Pennsylvania State Archives
RG-7
Records of the GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Legislative power is vested in a General Assembly, which consists of a House
of Representatives and a Senate. The General Assembly has the authority to enact
laws, appropriate funds and levy taxes. Additional powers of the legislature
include the proposal of constitutional amendments, the impeachment of public
officials, investigatory authority, and the confirmation of certain executive
appointments. The first State General Assembly was a unicameral body established
under the Constitution of 1776. It was given vast powers which enabled it to
dominate the other two branches of state government. This imbalance was corrected
with the adoption of subsequent constitutions, beginning with the Constitution
of 1790, which created a bicameral assembly and a popularly elected governor.
For additional materials, see Records
of the Legislative Reference Bureau (RG-36), a legislative service agency
under the auspices of the General Assembly.
Inquiries about recent legislation (1970 to present) may be pursued directly
by visiting the Pennsylvania
General Assembly home page. If this site does not provide the needed information,
the Archives of
the House of Representatives may also be contacted at (717)-783-3866.
- Agency Reports Submitted to the Chief Clerk's Office, 1963-2000. (13 cartons)
{#7.96} [Description] [Holdings]
- Committee Bills, 1971-1972, 1977-1978. (7 cartons) {#7.4} [Description]
[Holdings]
- Committee Books, 1790-1819. (5 volumes) {#7.5} [Description]
[Holdings]
- Committee Hearing Transcripts, Testimony and Reports, 1965-1976, 1989. (41
cartons) {#7.6} [Description]
[Holdings]
- Committee Minutes, 1945-1978. (4 cartons) {#7.7} [Description]
[Holdings]
- Dead Bills, 1965, 1973-1976, 1979-1980. (17 cartons, 1 folder) {#7.8}
[Description] [Holdings]
- History of House Bills and Resolutions, 1953, 1959, 1962-1964, 1971-1972,
1975-1980, 1983-2000, 2003-2004. (4 cartons) {#7.9} [Description]
[Holdings]
- House and Senate Bills and Resolutions, 1971-1978. (15 cartons) {#7.10}
[Description] [Holdings]
- House File, 1790-1903. (66 boxes, 1 carton) {#7.11}
[Description] [Holdings]
- House Judiciary Committee Records pertaining to Petition for Impeachment
of Victor H. Blanc, 1960. (1 box) {#7.145} [Description]
[Holdings]
- Journals, 1791-1942, 1959-1962, 1969-1986, 1988-1991, 1995, 2001-2007.
(28 cartons, 58 boxes) {#7.12} [Description]
[Holdings]
- Legislative Journal Papers, 1974-1978. (34 cartons) {#7.13} [Description]
[Holdings]
- Minute Books, 1797-1798, 1813-1814, 1821-1822, 1856, 1957-1980. (31 volumes)
{#7.14} [Description] [Holdings]
- Oath Books, 1853-1874, 1877-2000. (4 volumes) {#7.15} [Description]
[Holdings]
- Official Bills of the House of Representatives, 1971-1980. (11 cartons)
{7.16} [Description] [Holdings]
- Official Resolutions, Senate Bills and Governor's Messages, 1979-1980. (1
folder) {#7.17} [Description] [Holdings]
- Presentation Copies of House Resolutions, 1981, 1997, 1998. (1 box) {#7.24}
[Description] [Holdings]
- Reapportionment Maps and Plans, 1917-1972. (1 box) {#7.101} [Description]
[Holdings]
- Record of Action on Bills in the House, 1881. (1 volume) {#7.18}
[Description] [Holdings]
- Record of Citations, 1969-1970, 1973-1974. (2 volumes, 1 folder) {#7.19}
[Description] [Holdings]
- Record of House and Senate Bills, Veto Bills, and Messages Remaining on
the Table, 1979-1980. (1 folder) {#7.20} [Description]
[Holdings]
- Record of Re-Referred and Recommitted House Bills that Died in Committee,
1973-1974. (2 folders) {#7.21} [Description]
[Holdings]
- Register of Bills, 1960-1980. (1 carton, 4 volumes) {#7.22} [Description]
[Holdings]
- Records of the House Appropriations Committee, 1977-1978. (5 cartons) {7.111}
[Description] [Holdings]
- Records of the House Education Committee Chair, 1974-1985. (20 cartons)
{#7.99} [Description] [Holdings]
- Records Pertaining to Governor Robert P. Casey's Transfer of Power to Lieutenant
Governor Mark S. Singel, 1993. (5 items) {#7.100} [Description]
[Holdings]
- Report of the History of Disciplinary Actions in the Pennsylvania House
of Representatives, 1980. (1 box) {#7.23} [Description]
[Holdings]
- Roll Book, 1811-1813. (1 volume) {#7.25} [Description]
[Holdings]
- Septennial Census Returns, 1779-1863. (13 boxes, 2 bundles) {#7.26}
[Description] [Holdings]
- Speeches of H. Jack Seltzer, 1978-1980. (3 folders) {#7.27} [Description]
[Holdings]
- Subpoenaed Records of the Office of the Chief Clerk, 1974-1979 (8 cartons)
{#7.97} [Description]
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- Visitors' Register, 1862. (1 volume) {#7.28} [Description]
[Holdings]
- Appointment Books, 1881-1919, 1921-1938, 1943-1947. (35 volumes) {#7.31}
[Description] [Holdings]
- Appointment File, 1923-1938, 1961. (5 boxes) {#7.32} [Description]
[Holdings]
- Bills in Place Books, 1875-1891, 1893-1962. (46 volumes) {#7.33}
[Description] [Holdings]
- Budget Requests Submitted to the Senate Appropriations Committee, 1984-1987.
(5 cartons) {#7.34} [Description]
[Holdings]
- Card File of House and Senate Bills, 1975-1976. (1 carton) {#7.35}
[Description] [Holdings]
- Catalogue of Books Belonging to the Senate, circa 1812. (1 volume) {#7.36}
[Description] [Holdings]
- Clippings of Titles of Senate and House and Legislative Acts, 1879. (1 volume)
{#7.37} [Description] [Holdings]
- Committee Books, 1810-1850, 1897-1899. (14 volumes) {#7.38} [Description]
[Holdings]
- Compared Bill Books, 1847-1876. (13 volumes) {#7.39} [Description]
[Holdings]
- Department of Mines Expense Account Book, 1909-1912. (1 volume) {#7.40}
[Description] [Holdings]
- Document Requisition Books, 1913-1955. (7 volumes) {#7.41} [Description]
[Holdings]
- Executive Documents from the Senate Library, 1848-1886. (6 cartons) {#7.42}
[Description] [Holdings]
- [RESTRICTED] Executive Nominations,
1969-1972, 1985-2010. (85 cartons, 3 boxes) {#7.43} [Description]
[Holdings]
- House Communications, 1971-1972. (1 carton) {#7.44} [Description]
[Holdings]
- House Journals from the Senate Library, 1823-1942. (16 cartons) {#7.45}
[Description] [Holdings]
- House Resolutions in the Senate, 1969-1972. (2 folders) {#7.46} [Description]
[Holdings]
- History Ledgers of House and Senate Bills and Resolutions, 1905-1909, 1932.
(4 volumes) {#7.47} [Description]
[Holdings]
- History of Senate Bills, Resolutions and Executive Communications, 1953,
1959, 1961-1962, 1964, 1969-1972. (1 carton) {#7.48} [Description]
[Holdings]
- Index to the Indigent Insane, undated (1 volume) {7.85} [Description]
[Holdings]
- Journals, 1818, 1851, 1853, 1955-1956, 1959-1961, 1968-1974, 1983. (22 cartons,
60 boxes, 3 volumes) {#7.49} [Description]
[Holdings]
- Legislative Documents from the Senate Library, 1854-1886. (9 cartons) {#7.50}
[Description] [Holdings]
- Legislative Proceedings from the Senate Library, 1854-1909. (17 cartons)
{#7.51} [Description] [Holdings]
- Legislative Journals from the Senate Library, 1871-1874. (1 carton) {#7.52}
[Description] [Holdings]
- Legislative Journal Papers, 1971-1980. (41 cartons) {#7.53} [Description]
[Holdings]
- Message Books, 1871-1951. (41 volumes) {#7.54} [Description]
[Holdings]
- Minute Books, 1826-1974. (152 volumes) {#7.55} [Description]
[Holdings]
- Newspaper Subscription Record and Payment Books, 1817-1824, 1837, 1847-1849,
1853. (4 volumes) {#7.56} [Description]
[Holdings]
- Oath Books, 1823-1982. (40 volumes) {#7.57} [Description]
[Holdings]
- Official Documents from the Senate Library, 1886-1910, 1913. (30 cartons)
{#7.58} [Description] [Holdings]
- Payment Records of Patients Being Treated as Indigent and Confined to State
Hospitals, 1897-1914. (1 volume) {#7.59} [Description]
[Holdings]
- Petition Books, 1832-1943. (53 volumes) {#7.60} [Description]
[Holdings]
- Postage Account Books, 1876-1921. (13 volumes) {#7.61} [Description]
[Holdings]
- Presentation Copies of Senate Proclamations, 1997. (1 box) {#7.105}
[Description] [Holdings]
- Private Bill Calendar of William J. Bayard, undated. (1 volume) {#7.62}
[Description] [Holdings]
- Receipt Books, 1881-1953. (33 volumes) {#7.63} [Description]
[Holdings]
- Record of Action on Bills in the Senate, 1815-1816, 1844-1959. (82 volumes)
{#7.64} [Description] [Holdings]
- Record of Action on House Bills, 1879-1968. (50 volumes) {#7.65}
[Description] [Holdings]
- Record of Bills, 1875-1891. (9 volumes) {#7.66} [Description]
[Holdings]
- Record of Bills Taken to the Governor, 1867. (1 volume) {#7.67} [Description]
[Holdings]
- Record of House Resolutions and House Bills in the Senate, 1969-1972. (2
cartons) {#7.69} [Description] [Holdings]
- Record of Post Office Addresses of Prominent Democrats in Pennsylvania,
undated. (1 volume) {#7.70} [Description]
[Holdings]
- Record of Printer Numbers on House and Senate Bills, 1942-1949. (8 volumes)
{#7.71} [Description] [Holdings]
- Record of Senate Bills and Actions on Bills in the Senate, 1971-1972. (12
cartons) {#7.72} [Description] [Holdings]
- Record of Senate Resolutions and Actions on Resolutions in the Senate, 1971-1972.
(1 carton) {#7.73} [Description]
[Holdings]
- [APPOINTMENT REQUIRED] Recordings of
Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure Committee Hearings and Meetings,
1979-2002 (22 boxes) {7.110} [Description]
[Holdings]
- [APPOINTMENT REQUIRED] Recordings of
Senate Judiciary Committee Hearings, 1978 (4 boxes) {7.106} [Description]
[Holdings]
- Records of the Committee on Military Affairs and Aeronautics Investigation
of the Department of Military Affairs, 1977-1978. (1 carton) {#7.74}
[Description]
[Holdings]
- [APPOINTMENT REQUIRED] Records of the
Senate Local Government Committee Chair, 1995-1996. (2 cartons, 1 box) {#7.104}
[Description]
[Holdings]
- Records of the Senate Military and Veterans Affairs Committee Chair, 1997-2000.
(2 cartons) {#7.103} [Description]
[Holdings]
- [APPOINTMENT REQUIRED] Records of the
Senate State Government Committee, 1989-2006. (6 cartons) {#7.134}
[Description]
[Holdings]
- Records of the Senate Urban Affairs and Housing Committee, 1981-1982. (4
cartons) {#7.75} [Description] [Holdings]
- Reports of the Senate Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure (Consumer
Affairs) Committee Staff Representative, 1977-1981. (1 box) {7.98}
[Description] [Holdings]
- Resolution Books, 1877-1961. (42 volumes) {#7.76} [Description]
[Holdings]
- Secretary's File of A. Boyd Hamilton, 1922-1923, 1929-1937. (22 boxes) {#7.77}
[Description] [Holdings]
- Senate File, 1823-1972. (313 cartons, 1 box) {#7.78} [Description]
[Holdings]
- Senate Public Health and Welfare Committee Records (W. Louis Coppersmith),
circa1974-1980. (1 carton, 1 box) {#7.131} [Description]
[Holdings]
- Senate Journals from the Senate Library, 1829-1942. (13 cartons) {#7.79}
[Description] [Holdings]
- Speaker's Books, 1853, 1863, 1866. (3 volumes) {#7.80} [Description]
[Holdings]
- Statements and Maps Submitted to the Senate from the Secretary of Highways,
1931-1932. (4 items) {#7.81} [Description]
[Holdings]
- Warrant Books for Senate Members' Pay, Mileage and Stationary, 1877-1899,
1909. (11 volumes) {#7.82} [Description]
[Holdings]
- Work Time Book for Cleaning Women, 1919-1923. (1 volume) {#7.83}
[Description] [Holdings]
- Committee Hearing Transcripts, Testimony and Reports, 1855, 1872, 1915,
1933, 1940-1941, 1955-1956, 1959-1961, 1963, 1965-1985. (14 cartons,
1 box) {#7.29} [Description] [Holdings]
- Committee Hearing Transcripts, Testimony and Reports Received from the State
Library, 1820-1980. (369 volumes) {#7.30} [Description]
[Holdings]
1971 Legislative Reapportionment Commission
1981 Legislative Reapportionment Commission
1991 Legislative Reapportionment Commission
2001 Legslative Reapportionment Commission
- Census Data, 2001. (2 folders, 6 compact discs and 2 diskettes) {#7.126}
[Description] [Holdings]
- Certificate of Commission, 2001. (1 folder) {#7.127} [Description]
[Holdings]
- Documents Filed by the Commission to the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania,
2001. (5 folders) {#7.128} [Description]
[Holdings]
- Legal Notices and Press Releases, 2001. (1 folder) {#7.129}
[Description] [Holdings]
- Master Index: Pennsylvania Supreme Court, 2001-2002. (1 folder) {#7.130}
[Description] [Holdings]
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Proposal
Files, 2001. (4 folders) {#7.132} [Description]
[Holdings]
- Oral Argument: Pennsylvania Supreme Court, 200-2002. (1 folder) {#7.133}
[Description] [Holdings]
- Orders and Opinions: Pennsylvania Supreme Court, 2001-2002. (1 folder)
{#7.135} [Description]
[Holdings]
- Pennsylvania Supreme Court Opinion: 1991 Legislative Reapportionment Plan,
1991-1992. (1 folder) {#7.136} [Description]
[Holdings]
- Petitions Filed with the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 2001-2002. (13
folders) {#7.137} [Description]
[Holdings]
- Preliminary and Final Plans and Related Documents, 2001. (3 folders, 2 compact
discs, 3 diskettes and 1 oversize folder) {#7.138} [Description]
[Holdings]
- Reports on Places Sub-Divided into Multiple Districts, 2001. (1 folder)
{#7.139} [Description]
[Holdings]
- Resolutions, 2001. (1 folder) {#7.140} [Description]
[Holdings]
- Senate Guidelines for Handling Mail, undated. (1 folder) {#7.141}
[Description] [Holdings]
- Transcripts, 1993, 2001. (15 folders) {#7.142} [Description]
[Holdings]
- Videos of Public Meetings and Hearings, 2001. (5 video cassettes) {#7.143}
[Description] [Holdings]
Legislative Service Agencies
Capitol Preservation Committee
- Annual Reports, 1995, 1997, 2001, (1 box) {#7.115} [Description]
[Holdings]
- [APPOINTMENT REQUIRED] Capitol Complex
Restoration and Conservation Project Reports, 1897-2009. (12 cartons, 2 boxes,
10 microfilm rolls) {#7.84} [Description]
[Holdings]
- Capitol Park Extension Files Compiled by Gilbert Seltzer, 1930-1950. (5
boxes) {#7.114} [Description] [Holdings]
- Historic Paint Analysis Reports, 2001-2005. (1 box) {#7.112} [Description]
[Holdings]
- Original Rubbings of the House Chamber Stained Glass Windows, 1988-1989.
(1 box) {7.107} [Description] [Holdings]
- Revised Preliminary Model, Capitol Group Extension, circa 1951. (1
photograph) {#7.144} [Description]
[Holdings]
- Studies of the Capitol Building, 1991-1992. (1 box) {#7.108} [Description]
[Holdings]
Center for Rural Pennsylvania
Joint Legislative Air and Water Pollution Control and Conservation Committee
Joint State Government Commission
Legislative Budget and Finance Committee
- [RESTRICTED] Agency Audit Background
Materials, 1984-1995. (84 transfile cartons, 101 cartons, 5 boxes) {#7.91}
[Description] [Holdings]
- Minutes, 1985-1998. (2 cartons, 1 box) {7.102} [Description]
[Holdings]
- Records of the Committee Chairman, 1981-1984. (2 cartons) {#7.92}
[Description] [Holdings]
- Reports and Audits, 1961-1998. (8 cartons, 1 box) {#7.90} [Description]
[Holdings]
- [RESTRICTED] Study of Civil Service
Reform, 1997-1998. (3 cartons, 2 boxes) {#7.87} [Description]
[Holdings]
- [RESTRICTED] Study of the Fiscal Impact
on Counties of the Pennsylvania Voters Registration Act, 1996-1998. (2 cartons,
1 box) {#7.89} [Description] [Holdings]
Local Government Commission
Pennsylvania Crime Commission
- [RESTRICTED] Investigation Case Files
and Exhibits, 1968-1994. (215 cartons, 2 boxes) {#7.88} [Description]
[Holdings]
Pennsylvania Commission on Sentencing
Last Processing update: 6/27/2012, acc. #6211 (snoel)