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House adopts a slate of ceremonial resolutions and several bills; final roll calls reported for major items
Summary
At its March 19 session the Pennsylvania House adopted multiple resolutions and passed several bills, including measures on prescription transfers, rural health grants and unemployment benefits for domestic-abuse survivors; a list of recorded votes and outcomes follows.
The Pennsylvania House on March 19 adopted a series of ceremonial resolutions and approved multiple bills on final or procedural votes. Highlights of floor action that included recorded roll calls or chair statements of agreement are below.
Votes at a glance
- House Resolution 86 (Bayard Rustin Day): Adopted; ayes 178, nays 24. The resolution designates March 17, 2025, as Bayard Rustin Day in Pennsylvania. Representative Jordan Carroll (maker) spoke in support, noting Rustin’s role in the 1963 March on Washington.
- House Resolution 85 (Natural Gas Utility Worker Appreciation Day): Adopted; ayes 199, nays 3. Introduced by Representative Rob Matzey.
- House Resolution 107 (Penn State THON Day): Adopted; ayes 200, nays 2. Representative Benninghoff noted THON’s fundraising of more than $17 million for pediatric cancer support.
- House Resolution 121 (National Transit Worker Appreciation Day): Adopted; ayes 199, nays 3. Introduced by Representative Nielsen.
- House Resolution 127 (Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month): Adopted; ayes 199, nays 3. Introduced by Representative Jordan Harris.
- House Bill 60 (prescription transfers between pharmacies): Passed final passage; yeas 202, nays 0. Representative Borowski spoke in support, saying the bill aligns state law with federal rules to make it easier for patients to transfer prescriptions when shortages occur.
- House Bill 157 (rural health care grant program): Passed final passage; yays 194, nays 8. Sponsors said the program creates financial incentives to recruit health-care practitioners to rural and medically underserved areas.
- House Bill 274 (unemployment compensation for domestic-abuse survivors who must quit for safety reasons): Passed final passage; yays 198, nays 4. Representative Jordan A. Dawkins and others described the bill as protecting survivors who must leave employment for safety.
- House Bill 410 (driver’s license issuance/content): Agreed to as amended; an amendment to allow active-duty military to use on-file photographs for renewal was adopted 202-0.
Other committee reports and bill reports: multiple bills were reported as committed and agreed to (transcript lines record numerous bills reported as committed and the House agreeing to the committee reports). For example, the House agreed to committee reports on bills such as House Bill 438, House Bill 620, House Bill 754 and others as recorded on the floor (reporting and 'agreed to' language appears in the transcript). Where the transcript recorded 'agreed to' without a roll-call, this summary notes those items as agreed to per the floor record.
Procedural notes: Several bills were recommitted to the Appropriations Committee by the majority leader and the House adjourned to a future date as recorded at the close of the session.
This roundup lists items that the House either adopted by recorded roll call or agreed to on the floor in the March 19 session. Individual bills with extended floor debate (for example, House Bill 118 and House Bill 362) are covered in separate articles that provide fuller context and verbatim floor remarks.
