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House Appropriations Committee unanimously rereports five-bill package to the House floor
Summary
The House Appropriations Committee voted unanimously to rereport a package of five bills — covering breast diagnostic exams, homebuyer savings accounts, a property-maintenance registry, mortgage discount points and increased pensions for certain disabled Pennsylvania veterans — to the full House.
The House Appropriations Committee voted unanimously at its meeting to rereport a package of five bills to the full House, Chairman Harris said.
The package includes bills to require insurers to cover diagnostic breast examinations with no out-of-pocket cost, establish homebuyer savings accounts for first-time buyers, create a property-maintenance-code serious-violations registry and account, allow mortgage lenders to offer discount points, and raise a monthly pension for certain Pennsylvania veterans from $150 to $200, the committee executive director said.
The committee executive director summarized the bills before the vote: "We have House Bill 4 33, requires health insurance to cover diagnostic breast examinations at no cost to the covered individual. House bill 8 1 8 amends the tax reform code establishing homebuyer savings accounts for first time homebuyers. House bill 10 62 amends title 53 by providing for a state light data collection system creating the pop property maintenance code serious violation[s] registry" and "House bill 11 o 3 allows mortgage lenders to offer discount points. House bill 11 44 increases the pension for Pennsylvania veterans who are blind, the amputee, or paralyzed due to their military service to $200 from $150 per month."
There was no discussion on the package before the vote. A committee member said, "No discussion, mister chairman," and the chair concluded, "Well, seeing that there are no negative votes, we will move this package of bills out of the committee unanimously and re report them to the floor of the house." The committee then adjourned.
The committee recorded Representative Kincaid as present when the chair called the package. The meeting transcript does not show a recorded roll-call tally of individual votes; committee remarks indicate there were no negative votes and the package was moved by unanimous consent.
The bills will proceed to the full House for further consideration.
