Jun 02 2008
Help Get A Hearing For Merit Selection Bills
Calling all supporters of Merit Selection: We need your help!
As you know, changing the way Pennsylvania selects its appellate judges is a lengthy process. Right now, to keep moving forward, HB 2488 needs to be heard in the Judiciary Committee.
Please contact the members of the House Judiciary Committee. Ask them for a hearing on HB 2488, and ask them to support Merit Selection of appellate judges in Pennsylvania so that Pennsylvanians will have the opportunity to vote on this important subject in a constitutional referendum.
The members of the House Judiciary Committee are listed below. Click on the their names to obtain their contact information.
Majority:
- Rep. Thomas Caltagirone, D-Berks, Chairman
- Rep. Daylin Leach, D-Montgomery, Secretary
- Rep. Kathy Manderino, D-Montgomery, Subcommittee Chairman on Family Law
- Rep. John Pallone, D-Armstrong, Subcommittee Chairman on Crime and Corrections
- Rep. Don Walko, D-Allegheny, Subcommittee Chairman on Courts
- Rep. Lisa Bennington, D-Allegheny
- Rep. Dan Frankel, D-Allegheny
- Rep. Harold James, D-Philadelphia
- Rep. Deberah Kula, D-Fayette
- Rep. Bryan Lentz, D-Delaware
- Rep. Joseph Petrarca, D-Armstrong
- Rep. Sean Ramaley, D-Allegheny
- Rep. Greg Vitali, D-Delaware
- Rep. Chelsa Wagner, D-Allegheny
- Rep. Jesse White, D-Allegheny
- Rep. Jewell Williams, D-Philadelphia
Minority
- Rep. Ron Marsico, R-Dauphin, Chairman
- Rep. Tom Creighton, R-Lancaster, Subcommittee Chariman on Courts
- Rep. Will Gabig, R-Cumberland, Subcommittee Chairman on Crime and Corrections
- Rep. Glenn Grell, R-Cumberland, Subcommittee Chairman on Family Law
- Rep. Craig Dally, R-Northampton
- Rep. John Evans, R-Crawford
- Rep. Kate Harper, R-Montgomery
- Rep. Beverly Mackereth, R-York
- Rep. Carl Mantz, R-Berks
- Rep. Bernie O’Neill, R-Buck
- Rep. Tina Pickett, R-Bradford
- Rep. Todd Rock, R-Franklin
- Rep. Katie True, R-Lancaster
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