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Pennsylvania State Senate
Pennsylvania State Senate | |
|---|---|
| Pennsylvania General Assembly | |
 | |
| Type | |
| Type | |
Term limits | None |
| History | |
| Founded | 1790 |
New session started | January 3, 2023 |
| Leadership | |
Majority Leader | |
Minority Leader | |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 50 |
 | |
Political groups | Majority
Minority
|
Length of term | 4 years |
| Authority | Article II, Pennsylvania Constitution |
| Salary | $102,844/year + per diem[1] |
| Elections | |
Last election | November 8, 2022 (even-numbered districts) |
Next election | November 5, 2024 (odd-numbered districts) |
| Redistricting | Bipartisan Commission |
| Meeting place | |
 | |
| State Senate Chamber Pennsylvania State Capitol Harrisburg, Pennsylvania | |
| Website | |
| Pennsylvania State Senate | |
The Pennsylvania State Senate is the upper house of the Pennsylvania General Assembly, the Pennsylvania state legislature. The State Senate meets in the State Capitol building in Harrisburg. Senators are elected for four-year terms, staggered every two years, such that half of the seats are contested at each election.[2] Even- and odd-numbered district seats are contested in separate election years. The president pro tempore of the Senate becomes the lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania in the event of the sitting lieutenant governor's removal, resignation or death. In this case the president pro tempore and lieutenant governor would be the same person.[3] The Pennsylvania Senate has been meeting since 1791.
The president of the Senate is the lieutenant governor, who has no vote except to break a tie vote.
- ^ The Pennsylvania Manual, pp. 3–7.
- ^ Article II, section 3, Pennsylvania Constitution.
- ^ Article IV, section 14, Pennsylvania Constitution.
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