Bill Would Reduce Size Of State Legislature

Senator Elder Vogel has introduced legislation that would reduce the size of the state legislature by 40%. The Senator wants to see the State Senate reduced from 50 seats to 30 seats and the State House reduced from 203 seats to 121 seats. The Senator introduced this legislation as part of a campaign pledge he made to try and reduce the size of the States Legislative body. The Senators bill would save Pennsylvania $117.5 million according to fiscal year 2008-2009 commonwealth budget figures. The bill has 12 co-sponsors in the Senate and is currently in committee.