Senate Republicans and Democrats Friday named members of the standing committees to prepare for the new session. Here are members of several key committees--
-- Appropriations Committee
Majority: Browne (R-Lehigh), Chair; Ward (R-Westmoreland), Vice-Chair; Argall (R-Schuylkill); Baker (R-Luzerne); Eichelberger (R-Blair); Greenleaf (R-Montgomery); Killion (R-Delaware)-NEW; Langerholc (R-Cambria)-NEW; Martin (R-Lancaster)-NEW; Mensch (R-Lehigh); Scavello (R-Monroe); Vogel (R-Beaver); Vulakovich (R-Allegheny); Wagner (R-York); Yaw (R-Lycoming.
Minority: Hughes (D-Philadelphia), Chair; Schwank (D-Berks), Vice-Chair; Blake (D-Lackawanna); Brewster (D-Allegheny); Haywood (D-Philadelphia)-NEW; Leach (D-Montgomery); Street (D-Philadelphia)-NEW; Tartaglione (D-Philadelphia).
-- Agriculture & Rural Affairs Committee
Majority: Vogel (R-Beaver), Chair; Yaw (R-Lycoming), Vice-Chair; Argall (R-Schuylkill); Aument (R-Lancaster); Brooks (R-Mercer); DiSanto (R-Dauphin)-NEW; Regan (R-Cumberland)-NEW.
Minority: Schwank (D-Berks), Chair; Blake (D-Lackawanna)-NEW; Dinniman (D-Chester)-NEW; Street (D-Philadelphia)-NEW.
-- Banking & Insurance Committee
Majority: White (R-Indiana), Chair; Eichelberger (R-Blair), Vice-Chair; Killion (R-Delaware); Laughlin (R-Erie)-NEW; McGarrigle (R-Delaware); Reschenthaler (R-Allegheny); Vogel (R-Beaver); Ward (R-Westmoreland); Yaw (R-Lycoming);
Minority: Street (D-Philadelphia), Chair-NEW; Hughes (D-Philadelphia)-NEW; Fontana (D-Allegheny)-NEW; Sabatina (D-Philadelphia)-NEW.
-- Community, Economic & Recreational Development Committee
Majority: Scavello (R-Monroe), Chair-NEW; Stefano (R-Fayette); Alloway (R-Franklin); Argall (R-Schuylkill); Bartolotta (R-Fayette); McGarrigle (R-Delaware); Reschenthaler (R-Allegheny); Tomlinson (R-Bucks); Ward (R-Westmoreland).
Minority: Farnese (D-Philadelphia), Chair; Blake (D-Lackawanna); Boscola (D-Lehigh)-NEW; Fontana (D-Allegheny); Sabatina (D-Philadelphia)-NEW.
-- Consumer Protection & Professional Licensure Committee
Majority: Tomlinson (R-Bucks), Chair; Scavello (R-Monroe), Vice-Chair; Baker (R-Luzerne); Bartolotta (R-Fayette); Gordner (R-Columbia); Greenleaf (R-Montgomery); Killion (R-Delaware); Rafferty (R-Montgomery); Regan (R-Cumberland)-NEW
Minority: Boscola (D-Lehigh), Chair; Farnese (D-Philadelphia); Fontana (D-Allegheny)-NEW; Haywood (D-Philadelphia); Yudichak (D-Luzerne).
-- Education Committee
Majority: Eichelberger (R-Blair)-, Chair-NEW; Aument (R-Lancaster)-Vice Chair; Browne (R-Lehigh); DiSanto (R-Dauphin)-NEW; Folmer (R-Lebanon); Laughlin (R-Erie)-NEW; Tomlinson (R-Bucks.
-- Minority: Dinniman (D-Chester), Chair; Brewster (D-Allegheny)-NEW; Leach (D-Montgomery); Williams (D-Philadelphia).
-- Environmental Resources & Energy Committee
Majority: Yaw (R-Lycoming), Chair; Bartolotta (R-Fayette), Vice Chair; Hutchinson (R-Venango); Martin (R-Lancaster)-NEW; Vogel (R-Beaver); Ward (R-Westmoreland); White (R-Indiana).
Minority: Yudichak (D-Luzerne), Chair; Leach (D-Montgomery); Dinniman (D-Chester); Williams (D-Philadelphia)-NEW.
-- Finance Committee
Majority: Hutchinson (R-Venango), Chair-NEW; DiSanto (R-Dauphin), Vice-Chair-NEW; Argall (R-Schuylkill)-NEW; Aument (R-Lancaster); Browne (R-Lehigh); Eichelberger (R-Blair); Ward (R-Westmoreland);
Minority: Blake (D-Lackawanna), Chair; Costa (D-Allegheny)-NEW; Haywood (D-Philadelphia); Hughes (D-Philadelphia).
-- Judiciary Committee
Majority: Greenleaf (R-Montgomery), Chair; Rafferty (R-Montgomery), Vice-Chair; Alloway (R-Franklin); Eichelberger (R-Blair); Gordner (R-Columbia); Langerholc (R-Cambria)-NEW; Reschenthaler (R-Allegheny); Vulakovich (R-Allegheny); Yaw (R-Lycoming)
Minority: Leach (D-Montgomery), Chair; Boscola (D-Lehigh); Farnese (D-Philadelphia); Haywood (D-Philadelphia); Sabatina (D-Philadelphia)-NEW.
-- Law & Justice Committee
Majority: McIlhinney (R-Bucks), Chair; Alloway (R-Franklin), Vice-Chair; Rafferty (R-Montgomery); Regan (R-Cumberland)-NEW; Reschenthaler (R-Allegheny); White (R-Indiana); Yaw (R-Lycoming.
Minority: Brewster (D-Allegheny), Chair; Fontana (D-Allegheny), Tartaglione (D-Philadelphia); Williams (D-Philadelphia).
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