The House State Government Committee voted this week in support of - TopicsExpress



          

The House State Government Committee voted this week in support of two bills to reduce the size of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives to 153 members from the current 203 members, and the Senate from 50 to 38 members. Both House Bills 1234 and 1716 aim to increase government efficiency and better enable the Legislature to reach consensus when debating and deliberating major legislative initiatives. Changing the size of the Legislature requires an amendment to the state constitution, which means the same bill must be debated and passed by the General Assembly in two consecutive sessions, and be subsequently approved by referendum vote of the people of Pennsylvania. Last session, the House approved a bill to reduce the size of the House and Senate; however, the bill was not voted upon by the Senate.
Posted on: Thu, 26 Sep 2013 17:38:30 +0000

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