Appropriations Committee advances Keystone Saves and election-code changes despite GOP objections on fiscal impact

May 14, 2025

House Bills 1263 (Keystone Saves program) and 1396 (changes to the Pennsylvania election code) were considered as a package and rereported to the House after Democrats supported the bills and Republican members voiced fiscal concerns and voted against them in committee.

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Chairman Harris called the committee to consider House Bills 1263 and 1396 as a package. The executive director summarized HB1263 as establishing the "Keystone Saves" program and HB1396 as proposing changes to the Pennsylvania election code, Act 320 of 1937 and Title 25 (elections).

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