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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 relating to Legislative Service Agencies, see the Records of the Legislative Reference Bureau (RG-36).

Inquiries about recent legislation (from 1970 to present) can 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 can also be contacted at (717)-783-3866.

General Assembly

Committee Book, 1785. (1 volume) {#7.1} [Description] [Holdings]
Minute Books, 1779-1781, 1783-1784, 1788. (4 volumes) {#7.2} [Description] [Holdings]
Petitions and Miscellaneous Records, 1776-1790. (3 boxes) {#7.3} [Description] [Holdings]

House of Representatives

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, 1965-1979. (53 cartons) {#7.6} [Description] [Holdings]
- [includes unprocessed accessions: 1973-1974, (acc. #339, 1.5 cartons); 1975-1976 (acc. #973, .5 carton); 1973-1978 (acc. #825, 1.5 cartons); 1978-1979 (acc. #785, 7 cartons); 1975 (acc. #634, 1.5 cartons); 1970-1977 (acc. #623, 3 cartons)]
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]
Hearing and Testimony for Subcommittee on Crime and Corrections of House Judiciary Committee, 1973-1978 (3 cartons) {#7.131} [unprocessed accession #825]
History of House Bills and Resolutions, 1953, 1959, 1962-1964, 1971-1972. (1 carton) {#7.9} [Description] [Holdings]
House Committee on Aging and Youth Transcript on HB 900, 1989. (1 item) {#7.98} [unprocessed accession #3129]
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]
Investigation into Hiring Practices of the House of Representatives Records, [undated] (9 cartons) {#7.97} [unprocessed accession #3531]
Journals, 1791-1810, 1959-1962, 1969-2007. (12 cartons, 57 boxes, 30 volumes) {#7.12} [Description] [Holdings]
- [includes unprocessed accessions: 1974-1978 (acc. #852, 2.6 cartons); 1988 (acc. #3680, 1 volume); 1989 (acc. #3877, 1 volume); 1990 (acc. #4025, 1 volume); 2001 (acc. #3936, 3 volumes); 2002 (acc. #4293, 3 volumes); 2004 (acc. #4675, 3 volumes); 2004 (acc. #4962, 4 volumes); 2005 (acc. #4908, 4 volumes); 2005 (acc. #5152, 1 volume); 2006 (acc. #4897, 1 volume); 2006 (acc. #5089, 3 volumes); 2007 (acc. #5193, 1 volume); 2007 (acc. #5390, 4 volumes)]
Legislative Journal Papers, 1974-1978. (34 cartons) {#7.13} [Description] [Holdings]
Letters from Governor Robert P. Casey on Transfer of Power to Lt. Governor Mark S. Singel, 1993. (2 items) {#7.100} [unprocessed accession #2364]
Minute Books, 1797-1798, 1813-1814, 1821-1822, 1856, 1957-1980. (47 cartons, 31 volumes) {#7.14} [Description] [Holdings]
- [includes unprocessed accessions: 1968-1978 (acc. #670, 35 cartons); 1962-1978 (acc. #669, 12 cartons)]
Motion Picture Film on Penn State University Archaeological Discovery at Sheep Rock, 1967-1968. (.5 cu. ft.) {#7.95} [unprocessed accession #3980]
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]
Papers Relating to the House Education Committee (James J.A. Gallagher), 1959-1986. (20 cartons) {#7.99} [unprocessed accession #2601]
Reapportionment Maps and Plans, 1917-1972. (1 carton) {#7.101} [unprocessed accession #705]
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. (10 volumes, 1 carton) {#7.22} [Description] [Holdings]
- [includes unprocessed accession: 1960-1970 (acc. #673, 1 carton)]
Reports Received by the Chief Clerks Office, 1963-2000. (58 cartons) {#7.96} [unprocessed accessions #321, 326, 233, 623, 3714]
Report of the History of Disciplinary Actions in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1980. (1 box) {#7.23} [Description] [Holdings]
Resolutions, 1981, 1997, 1998. (1 box and 2 items) {#7.24} [Description] [Holdings]
- [includes unprocessed accessions: 1997 (acc. #3671, 1 item); 1998 (acc. #2946, 1 item);
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]
Visitors' Register, 1862. (1 volume) {#7.28} [Description] [Holdings]
Wood Cuts of House Members, Photographs, and Stream Map by Issued by Lloyd Woodhouse, 1959. (1 carton) {#7.130} [unprocessed accession #673]

House of Representatives and Senate

Committee Hearing Transcripts, Testimony and Reports, 1855, 1872, 1915, 1933, 1940-1941, 1955-1956, 1959-1961, 1963, 1965-1985. (14 cartons and 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]

Joint Legislative Air and Water Pollution Control and Conservation Committee

Newsletters, Annual Reports and Other Reports, 1970-2007. (17 cartons) {#7.94} [unprocessed accessions #3097, 3126, 3202, 3377, 3535, 3377, 3535, 3579, 3658, 3801, 3839, 4054, 4220, 4342, 4544, 4619, 4775, 4968]
Public Hearing Transcripts, 1989-2000. (2 cartons) {#7.93} [unprocessed accession #3131, 3292]

Legislative Budget and Finance Committee

Annual Reports and Miscellaneous Items, 1961-1980. (5 volumes) {#7.92} [unprocessed accession #2731]
Minutes and Reports of the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee, 1981-1998. (12.5 cartons) {#7.90} [unprocessed accession #1495, 3573]
[Restricted] Performance Audits, 1994-1995. (16 cartons and 8 transfer files) {#7.88} [unprocessed accession #3693]
[Restricted] Study of Civil Service Reform, 1997-1998. (4 cartons) {#7.87} [unprocessed accession #4194]
[Restricted] Study of the Fiscal Impact on Counties of the PA Voters Registration Act, 1996-1998. (3 cartons) {#7.89} [unprocessed accession #4195]
[Restricted] Sunset Act Audit Study Reports and Related Paperwork, 1984-1995. (258 cartons) {#7.91} [unprocessed accession #2833]

Legislative Bicentennial Subcommittee

Records of the Legislative Bicentennial Subcommittee, 1987-1988. (1 carton and 10 items) {#7.120} [unprocessed accession #1640, 1765]

Legislative Service Agencies

Capitol Preservation Committee

Annual Reports, 1997-2001, (1 box and 3 volumes). {#7.115} [unproccessed accession #3291, 3841, 4091]
Bronze Conservation and Maintenance Reports, 1994, 2001-2005. (5 cartons, 3 packages and 5 volumes) {#7.111} [unprocessed accession #2351, 3747, 4175, 4422, 4684]
Capitol Landscape Drawings, [undated]. (12 items) {#7.117} [unprocessed accession #2099]
Completed Project Files, 1991-2000. (15 volumes, 12 videotapes) {#7.84} [Description] [Holdings]
- [includes unprocessed accessions: 1991 (acc. #2008, 1 volume); 1996 (acc. #2592, 1 volume); 1996 (acc. #2544, 1 volume); 1996 (acc. #2604, 1 volume); 1997 (acc. #2623, 1 volume);1997 (acc. #2678, 1 volume); 1998 (acc. #2782, 1 volume); 1999 (acc. #3204, 1 volume); 1999 (acc. #3205, 1 volume), 2000 (acc. 3249, 1 volume); 2000, (acc. #3323, 1 volume); 2000 (acc. #3350, 1 volume); 2000 (acc. #3379, 2 volumes)
Conservation Treatment Reports for Barnard Statuary, 2006. (11 volume) {#7.107} [unprocessed accessions #3929, 3960, 4201, 4591, 4963]
Conservation Treatment Reports on Cleaning the Chandeliers and Light Standards, 2003. (1 volume) {#7.109} [unprocessed accession #4204]
Conservation Treatment Report for Mexican War Monument, 2003, 2007. (5 volumes) {#7.133} [unprocessed accession #3990, 4201, 5080]
Copies of Original Blueprints of the Second (interim) Capitol by Henry Ives Cobb, 1898. (10 sheets) {#7.118} [unprocessed accession #1151]
Final Project Reports on Conservation of the North Office Building Senate Hearing Rooms, 2006. (2 volumes) {#7.110} [unprocessed accession #4754]
Historic Paint Analysis Reports, 2001-2005. (11 volumes) {#7.112} [unprocessed accessions #3537, 3636, 4499, 4591, 4793)]
Microfilm of Joseph Miller Huston Materials, [undated]. (Microfilm Roll #4910) {#7.129} [unprocessed accession #2679]
Northern Light Court Restoration Report, 2004. (3 volumes) {#7.113} [unprocessed accession #4473, 4571]
Restoration and Conservation Reports on the Capitol Building, 1989, 1992, 1995-2008. (25 volumes, 4 rolls and 1 video cassette) {#7.108} [unprocessed accession #1790, 1926, 2008, 2120, 2501, 2669, 3291, 3516, 3687, 3721, 3812, 3897, 3917, 4059, 4066, 4090, 4254, 4295, 5081, 5334]
Seltzer Photograph Collection, 1930-1950. (2 cartons) {#7.114} [unprocessed accession #4129]
Violet Oakley Restoration Documentation, 1992. (1 carton) {#7.116} [unprocessed accession #2137]
Center for Rural Pennsylvania
Cooperative Agreements (Grant Projects Files), 1988-2004. (15 cartons) {#7.86} [unprocessed accession #3195, 3540, 3661, 3672, 3840, 4027, 4269, 4691, 4895, 5104, 5333)]

Eisenhower Centennial Commission

Records of the Eisenhower Centennial Commission., 1988. (1 carton) {#7.119} [unprocessed accession #2038]

Joint State Government Commission

Adoption Act Proposed Revision Report., 2001. (1 carton) {#7.123} [unprocessed accession #3676]
Catalog of Historical Buildings, Sites and Remains, 1949. (1 volume) {#7.126} [unprocessed accession #2587]
Final Report of the Joint State Government Commission, 1978. (1 volume) {#7.128} [unprocessed accession #586]
Maps Depicting Civil and Political Boundaries, 1953-1972. (83 items) {#7.125) [unprocessed accession #3098]
Persion Gulf Veterans' Bonus Report and State Local Highway Dinancing Report, 1947-1992. (2 volumes) {#7.124} [unprocessed accession #3203]
Report of Probate, Estates and Fiduciaries Code Proposed Amendments and Comments, 1981. (1 volume) {#7.127} [unprocessed accession #854]

Local Government Commission

Agricultural Land Regulation Legislation., 2001. (1 carton) {#7.121} [unprocessed accession #3679]

Pennsylvania Commission on Sentencing

Annual Reports, Newsletters and Publications., 1980-2003. (1 carton) {#7.122} [unprocessed accession #4396]

Senate

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, 1978-1979, 1984-1987. (12 cartons) {#7.34} [Description] [Holdings]
- [includes unprocessed accession: 1978-1979 (7 cartons) [acc. #785]
Card File of House and Senate Bills, 1975-1976. (1 carton) {#7.35} [Description] [Holdings]
Catalogue of Books Belonging to the Senate, [ca. 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, 1913-1934. (7 volumes) {#7.41} [Description] [Holdings]
- [includes unprocessed accession: 1931-1934 (acc. #2333, 3 volumes)]
Executive Documents from the Senate Library, 1848-1886. (6 cartons) {#7.42} [Description] [Holdings]
Executive Nominations, 1938-2006. (128 cartons) {#7.43} [Description] [Holdings]
- [includes unprocessed accessions: 1938, 1943-1945, 1949, 1953, 1955-1957, 1959-1962, 1966-1968 (acc. #119, 11 cartons); 1969-1970 (acc. #216, 15 cartons); 1971-1972 (acc. #332, 33 cartons); [Restricted] 1985-1996 (acc. #2963, 37 cartons); [Restricted] 1997-1998 (acc. #3451, (6 cartons); [Restricted] 1999-2000 (acc. #3975, 6 cartons); [Restricted] 2001-2002 (acc. #4479, 9 cartons); [Restricted] 2003-2004 (acc. #4906, 9 cartons)]; [Restricted] 2005-2006 (acc. #5337, 7cartons)]
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 and Resolutions, 1953, 1959, 1961-1962, 1964, 1971-1972. (7 volumes) {#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. (5 volumes, 59 boxes, 22 cartons) {#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. (54 volumes) {#7.57} [Description] [Holdings]
- [includes unprocessed accession: 1823-1845, 1921, 1947-1970 (acc. #178, 14 volumes)]
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]
Photographs and Negatives - Clarence Bell, [undated]. (14 folders) {#7.102} [unprocessed accession #4806]
Postage Account Books, 1876-1921. (13 volumes) {#7.61} [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. (7 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]
Records of the Chair of the Senate Military and Veterans Affairs Committee, 1997-2000. (2 cartons) {#7.103} [unprocessed accession #3633, 5336]
Records of the Committee on Military Affairs and Aeronautics Investigation of the Department of Military Affairs, 1977-1978. (1 carton) {#7.74} [Description] [Holdings]
Records of the Senate Local Government Committee, 1995-1996. (3 cartons) {#7.104} [unprocessed accession #356]
Records of the Senate State Government Committee, 2001-2006. (6 cartons) {#7.134} [unprocessed accession #5349]
Records of the Senate Urban Affairs and Housing Committee, 1981-1982. (4 cartons) {#7.75} [Description] [Holdings]
Report of Proceedings on the Stillmeadow Home, 1972-1974. (1 carton) {#7.106} [unprocessed accession #827]
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. (312 cartons) {#7.78} [Description] [Holdings]
Senate Proclamation for Pennsylvania Charter Days, 1997. (1 volume) {#7.105} [unprocessed accession #2806]
Senate Public Health and Welfare Committee Records (W. Louis Coppersmith), [1974-1980]. (1 carton, 1 box) {#7.131} [Description] [Holdings]
Senate Journals from the Senate Library, 1829-1942. (13 cartons) {#7.79} [Description] [Holdings]
Senate Requisitions and Correspondence, 1969-1972. (9 cartons) {#7.132} [unprocessed accession #332]
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]