House adopts two ceremonial resolutions, agrees to several bills and moves others to appropriations

HARRISBURG — On Jan. 29, 2025, the Pennsylvania House of Representatives adopted two ceremonial resolutions and advanced several bills, the chamber record shows.

The House adopted a resolution designating January 2025 as School Director Recognition Month and adopted a second resolution designating Jan. 23, 2025, as Maternal Health Awareness Day. Both were approved by recorded vote. The House also recorded voice agreements on several bills and the majority leader moved a group of bills to the Appropriations Committee for further consideration.

Votes at a glance

- House Resolution (School Director Recognition Month): Adopted; recorded vote — ayes 199, nays 3. (Clerk recorded the vote.) - House Resolution 26 (Maternal Health Awareness Day, Jan. 23, 2025): Adopted; recorded vote — ayes 197, nays 5. (Clerk recorded the vote.) - House Bill 309 (reported as amended): The House agreed to the bill by voice. - House Bill 324 (eliminates certain provisions and limitations for certified poultry technicians): The House agreed to the bill by voice. - Recommit motion: The majority leader moved that House Bills 190, 201, 291 and 324 be recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations; the motion was made on the floor and recorded in the journal (no roll-call tally shown in the transcript excerpt). - Remove-from-table motion: The majority leader moved that House Bills 27, 211 and 257 be removed from the table calendar and placed on the active calendar; the motion was made on the floor (no roll-call tally shown in the transcript excerpt). - Adjournment: The House adopted a motion to adjourn until Monday, Feb. 3, 2025, at noon unless sooner recalled by the speaker; the speaker announced the ayes had it and the House stood adjourned.

What supporters said

Representative Morgan Cephas, the sponsor of House Resolution 26, urged colleagues to treat maternal health "as an opportunity to educate the public, policy makers, and health care providers on solutions that we can take forth that will move the needle on this issue," and cited state maternal mortality and morbidity figures during her remarks recorded on the floor.

Procedural and committee notes

Committee chairs reported bills and committee organizational reports at the start of the day. Several bills were presented as "reported as committed" or "reported as amended;" some were accepted by the House without a recorded roll-call vote (voice agreement), as noted above. The majority leader later moved a package of bills to the Appropriations Committee for further consideration.

The two recorded roll-call votes were read by the clerk and entered into the record with tallies; the transcript excerpts show the clerk announcing the ayes and nays for each recorded resolution vote.

Ending

The House concluded its business for the day, and the speaker announced the chamber was adjourned until Feb. 3, 2025, at noon unless sooner recalled.