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Pennsylvania General Assembly The Pennsylvania General Assembly is the legislature of the U.S. commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The legislature convenes in the State Capitol building in Harrisburg. In colonial times (1682–1776), the legislature was known as the Pennsylvania ...

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legislature A legislature is an assembly with the authority to make laws for a political entity such as a country or city. They are often contrasted with the executive and judicial powers of government. Laws enacted by legislatures are usually known ...

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U.S. state In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental jurisdiction over a separate and defined geographic territory where it shares its sove ...

Pennsylvania Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, ...

, has convened many times since

statehood A state is a centralized political organization that imposes and enforces rules over a population within a territory. There is no undisputed definition of a state. One widely used definition comes from the German sociologist Max Weber: a "st ...

became effective on December 12, 1787. In earlier colonial times (1682–1776) the legislature was known as the Pennsylvania Provincial Assembly.

Legislatures

* 12th Pennsylvania General Assembly, 1787–1788 * 24th Pennsylvania General Assembly, 1799–1800 * 2005. See also:

2005 Pennsylvania General Assembly pay raise controversy In the early morning hours of July 7, 2005, the Pennsylvania General Assembly passed pay increases for state lawmakers, judges, and top executive-branch officials. The vote took place at 2 am without public review or commentary and Governor E ...

. * 2006. See also:

2006 Pennsylvania General Assembly bonus controversy In 2007, Pennsylvania Attorney General Republican Tom Corbett began investigating $3.8 million in public bonuses which were paid to state legislative staffers in the Pennsylvania General Assembly to work on party politics and campaigns. While the b ...

. * 2010: January 5 – November 30, 2010 * 2011: January 4 – November 30, 2011 * 2012: January 3 – November 30, 2012; House Resolution 535 passed on January 24, 2012. * 2013: January 2 – December 31, 2013 * 2014: January 7 – November 12, 2014 * 2015: January 6 – December 31, 2015 * 2016: January 5 – November 30, 2016 * 2017: January 3 – December 31, 2017 * 2018: January 2 – November 30, 2018 * 2019: January 1 – December 31, 2019

References

External links

* Pennsylvania General Assembly
Session Information
* (library guide) * {{Pennsylvania year nav Legislatures

Legislature A legislature is an assembly with the authority to make laws for a political entity such as a country or city. They are often contrasted with the executive and judicial powers of government. Laws enacted by legislatures are usually known ...

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