PRINTER'S NO. 3968
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
1043
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY ROAE, BLOOM, ENGLISH, McGINNIS, TOEPEL, TRUITT,
DIAMOND, KAUFFMAN, MILLARD, B. MILLER, KNOWLES, WARD, GROVE,
PICKETT, SAYLOR, BAKER, RAPP, METCALFE, TOBASH AND BARRAR,
OCTOBER 3, 2016
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON RULES, OCTOBER 3, 2016
A RESOLUTION
Amending House Rule 47(a), further providing for status of
members indicted or convicted of a crime.
RESOLVED, That House Rule 47(a) be amended to read:
RULE 47 (a)
Status of Members Indicted or Convicted of a Crime
When an indictment is returned or a charge is filed before a
court of record against a member of the House, and the gravamen
of the indictment or charge is directly related to the member's
conduct as a committee chair or ranking minority committee
member or in a position of leadership or is one which would
render the member ineligible to the General Assembly under
section 7 of Article II of the Constitution of Pennsylvania, the
member shall be relieved of committee chair status, ranking
minority committee member status or leadership position until
the indictment or charge is disposed of, but the member shall
otherwise continue to function as a Representative, including
voting, and shall continue to be paid.
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If, during the same legislative session, the indictment or
charge is quashed, dismissed or withdrawn, or the court finds
that the member is not guilty of the offense alleged, the member
shall immediately be restored to committee chair status, ranking
minority committee member status or the leadership position
retroactively from which he or she was suspended.
A member of the House shall notify the Parliamentarian, Chief
Clerk and Speaker of the House within 72 hours of being
convicted of any felony. The duty to notify applies regardless
of whether the conviction occurs by a plea, a jury verdict, a
verdict by a judge or any other method.
Upon a finding or verdict of guilt by a judge or jury, plea
or admission of guilt or plea of nolo contendere of a member of
the House of a crime, the gravamen of which relates to the
member's conduct as a Representative or which would render the
member ineligible to the General Assembly under section 7 of
Article II of the Constitution of Pennsylvania, and upon
imposition of sentence, the Parliamentarian of the House shall
prepare a resolution of expulsion under the sponsorship of the
Chair and Vice-Chair of the House Ethics Committee. The
resolution shall be printed and placed on the calendar for the
next day of House session.
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