Evans Krieger Rapp Adolph Everett Krueger Ravenstahl Baker Fabrizio Lawrence Readshaw Barbin Farry Lewis Reed Barrar Fee Longietti Reese Benninghoff Flynn Mackenzie Regan Bizzarro Frankel Maher Roae Bloom Freeman Mahoney Roebuck Boback Gabler Major Ross Boyle Gainey Maloney Rothman Bradford Galloway Markosek Rozzi Briggs Gergely Marshall Saccone Brown, R. Gibbons Marsico Sainato Brown, V. Gillen Masser Samuelson Bullock Gillespie Matzie Sankey Burns Gingrich McCarter Santarsiero Caltagirone Godshall McClinton Santora Carroll Goodman McGinnis Saylor Causer Greiner McNeill Schemel Christiana Grove Mentzer Schlossberg Cohen Hahn Metcalfe Schreiber Conklin Hanna Metzgar Schweyer Corbin Harhai Miccarelli Simmons Costa, D. Harhart Millard Sims Costa, P. Harkins Miller, B. Snyder Cox Harper Miller, D. Sonney Cruz Harris, A. Milne Staats Culver Harris, J. Moul Stephens Cutler Heffley Mullery Sturla Daley, M. Helm Murt Tallman Daley, P. Hennessey Mustio Taylor Davidson Hickernell Neilson Thomas Davis Hill Nesbit Tobash Dawkins Irvin Neuman Toepel Day James O'Brien Toohil Dean Jozwiak O'Neill Topper Deasy Kampf Oberlander Truitt DeLissio Kaufer Ortitay Vereb Delozier Kauffman Parker, C. Vitali Dermody Kavulich Parker, D. Warner Diamond Keller, F. Pashinski Watson DiGirolamo Keller, W. Payne Wentling Donatucci Killion Peifer Wheatley Driscoll Kim Petrarca Wheeland Dunbar Kinsey Petri White Dush Kirkland Pickett Youngblood Ellis Klunk Pyle Zimmerman Emrick Knowles Quigley English Kortz Quinn Turzai, Evankovich Kotik Rader Speaker NAYS–0 NOT VOTING–0 EXCUSED–5 Bishop Farina Keller, M.K. Ward DeLuca The majority having voted in the affirmative, the question was determined in the affirmative and the resolution was adopted.

The SPEAKER. May God bless those victims and their families.

* * * Ms. ACOSTA called up HR 594, PN 2560, entitled:

A Resolution honoring the contributions of Under Secretary of

Defense Frank Kendall to his country. On the question, Will the House adopt the resolution?

REMARKS SUBMITTED FOR THE RECORD

The SPEAKER. Representative Acosta, you are recognized. Ms. ACOSTA. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to submit my remarks for the record. The SPEAKER. Thank you very much, Representative Acosta. Ms. ACOSTA submitted the following remarks for the Legislative Journal: Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to thank my colleagues for their support of HR 594, honoring Frank Kendall, Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics. Under Secretary Kendall reports to the United States Secretary of Defense on matters related to acquisition, research and engineering, developmental testing, logistics and material readiness, and chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons, among other things. He also serves as the leader in the department's work to increase its buying power. The United States Senate confirmed Under Secretary Kendall in this position in May 2012. Previously Under Secretary Kendall served as the department's Principal Deputy Under Secretary and Acting Under Secretary. He was also vice president of engineering for the defense contractor, Raytheon Company, and was a managing partner at Renaissance Strategic Advisors, an aerospace and defense sector consulting firm. A former member of the Army Science Board and the Defense Intelligence Agency Science and Technology Advisory Board, Under Secretary Kendall served the United States Army in Germany and also taught engineering at the United States Military Academy at West Point. My colleagues and I are grateful for Under Secretary Kendall's dedication and service to protecting our country. Thank you again for your support of HR 594. On the question recurring, Will the House adopt the resolution? The following roll call was recorded: YEAS–198 Acosta Evans Krieger Rapp Adolph Everett Krueger Ravenstahl Baker Fabrizio Lawrence Readshaw Barbin Farry Lewis Reed Barrar Fee Longietti Reese Benninghoff Flynn Mackenzie Regan Bizzarro Frankel Maher Roae Bloom Freeman Mahoney Roebuck Boback Gabler Major Ross


Boyle Gainey Maloney Rothman Bradford Galloway Markosek Rozzi Briggs Gergely Marshall Saccone Brown, R. Gibbons Marsico Sainato Brown, V. Gillen Masser Samuelson Bullock Gillespie Matzie Sankey Burns Gingrich McCarter Santarsiero Caltagirone Godshall McClinton Santora Carroll Goodman McGinnis Saylor Causer Greiner McNeill Schemel Christiana Grove Mentzer Schlossberg Cohen Hahn Metcalfe Schreiber Conklin Hanna Metzgar Schweyer Corbin Harhai Miccarelli Simmons Costa, D. Harhart Millard Sims Costa, P. Harkins Miller, B. Snyder Cox Harper Miller, D. Sonney Cruz Harris, A. Milne Staats Culver Harris, J. Moul Stephens Cutler Heffley Mullery Sturla Daley, M. Helm Murt Tallman Daley, P. Hennessey Mustio Taylor Davidson Hickernell Neilson Thomas Davis Hill Nesbit Tobash Dawkins Irvin Neuman Toepel Day James O'Brien Toohil Dean Jozwiak O'Neill Topper Deasy Kampf Oberlander Truitt DeLissio Kaufer Ortitay Vereb Delozier Kauffman Parker, C. Vitali Dermody Kavulich Parker, D. Warner Diamond Keller, F. Pashinski Watson DiGirolamo Keller, W. Payne Wentling Donatucci Killion Peifer Wheatley Driscoll Kim Petrarca Wheeland Dunbar Kinsey Petri White Dush Kirkland Pickett Youngblood Ellis Klunk Pyle Zimmerman Emrick Knowles Quigley English Kortz Quinn Turzai, Evankovich Kotik Rader Speaker NAYS–0 NOT VOTING–0 EXCUSED–5 Bishop Farina Keller, M.K. Ward DeLuca The majority having voted in the affirmative, the question was determined in the affirmative and the resolution was adopted.

APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE MEETING

The SPEAKER. Representative Adolph, the chairman of the Appropriations Committee, is recognized for a committee announcement. Mr. ADOLPH. Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the House Appropriations Committee will meet immediately in the House majority caucus room. Thank you. The SPEAKER. Thank you, sir. The Appropriations Committee will meet immediately in the majority caucus room.

REPUBLICAN CAUCUS

The SPEAKER. Representative Oberlander, caucus secretary, for a majority caucus announcement. Ms. OBERLANDER. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Republicans will caucus at 2:30. Republicans will caucus at 2:30. We will be prepared to come back to the floor at 3:30. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

RECESS

The SPEAKER. The House will be in recess until 3:30.

RECESS EXTENDED

The time of recess was extended until 4 p.m.

AFTER RECESS

The time of recess having expired, the House was called to order.

THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE (MATTHEW E. BAKER) PRESIDING

BILLS REREPORTED FROM COMMITTEE

HB 1520, PN 2659 By Rep. ADOLPH An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania

Consolidated Statutes, requiring compliance with Federal Selective Service requirements as part of application for learners' permits or drivers' licenses.

APPROPRIATIONS.

HB 1653, PN 2661 By Rep. ADOLPH An Act amending Title 62 (Procurement) of the Pennsylvania

Consolidated Statutes, providing for diverse and disadvantaged businesses.

APPROPRIATIONS.

HB 1689, PN 2515 By Rep. ADOLPH An Act amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania

Consolidated Statutes, providing for the National Guard Youth Challenge Program.

APPROPRIATIONS.

HB 1727, PN 2660 By Rep. ADOLPH An Act amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania

Consolidated Statutes, in decorations, medals, badges and awards, further providing for authorized decorations, medals, badges and awards and for specifications.

APPROPRIATIONS.


LEAVE OF ABSENCE

The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair is in receipt of a request for leave of absence from the majority whip for the gentleman, Mr. FARRY, from Bucks County for the day. Without objection, the leave will be so granted.

CALENDAR CONTINUED

BILLS ON SECOND CONSIDERATION

The House proceeded to second consideration of HB 1091, PN 1407, entitled:

An Act amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of

the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in sentencing, further providing for sentences for offenses committed with firearms and for sentences for second and subsequent offenses. On the question, Will the House agree to the bill on second consideration? Bill was agreed to.

* * * The House proceeded to second consideration of HB 1567, PN 2247, entitled:

An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the

Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in theft and related offenses, defining the offense of theft of secondary metal; and prescribing penalties. On the question, Will the House agree to the bill on second consideration? Bill was agreed to.

* * * The House proceeded to second consideration of HB 1716, PN 2583, entitled:

An Act amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of

the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in judicial boards and commissions, further providing for composition of jury selection commission; in facilities and supplies, further providing for county judicial center or courthouse; and, in juries and jurors, further providing for challenging compliance with selection procedures. On the question, Will the House agree to the bill on second consideration? Bill was agreed to.

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BILL ON THIRD CONSIDERATION

The House proceeded to third consideration of HB 1689, PN 2515, entitled:

An Act amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania

Consolidated Statutes, providing for the National Guard Youth Challenge Program.

On the question, Will the House agree to the bill on third consideration? Bill was agreed to. (Bill analysis was read.) The SPEAKER pro tempore. This bill has been considered on three different days and agreed to and is now on final passage. The question is, shall the bill pass finally? Agreeable to the provisions of the Constitution, the yeas and nays will now be taken. (Members proceeded to vote.)

THE SPEAKER (MIKE TURZAI) PRESIDING

The following roll call was recorded: YEAS–197 Acosta Evans Krueger Ravenstahl Adolph Everett Lawrence Readshaw Baker Fabrizio Lewis Reed Barbin Fee Longietti Reese Barrar Flynn Mackenzie Regan Benninghoff Frankel Maher Roae Bizzarro Freeman Mahoney Roebuck Bloom Gabler Major Ross Boback Gainey Maloney Rothman Boyle Galloway Markosek Rozzi Bradford Gergely Marshall Saccone Briggs Gibbons Marsico Sainato Brown, R. Gillen Masser Samuelson Brown, V. Gillespie Matzie Sankey Bullock Gingrich McCarter Santarsiero Burns Godshall McClinton Santora Caltagirone Goodman McGinnis Saylor Carroll Greiner McNeill Schemel Causer Grove Mentzer Schlossberg Christiana Hahn Metcalfe Schreiber Cohen Hanna Metzgar Schweyer Conklin Harhai Miccarelli Simmons Corbin Harhart Millard Sims Costa, D. Harkins Miller, B. Snyder Costa, P. Harper Miller, D. Sonney Cox Harris, A. Milne Staats Cruz Harris, J. Moul Stephens Culver Heffley Mullery Sturla Cutler Helm Murt Tallman Daley, M. Hennessey Mustio Taylor Daley, P. Hickernell Neilson Thomas Davidson Hill Nesbit Tobash Davis Irvin Neuman Toepel Dawkins James O'Brien Toohil Day Jozwiak O'Neill Topper Dean Kampf Oberlander Truitt Deasy Kaufer Ortitay Vereb DeLissio Kauffman Parker, C. Vitali Delozier Kavulich Parker, D. Warner Dermody Keller, F. Pashinski Watson Diamond Keller, W. Payne Wentling DiGirolamo Killion Peifer Wheatley Donatucci Kim Petrarca Wheeland Driscoll Kinsey Petri White Dunbar Kirkland Pickett Youngblood Dush Klunk Pyle Zimmerman


Ellis Knowles Quigley Emrick Kortz Quinn Turzai, English Kotik Rader Speaker Evankovich Krieger Rapp NAYS–0 NOT VOTING–0 EXCUSED–6 Bishop Farina Keller, M.K. Ward DeLuca Farry The majority required by the Constitution having voted in the affirmative, the question was determined in the affirmative and the bill passed finally. Ordered, That the clerk present the same to the Senate for concurrence. The SPEAKER. Members, please take your seats. Members, please take your seats.

FAREWELL ADDRESS BY MRS. PARKER

The SPEAKER. Members, at this time another of our distinguished colleagues and good friends will be leaving this august chamber and moving to a new position as a public official, just recently elected to Philadelphia City Council, our good friend, Representative Cherelle Parker. Representative Parker, I cannot believe it, 2005 you started? Oh, my gosh. Representing the 200th Legislative District in Philadelphia and currently serving in her sixth term, our good friend, Representative Parker. The floor is yours, ma'am. Mrs. PARKER. Paulie and Matzie, you were right. It looks different up here. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Representative Krieger and I had the great fortune of following Chairman and Mayor-elect Kirkland, but I need to state for the record that I do not know how to sing, and if I tried, the walls of this chamber would come tumbling down. So I am going to spare you from that. I just want to take a quick stroll through my journey in this body and get right down to my thank-yous. I want to start where I started when I first arrived in 2005. For many of you who were here during that time, you remember me standing right there, saying that I did not want to embarrass one of our then Democratic leaders, but I did want our colleagues to know that I was literally 8 years old when he was elected to represent the West Oak Lane community in which I was reared, where my grandparents raised me. He gave me my first start in community organizing. He gave me away at my wedding, which he did not tell people that as soon as he got me down the aisle to my husband, Ben, he said, "Now she's your responsibility. Good luck in handling her." The story I did not tell was that about 15 years ago, I was in my twenties, my mother-mentor, Marian Tasco, for a moment had decided she was not going to run for reelection as the councilperson for the Ninth District. I went to the guy who is one of the leaders, the leader in my community, and I told him,

"I want to succeed her. I want to run for city council." And he looked me in my face and said to me, "No. You're not ready to go to city council. If you want to learn how to serve the city of Philadelphia, you go and become a member of the Pennsylvania General Assembly and learn how to be a legislator." That was my teacher, who was then thin. He is still tall, but he had a whole lot of hair. He is bald now, and that is you, D.E. I love you, Dwight Evans, and thank you so very much. Every Speaker since I have been here during their remarks had always talked about the impact that this job will have on your family, and when I first arrived here, you know, I was Cherelle Parker, I was single, and like a lot of my friends, three of us in particular, my road dogs back home – we all went to undergrad together – we sort of did things backwards, like focused on our careers early on, were not thinking about marriage, were not thinking about children. And then all of a sudden, we got into our thirties, like 33, and we are like, wait a minute; life is going by – right? – so we should give this some time too. And I met a great gentleman, who is the operating engineer out of Local 542, who is 12 years older than me – and I have to say that because if I remind him that he is 12 years older than me and he is RVDing, DVRing this right now, that gets me nice gifts. So I remind him of that from time to time. But we were married and we have a wonderful son named Langston, who just turned 3 in July. The lady who helped me with Langston, and it was very challenging for me. I did not know how I would juggle it. You will remember Chelsa Wagner. When I first realized Langston was coming, Chelsa had been here, and I was nervous, but I watched Chelsa do it and she juggled it. And so, slowly but surely, I got a little courage, and Ms. Gladys James from Second Macedonia Baptist Church became my son's adopted Mom-Mom. To my husband, Ben, I say thank you, cutie-pie, for putting up with what I do for a living. I know you were not married to a woman who had a schedule and a life that was like some of your friends, but you allowed me to do it, and had you not been the strong man that you are, you would not have allowed me to do what I needed to do, and I love you, babe. Thank you. To my son, Langston, who is 3, you are not a fair negotiator. I was thinking, well, you know, maybe Langston could come up here and help us, you know, get to where we need to go, but he would not be able to help us because he is at this 3-year-old stage where it is his way or the highway. But I want you to know, Baby, Mommy will be home soon. So when the school calls Karen, like today, and there is an emergency, I do not have to shuffle to get to somebody else. I can get there and it will not take me 2 hours. To the people of the 200th Legislative District, I want to thank you for your vote of confidence in me. You allowed me to represent you, and I did it to the best of my ability and I thank you. To the staff here – and I will get to my district office staff – but I want to say to the Harrisburg staff, you are not nameless and faceless people. We see you and we respect you and your work. The janitorial staff; the messengers; the Capitol security and police; the cafeteria workers, who did not look at me cross-eyed when I said I wanted a chicken salad sandwich that was half chicken salad, half egg salad, with onions, one piece of lettuce, three tomatoes, and hot peppers on the side. They found a way to just do it the way I asked them to, and they never


complained about it. Thank you so very much. We appreciate what you do. To my district office staff who are here, I want to say to each and every one of you and I want my colleagues to know, I do not have a group of "yes" people working with me. My personality is too strong. They challenge me every step of the way. Every idea that I ever came up with, every method of service delivery that I wanted in that district office, every grand plan that I wanted to get accomplished, they would say, listen, it is realistic or it is not. But you all held it down and you made my supermarket visits to ShopRite, Jeff Brown ShopRite, or Pathmark, my dinners at Relish, all of my meetings in the district, I would run into someone saying to me, "I came to your office and they helped me." When DIT (Democratic Information Technologies) came to Philadelphia to fix computers or some of my colleagues came down, two of them in particular, and they saw all of these people waiting in the lobby, and they said, "Well, how many people do you serve here?" And I said, "Well, we do 50 to 65 walk-ins a day, and that doesn't include telephones and e-mails." They looked and they said, "Wow, Cherelle, that's pretty good." I cannot take credit for it. It was not me. I was here trying to do what we all do and be a legislator, but these were the people who held it down, and their personalities are all 360 degrees different from mine. I am at 120 percent miles per hour and they are like all calm. No, you cannot do it. Yes, you can. The boss lady who kept it all together, and I want you to remember her name, Tonyelle Cook-Artis, the chief of staff. Kyasha Tyson, Hilary Emerson, Cindy Schue here in Harrisburg, whom we got from Ron Buxton. And, Cindy, I was nervous because I did not think anybody could fill in the shoes of my Mel – right? – when she left. Leadership poached her from me – right? – and that was okay, but you did an excellent job. Ronald Hopkins; Juanita; my Melanie; Germaine, who was with us, she is in another office; Yvonne, who started with us; Tiffany Thurman, who became the executive director of the Philadelphia delegation this year. You know, she was new with the politics, but she studied econ in Japan, so she runs budget spreadsheets for fun; picture that. Thank you so much, Tiffany. And to Toni Marchowsky, we made some bones together, Marchowsky. It was rough, and I thank you so very much for all of the work that you did with us. To Cheryl and Rick, holiday lighting every year, volunteer in the office consistently, not being paid, retired, traveled to be here with me today, you know you are family and I thank you. Joan Howell passed away. She volunteered with us. Marlene Trice, who ran the food kitchen, Kitchen of Love, and she still runs it. It just moved. Thank you all so very much. Can you give my staff a round of applause. Two people who are extremely important and you get in trouble because you start naming names, but I have got to talk about a few people, Jake Wheatley and the late John Myers. Jake, when Ben watches us here, he says, "You know, if you were a man, your name would be Jake Wheatley." And I want you to know that I admire your courage. I thank you for being a stand-up guy. We believe in the endgame as it relates to public education. We just may not believe in the same process on the journey to get there, but I want you to know I respect you, Jake Wheatley.

John Myers, the late John Myers, his funeral is tomorrow. The Appropriations staff will remember when I first got here, one of the first things I said was that this body was a tad bit testosterone heavy. We are in a meeting with Philadelphia delegation members and I will not tell you who, but I was new. It is my first 2 months, and this one person kept reminding me that I was a woman and that I was young and that I was new and I was a freshman and I did not have any seniority. And one day in Approps, I did not mean it, Dwight was in his office and I just blew up, I just exploded. Dwight came in like the principal and said, "What is wrong with you?" John Myers said, "Come here, baby girl. Are you a woman?" I said, "Yes." He said, "Are you Black?" I said, "Yes." He said, "And you are new and you don't have an ounce of seniority, do you?" I said, "No." He said, "So thicken up your skin and get used to it. These are the people you're going to have to work with, and by your work they will respect you." That was some of the greatest advice that he could have given me. To the Philadelphia delegation, thank you for giving me the opportunity to serve as your chair for the 4 1/2 years. It has been a challenging time economically for our city and we did not achieve all that we set out to accomplish, but I want you to know that I did the best that I could. And I know in my heart of hearts that the best is yet to come for our delegation and for our city. You will lead our chamber, each and every one of you, and I appreciate you and I look forward to working with you in the future. I need to say specifically to senior members, Jim Roebuck, the statesman; John Taylor, the Republican – I know it is unfair, you say you represent a district just like the rest of us, but people do not know that the people in the city of Philadelphia, all 1.5 million of us, you represent all of us and I do not know that people understand the pressure that you are under, although you only represent a district. I do. Your leadership matters, and I appreciate your friendship. Curtis Thomas, I knew who you were before I got here because Ona Weldon in that Winnebago told me you were a legend in our city, and when I went to North Philadelphia and you talk about chief advocacy, you cannot say it without mentioning Curtis Thomas. Thank you for being one of my rocks. Bill Keller, from you I have learned to be practical and persistent, when I watched what you did as it related to legislation that you had worked on, regarding the docks. When Kate Harper and I worked on that legislation and it took us 6 years, I remember saying, it took a long time, and you said, "Cherelle, I have been working for this this long. If you believe in it, you keep pressing for it." I will never, never forget that, Bill Keller. Mark Cohen, your encyclopedic knowledge of this institution. And a special thanks to Roebuck, O'Brien, and Kinsey for saving me this summer by participating in the make-or-break task that I had to complete, and they know what it was and they knew it was pass or fail and they came through at the very last minute. To our Democratic leadership, Dermody, Hanna, and Markosek, I know that I press and I press and I press, but I did my best to help move the principles of our caucus and what we stand for. Frank Dermody, aside from being a leader, you were


valuable to me, and you probably do not even remember this, when you were the secretary. I was a freshman and did not know how to read a bill or an analysis or anything, and you had a guy by the name of Mike Rish who gave me a few of my first pieces of legislation that I introduced, and I will never forget that. To Speaker Turzai, Leader Reed, and Chairman Adolph, I know a lot of people were surprised, Speaker Turzai, when they heard me second your nomination. I meant it, and if I had it to do over again, I would, because I needed to send a message to my son that if I meant that bipartisan cooperation and working together even when we agree to disagree with something that is needed in this body, I needed to be an example. To Leader Reed, you gave the arena quote on the floor, and our friend, Wayne Smith, was back in Philadelphia smiling because you know I learned it and learned to appreciate it under Wayne's tutelage. I have watched you on the floor of this House. I am going to say this to my caucus, I do not know how in the world we let you get away because you are sitting on the wrong side. You are supposed to be sitting over here. To Chairman Adolph, to Chairman Adolph, Chairman Adolph, when you shared with me, when you shared with me, Chairman Adolph – yeah, I mean, we have got to get some buzz. They will remember that. Oh, no, I am afraid, Mr. Speaker; I might hit it too hard. Chairman Adolph, you shared with me your experience in Tennessee. For me, I only read about it in the history books, and when you shared that experience with me, it made me understand that what happened during that time impacted – we are talking about Dr. King's assassination – it impacted the entire country. I thank you very much for sharing that, and I also thank you for not always agreeing with us, and I have been gaveled down by, I think, every Appropriations chair that I have served under, Democrat and Republican alike, but I thank you, Chairman Adolph, for always listening, even when we agreed to disagree. Chairman Readshaw, I cannot say it right, but you have to ask him what that means. Davis, Gainey, Gergely, Dean, Daley, McCarter, Freeman, Samuelson, Frankel, Fabrizio, DeLuca, Pashinski, Quinn, Grove, Chris Ross, Harper, Vereb, Matzie, Paulie, Dom, Briggs, Cutler, Schreiber, Schweyer, thank you all so very much. Pam Snyder, if I want to go shopping, that means you have to send me – what is it? – 4-H, 4-H, 4-H beef. Listen, I do not know anything about agriculture. I just know it was the best steak I ever made for my husband and he loved it, and I will not forget it. So thank you so much. To the women of this body, I will not forget what you all did when I had that baby shower. I did not know that that room even existed. Toni came up with this grand scheme about how it was a meeting about the cigarette tax or something like that and we had to rush to this secret room, and I got in there, and there were Democratic and Republican women alike, and you all gave me advice, and you actually started Langston's wardrobe – right? – and I really appreciated that, and I thank you so much. Finally, I am going to end with my dream. I thought I had the solution to what we needed here. It just was not enough time to get it done. I mentioned it to Oberlander, Pyle, Ellis, and Grove – although your district is not rural, because of your spirit, and although we have agreed to disagree, we have done it very diplomatically. I think we need it. It would rock this Commonwealth if we had a rural-urban caucus where we

selected just three to five items that were substantive, that we could work on to get done, minus everything that we disagree, and we found a way to do it. It would be awesome. The younger members of the delegation, Dawkins, McClinton, Acosta, Boyle – I do not know where you will end up, Boyle – Harris, Kinsey, you all can work to get that done, and I hope we do get there. I want to say to Representative Vanessa Brown and to Representative Chris Ross, thank you so very much. Representative Ross, you are the crimson and cream guy who got us through that package, and I will never forget about it; very technical, very analytical, but you helped us get there. Miriam Fox, Schwoyer, Nora, all of the Approps staff, I know from time to time you thought I hung onto you and I would not let you go. It is because you are the brain trust here and I wanted to learn as much as I could from you so that I could find a way to just add a little bit of value in my space, and when I was trying to find my way to the bathroom in this building. If anybody knows what I know, they will hold onto you, Christine, and that mighty lion, Karen. You are a mighty lion, woman. We had some knock-down-drag-outs, but you represent the interests of your people. Sometimes we found common ground, but I respect that because it is not easy having the amount of estrogen that we do and surviving in this building, but it is your brain trust that allows you to do it. Thank you all so much. And when I come back, Leader Reed and Leader Dermody, if we are advocating for the city of Philadelphia, and, Leader Reed, if I ask just for 2 minutes to just come and say hello to the Republican Caucus, I hope you will grant me the opportunity to do so. Thank you all so very much. Now I am going to be a freshman with no seniority and trying to find my way in council. Thank you.

REMARKS BY SPEAKER

The SPEAKER. One dynamic lady. You know, Cherelle is a graduate of Lincoln University, and I know how proud she is of that education there and has been just an outstanding advocate for that university. Cherelle, my understanding is, you made history by becoming the youngest African-American woman ever elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, and really, that is an amazing thing. I have been exceptionally proud, when I was leader, to work on a number of items that we got over the goal line with Representative Parker, and all the best to her in her new position on city council in the great city of Philadelphia. (Commemorative gavel was presented.)

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BILL ON CONCURRENCE IN SENATE AMENDMENTS

The House proceeded to consideration of concurrence in Senate amendments to HB 1603, PN 2651, entitled:

An Act amending Titles 23 (Domestic Relations) and 42 (Judiciary

and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for sex trafficking and missing and abducted children; in uniform interstate family support, making extensive revisions to


general provisions, jurisdiction, civil provisions of general application, establishment of support order, direct enforcement of order of another state without registration, enforcement and modification of support order after registration, determination of parentage, interstate rendition and miscellaneous provisions and providing for support proceeding under convention; and, in juvenile matters, further providing for definitions and for disposition of dependent children. On the question, Will the House concur in Senate amendments? The SPEAKER. Moved by the gentlelady, Representative Watson, that the House concur in the amendments inserted by the Senate. Representative Watson, for just a brief description of the Senate amendments and on the bill. Mrs. WATSON. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The basic bill, you will remember, is HB 1603, and that is what we are doing to fall into Federal guidelines, which will allow us to conform and, obviously, get Federal dollars. It was determined in the Senate that they also had Representative Marsico's bill, which is HB 1691, and had not moved on it, and so to be expeditious in terms of time and talent and effort, they rolled our HB 1691, which passed the House, into HB 1603. And why? Because it still would keep it – they are both requirements relative to Federal bills that we have to as Pennsylvanians follow in order to get our Federal dollars. And you will recall that a lot of this has to do with the Federal law, and the total name, I will be honest, at this point with budget, is escaping me. But in any event, that was the bill about sexual assault and handling children correctly and particularly foster children and where they fall into this whole scale of watching and protecting foster children in the same way as children in their families. So that is really what is behind this. They are in effect two bills, similar subjects rolled into one so that we can meet a December 31 deadline. I would add, Mr. Speaker, it is always good to make a deadline. Just a thought. On the question recurring, Will the House concur in Senate amendments? The SPEAKER. Agreeable to the provisions of the Constitution, the yeas and nays will now be taken. The following roll call was recorded: YEAS–197 Acosta Evans Krueger Ravenstahl Adolph Everett Lawrence Readshaw Baker Fabrizio Lewis Reed Barbin Fee Longietti Reese Barrar Flynn Mackenzie Regan Benninghoff Frankel Maher Roae Bizzarro Freeman Mahoney Roebuck Bloom Gabler Major Ross Boback Gainey Maloney Rothman Boyle Galloway Markosek Rozzi Bradford Gergely Marshall Saccone Briggs Gibbons Marsico Sainato Brown, R. Gillen Masser Samuelson Brown, V. Gillespie Matzie Sankey Bullock Gingrich McCarter Santarsiero Burns Godshall McClinton Santora Caltagirone Goodman McGinnis Saylor Carroll Greiner McNeill Schemel Causer Grove Mentzer Schlossberg Christiana Hahn Metcalfe Schreiber

Cohen Hanna Metzgar Schweyer Conklin Harhai Miccarelli Simmons Corbin Harhart Millard Sims Costa, D. Harkins Miller, B. Snyder Costa, P. Harper Miller, D. Sonney Cox Harris, A. Milne Staats Cruz Harris, J. Moul Stephens Culver Heffley Mullery Sturla Cutler Helm Murt Tallman Daley, M. Hennessey Mustio Taylor Daley, P. Hickernell Neilson Thomas Davidson Hill Nesbit Tobash Davis Irvin Neuman Toepel Dawkins James O'Brien Toohil Day Jozwiak O'Neill Topper Dean Kampf Oberlander Truitt Deasy Kaufer Ortitay Vereb DeLissio Kauffman Parker, C. Vitali Delozier Kavulich Parker, D. Warner Dermody Keller, F. Pashinski Watson Diamond Keller, W. Payne Wentling DiGirolamo Killion Peifer Wheatley Donatucci Kim Petrarca Wheeland Driscoll Kinsey Petri White Dunbar Kirkland Pickett Youngblood Dush Klunk Pyle Zimmerman Ellis Knowles Quigley Emrick Kortz Quinn Turzai, English Kotik Rader Speaker Evankovich Krieger Rapp NAYS–0 NOT VOTING–0 EXCUSED–6 Bishop Farina Keller, M.K. Ward DeLuca Farry The majority required by the Constitution having voted in the affirmative, the question was determined in the affirmative and the amendments were concurred in. Ordered, That the clerk inform the Senate accordingly.


AS AMENDED

The House proceeded to consideration of concurrence in Senate amendments to the following HB 1322, PN 2663, as further amended by the House Rules Committee:

An Act amending the act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), known

as the Public Welfare Code, as follows: In public assistance: establishing the Keystone Education Yields Success Program; and further providing for copayments for subsidized child care, for identification and proof of residence, for medical assistance payments for institutional care, for other medical assistance payments, for mileage reimbursement and paratransit services for individuals receiving methadone treatment. In children and youth: further providing for payments to counties for services to children, for providers submission and for limits on reimbursement to counties. Repealing provisions relating to Medicaid managed care organization assessments. In Statewide quality care assessment: further providing for definitions, for implementation, for administration, for restricted account and for expiration. Providing for managed care organization assessments. In departmental powers and duties as to supervision: further providing for definitions. In departmental powers and duties as to licensing: further providing for definitions, for fees, for provisional license and for violation and penalty; and repealing provisions relating


to registration. In family finding and kinship care: further providing for definitions, for the Kinship Care Program and for permanent legal custodianship subsidy and reimbursement. Making a related repeal. Providing for the licensing of family child-care homes. On the question, Will the House concur in Senate amendments as amended by the Rules Committee? The SPEAKER. Moved by the gentleman, Representative Kaufer, that the House concur in the amendments.

RULES SUSPENDED

The SPEAKER. Representative Reed is recognized. Mr. REED. Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. I would make a motion to suspend the rules for the purpose of reverting HB 1322 to the prior printer's number of PN 2628. Thank you. On the question, Will the House agree to the motion? The SPEAKER. Representative Dermody, on that motion, sir. Mr. DERMODY. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I would urge the members to support the motion to revert to the prior printer's number. The SPEAKER. This is in essence a motion to suspend the rules. Members, please vote on this motion to suspend the rules. This will allow the motion to revert to a prior printer's number. You have to vote on the suspension of the rules first, and then we will take the vote on the motion to revert to a prior printer's number. On the question recurring, Will the House agree to the motion? The following roll call was recorded: YEAS–182 Acosta Emrick Knowles Rapp Adolph English Kortz Ravenstahl Baker Evankovich Kotik Readshaw Barbin Evans Krieger Reed Barrar Everett Krueger Reese Benninghoff Fabrizio Lawrence Regan Bizzarro Fee Lewis Roebuck Bloom Flynn Longietti Ross Boback Frankel Mackenzie Rothman Boyle Freeman Maher Rozzi Bradford Gainey Mahoney Sainato Briggs Galloway Major Samuelson Brown, R. Gergely Maloney Sankey Brown, V. Gibbons Markosek Santarsiero Bullock Gillespie Marshall Santora Burns Gingrich Marsico Saylor Caltagirone Godshall Masser Schemel Carroll Goodman Matzie Schlossberg Causer Greiner McCarter Schreiber Christiana Grove McClinton Schweyer Cohen Hahn McNeill Simmons Conklin Hanna Mentzer Sims Corbin Harhai Miccarelli Snyder

Costa, D. Harhart Millard Sonney Costa, P. Harkins Miller, B. Staats Cox Harper Moul Stephens Cruz Harris, A. Murt Sturla Culver Harris, J. Mustio Taylor Cutler Heffley Neilson Thomas Daley, M. Helm Nesbit Tobash Daley, P. Hennessey O'Brien Toepel Davis Hickernell O'Neill Toohil Dawkins Hill Oberlander Topper Day Irvin Ortitay Vereb Dean James Parker, C. Vitali Deasy Jozwiak Parker, D. Warner DeLissio Kampf Pashinski Watson Delozier Kaufer Payne Wentling Dermody Kauffman Peifer Wheatley Diamond Kavulich Petrarca Wheeland DiGirolamo Keller, W. Petri White Donatucci Killion Pickett Youngblood Driscoll Kim Pyle Zimmerman Dunbar Kinsey Quigley Dush Kirkland Quinn Turzai, Ellis Klunk Rader Speaker NAYS–15 Davidson McGinnis Milne Saccone Gabler Metcalfe Mullery Tallman Gillen Metzgar Neuman Truitt Keller, F. Miller, D. Roae NOT VOTING–0 EXCUSED–6 Bishop Farina Keller, M.K. Ward DeLuca Farry A majority of the members required by the rules having voted in the affirmative, the question was determined in the affirmative and the motion was agreed to. On the question recurring, Will the House concur in Senate amendments as amended by the Rules Committee?

BILL REVERTED TO PRIOR PRINTER'S NUMBER

The SPEAKER. Now, with respect to the motion to revert to a prior printer's number, Representative Reed. Mr. REED. Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. I make the motion to revert to a prior printer's number on HB 1322, to revert to PN 2628. Thank you. On the question, Will the House agree to the motion? The SPEAKER. Representative Dermody. Mr. DERMODY. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Once again, we urge the members to support the motion to revert to a prior printer's number. On the question recurring, Will the House agree to the motion?


The following roll call was recorded: YEAS–187 Acosta English Kotik Rapp Adolph Evankovich Krieger Ravenstahl Baker Evans Krueger Readshaw Barbin Everett Lawrence Reed Barrar Fabrizio Lewis Reese Benninghoff Fee Longietti Regan Bizzarro Flynn Mackenzie Roebuck Bloom Frankel Maher Ross Boback Freeman Mahoney Rothman Boyle Gainey Major Rozzi Bradford Galloway Maloney Sainato Briggs Gergely Markosek Samuelson Brown, R. Gibbons Marshall Sankey Brown, V. Gillen Marsico Santarsiero Bullock Gillespie Masser Santora Burns Gingrich Matzie Saylor Caltagirone Godshall McCarter Schemel Carroll Goodman McClinton Schlossberg Causer Greiner McNeill Schreiber Christiana Grove Mentzer Schweyer Cohen Hahn Miccarelli Simmons Conklin Hanna Millard Sims Corbin Harhai Miller, B. Snyder Costa, D. Harhart Miller, D. Sonney Costa, P. Harkins Milne Staats Cox Harper Moul Stephens Cruz Harris, A. Mullery Sturla Culver Harris, J. Murt Tallman Cutler Heffley Neilson Taylor Daley, M. Helm Nesbit Thomas Daley, P. Hennessey Neuman Tobash Davidson Hickernell O'Brien Toepel Davis Hill O'Neill Toohil Dawkins Irvin Oberlander Topper Day James Ortitay Vereb Dean Jozwiak Parker, C. Vitali Deasy Kampf Parker, D. Warner DeLissio Kaufer Pashinski Watson Delozier Kauffman Payne Wentling Dermody Kavulich Peifer Wheatley Diamond Keller, W. Petrarca Wheeland DiGirolamo Killion Petri White Donatucci Kim Pickett Youngblood Driscoll Kinsey Pyle Zimmerman Dunbar Kirkland Quigley Dush Klunk Quinn Turzai, Ellis Kortz Rader Speaker Emrick NAYS–10 Gabler McGinnis Mustio Saccone Keller, F. Metcalfe Roae Truitt Knowles Metzgar NOT VOTING–0 EXCUSED–6 Bishop Farina Keller, M.K. Ward DeLuca Farry The majority having voted in the affirmative, the question was determined in the affirmative and the motion was agreed to. On the question, Will the House concur in Senate amendments as amended by the Rules Committee as amended?

The SPEAKER. So HB 1322 is now in front of us. It is back to its prior printer's number. The question is, will the House concur in the amendments inserted by the Senate? That is moved by Representative Kaufer. The Chair recognizes Representative Kaufer for a brief description of the Senate amendments. Representative Baker, will you please address the amendments that were made by the Senate on this bill? Mr. BAKER. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It is my understanding this is agreed to, this piece of legislation. Some of the changes that were addressed in this legislation deal with the child-care benefits cliff. The Keystone Education Yields Success hospital assessment was agreed to by the Hospital Association of Pennsylvania. Some issues regarding the day-one incentive payments were included; mileage reimbursement repeal. The needs-based budgeting was also included, the child-care facilities licensure was included, and the GRT (gross receipts tax)/MCO (managed-care organizations) assessment was also included in the omnibus Welfare Code. The welfare residency notification, kinship care updates, and reverting to the prior printer's number also changed the name to the Department of Human Services. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. On the question recurring, Will the House concur in Senate amendments as amended by the Rules Committee as amended? The SPEAKER. Agreeable to the provisions of the Constitution, the yeas and nays will now be taken. The following roll call was recorded: YEAS–180 Acosta Ellis Klunk Rapp Adolph English Kortz Ravenstahl Baker Evankovich Kotik Readshaw Barbin Evans Krieger Reed Barrar Everett Krueger Reese Benninghoff Fabrizio Lawrence Regan Bizzarro Fee Lewis Roebuck Bloom Flynn Longietti Ross Boback Frankel Mahoney Rothman Boyle Freeman Major Rozzi Bradford Gabler Maloney Sainato Briggs Gainey Markosek Samuelson Brown, R. Galloway Marshall Sankey Brown, V. Gergely Marsico Santarsiero Bullock Gibbons Matzie Santora Burns Gillespie McCarter Saylor Caltagirone Gingrich McClinton Schlossberg Carroll Godshall McNeill Schreiber Causer Goodman Mentzer Schweyer Christiana Greiner Miccarelli Simmons Cohen Grove Millard Sims Conklin Hahn Miller, B. Snyder Corbin Hanna Miller, D. Sonney Costa, D. Harhai Milne Staats Costa, P. Harhart Moul Stephens Cox Harkins Mullery Sturla Cruz Harper Murt Taylor Culver Harris, A. Neilson Thomas Cutler Harris, J. Nesbit Tobash Daley, M. Heffley Neuman Toepel Daley, P. Helm O'Brien Toohil Davidson Hennessey O'Neill Topper Davis Hickernell Oberlander Vereb


Dawkins Hill Ortitay Vitali Day Irvin Parker, C. Warner Dean James Parker, D. Watson Deasy Jozwiak Pashinski Wentling DeLissio Kampf Payne Wheatley Delozier Kaufer Peifer Wheeland Dermody Kauffman Petrarca White Diamond Kavulich Pickett Youngblood DiGirolamo Keller, W. Pyle Zimmerman Donatucci Killion Quigley Driscoll Kim Quinn Turzai, Dunbar Kinsey Rader Speaker Dush Kirkland NAYS–17 Emrick Maher Metzgar Saccone Gillen Masser Mustio Schemel Keller, F. McGinnis Petri Tallman Knowles Metcalfe Roae Truitt Mackenzie NOT VOTING–0 EXCUSED–6 Bishop Farina Keller, M.K. Ward DeLuca Farry The majority required by the Constitution having voted in the affirmative, the question was determined in the affirmative and the amendments as amended by the Rules Committee as amended were concurred in. Ordered, That the clerk return the same to the Senate for concurrence. The SPEAKER. The first budget bill will be going to the Governor's desk.

MOTION TO PROCEED TO CONSIDERATION UNDER RULES 21 AND 24

The SPEAKER. Representative Reed, for a motion, sir. Mr. REED. Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. I would make a motion for the immediate consideration of HB 1520, HB 1653, HB 1727, and HB 941. Thank you. On the question, Will the House agree to the motion? The SPEAKER. Representative Dermody, on the motion, sir. Mr. DERMODY. Mr. Speaker, is this a motion to proceed? Yeah; I urge the members to support the motion to proceed. On the question recurring, Will the House agree to the motion? The following roll call was recorded: YEAS–175 Acosta Fabrizio Kotik Ravenstahl Adolph Fee Krieger Readshaw Baker Flynn Krueger Reed Barbin Frankel Lawrence Reese Barrar Freeman Lewis Regan Benninghoff Gabler Longietti Roebuck

Bizzarro Gainey Mackenzie Ross Bloom Galloway Maher Rothman Boback Gergely Mahoney Rozzi Boyle Gibbons Major Sainato Brown, R. Gillespie Maloney Sankey Brown, V. Gingrich Markosek Santarsiero Bullock Godshall Marshall Santora Caltagirone Goodman Marsico Saylor Carroll Greiner Masser Schemel Causer Grove Matzie Schlossberg Christiana Hahn McClinton Schreiber Cohen Hanna McNeill Schweyer Conklin Harhai Mentzer Simmons Corbin Harhart Miccarelli Sims Costa, D. Harkins Millard Snyder Costa, P. Harper Miller, B. Sonney Cox Harris, A. Moul Staats Cruz Harris, J. Murt Stephens Culver Heffley Mustio Sturla Cutler Helm Neilson Taylor Daley, P. Hennessey Nesbit Thomas Davis Hickernell O'Brien Tobash Dawkins Hill O'Neill Toepel Day Irvin Oberlander Toohil Deasy James Ortitay Topper DeLissio Jozwiak Parker, C. Vereb Delozier Kampf Parker, D. Vitali Dermody Kaufer Pashinski Warner DiGirolamo Kauffman Payne Watson Donatucci Kavulich Peifer Wentling Driscoll Keller, W. Petrarca Wheatley Dunbar Killion Petri Wheeland Dush Kim Pickett White Ellis Kinsey Pyle Youngblood Emrick Kirkland Quigley Zimmerman English Klunk Quinn Evankovich Knowles Rader Turzai, Evans Kortz Rapp Speaker Everett NAYS–22 Bradford Diamond Metzgar Roae Briggs Gillen Miller, D. Saccone Burns Keller, F. Milne Samuelson Daley, M. McCarter Mullery Tallman Davidson McGinnis Neuman Truitt Dean Metcalfe NOT VOTING–0 EXCUSED–6 Bishop Farina Keller, M.K. Ward DeLuca Farry A majority of the members required by the rules having voted in the affirmative, the question was determined in the affirmative and the motion was agreed to.


AS AMENDED

The House proceeded to consideration of concurrence in Senate amendments to the following HB 941, PN 2662, as further amended by the House Rules Committee:

An Act amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175),

known as The Administrative Code of 1929, in organization of independent administrative boards and commissions, providing for


Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board; in organization, further providing for advisory boards and commissions; in Commonwealth agency fees, further providing for distillery of historical significance license fee reduction; providing for race horse industry reform; conferring duties upon the Joint State Government Commission; making editorial changes; and making related repeals. On the question, Will the House concur in Senate amendments as amended by the Rules Committee? The SPEAKER. Moved by the gentleman, Representative Regan, that the House concur in the amendments. Representative Regan, if you could give us a brief description of the Senate amendments as amended by the House. Mr. REGAN. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The initial bill, HB 941, amends the Administrative Code to reduce the one-time licensing fee for a distillery of historical significance from $5400 to $1200. The Senate amended the bill with the Administrative Code, which provides for making changes to the Citizens Advisory Council within the Department of Environmental Protection, requires the PA Gaming Control Board to conduct a study regarding the ability of the Commonwealth to regulate fantasy sports and to reveal the current horse racing industry format and add a new article to provide for regulatory oversight of horse and harness racing. The SPEAKER. Thank you, Representative Regan. Representative Pashinski, my understanding is that there is an amendment filed. It would be late filed from what I understand. Representative Pashinski, please proceed. Mr. PASHINSKI. Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. A short time ago I introduced a bill, HB 1429, which was relative to an increase of the hotel rental tax. That was a bill that was not a mandate but would allow third-class counties to institute that if necessary and if the county themselves decided that it was important, and primarily, it was done for one purpose and one purpose only, and that purpose was to help reduce the deficit of Luzerne County. They are over $390 million in debt. So it was my intention to try to utilize this very important bill to help the county of Luzerne. In no way would this infringe upon the hotel industry. This is nothing more than a tax that everyone pays when they rent the hotel room wherever and whenever they travel Route 81— The SPEAKER. Representative Pashinski, I apologize, sir. Do you have an amendment? Mr. PASHINSKI. Yes; the amendment is filed. The SPEAKER. We were told that you had filed, but we do not have a number for that amendment. Mr. PASHINSKI. According to my information, that is filed, it has been timely filed.

MOTION TO SUSPEND RULES

The SPEAKER. Okay. Your amendment, we were just given it; 5202 is the amendment number. You would need a motion to suspend to be able to vote on amendment 5202. Sir, are you going to move to suspend to have your amendment considered?

Mr. PASHINSKI. Yes; yes; that is exactly what this is, sir. On the question, Will the House agree to the motion? The SPEAKER. Does anybody else wish to speak on the motion to suspend? All those in favor, please vote "aye"— Mr. PASHINSKI. May I— The SPEAKER. Yes, you may. Mr. PASHINSKI. May I have the opportunity to speak on that? The SPEAKER. Yes. Mr. PASHINSKI. Thank you very much. Once again, I implore the members of this House, for the benefit of Luzerne County, a county that is over $390 million in debt, this particular amendment is critical to the financial stability of Luzerne County, and I would ask for a suspension of the rules to consider this amendment. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. On the question recurring, Will the House agree to the motion? The following roll call was recorded: YEAS–90 Acosta Deasy Kaufer Peifer Barbin DeLissio Kavulich Petrarca Bizzarro Dermody Keller, W. Quinn Boback DiGirolamo Kim Ravenstahl Boyle Donatucci Kinsey Readshaw Bradford Driscoll Kirkland Roebuck Briggs Evans Kortz Rozzi Brown, V. Fabrizio Kotik Sainato Bullock Flynn Krueger Santarsiero Burns Frankel Longietti Santora Caltagirone Freeman Mahoney Schlossberg Carroll Gainey Markosek Schreiber Cohen Galloway Matzie Schweyer Conklin Gergely McCarter Sims Costa, D. Gibbons McClinton Snyder Costa, P. Godshall McNeill Sturla Cruz Goodman Millard Thomas Daley, M. Hanna Murt Toohil Daley, P. Harhai Neilson Vereb Davidson Harkins O'Brien Vitali Davis Harper Parker, C. Wheatley Dawkins Harris, J. Pashinski Youngblood Dean Hennessey NAYS–107 Adolph Grove McGinnis Roae Baker Hahn Mentzer Ross Barrar Harhart Metcalfe Rothman Benninghoff Harris, A. Metzgar Saccone Bloom Heffley Miccarelli Samuelson Brown, R. Helm Miller, B. Sankey Causer Hickernell Miller, D. Saylor Christiana Hill Milne Schemel Corbin Irvin Moul Simmons Cox James Mullery Sonney Culver Jozwiak Mustio Staats Cutler Kampf Nesbit Stephens Day Kauffman Neuman Tallman Delozier Keller, F. O'Neill Taylor Diamond Killion Oberlander Tobash Dunbar Klunk Ortitay Toepel Dush Knowles Parker, D. Topper


Ellis Krieger Payne Truitt Emrick Lawrence Petri Warner English Lewis Pickett Watson Evankovich Mackenzie Pyle Wentling Everett Maher Quigley Wheeland Fee Major Rader White Gabler Maloney Rapp Zimmerman Gillen Marshall Reed Gillespie Marsico Reese Turzai, Gingrich Masser Regan Speaker Greiner NOT VOTING–0 EXCUSED–6 Bishop Farina Keller, M.K. Ward DeLuca Farry Less than a majority of the members required by the rules having voted in the affirmative, the question was determined in the negative and the motion was not agreed to.

STATEMENT BY MR. PASHINSKI

The SPEAKER. Representative Pashinski, do you wish to be recognized? Mr. PASHINSKI. Yes, sir. On unanimous consent. The SPEAKER. Yes, sir. Mr. PASHINSKI. I thank all of you for consideration. I appreciate the time. Bah humbug.

CONSIDERATION OF HB 941 CONTINUED

On the question recurring, Will the House concur in Senate amendments as amended by the Rules Committee? The SPEAKER. Agreeable to the provisions of the Constitution, the yeas and nays will now be taken. (Members proceeded to vote.)

VOTE STRICKEN The SPEAKER. Please suspend the vote. I have two members who are requesting the opportunity to speak. Please suspend the vote; I am sorry. Representative Thomas will be followed by Representative Truitt. Mr. THOMAS. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, may I interrogate the maker of the bill? The SPEAKER. Representative Regan. Mr. THOMAS. So I will raise the question, and then he will answer. At one point of the bill there was some language regarding the Philadelphia Parking Authority and its ability to regulate online travel providers, and then there was some discussion that in Rules that language was taken out so it is no longer a part of the bill, and that is my question, whether that section is still in HB 941.

Mr. REGAN. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. To my knowledge, I have been informed that that portion of the bill has been removed. The SPEAKER. Representative Thomas, any other questions? Mr. THOMAS. We will apply a bipartisan approach to dealing with this. I thank him for that information. The SPEAKER. Yes, sir. Representative Truitt. Mr. TRUITT. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I will be brief. I was just looking at the topics here, and I see we are doing stuff related to alcohol, the Department of Environmental Protection, gaming, and the racehorse industry. In my opinion, I have never seen a more clearer violation of the single-subject rule. I am not going to put this chamber through the exercise of the motion and so forth. But I just want everybody to think about that when they are casting their vote for this bill. I will be voting "no" because I think this is a violation of the single-subject rule and it is unconstitutional. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. On the question recurring, Will the House concur in Senate amendments as amended by the Rules Committee? The SPEAKER. Agreeable to the provisions of the Constitution, the yeas and nays will now be taken. The following roll call was recorded: YEAS–137 Acosta Fabrizio Kotik Ravenstahl Adolph Fee Krieger Readshaw Barrar Flynn Krueger Reed Benninghoff Frankel Lawrence Reese Bizzarro Freeman Lewis Regan Bloom Gabler Longietti Roebuck Boyle Gainey Mahoney Ross Briggs Galloway Major Rozzi Caltagirone Gergely Markosek Saccone Carroll Gillespie Marsico Samuelson Causer Gingrich Matzie Sankey Christiana Godshall McNeill Santora Cohen Goodman Mentzer Saylor Conklin Greiner Miccarelli Schemel Corbin Grove Millard Schlossberg Costa, D. Hanna Miller, B. Schreiber Costa, P. Harhai Miller, D. Schweyer Cruz Harkins Milne Sims Cutler Harper Moul Snyder Daley, M. Harris, A. Murt Stephens Daley, P. Harris, J. Nesbit Sturla Davidson Helm O'Brien Taylor Davis Hennessey Oberlander Toepel Deasy Hickernell Parker, C. Toohil DeLissio Hill Parker, D. Topper Delozier Jozwiak Pashinski Vereb Dermody Kampf Payne Watson DiGirolamo Kauffman Peifer Wentling Donatucci Kavulich Petrarca White Driscoll Keller, W. Petri Youngblood Dunbar Killion Pyle Zimmerman Ellis Kim Quigley English Kirkland Quinn Turzai, Evankovich Klunk Rader Speaker Evans Kortz Rapp


NAYS–60 Baker Emrick Maloney Roae Barbin Everett Marshall Rothman Boback Gibbons Masser Sainato Bradford Gillen McCarter Santarsiero Brown, R. Hahn McClinton Simmons Brown, V. Harhart McGinnis Sonney Bullock Heffley Metcalfe Staats Burns Irvin Metzgar Tallman Cox James Mullery Thomas Culver Kaufer Mustio Tobash Dawkins Keller, F. Neilson Truitt Day Kinsey Neuman Vitali Dean Knowles O'Neill Warner Diamond Mackenzie Ortitay Wheatley Dush Maher Pickett Wheeland NOT VOTING–0 EXCUSED–6 Bishop Farina Keller, M.K. Ward DeLuca Farry The majority required by the Constitution having voted in the affirmative, the question was determined in the affirmative and the amendments as amended by the Rules Committee were concurred in. Ordered, That the clerk return the same to the Senate for concurrence.

SUPPLEMENTAL CALENDAR A

BILLS ON THIRD CONSIDERATION


An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania

Consolidated Statutes, requiring compliance with Federal Selective Service requirements as part of application for learners' permits or drivers' licenses. On the question, Will the House agree to the bill on third consideration? Bill was agreed to. (Bill analysis was read.) The SPEAKER. This bill has been considered on three different days and agreed to and is now on final passage. The question is, shall the bill pass finally? Agreeable to the provisions of the Constitution, the yeas and nays will now be taken. The following roll call was recorded: YEAS–194 Acosta Evankovich Kotik Rader Adolph Evans Krieger Rapp Baker Everett Krueger Ravenstahl Barbin Fabrizio Lawrence Readshaw Barrar Fee Lewis Reed

Benninghoff Flynn Longietti Reese Bizzarro Frankel Mackenzie Regan Bloom Freeman Maher Roae Boback Gabler Mahoney Roebuck Boyle Gainey Major Ross Bradford Galloway Maloney Rothman Briggs Gergely Markosek Rozzi Brown, R. Gibbons Marshall Saccone Brown, V. Gillen Marsico Sainato Bullock Gillespie Masser Samuelson Burns Gingrich Matzie Sankey Caltagirone Godshall McCarter Santarsiero Carroll Goodman McClinton Santora Causer Greiner McNeill Saylor Christiana Grove Mentzer Schemel Cohen Hahn Metcalfe Schlossberg Conklin Hanna Metzgar Schreiber Corbin Harhai Miccarelli Schweyer Costa, D. Harhart Millard Simmons Costa, P. Harkins Miller, B. Sims Cox Harper Miller, D. Snyder Cruz Harris, A. Milne Sonney Culver Harris, J. Moul Staats Cutler Heffley Mullery Stephens Daley, M. Helm Murt Sturla Daley, P. Hennessey Mustio Tallman Davidson Hickernell Neilson Taylor Davis Hill Nesbit Thomas Dawkins Irvin Neuman Tobash Day James O'Brien Toepel Dean Jozwiak O'Neill Toohil Deasy Kampf Oberlander Topper DeLissio Kaufer Ortitay Vereb Delozier Kauffman Parker, C. Warner Dermody Kavulich Parker, D. Watson Diamond Keller, F. Pashinski Wentling DiGirolamo Keller, W. Payne Wheatley Donatucci Killion Peifer Wheeland Driscoll Kim Petrarca White Dunbar Kinsey Petri Youngblood Dush Kirkland Pickett Zimmerman Ellis Klunk Pyle Emrick Knowles Quigley Turzai, English Kortz Quinn Speaker NAYS–3 McGinnis Truitt Vitali NOT VOTING–0 EXCUSED–6 Bishop Farina Keller, M.K. Ward DeLuca Farry The majority required by the Constitution having voted in the affirmative, the question was determined in the affirmative and the bill passed finally. Ordered, That the clerk present the same to the Senate for concurrence.

* * *


An Act amending Title 62 (Procurement) of the Pennsylvania

Consolidated Statutes, providing for diverse and disadvantaged businesses.


On the question, Will the House agree to the bill on third consideration? Bill was agreed to. (Bill analysis was read.) The SPEAKER. This bill has been considered on three different days and agreed to and is now on final passage. The question is, shall the bill pass finally?

REMARKS SUBMITTED FOR THE RECORD

The SPEAKER. Representative Snyder, on the bill. Mrs. SNYDER. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to submit remarks for the record. The SPEAKER. Thank you, Representative Snyder. Mrs. SNYDER submitted the following remarks for the Legislative Journal: Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I sponsored HB 1653 because I support business and industry, especially Pennsylvania business and industry. Technically, the bill would create a chapter in the Procurement Code to recognize, formally, diverse businesses. But in reality, the legislation opens the door for the diverse businesses operating in the Commonwealth to thrive and prosper by promoting their distinct status. Simply put, this is a pro-growth jobs bill. Under the measure, the Department of General Services would compile and maintain a list of Pennsylvania businesses that are owned by women, minorities, and veterans. It would use this list to promote business with them. Currently many of our diverse and small businesses are hampered by inconsistencies in what constitutes a diverse business. The firms can be certified by independent sources and even other States, yet still be denied recognition in Pennsylvania. Removing these glitches and promoting formal recognition of our diverse businesses can only help. It is what we should have been doing. It is what we need to do. I ask for your support for HB 1653. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. On the question recurring, Shall the bill pass finally? The SPEAKER. Agreeable to the provisions of the Constitution, the yeas and nays will now be taken. The following roll call was recorded: YEAS–197 Acosta Evans Krueger Ravenstahl Adolph Everett Lawrence Readshaw Baker Fabrizio Lewis Reed Barbin Fee Longietti Reese Barrar Flynn Mackenzie Regan Benninghoff Frankel Maher Roae Bizzarro Freeman Mahoney Roebuck Bloom Gabler Major Ross Boback Gainey Maloney Rothman Boyle Galloway Markosek Rozzi Bradford Gergely Marshall Saccone Briggs Gibbons Marsico Sainato Brown, R. Gillen Masser Samuelson Brown, V. Gillespie Matzie Sankey Bullock Gingrich McCarter Santarsiero Burns Godshall McClinton Santora Caltagirone Goodman McGinnis Saylor Carroll Greiner McNeill Schemel

Causer Grove Mentzer Schlossberg Christiana Hahn Metcalfe Schreiber Cohen Hanna Metzgar Schweyer Conklin Harhai Miccarelli Simmons Corbin Harhart Millard Sims Costa, D. Harkins Miller, B. Snyder Costa, P. Harper Miller, D. Sonney Cox Harris, A. Milne Staats Cruz Harris, J. Moul Stephens Culver Heffley Mullery Sturla Cutler Helm Murt Tallman Daley, M. Hennessey Mustio Taylor Daley, P. Hickernell Neilson Thomas Davidson Hill Nesbit Tobash Davis Irvin Neuman Toepel Dawkins James O'Brien Toohil Day Jozwiak O'Neill Topper Dean Kampf Oberlander Truitt Deasy Kaufer Ortitay Vereb DeLissio Kauffman Parker, C. Vitali Delozier Kavulich Parker, D. Warner Dermody Keller, F. Pashinski Watson Diamond Keller, W. Payne Wentling DiGirolamo Killion Peifer Wheatley Donatucci Kim Petrarca Wheeland Driscoll Kinsey Petri White Dunbar Kirkland Pickett Youngblood Dush Klunk Pyle Zimmerman Ellis Knowles Quigley Emrick Kortz Quinn Turzai, English Kotik Rader Speaker Evankovich Krieger Rapp NAYS–0 NOT VOTING–0 EXCUSED–6 Bishop Farina Keller, M.K. Ward DeLuca Farry The majority required by the Constitution having voted in the affirmative, the question was determined in the affirmative and the bill passed finally. Ordered, That the clerk present the same to the Senate for concurrence.

* * * The House proceeded to third consideration of HB 1727, PN 2660, entitled:

An Act amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania

Consolidated Statutes, in decorations, medals, badges and awards, further providing for authorized decorations, medals, badges and awards and for specifications. On the question, Will the House agree to the bill on third consideration? Bill was agreed to. (Bill analysis was read.) The SPEAKER. This bill has been considered on three different days and agreed to and is now on final passage. The question is, shall the bill pass finally? Agreeable to the provisions of the Constitution, the yeas and nays will now be taken.


The following roll call was recorded: YEAS–195 Acosta Evans Krieger Rapp Adolph Everett Krueger Ravenstahl Baker Fabrizio Lawrence Readshaw Barbin Fee Lewis Reed Barrar Flynn Longietti Reese Benninghoff Frankel Mackenzie Regan Bizzarro Freeman Maher Roae Bloom Gabler Mahoney Roebuck Boback Gainey Major Ross Boyle Galloway Maloney Rothman Bradford Gergely Markosek Rozzi Briggs Gibbons Marshall Saccone Brown, R. Gillen Marsico Sainato Brown, V. Gillespie Masser Samuelson Bullock Gingrich Matzie Sankey Burns Godshall McCarter Santarsiero Caltagirone Goodman McClinton Santora Carroll Greiner McGinnis Saylor Causer Grove McNeill Schemel Christiana Hahn Mentzer Schlossberg Cohen Hanna Metcalfe Schreiber Conklin Harhai Metzgar Schweyer Corbin Harhart Millard Simmons Costa, D. Harkins Miller, B. Sims Costa, P. Harper Miller, D. Snyder Cox Harris, A. Milne Sonney Cruz Harris, J. Moul Staats Culver Heffley Mullery Stephens Cutler Helm Murt Sturla Daley, M. Hennessey Mustio Tallman Daley, P. Hickernell Neilson Taylor Davidson Hill Nesbit Thomas Davis Irvin Neuman Tobash Dawkins James O'Brien Toepel Day Jozwiak O'Neill Toohil Dean Kampf Oberlander Topper Deasy Kaufer Ortitay Truitt DeLissio Kauffman Parker, C. Vereb Delozier Kavulich Parker, D. Warner Dermody Keller, F. Pashinski Watson Diamond Keller, W. Payne Wentling DiGirolamo Killion Peifer Wheatley Donatucci Kim Petrarca Wheeland Driscoll Kinsey Petri White Dunbar Kirkland Pickett Youngblood Dush Klunk Pyle Zimmerman Ellis Knowles Quigley Emrick Kortz Quinn Turzai, English Kotik Rader Speaker Evankovich NAYS–2 Miccarelli Vitali NOT VOTING–0 EXCUSED–6 Bishop Farina Keller, M.K. Ward DeLuca Farry The majority required by the Constitution having voted in the affirmative, the question was determined in the affirmative and the bill passed finally. Ordered, That the clerk present the same to the Senate for concurrence.

SUPPLEMENTAL CALENDAR C

RESOLUTION

Mr. REED called up HR 617, PN 2664, entitled: A Resolution adopting a temporary rule of the House of

Representatives relating solely to amendments to the General Appropriation Bill for the fiscal year 2015-2016, Senate Bill 1073 (2015). On the question, Will the House adopt the resolution? The following roll call was recorded: YEAS–174 Acosta Dush Klunk Reed Adolph Ellis Kortz Reese Baker Evankovich Kotik Regan Barbin Evans Krieger Roebuck Barrar Everett Krueger Ross Benninghoff Fabrizio Lawrence Rothman Bizzarro Flynn Lewis Rozzi Bloom Frankel Longietti Saccone Boback Freeman Maher Sainato Boyle Gabler Mahoney Samuelson Bradford Gainey Major Sankey Briggs Galloway Markosek Santarsiero Brown, R. Gergely Marsico Santora Brown, V. Gillen Masser Saylor Bullock Gillespie Matzie Schemel Caltagirone Gingrich McCarter Schlossberg Carroll Godshall McClinton Schreiber Causer Goodman McNeill Schweyer Christiana Greiner Miccarelli Simmons Cohen Grove Millard Sims Conklin Hahn Moul Snyder Corbin Hanna Murt Sonney Costa, D. Harhai Mustio Staats Costa, P. Harhart Neilson Stephens Cox Harkins Nesbit Sturla Cruz Harper Neuman Tallman Culver Harris, A. O'Brien Taylor Cutler Harris, J. Oberlander Thomas Daley, M. Heffley Ortitay Tobash Daley, P. Helm Parker, C. Toepel Davidson Hennessey Parker, D. Toohil Davis Hill Pashinski Topper Dawkins Irvin Payne Vereb Day James Peifer Vitali Dean Jozwiak Petrarca Warner Deasy Kampf Petri Watson DeLissio Kaufer Pickett Wentling Delozier Kauffman Pyle Wheatley Dermody Kavulich Quigley Wheeland Diamond Keller, W. Quinn White DiGirolamo Killion Rader Youngblood Donatucci Kim Rapp Driscoll Kinsey Ravenstahl Turzai, Dunbar Kirkland Readshaw Speaker NAYS–23 Burns Keller, F. Mentzer Mullery Emrick Knowles Metcalfe O'Neill English Mackenzie Metzgar Roae Fee Maloney Miller, B. Truitt Gibbons Marshall Miller, D. Zimmerman Hickernell McGinnis Milne


NOT VOTING–0 EXCUSED–6 Bishop Farina Keller, M.K. Ward DeLuca Farry The majority having voted in the affirmative, the question was determined in the affirmative and the resolution was adopted.

BILLS SIGNED BY SPEAKER

Bills numbered and entitled as follows having been prepared for presentation to the Governor, and the same being correct, the titles were publicly read as follows: HB 1322, PN 2628

An Act amending the act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), known

as the Public Welfare Code, as follows: In public assistance: establishing the Keystone Education Yields Success Program; and further providing for copayments for subsidized child care, for identification and proof of residence, for medical assistance payments for institutional care, for other medical assistance payments, for mileage reimbursement and paratransit services for individuals receiving methadone treatment. In children and youth: further providing for payments to counties for services to children, for provider submission and for limits on reimbursement to counties. Repealing provisions relating to Medicaid managed care organization assessments. In Statewide quality care assessment: further providing for definitions, for implementation, for administration, for restricted account and for expiration. Providing for managed care organization assessments. In departmental powers and duties as to supervision: further providing for definitions. In departmental powers and duties as to licensing: further providing for definitions, for fees, for provisional license and for violation and penalty; and repealing provisions relating to registration. In family finding and kinship care: further providing for definitions, for the Kinship Care Program and for permanent legal custodianship subsidy and reimbursement. Making a related repeal. Providing for the licensing of family child-care homes. HB 1603, PN 2651

An Act amending Titles 23 (Domestic Relations) and 42 (Judiciary

and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for sex trafficking and missing and abducted children; in uniform interstate family support, making extensive revisions to general provisions, jurisdiction, civil provisions of general application, establishment of support order, direct enforcement of order of another state without registration, enforcement and modification of support order after registration, determination of parentage, interstate rendition and miscellaneous provisions and providing for support proceeding under convention; and, in juvenile matters, further providing for definitions and for disposition of dependent children. Whereupon, the Speaker, in the presence of the House, signed the same.

VOTE CORRECTION

The SPEAKER. Representative Metcalfe, you are recognized for a committee announcement. Mr. METCALFE. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, first I would like to correct the record from yesterday. On HB 1736 on concurrence, I was noted as a "yes" vote. I would like to be noted as a "no" vote.

STATE GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE MEETING

Mr. METCALFE. I also have a meeting to notice for the House State Government Committee, Mr. Speaker. Tomorrow the House State Government Committee will convene a meeting at 9 a.m., 9 a.m. tomorrow, December 15, in room G-50 of the Irvis Building, G-50 of the Irvis Building. We are going to be considering SB 1071 with amendments and any other business that might come before the committee, Mr. Speaker. So that is House State Government Committee members, tomorrow, 9 a.m., December 15, G-50 Irvis, for a voting meeting on SB 1071 with amendments and any other business that might be brought before the committee, Mr. Speaker. The SPEAKER. The State Government Committee will meet tomorrow at 9 a.m. in G-50 of the Irvis Building to consider SB 1071.

VOTE CORRECTION

The SPEAKER. Representative Simmons, on unanimous consent. Mr. SIMMONS. Mr. Speaker, I would like to correct the record from yesterday on HB 1736. I was recorded as a "yes" vote on concurrence. I would like to be recorded as a "no" vote. Thank you. The SPEAKER. Yes, sir.

EDUCATION COMMITTEE MEETING

The SPEAKER. Representative Saylor, for a committee announcement. Mr. SAYLOR. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I want to announce that the House Education Committee will have a meeting Tuesday the 15th, tomorrow, at 9:30 a.m. in room 60 of the East Wing to consider HB 1734 and any other business that may come before the committee. Thank you. The SPEAKER. The Education Committee will meet tomorrow, Tuesday the 15th, at 9:30 a.m. in room 60, East Wing, to consider HB 1734.

BILLS RECOMMITTED

The SPEAKER. The Chair recognizes the majority leader, who moves that the following bills be recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations: HB 1091; HB 1567; and HB 1716. On the question, Will the House agree to the motion? Motion was agreed to.

BILLS REMOVED FROM TABLE

The SPEAKER. The Chair recognizes the majority leader, who moves that HB 162 and HB 1709 be removed from the tabled calendar and placed on the active calendar.


On the question, Will the House agree to the motion? Motion was agreed to.

CALENDAR CONTINUED

BILL ON SECOND CONSIDERATION

The House proceeded to second consideration of SB 307, PN 1138, entitled:

An Act amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175),

known as The Administrative Code of 1929, in organization of departmental administrative boards and commissions and of advisory boards and commissions, further providing for the Environmental Quality Board. On the question, Will the House agree to the bill on second consideration?

BILL TABLED

The SPEAKER. The Chair recognizes the majority leader, who moves that SB 307 be removed from the active calendar and placed on the tabled calendar. On the question, Will the House agree to the motion? Motion was agreed to.

BILL REMOVED FROM TABLE

The SPEAKER. The Chair recognizes the majority leader, who moves that SB 307 be removed from the tabled calendar and placed on the active calendar. On the question, Will the House agree to the motion? Motion was agreed to.

BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS PASSED OVER

The SPEAKER. Without objection, all remaining bills and resolutions on today's calendar will be passed over. The Chair hears no objection.

ADJOURNMENT

The SPEAKER. Representative Jason Ortitay moves that the House be adjourned until Tuesday, December 15, 2015, at 11 a.m., e.s.t., unless sooner recalled by the Speaker. On the question, Will the House agree to the motion? Motion was agreed to, and at 5:09 p.m., e.s.t., the House adjourned.

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