Pennsylvania General Assembly

The **Pennsylvania General Assembly** is the legislature of Pennsylvania. It has two parts: the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (lower house) and the Pennsylvania State Senate (upper house). Before this legislature started, there was the Pennsylvania Provincial Assembly. This was unicameral, which means it had only one house. It has been called the general assembly since 1776, and has been bicameral (has two houses) since 1791.

Both houses meet in the Pennsylvania State Capitol in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. They are both controlled by the Republican Party as of 2020.

### Pennsylvania House of Representatives

**Speaker of the House of Representatives:** Bryan Cutler (R)
|**Majority Party (R)**|align="center" width="300"|**Leadership Position**|**Minority Party (D)**|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
||Kerry Benninghoff|style="text-align:center;"|Floor Leader||Joanna McClinton|
||Donna Oberlander|style="text-align:center;"|Whip||Jordan Harris|
||Mike Reese|style="text-align:center;"|Caucus Chairperson||Dan Miller|
||Martina White|style="text-align:center;"|Caucus Secretary||Tina Davis|
||Stan Saylor|style="text-align:center;"|Appropriations Committee Chairperson||Matt Bradford|
||Kurt Masser|style="text-align:center;"|Caucus Administrator||Mike Schlossberg|
||Martin Causer|style="text-align:center;"|Policy Committee Chairperson||Ryan Bizzarro|

### Pennsylvania State Senate

**President pro tem of the Senate:** Jake Corman (R)
|**Majority Party (R)**|align="center" width="300"|**Leadership Position**|**Minority Party (D)**|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
||Kim Ward|style="text-align:center;"|Floor Leader||Jay Costa|
||John Gordner|style="text-align:center;"|Whip||Anthony H. Williams|
||Bob Mensch|style="text-align:center;"|Caucus Chairperson||Wayne Fontana|
||Ryan P. Aument|style="text-align:center;"|Caucus Secretary|||
||Pat Browne|style="text-align:center;"|Appropriations Committee Chairperson||Vincent Hughes|
|||style="text-align:center;"|Caucus Administrator||Lisa Boscola|
||Dave Argall|style="text-align:center;"|Policy Committee Chairperson||John Blake|

## Infobox (legislature)

- **background color**: #0A2D81
- **name**: Pennsylvania General Assembly
- **coa pic**: Coat of arms of Pennsylvania.svg
- **coa caption**: Coat of arms
- **house type**: Bicameral
- **houses**: Pennsylvania State Senate, Senate
Pennsylvania House of Representatives, House of Representatives
- **term limits**: None
- **preceded by**: Pennsylvania Provincial Assembly
- **leader1 type**: Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania, President of the Senate
(Lt. Governor)
- **leader1**: John Fetterman (politician), John Fetterman
- **party1**: (Democratic Party (United States), D)
- **leader2 type**: President Pro Tempore of the Pennsylvania Senate, President pro tempore of the Senate
- **leader2**: Jake Corman
- **party2**: (Republican Party (United States), R)
- **leader3 type**: Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, Speaker of the House
- **leader3**: Bryan Cutler
- **party3**: (Republican Party (United States), R)
- **seats**: 253
- **house1**: Pennsylvania State Senate, Senate
- **house2**: Pennsylvania House of Representatives, House
- **structure1**: Pennsylvania State Senate Partisan Composition.svg
- **structure1 res**: 250px
- **structure2**: 2021-22 Pennsylvania State House of Representatives Partisan Composition.svg
- **structure2 res**: 250px
- **political groups1**: **Majority caucus**
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**Minority caucus**
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- **political groups2**: **Majority caucus**
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**Minority caucus**
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- **term length**: Pennsylvania State Senate , Senate: 4 years
Pennsylvania House of Representatives , House: 2 years
- **salary**: $88,610/year + per diem
- **seats1 title**: Senators
- **seats1**: 50
- **seats2 title**: State Representatives
- **seats2**: 203
- **voting system1**: First-past-the-post voting, First-past-the-post
- **voting system2**: First-past-the-post voting, First-past-the-post
- **last election1**: 2020 Pennsylvania Senate election |
(odd-numbered districts)
- **last election2**: 2020 Pennsylvania House of Representatives election |
- **next election1**:
(even-numbered districts)
- **redistricting**: politician commission
- **motto**: _Virtue, Liberty and Independence_
- **session room**: Pennsylvania State Capitol Front Panorama.jpg
- **session res**: 275px
- **meeting place**: Pennsylvania State Capitol, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Harrisburg
- **constitution**: Constitution of Pennsylvania