House agrees to multiple bills, refers others to committees and adjourns until Sept. 29

The House of Representatives convened at 11 a.m. and, after committee reports, the chamber agreed by voice vote to a series of bills and resolutions that were reported as committed, referred several bills to standing committees, and approved an adjournment motion to Sept. 29.

Most of the bills and resolutions presented were reported as committed by committee and were approved on the floor by voice vote. Representative Briggs, chair of the Committee on Judiciary, reported multiple bills and resolutions. The clerk read referrals to committees, including House Bill 1874 to the House Committee on Housing and Community Development, House Bill 1872 to the Committee on Communications and Technology, House Bill 1875 to the Committee on Local Government, and House Bill 321 to the Committee on Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness. The majority leader also moved to move several bills between the active and tabled calendars.

Why it matters: floor agreement on committee-reported bills advances those measures toward further consideration or final passage, while committee referrals and calendar changes determine which measures receive further action and when.

Votes at a glance

- House Bill 413 — reported as committed; the House “agreed to” the bill on the floor (voice vote; tally not recorded in the transcript). Referenced when Representative Briggs reported committee business.

- House Bill 706 — reported as committed; the House “agreed to” the bill (voice vote; tally not recorded).

- House Bill 728 — reported as committed; the House “agreed to” the bill (voice vote; tally not recorded).

- House Bill 1,099 — reported as committed; the House “agreed to” the bill (voice vote; tally not recorded).

- House Bill 1,593 — reported as committed; the House “agreed to” the bill (voice vote; tally not recorded).

- House Bill 1,613 — reported as committed; the House “agreed to” the bill (voice vote; tally not recorded).

- House Bill 1,722 — reported as committed; the House “agreed to” the bill (voice vote; tally not recorded).

- House Bill 1,859 — reported as committed; the House “agreed to” the bill (voice vote; tally not recorded).

- House Bill 1,866 — reported as committed; the House “agreed to” the bill (voice vote; tally not recorded).

- House Resolution 165 — reported as committed; the House “agreed to” the report (voice vote; tally not recorded).

- House Resolution 279 — reported as committed; the House “agreed to” the report (voice vote; tally not recorded).

Referral and calendar actions

- House Bill 1874 was referred to the House Committee on Housing and Community Development (referral dated 09/23/2025 in the clerk’s reading).

- House Bill 1872 was referred to the House Committee on Communications and Technology.

- House Bill 1875 was referred to the House Committee on Local Government.

- House Bill 321 was referred to the House Committee on Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness.

- The majority leader moved to remove House Bills 589, 1446, 1545 and 1676 from the active calendar and place them on the tabled calendar. The transcript records the motion but does not record an outcome for that motion in the provided excerpt.

- The majority leader also moved to remove a list of bills and resolutions from the tabled calendar and place them on the active calendar (the list included House Bills 589, 706, 1,099, 1,446, 1,545, 1,593, 1,676, 1,859, 1,866; House Resolutions 169, 195, 228, 234, 265, 272; Senate Bills 160 and 246). The transcript records the motion but does not record a vote or the result in the provided excerpt.

Adjournment

The chamber received a motion from the gentlewoman from Philadelphia, Representative Green, to adjourn until Monday, Sept. 29, 2025, at noon unless sooner recalled by the speaker. The motion was put and passed by voice vote; the chair announced that “the ayes have it,” and the House stood adjourned until that date.

Details and limitations

The transcript records repeated floor prompts of “Will the House agree to the bill?” followed by the clerk or presiding officer announcing “Agreed to.” Those are recorded as voice approvals in the transcript; no roll-call tallies or individual member votes are recorded in the provided excerpt. Where the excerpt records only a motion (for example, calendar changes moved by the majority leader) and not the outcome, this article notes that the outcome is not specified in the provided transcript.

The transcript excerpt does not include bill texts, sponsors beyond committee reports, committee reports’ content, or final bill dispositions beyond the floor “agreed to” entries and the adjournment vote. For bills referred to committees, the committee names and referral dates are taken from the clerk’s reading in the transcript.