b'HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Philadelphia), Republican Chair DoyleRelevant Senate committees and Heffley (R, Carbon) chairs include:In February, the state House ofHouse Human Services Committee - Representatives made history by electingPA House of Representatives (state. Senate Banking and Insurance Joanna McClinton (D, Philadelphia)pa.us) Committee Majority Chair John Speaker of the House.The party line voteDiSanto (R, Dauphin), DemocraticHouse Insurance Committee MajorityChair Sharif Street (D, Philadelphia) was 102 to 99.Former Speaker Mark Rozzi (D, Berks) stepped down in favorChair Kevin Boyle (D, Philadelphia),Senate Banking & Insurance of Speaker McClinton after achievingRepublican Chair Tina Pickett (R,Committee - PA State Senate his legislative goals of advancingBradford, Wyoming)Senate Consumer Affairs and legislation and a constitutionalHouse Insurance Committee - PAProfessional Licensure Majority Chair amendment to allow child sexual abuseHouse of Representatives (state.pa.us)Patrick Stefano (R, Bedford, Fayette, victims additional time to file lawsuits House Judiciary Committee MajoritySomerset, Westmoreland), Democraticagainst their abusers and institutionsChair Tim Briggs (R, Montgomery),Chair Lisa Boscola (D, Lehigh, that shielded their abusers.SpeakerRepublican Chair Rob Kauffman (R,Northampton)McClinton is the first woman and secondFranklin) Senate Consumer Protection & African American to hold the post. House Judiciary Committee - PAProfessional Licensure Committee - PA Although the House consists of 203House of Representatives (state.pa.us)State Senatemembers, the 20232024 continues to House Professional Licensure Senate Health and Humanset early session vacancy records.EachCommittee Majority Chair Frank BurnsServices Committee Majority party is down by one representative. (D, Cambria), Republican Chair CarlChair Michele Brooks (R, Crawford, Special elections are set for the May 16Walker Metzgar (R, Somerset) Lawrence, Mercer), Democratic primary.Assuming no political changeHouse Professional LicensureChair Art Haywood (D, Montgomery, in those seats, the House DemocratsCommittee - PA House ofPhiladelphia)will have a 102101 majority headingRepresentatives (state.pa.us)Senate Health & Human Services in the June budget negotiations. Committee - PA State Senate The House is in recess until April 24.SinceSENATESenate Judiciary Committee March 20, the House AppropriationsMajority Chair Lisa Baker (R, Luzerne, Committee has been engaged inSince Governor Shapiros March 7Pike, Susquehanna, Wayne, Wyoming), departmental budget hearings.Thosebudget presentation, it has beenDemocratic Chair Steven Santarsiero hearings conclude April 14. mostly quiet on the Senate side of(D, Bucks) Relevant House committees andthe Capitol.Like the House, theSenate Judiciary Committee - PA State chairs include: Senate Appropriations CommitteeSenate is conducting departmental budgetHouse Health Committee Majority hearings.Standing committee Chair Dan Frankel (D, Allegheny),members are meeting the cabinetcontinue reading on page 8Republican Chair Kathy Rapp (R,nominees over which their committees Crawford) have jurisdiction.Both the GOP and House Health Committee - PA HouseDemocratic leadership are preparing of Representatives (state.pa.us) for budget negotiations with theHouse Human Services CommitteeAdministration. Majority Chair Stephen Kinsey (D, PACEP News | Spring 2023 7'