The Pennsylvania House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral Pennsylvania General Assembly , the legislature of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania . There are 203 members, elected for two-year terms from single member districts.[1] [2]
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It is the largest full-time state legislature in the country. The New Hampshire House of Representatives is larger but only serves part-time.
Representatives must be at least 21 years of age. They must be a U.S. citizen and a Pennsylvania resident four years, and a resident of the district they represent one year prior to their election and must reside in that district during their term.[3]
The Hall of the House contains important symbols of Pennsylvania history and the work of legislators.
Speaker's Chair: a throne-like chair of rank that sits directly behind the Speaker's rostrum. Architect Joseph Huston designed the chair in 1906, the year the Capitol was dedicated.
Mace: the House symbol of authority, peace, order and respect for law rests in a pedestal to the right of the Speaker. Its base is solid mahogany, intricately carved and capped by a brass globe engraved with the Pennsylvania coat of arms. An American Eagle perches on top. The tradition of the mace may date to the Roman Republic when attendants of Roman consuls carried bundles of sticks wrapped around an axe to enforce order. The tradition may also come directly from Pennsylvania's English heritage.
Murals: a colorful panorama of Pennsylvania history appear in murals by Edwin Austin Abbey . The most commanding of the series hangs behind the Speaker's rostrum and dominates the wall behind the Speaker. It is called The Apotheosis of Pennsylvania
Ceiling: a work of art in itself with its ornate geometry of gold leaf buttoned at the center by a charming painted illustration. In "The Hours", Abbey represents the passage of time in the form of 24 maidens revolving in an endless circle amidst the moon, the sun and the stars of the Milky Way .[4]
The speakership is the oldest elected statewide office in the Commonwealth. Since its first session in 1682—presided over by William Penn —over 130 house members have been elevated to the speaker's chair. The house cannot hold an official session in the absence of the speaker or their designated speaker pro tempore. Speaker Leroy Irvis was the first African American elected speaker of any state legislature in the United States since Reconstruction. Speaker Dennis O'Brien was the only minority-party Speaker known in Pennsylvania and only the second known nationwide.
Democrat Joanna McClinton was elected Speaker of the House on February 28, 2023 , becoming the first female Speaker in Pennsylvania.[5]
Current session
As of September 17, 2024 [ update] :
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102
101
Democratic
Republican
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Party (shading indicates majority caucus)
Total
Republican
Ind
Democratic
Vacant
End of previous legislature
113
0
88
201
0
January 3, 2023
101
1
98
200
3
January 13, 2023 [6]
0
99
February 7, 2023 [7]
101
102
203
0
February 28, 2023 [8]
100
202
1
March 16, 2023 [9]
101
201
2
May 17, 2023 [10]
101
102
203
0
July 19, 2023 [11]
101
202
1
September 19, 2023 [12]
102
203
0
December 14, 2023 [13]
101
202
1
February 9, 2024 [14]
100
201
2
February 15, 2024[15]
102
202
1
April 23, 2024[16]
101
203
0
July 15, 2024[17]
101
202
1
July 16, 2024[17]
100
201
2
September 17, 2024[18]
102
203
0
Latest voting share
49.8%
50.2%
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Current House composition by district:
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Party Residence Counties represented[21] First elected
1 Pat Harkins
Dem Erie Erie 2006
2 Robert Merski
Dem Erie Erie 2018
3 Ryan Bizzarro
Dem Millcreek Township Erie 2012
4 Jake Banta
Rep Waterford Erie 2022
5 Barry Jozwiak
Rep Bern Township Berks 2014
6 Brad Roae
Rep East Mead Township Crawford , Erie 2006
7 Parke Wentling
Rep Greenville Mercer 2014
8 Aaron Bernstine
Rep New Beaver Butler , Lawrence 2016
9 Marla Brown
Rep New Castle Lawrence 2022
10 Amen Brown
Dem Philadelphia Philadelphia 2020
11 Marci Mustello
Rep Butler Township Butler 2019
12 Stephenie Scialabba
Rep Cranberry Township Butler 2022
13 John Lawrence
Rep Franklin Township Chester 2010
14 Jim Marshall
Rep Beaver Falls Beaver 2006
15 Josh Kail
Rep Beaver Beaver , Washington 2018
16 Robert Matzie
Dem Ambridge Beaver 2008
17 Timothy R. Bonner
Rep Grove City Butler , Mercer 2020
18 K.C. Tomlinson
Rep Bensalem Bucks 2020
19 Aerion Abney Dem Pittsburgh Allegheny
2022
20 Emily Kinkead
Dem Pittsburgh Allegheny 2020
21 Lindsay Powell
Dem Pittsburgh Allegheny 2023
22 Joshua Siegel
Dem Allentown Lehigh 2022
23 Dan Frankel
Dem Pittsburgh Allegheny 1998
24
La'Tasha Mayes Dem Pittsburgh Allegheny 2022
25 Brandon Markosek
Dem Monroeville Allegheny 2018
26 Paul Friel
Dem East Vincent Township Chester 2022
27 Daniel Deasy
Dem Pittsburgh Allegheny 2008
28 Robert Mercuri
Rep Wexford Allegheny 2020
29 Tim Brennan
Dem Doylestown Bucks 2022
30 Arvind Venkat
Dem McCandless Allegheny 2022
31 Perry Warren
Dem Newtown Bucks 2016
32 Joe McAndrew
Dem Penn Hills Allegheny 2023
33 Mandy Steele
Dem Fox Chapel
Allegheny 2022
34 Abigail Salisbury
Dem Swissvale Allegheny 2023
35 Matt Gergely
Dem McKeesport Allegheny 2023
36 Jessica Benham
Dem Pittsburgh Allegheny 2020
37 Mindy Fee
Rep Manheim Lancaster 2012
38 Nick Pisciottano
Dem West Mifflin
Allegheny 2020
39 Andrew Kuzma
Rep Elizabeth Township Allegheny , Washington 2022
40 Natalie Mihalek
Rep Upper St. Clair Allegheny , Washington 2018
41 Brett Miller
Rep East Hempfield Township Lancaster 2014
42 Dan Miller
Dem Mt. Lebanon Allegheny 2013
43 Keith Greiner
Rep West Lampeter Township Lancaster 2012
44 Valerie Gaydos
Rep Moon Township Allegheny 2018
45 Anita Astorino Kulik
Dem Kennedy Township Allegheny 2016
46 Jason Ortitay
Rep South Fayette Township Allegheny , Washington 2014
47 Joseph D'Orsie
Rep Mount Wolf York 2022
48 Tim O'Neal
Rep South Strabane Township Washington 2018
49 Ismail Smith-Wade-El
Dem Lancaster Lancaster 2022
50 Bud Cook
Rep Jefferson Greene , Washington 2016
51 Charity Grimm Krupa
Rep Smithfield Fayette 2022
52 Ryan Warner
Rep Perryopolis Fayette 2014
53 Steve Malagari
Dem Lansdale Montgomery 2018
54 Greg Scott
Dem Norristown
Montgomery 2022
55 Jill N. Cooper
Rep Murrysville
Westmoreland 2022
56 George Dunbar
Rep Penn Township Westmoreland 2010
57 Eric Nelson
Rep Hempfield Township Westmoreland 2016
58 Eric Davanzo
Rep Smithton Westmoreland 2020
59 Leslie Rossi
Rep Unity Township Westmoreland 2021
60 Abby Major
Rep Leechburg Armstrong , Westmoreland 2021
61 Liz Hanbidge
Dem Lower Gwynedd Township Montgomery 2018
62 James Struzzi
Rep Indiana Indiana 2018
63 Donna Oberlander
Rep Clarion Armstrong , Clarion 2008
64 Lee James
Rep Oil City Crawford , Venango 2012
65 Kathy Rapp
Rep Warren Crawford , Forest , Warren 2004
66 Brian Smith
Rep Punxsutawney Indiana , Jefferson 2020
67 Martin Causer
Rep Port Allegany Cameron , McKean , Potter 2002
68 Clint Owlett
Rep Liberty Bradford , Tioga 2018
69 Carl Walker Metzgar
Rep Berlin Somerset 2008
70 Matthew Bradford
Dem Worcester Township Montgomery 2008
71 James Rigby
Rep Johnstown Cambria , Somerset 2018
72 Frank Burns
Dem East Taylor Township Cambria 2008
73 Dallas Kephart
Rep Decatur Township Cambria , Clearfield 2022
74 Dan K. Williams
Dem Sadsbury Township Chester 2018
75 Michael Armanini
Rep Sandy Township Clearfield , Elk 2020
76 Stephanie Borowicz
Rep Lock Haven Clinton , Union 2018
77 Scott Conklin
Dem Rush Township Centre 2006
78 Jesse Topper
Rep Bedford Bedford , Fulton , Fulton 2014
79 Louis Schmitt Jr.
Rep Altoona
Blair 2018
80 James V. Gregory
Rep Hollidaysburg
Blair , Huntingdon 2018
81 Rich Irvin
Rep Warriors Mark Township Franklin , Huntingdon 2014
82 Paul Takac
Dem College Township Centre 2022
83 Jamie Flick
Rep South Williamsport Lycoming , Union 2022
84 Joseph D. Hamm
Rep Hepburn Township Lycoming , Sullivan 2020
85 David Rowe
Rep East Buffalo Township Juniata , Mifflin , Snyder , Union 2019
86 Perry A. Stambaugh
Rep Tyrone Township
Juniata , Perry 2020
87 Thomas Kutz
Rep Lower Allen Township Cumberland 2022
88 Sheryl M. Delozier
Rep Lower Allen Township Cumberland 2008
89 Rob Kauffman
Rep Chambersburg Franklin 2004
90 Paul Schemel
Rep Greencastle Franklin 2014
91 Dan Moul
Rep Conewago Township Adams 2006
92 Dawn Keefer
Rep Dillsburg York 2016
93 Mike Jones
Rep York Township York 2018
94 Wendy Fink
Rep Red Lion York 2022
95 Carol Hill-Evans
Dem York York 2016
96 Mike Sturla
Dem Lancaster Lancaster 1990
97 Steven Mentzer
Rep Manheim Township Lancaster 2012
98 Tom Jones
Rep East Donegal Township Lancaster , Lebanon 2022
99 David H. Zimmerman
Rep East Earl Township Berks , Lancaster 2014
100 Bryan Cutler
Rep Drumore Township Lancaster 2006
101 John A. Schlegel
Rep Cornwall Lebanon 2022
102 Russ Diamond
Rep Annville Township Lebanon 2014
103 Patty Kim
Dem Harrisburg Cumberland , Dauphin 2012
104 Dave Madsen
Dem Harrisburg Dauphin 2022
105 Justin C. Fleming
Dem Susquehanna Township Dauphin 2022
106 Tom Mehaffie
Rep Lower Swatara Township Dauphin 2016
107 Joanne Stehr
Rep Hegins Township Northumberland , Schuylkill 2022
108 Mike Stender
Rep Sunbury Montour , Northumberland 2023
109 Robert Leadbeter
Rep Catawissa Columbia 2022
110 Tina Pickett
Rep Towanda Bradford , Wyoming 2000
111 Jonathan Fritz
Rep Honesdale Susquehanna , Wayne 2016
112 Kyle Mullins
Dem Blakely Lackawanna 2018
113 Kyle Donahue
Dem Scranton Lackawanna 2022
114 Bridget Malloy Kosierowski
Dem Scranton Lackawanna 2019
115 Maureen Madden
Dem Coolbaugh Township
Monroe 2016
116 Dane Watro
Rep McAdoo
Luzerne , Schuylkill 2022
117 Mike Cabell
Rep Butler Township Luzerne 2022
118 Jim Haddock
Dem Pittston Township Lackawanna , Luzerne 2022
119 Alec Ryncavage
Rep Plymouth Luzerne 2022
120 Aaron Kaufer
Rep Kingston Luzerne 2014
121 Eddie Day Pashinski
Dem Wilkes-Barre Luzerne 2006
122 Doyle Heffley
Rep Lower Towamensing Township Carbon 2010
123 Timothy Twardzik
Rep Butler Township Schuylkill 2020
124 Jamie Barton
Rep East Brunswick Township Berks , Schuylkill 2022
125 Joseph Kerwin
Rep Lykens
Dauphin 2020
126 Mark Rozzi
Dem Muhlenberg Township Berks 2012
127 Manny Guzman Jr.
Dem Reading Berks 2020
128 Mark M. Gillen
Rep Robeson Township Berks 2010
129 Johanny Cepeda-Freytiz
Dem Reading Berks 2022
130 David Maloney
Rep Pike Township Berks 2010
131 Milou Mackenzie
Rep Lower Saucon Township Lehigh , Montgomery , Northampton 2020
132 Michael Schlossberg
Dem Allentown Lehigh 2012
133 Jeanne McNeill
Dem Whitehall Township Lehigh 2017
134 Peter Schweyer
Dem Allentown Lehigh 2014
135 Steve Samuelson
Dem Bethlehem Northampton 1998
136 Robert L. Freeman
Dem Easton Northampton 1998[lower-alpha 1]
137 Joe Emrick
Rep Nazareth Northampton 2010
138 Ann Flood
Rep Moore Township
Northampton 2020
139 Jeff Olsommer
Rep Hawley
Pike , Wayne 2024
140 Jim Prokopiak
Dem Falls Township
Bucks 2024
141 Tina Davis
Dem Levittown Bucks 2010
142 Joe Hogan
Rep Bucks 2022
143 Shelby Labs
Rep Plumstead Township
Bucks 2020
144 Brian Munroe
Dem Warminster
Bucks 2022
145 Craig Staats
Rep Richland Township Bucks 2014
146 Joe Ciresi
Dem Limerick Township Montgomery 2018
147 Donna Scheuren
Rep Lower Salford Township Montgomery 2022
148 Mary Jo Daley
Dem Narberth Montgomery 2012
149 Tim Briggs
Dem Upper Merion Township Montgomery 2008
150 Joe Webster
Dem Montgomery County Montgomery 2018
151 Melissa Cerrato
Dem Montgomery 2022
152 Nancy Guenst
Dem Hatboro Montgomery , Philadelphia 2020
153 Ben Sanchez
Dem Abington Township
Montgomery 2018
154 Napoleon Nelson
Dem Cheltenham Township
Montgomery 2020
155 Danielle Friel Otten
Dem Uwchlan Township Chester 2018
156 Chris Pielli
Dem West Chester Chester 2022
157 Melissa Shusterman
Dem Schuylkill Township
Chester 2018
158 Christina Sappey
Dem West Bradford
Chester 2018
159 Carol Kazeem
Dem Chester Delaware 2022
160 Wendell Craig Williams
Rep Concord Township
Chester , Delaware 2020
161 Leanne Krueger
Dem Swarthmore Delaware 2015
162 David Delloso
Dem Ridley Township
Delaware 2018
163 Heather Boyd
Dem Upper Darby Delaware 2023
164
Gina Curry
Dem
Upper Darby Township
Delaware
2021[lower-alpha 2]
165 Jennifer O'Mara
Dem Springfield Township Delaware 2018
166 Greg Vitali
Dem Havertown Delaware 1992
167 Kristine Howard
Dem East Whiteland Township Chester 2018
168 Lisa Borowski
Dem Radnor Township Delaware 2022
169 Kate Klunk
Rep Hanover York 2014
170 Martina White
Rep Philadelphia Philadelphia 2015
171 Kerry Benninghoff
Rep Bellefonte Centre , Mifflin 1996
172 Kevin J. Boyle
Dem Philadelphia Philadelphia 2010
173 Pat Gallagher
Dem Philadelphia Philadelphia 2022
174 Ed Neilson
Dem Philadelphia Philadelphia 2015[lower-alpha 3]
175 Mary Isaacson
Dem Philadelphia Philadelphia 2018
176 Jack Rader
Rep Jackson Township Monroe 2014
177 Joseph Hohenstein
Dem Philadelphia Philadelphia 2018
178 Kristin Marcell
Rep Wrightstown Township Bucks 2022
179 Jason Dawkins
Dem Philadelphia Philadelphia 2014
180 Jose Giral
Dem Philadelphia Philadelphia 2022
181 Malcolm Kenyatta
Dem Philadelphia Philadelphia 2018
182 Ben Waxman
Dem Philadelphia Philadelphia 2022
183 Zach Mako
Rep Walnutport Lehigh , Northampton 2016
184 Elizabeth Fiedler
Dem Philadelphia Philadelphia 2018
185 Regina Young
Dem Philadelphia Delaware , Philadelphia 2020
186 Jordan A. Harris
Dem Philadelphia Philadelphia 2012
187 Ryan Mackenzie
Rep Lower Macungie Township Lehigh 2012
188 Rick Krajewski
Dem Philadelphia Philadelphia 2020
189 Tarah Probst
Dem Stroudsburg Monroe , Pike 2022
190 G. Roni Green
Dem Philadelphia Philadelphia 2022
191 Joanna E. McClinton
Dem Philadelphia Delaware , Philadelphia 2015
192 Morgan Cephas
Dem Philadelphia Philadelphia 2016
193 Torren Ecker
Rep Hamilton Township Adams , Cumberland 2018
194 Tarik Khan
Dem Philadelphia Philadelphia 2022
195 Keith Harris
Dem Philadelphia Philadelphia 2024
196 Seth Grove
Rep Dover Township York 2008
197 Danilo Burgos
Dem Philadelphia Philadelphia 2018
198 Darisha Parker
Dem Philadelphia Philadelphia 2020
199 Barbara Gleim
Rep Middlesex Township
Cumberland 2018
200 Chris Rabb
Dem Philadelphia Philadelphia 2016
201 Andre Carroll
Dem Philadelphia Philadelphia 2024
202 Jared Solomon
Dem Philadelphia Philadelphia 2016
203 Anthony A. Bellmon
Dem Philadelphia Philadelphia 2022
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Rep. Freeman previously served from 1983 to 1994.
Margo Davidson resigned on July 23, 2021, after being charged with theft of state funds.
Rep. Neilson previously served from 2012 to 2014.
Known as the Consumer Affairs Committee prior to 2023.
Known as the Urban Affairs Committee prior to 2023.