Pennsylvania

===Legislative===
{{Main|Pennsylvania General Assembly}}
[[File:Flying the Pride Flag over the Capitol (50035197647).jpg|thumb|The [[Pennsylvania State Capitol]] in [[Harrisburg, Pennsylvania|Harrisburg]]]]
Pennsylvania has a [[bicameral legislature]] that was established in the [[Pennsylvania Constitution]], which was ratified in 1790. The original Frame of Government of William Penn had a unicameral legislature.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.phmc.state.pa.us/BAH/dam/rg/rg7.htm |title=Pennsylvania State Archives |publisher=Phmc.state.pa.us |access-date=July 31, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100914201845/http://www.phmc.state.pa.us/bah/dam/rg/rg7.htm |archive-date=September 14, 2010 |url-status=live }}</ref> The [[Pennsylvania General Assembly|General Assembly]] includes 50 [[Pennsylvania Senate|Senators]] and 203 [[Pennsylvania House of Representatives|Representatives]]. [[Kim Ward|Kim L. Ward]] is currently [[President Pro Tempore]] of the State Senate, [[Joe Pittman (politician)|Joe Pittman]] the [[Majority Leader]], and [[Jay Costa]] the [[Minority Leader]].<ref>[https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/home/member_information/senate/officers.cfm Officers of the State Senate], PA State Senate. Retrieved June 7, 2023</ref> [[Joanna McClinton]] is [[Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives|Speaker]] of the House of Representatives, with [[Matthew Bradford]] as Majority Leader and [[Bryan Cutler]] as Minority Leader.<ref>[https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/home/member_information/house/officers.cfm Officers of the State House], PA State House of Representatives. Retrieved June 7, 2023</ref> As of 2023, the Republicans hold the majority in the State Senate (28-22) and the Democrats in the State House (102-101). Pennsylvania is one of only two states that currently have divided party control of the state legislature.<ref>[https://documents.ncsl.org/wwwncsl/About-State-Legislatures/2023%20May%20State%20&%20Legislative%20Partisan%20Composi_Adam%20Kuckuk.pdf 2023 State and Legislative Partisan Competition], National Conference of State Legislatures</ref>