Monday was last chance to cut Pa. legislature — this year
With 203 state representatives, Pennsylvania has the largest full-time lower legislative chamber in the country.
A bill being considered in the House of Representatives could change that.
HB 153, proposes amending the Pennsylvania Constitution to reduce the size of the state House of Representatives from the current 203 members to 151.
To get HB 153 out of Harrisburg and before Pennsylvania voters in the fall, Rep. Daryl Metcalfe, R-12, held a news conference Monday calling on his fellow legislators to hold a vote on a bill.
Monday was the last day the bill could be voted on in time to meet the referendum deadline.
Several members of the House spoke at the news conference, each extolling the bill as an opportunity for the citizens of the state to vote on how they want to be governed and criticizing the current system as bloated and chaotic.
At press time, the bill was not scheduled to be considered at Monday's session, according to the calendar on the General Assembly's website.
A full story will appear in the Butler Eagle.
