March House Journals

Sorry I am behind on these. Here are my notes from the March Legislative Journals of the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives. On most days the only items in the Journal are appointments to boards or lists of bills introduced or shuffled off to committee, introductions of guests, remarks on non-controversial resolutions (National Fingernail Day, for one made up example), and so on. I only take note of substantive debate or conversation among the representatives, of which there is very little.

March 6 (27 p.)
March 7 (3 p.)
March 8 (2 p.)
March 12 (60 p.
March 13 (46 p.)
March 14 (1 p.)
March 19 (47 p.)
March 20 (21 p.)
March 21 (29 p.)
March 22 (9 p.)

March 12, pp. 21-60, reform commission recommendations, a lot of talk about car leases.

Marc. 13, pp. 13-46, reform commission recommendations, much snark. Rep. Pallone says on p. 27 that anyone can see votes posted in the House and a rep. can provide a written tally of a vote if asked. [bloggers comment: In other words, regular folks can only get vote tallies if they go to Harrisburg or go through their state rep.]

March 19, pp. 34-38, arguments over procedural matters on HB 116. pp. 39-45, HB 282 continued, student loan forgiveness in some occupation areas., pp. 45-46, discussion on Speakers Reform Commission and their changes, ghost voting, representatives with diabetes need to be off the floor sometimes for health reasons, everyone needs bathroom breaks, etc

March 21, pp. 7-10, Rep. Preston and Maher discuss HR 70, on protecting data. Preston questions Mayer. Mayer says this is the way his predecessor, Rep. Glick and the GOP wanted it. P. 12-14, HB 116, Rep. Cohen says Philadelphia can’t have different rules that the rest of the state (campaign finance rules), pp. 25-28, snarking about which party is more heavy-handed when in the majority.