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Appropriations committee unanimously advances package of bills including epinephrine in daycares and tourism districts
Summary
The House Appropriations Committee unanimously rereported a package of eight bills to the House covering topics including cursive instruction in elementary schools, epinephrine availability in daycares, a ban on sale of at-risk species parts, borough appropriations, tourism improvement districts, theft grading, coroner reporting on sudden unexpl.
The House Appropriations Committee unanimously advanced a package of eight bills, rereporting them to the full House after the panel determined there was no significant impact to the general fund.
The package included the following measures as described during the committee overview: House Bill 17 would require cursive handwriting instruction in every elementary school; House Bill 928 would amend Title 35 to require epinephrine (EpiPen) availability in daycare facilities; House Bill 994 would ban the sale of animal parts or products from at‑risk species; House Bill 1318 would allow a borough to appropriate funds to a county or regional association of boroughs; House Bill 1347 would establish tourism improvement districts and tourism improvement district management associations; House Bill 1406 would amend the grading of theft offenses to provide for the title of defraud; House Bill 1442 would require coroners to determine whether a death was the result of sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP); and House Bill 1590 would repeal regulatory requirements that restrict Medical Assistance reimbursement for behavioral health services delivered outside the physical premises of a licensed outpatient clinic.
A Republican member explained the committee’s assessment before the vote: “On this particular package of bills, we do not see any significant impact to the general fund. Therefore, all Republicans will be voting in the affirmative.” A Democratic member then stated that Democratic members would also vote in favor, and the chair announced that the bills were rereported from the committee with a unanimous vote.
Discussion versus action: the committee asked for and accepted a staff overview of each bill (discussion); the committee then took formal action to rereport the package to the House (formal action). The transcript does not show individual roll-call tallies for the package vote, only the committee’s statements that both parties voted affirmatively and that the vote was unanimous.
Next steps: the eight bills were rereported to the House for further consideration.
