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House Appropriations Committee approves package including multiple FY2025-26 appropriations
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Summary
The House Appropriations Committee approved a package of bills that included several fiscal year 2025-26 appropriation measures and other policy bills; one two‑bill package passed with Republican opposition.
The House Appropriations Committee approved a package of bills during a brief meeting, including several appropriation measures for fiscal year 2025-26 and policy bills such as licensure compacts and a research program bill.
Committee executive director provided a summary of the measures before the committee, saying, "We have house bill 463, amends the unfair trade practices and consumer protection law," and that "House bill 554 authorizes Pennsylvania to join the social work licensure compact." The executive director also summarized HB668 as authorizing Pennsylvania to join the counseling compact and described HB704 as establishing "a neurodegenerative . . . disease research program and . . . an additional research program fund to provide grants to support infrastructure for disease research."
The packet also included multiple appropriations bills. The executive director said, "House bill 1333 makes appropriations from the professional licensure augmentation account to [the] Department of State for use by the Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs for support of professional licensure boards in fiscal year 25 26." Other appropriation measures summarized included funding for workers' compensation and occupational disease statutes (House bill 1334), the Office of Small Business Advocate (HB1335), PSERS (HB1336), CERS (HB1337), the Philadelphia Parking Authority (HB1338), gaming-related administration and enforcement funds (HB1340) and the Office of Consumer Advocate (HB1420).
Chairman Harris called up the grouped package and asked, "Is there any discussion on the package of bills?" With no discussion, the chair asked, "Are there any negative votes?" The chair then announced the first package of bills "will pass the committee unanimously."
Later the chair called up House Bill 1089 and House Bill 1340 as a two‑bill package. The chair recorded that "Republicans will be negative on those 2 bills," and that Democrats would be recorded in the affirmative; the chair then said, "Seeing that the ayes have it, house bill 10 89 and house bill 13 40 will pass the committee." The transcript records no substantive floor discussion of the bills beyond the executive director's summaries and the recorded party-line votes on the two‑bill package.
The committee adjourned shortly after the votes.
