Current Office: Senator
First Elected: 1994
Next Election: 2012
Party: Democratic

General

Gender: Male
Family: Wife: Sheryl Lee Ralph; 2 Children
Birth date: 10/26/1956
Birthplace: Philadelphia, PA
Home City: Philadelphia PA
Religion: Baptist

Education

Attended, Temple University

Committees

Appropriations
Finance
Judiciary
Public Health
Rules and Executive Nominations

HB 934 Amends Voter Identification Laws
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

HB 1950 Amends Statutes Concerning Oil and Gas Resources
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Yea

SB 1249 Congressional Redistricting
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 242 Permitting the On-Site Sale of Alcohol at Distilleries
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

SB 1100 Regulation of Oil and Natural Gas Resources
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

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HB 934 Amends Voter Identification Laws
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

HB 1950 Amends Statutes Concerning Oil and Gas Resources
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Yea

SB 1249 Congressional Redistricting
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 242 Permitting the On-Site Sale of Alcohol at Distilleries
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

SB 1100 Regulation of Oil and Natural Gas Resources
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 1 Charter School Guidelines
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 595 Authorizes the Use of Red Light Cameras
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 1151 Fiscal Emergency Bill
Stage: Concurrence Vote With Amendment
Vote: Nay

HB 960 Public Assistance Program Amendments
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

SB 330 Amending The Taxpayer Relief Act
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Nay

HB 960 Public Assistance Program Amendments
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

HB 1485 2011-2012 Budget
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

SB 1131 Tort Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 612 Guidelines for Teacher Suspension
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 101 Education Law Amendments
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Nay

HB 1926 Amending Self-Protection Laws
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

HB 2497 Retirement Law Amendments
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 1926 Amending Self-Protection Laws
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

HB 2497 Retirement Law Amendments
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

SB 1042 2010-2011 Budget Implementation and Fiscal Law Amendments
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 2279 2010-2011 Budget
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

SR 348 Audit of Methadone Treatment Programs & Medical Assistance Transportation Program
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 1161 Authorizing Qualified Inmate Transfer to Pre-Release Centers
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 711 Legalizing Table Games
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Yea

SB 711 Legalizing Table Games
Stage: Concurrence Vote With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 1416 2009-2010 Budget
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1614 Fiscal Code Amendments
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

SB 1033 Gaming Law Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1531 Tax Law Amendments
Stage: Concurrence Vote With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 1828 Municipal Pension System Amendments
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 1416 2009-2010 Budget
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

SB 81 Liquor Tastings and Liquor Code Updates
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 850 2009-2010 Budget
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 490 Oil and Gas Lease Fund Appropriations
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 1385 Increase Tax Credit for Business Net Losses
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 1388 Change Formula for Calculating Corporate Net Income Tax
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 1387 Business Property Tax Deduction
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 1385 Increase Tax Credit for Business Net Losses
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 1388 Change Formula for Calculating Corporate Net Income Tax
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 1387 Business Property Tax Deduction
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 246 Smoking Ban
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Yea

SB 246 Smoking Ban
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Nay

SB 1386 Poverty Income Tax Cut
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1590 Public Transportation and Interstate 80 Toll Road
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 1286 2007-2008 Budget
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Yea

SB 246 Smoking Ban
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Nay

HB 1590 Public Transportation and Interstate 80 Toll Road
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

SB 246 Smoking Ban
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 2062 Exceptions to Clean Indoor Air Act
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 2499 2006-2007 Budget
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 804 Handheld Cell Phone Ban While Driving
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 1230 Slot Supplier Elimination
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 1090 Minimum Wage Bill
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 2381 Marriage Definition Constitutional Amendment
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 999 Voting Standards
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Nay

HB 39 Property Taxes (Special Session)
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 213 Ecoterrorism Bill
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1318 Voter Identification Requirements
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Nay

SB 1025 PA Clean Vehicles Program
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

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