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Appropriations Committee advances Keystone Saves and election-code changes despite GOP objections on fiscal impact
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Summary
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.
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).
A Republican member raised concerns during discussion and said, “Yes. Thank you, mister chairman. We do have some concerns with the fiscal impacts of these 2 pieces of legislation both at the local and state level. Therefore, all Republicans will be voting negative on these 2 bills.” A Democratic member responded, “All those, all the Democrats will be voting in favor of the bills.” The chair then announced the ayes had it and the bills would be rereported to the floor.
The transcript records the party-line positions in committee and an affirmative outcome; it does not include a detailed fiscal analysis in the committee record nor floor-level amendments. The committee advanced the bills to the full House where fiscal notes and floor debate may follow.
The summary as read to the committee uses the term "Keystone Saves" for HB1263 and cites the Pennsylvania election code and "Act 320 of 1937" and Title 25 as the statutory references mentioned in the committee record.
Any further technical or fiscal details will be clarified in subsequent committee reports or House filings.
