Lower house of the Pennsylvania General Assembly
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]
It is the largest full-time state legislature in the country. The New Hampshire House of Representatives is larger but only serves part-time.
Qualifications 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]
Hall of the House 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]
Speaker of the House 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]
Composition
Current session As of March 26, 2025
↓ 102 101 Democratic Republican
Affiliation Party(shading indicates majority caucus)
Total Republican Ind Democratic Vacant End of previous legislature 101 0 102 203 0 January 7, 2025 101 0 102 203 0 January 19, 2025[ 6] 101 202 1 March 26, 2025 102 203 0 Latest voting share
Leadership As of November 13, 2024
Speaker of the House of Representatives :Joanna McClinton (D )
Current members Current House composition by district: Democratic representative
Republican representative
As of March 26, 2025
District Representative Party Residence Counties represented[ 9] 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 Daniel Goughnour Dem McKeesport Allegheny 2025 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 Jamie Walsh Rep Sweet Valley 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[ a] 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[ b] 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[ c] 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
Past composition of the House of Representatives
Committees As of March 29, 2025
See also
Notes ^ 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.
References Specific ^ Article II, section 2, Pennsylvania Constitution ^ Article II, section 16, Pennsylvania Constitution ^ "Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania" ."Article II. The Legislature" ."§5. Qualifications of Members" .^ Center, Legislativate Data Processing. "Pennsylvania General Assembly" . Pennsylvania General Assembly . Archived from the original on December 18, 2006. Retrieved January 15, 2007 . ^ Caruso, Stephen (February 28, 2023). "PA House elects first female speaker after resignation" . Spotlight PA . Retrieved February 28, 2023 . ^ "Mon Valley State Rep. Matt Gergely dies after suffering medical emergency" . WXPI Channel 11 . January 19, 2025. Retrieved January 20, 2025 .^ Ulrich, Steve (November 12, 2024). "PA House Democrats Announce Leadership Team" . PoliticsPA . Retrieved November 13, 2024 . ^ Ulrich, Steve (November 12, 2024). "Topper Elected House Republican Leader, Announces New House Republican Caucus Leadership Team" . PoliticsPA . Retrieved January 14, 2025 . ^ "2022 Pennsylvania House of Representatives Districts" . DOS Voting & Election Information . Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Retrieved March 26, 2023 .^ Ulrich, Steve (January 7, 2025). "House Dems Select Leadership, Committee Chairs for 2025-26" . PoliticsPA . Retrieved March 29, 2025 . ^ Ulrich, Steve (January 26, 2023). "GOP Names House Committee Chairs" . PoliticsPA . Retrieved January 27, 2023 . General
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