Doug Reichley, a resident of Emmaus, is serving his third term as state representative of the 134th Legislative District.

He represents parts of Berks County consisting of the townships of Hereford, District and Washington and the boroughs of Bally and Bechtelsville in Berks County and part of Lehigh County consisting of Lower Macungie, Salisbury (Ward 5) South Whitehall (District 3, 4 and 5) Upper Macungie (district 4) and Upper Milford Township (East District) along with the boroughs of Alburtis, Emmaus and Macungie.

He currently serves on several key committees, including the House Appropriations Committee. He is also a member of the Consumer Affairs, Health and Human Services, and Urban Affairs committees. 

He is also co-chair of the Life Sciences Caucus, and a member of the Alzheimer’s Caucus, Autism Caucus, Firefighters and Emergency Services Caucus, Irish Caucus and Sportsman’s Caucus.  He is a member of the House Republican Policy Committee and served last session on two select committees, the House Select Committee on Information Security, and the Majority Leader’s Task Force to Connect Education to the Workplace to examine Pennsylvania’s education system in terms of preparing students to become skilled employees.

He was selected for the prestigious Toll Fellowship Program sponsored by The Council of State Governments, which recognized him as one of 40 emerging state leaders from across the nation. He was also named 2005 Legislator of the Year Award by the Pennsylvania Association of Rehabilitation Facilities , an organization of community-based mental health organizations.

Reichley has focused on ways to enhance Megan’s Law enforcement by requiring sexual predator registration, address problems in the vehicle emissions inspection law, create a disease management health insurance option, protect children from inhalants with an anti-huffing bill, and create jobs by advocating for the Keystone Manufacturing Initiative to help strengthen the economy.

Act 3 and 4 of 2003 sponsored by Reichley, increase penalties and clarify definitions for dealing methamphetamines. Act 26 of 2004 protects Pennsylvanians from investment fraud and makes it a crime to mislead or induce a person to rely on false statements in order to induce a person to make a bogus investment.  Reichley also sponsored a bill that became law as an amendment to Senate Bill 92. The measure authorizes the state Office of Attorney General to perform annual Megan’s Law compliance audits and report the findings to oversight agencies. Act 152 of 2004 became effective Jan. 1, 2006.

Prior to running for office, Reichley worked in private practice with Lightner Law Offices in Wescosville. Prior to that, he was an assistant district attorney in the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office. He worked as an assistant district attorney in Lehigh County for 11 years, from 1989-2000. He began his law career as an associate with the law firm of Snyder, Dimmich and Guldin in Allentown.

Active in his local community, Reichley served as president of the Allentown YMCA/YWCA and of the Emmaus Kiwanis and on the board of the Lehigh Valley Crime Victims’ Council. He has worked as an instructor at the Allentown Police Academy, Northampton County Community College, and DeSales University. He also taught fellow prosecutors at meetings of the Pennsylvania District Attorneys’ Association and the Pennsylvania Bar Institute. Reichley has also been an active member of the Lehigh County Bar Association by serving on the Criminal Law and Legislative Liaison committees.

Reichley holds a Juris Doctorate from Dickinson Law School and Bachelor of Arts Degree in Government and Law from Lafayette College. He is member of St. Luke’s Lutheran Church.