Stewart J. Greenleaf Sr., the longtime Republican state senator who represented the 12th District, which includes portions of eastern Montgomery County and southern Bucks County, died on February 9 aged 81, writes Robert Moran for The Philadelphia Inquirer.
Greenleaf, who lived in Huntingdon Valley, was elected to the Pennsylvania Senate in 1978 and served for more than four decades until he announced in 2019 he would not seek reelection.
For the majority of his time in Harrisburg, he was chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Megan’s Law sex-offender registration and the Puppy Lemon law are just some of the many laws he passed in that time.
He was also at the forefront of the tough-on-crime push in the 1990s, but changed his stance and pushed for moderate reforms in his later years.
“My family and I already miss my father tremendously,” said son, Stewart Jr. “Yet, we all take comfort knowing the positive impact he made on his local community and on Pennsylvania. His forty-plus years in public service are well-known, but we know the true depth of his compassion for everyone he came in contact with.”
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