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Dominic Pileggi

Dominic Pileggi is an American politician from Pennsylvania. He serves as Republican Leader of the Pennsylvania State Senate. Pileggi represents the 9th Pennsylvania Senate district, including portions of Chester County, Pennsylvania and Delaware County, Pennsylvania. Pileggi is chairman of the Rules and Executive Nominations Committee. He is also a member of the Appropriations Committee, the former Chairman of the Senate Urban Affairs and Housing Committee, and a former member of the State Planning Board, which develops recommendations for state policies and actions regarding conservation and land use issues.

Pileggi earned a B.A. in economics from Saint Joseph's University in 1979 and his J.D. from Villanova University School of Law in 1982.

Prior to his election, Pileggi served as mayor of Chester, Pennsylvania from 1999-2002. He was first elected to the Senate in a special election on October 1, 2002 to fill the seat of Sen. Clarence Bell, who died on July 26, 2002. He was sworn in on October 16, 2002. Pileggi defeated Rep. Thaddeus Kirkland, taking 60% of the vote. In 2004, Pileggi won a full term to his seat over Thomas Bosak with 59.4%.

After the shakeup in leadership caused in part by the 2005 legislative pay raise, Pileggi was elected by his colleagues to serve as the Republicans' floor leader in November 2006. He faces re-election in 2008.

Pileggi was the prime sponsor of Senate Bill 1, which rewrote Pennsylvania's Open Records Law for the first time in more than 50 years. SB 1 was signed into law by Gov. Ed Rendell on February 14, 2008, and is now known as Act 3 of 2008.

Pileggi was the prime sponsor of Senate Bill 1100, which transferred approximately $17 million to Pennsylvania's Hazardous Sites Cleanup Act (HSCA) Fund out of legislative accounts, ensuring that the HSCA Fund could meet its obligations in the 2007-08 fiscal year. The bill also earmarked funding through 2010-11. After being signed by Gov. Ed Rendell on December 18, 2007, SB 1100 is now known as Act 77 of 2007.