Pennsylvania General Assembly

Pennsylvania General Assembly
Pennsylvania General Assembly
	Coat of arms
Type
Type	Bicameral
Houses	Senate; House of Representatives
Term limits	None
History
Founded	May 5, 1682
Preceded by	Pennsylvania Provincial Assembly
New session started	January 1, 2019
Leadership
President of the Senate; (Lt. Governor)	John Fetterman (D) ; since January 15, 2019
President pro tempore of the Senate	Jake Corman (R) ; since January 5, 2021
Speaker of the House	Bryan Cutler (R) ; since June 22, 2020
Structure
Seats	253
Senate political groups	Majority caucus Republican (28); Independent (1); Minority caucus Democratic (21);
House political groups	Majority caucus Republican (113); Minority caucus Democratic (90);
Length of term	Senate: 4 years; House: 2 years
Salary	$88,610/year + per diem
Senators	50
State Representatives	203
Elections
Senate voting system	First-past-the-post
House voting system	First-past-the-post
Senate last election	November 3, 2020 ; (odd-numbered districts)
House last election	November 3, 2020
Senate next election	November 8, 2022 ; (even-numbered districts)
House next election	November 8, 2022
Redistricting	politician commission
Motto
	Virtue, Liberty and Independence
Meeting place
	Pennsylvania State Capitol, Harrisburg
Website
	www.legis.state.pa.us
Constitution
	Constitution of Pennsylvania

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.