Biography

Safer communities, better roads, and more local jobs have been top priorities for Rep. Marsico since he was first elected to the state House of Representatives in 1988. He is the senior Dauphin County House member and has maintained a perfect attendance record. 

Ron has written 16 bills that have become law, including those that stiffen the death penalty, strengthen Megan’s Law, ban look-alike drug sales to minors, get heroin dealers off the streets by strengthening penalties, and crack down on unwanted invasions of privacy.  

Recently, Ron created two new laws protecting children. One law creates safe havens for unwanted infants at Pennsylvania hospitals while the other increases penalties for raping a child under the age of 13. 

To make highways safer, Rep. Marsico led the successful effort to increase the size of the Pennsylvania State Police force so more officers will be available to patrol the state’s highways and communities. He has helped bring millions of dollars in new state funding for better and safer roads and bridges and to reduce traffic congestion. He also helped get funding for noise barriers to enhance the quality of life for people along Interstate 81.

He is a founding member of the Capital Beltway Advisory Committee that includes nearly two dozen representatives of area transportation, law enforcement, highway safety, and trucking and motoring industry representatives. Rep. Marsico serves as chairman of the Transportation Committee’s Subcommittee on Highways. He previously chaired the Subcommittee on Railroads, playing a key role in bringing millions of dollars to the mid-state passenger rail service system. 

As the former Vice Chairman of the House Labor Relations Committee, Rep. Marsico helped to make Pennsylvania more job friendly by reducing workers’ compensation costs. He also supported tax relief for families and tax cuts for businesses that have reduced the cost of doing business in Pennsylvania by more than $3 billion since 1995 and have resulted in more Pennsylvanians working today than ever before. 

Rep. Marsico currently serves as Republican chair of the House Judiciary Committee and serves on the House Transportation Committee and the House Committee on Ethics.  He also has been appointed as the Pennsylvania director of development for the American Legislative Exchange Council, a nationwide association of state legislators. 

Ron is a graduate of Bishop McDevitt High School and Ohio State University. He and his wife, Elaine, have two children, Kelly and Wayde, and three grandchildren.