PRINTER'S NO. 888
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No. 106
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY GROVE, MARCH 10, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MARCH 10, 2025
A RESOLUTION
1 Appointing and empowering a committee to investigate the conduct
2 of the Honorable Steven D. Stambaugh, Court of Common Pleas
3 Judge for the 19th District of York County.
4 RESOLVED, By the House of Representatives of the General
5 Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, that the Judiciary
6 Committee be authorized to investigate the conduct of the
7 Honorable Steven D. Stambaugh, a Court of Common Pleas Judge for
8 the 19th District of York County, to determine whether Steven D.
9 Stambaugh is liable to impeachment for misbehavior in office and
10 to report to the House of Representatives the conclusions of the
11 committee with respect to the investigation and determination
12 with its appropriate recommendations; and be it further
13 RESOLVED, That the Judiciary Committee of the House of
14 Representatives be authorized and empowered to:
15 (1) send for individuals and papers and subpoena
16 witnesses, documents and other materials under the seal of
17 the chairperson;
18 (2) administer oaths to witnesses;
19 (3) take testimony;
 1 (4) prepare and file pleadings and other legal
2 documents; and
3 (5) employ staff for the use of the Judiciary Committee
4 and the Subcommittee on Courts;
5 and be it further
6 RESOLVED, That the Judiciary Committee of the House of
7 Representatives designate the Subcommittee on Courts to take
8 testimony, review documents or other materials and interview
9 witnesses for the use of the Judiciary Committee; and be it
10 further
11 RESOLVED, That the Subcommittee on Courts be authorized and
12 empowered to make recommendations to the Judiciary Committee of
13 the House of Representatives and, in the performance of its
14 duties, may:
15 (1) send for individuals and papers and subpoena
16 witnesses, documents and other materials under the seal of
17 the subcommittee chairperson;
18 (2) administer oaths to witnesses;
19 (3) take testimony; and
20 (4) prepare and file pleadings and other legal
21 documents;
22 and be it further
23 RESOLVED, That a Sergeant-at-Arms or his deputy shall serve
24 the process of the Judiciary Committee of the House of
25 Representatives and Subcommittee on Courts and execute their
26 orders; and be it further
27 RESOLVED, That the Judiciary Committee of the House of
28 Representatives and Subcommittee on Courts be authorized to sit
29 during the sessions of the House of Representatives; and be it
30 further
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1 RESOLVED, That the expenses of the investigation shall be
2 paid by the Chief Clerk from appropriation accounts under the
3 Chief Clerk's exclusive control and jurisdiction upon a written
4 request approved by the Speaker of the House of Representatives,
5 the Majority Leader of the House of Representatives or the
6 Minority Leader of the House of Representatives.
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