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House Rules Committee advances two bill packages; first package passes unanimously, second passes 18-15
Summary
The Pennsylvania House Rules Committee voted to report two packages of bills. The first package, containing nine bills on topics from abandoned vehicles to career-and-technical education, passed 33-0. A second, three-bill package including the Right to Repair Act advanced on an 18-15 vote with Democrats in favor and Republicans opposed.
The Pennsylvania House Rules Committee met at 11:30 a.m. and voted to report two packages of House bills to the full House. The first package advanced by a vote of 33-0; a second package advanced by a vote of 18-15, with Democrats recorded in favor and Republicans opposed.
The first package included bills on a range of subjects: an amendment to Title 75 concerning abandoned vehicles and salvers; a waiver to purchase diapers and menstrual hygiene products; Medicaid and CHIP coverage for home blood pressure monitors; a requirement that companies provide automatic renewal notifications to subscribers; eligibility for resident-rate hunting licenses for out-of-state college students residing in Pennsylvania; an increase to the historic preservation tax credit per-project cap; legislation restructuring the electric utility industry for membership in regional transmission organizations; and two measures establishing barber and cosmetology out-of-school training programs as permanent career-and-technical education offerings. The committee chair moved to report each of those bills, and the package passed unanimously, 33-0.
The second package contained three bills: the Right to Repair Act; legislation providing financial fee protections for banking accounts; and the Pennsylvania Home Preservation Grant Program. The committee advanced that package on a party-line vote recorded as 18-15. The roll call was read before the vote, with the secretary recording Democrats in favor and Republicans opposed.
Committee members asked whether there was discussion on either package; the record shows no substantive debate recorded on the first package and no additional discussion reported before each vote. The meeting concluded after the two votes and the committee adjourned.
The actions move the listed bills out of the Rules Committee and toward floor consideration; the transcript does not include floor scheduling or further legislative steps.
