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House receives agency reports, refers multiple bills to committees; Senate returns House Bill 257 with amendment
Summary
The House of Representatives at its midday session took up routine floor business: the chamber received several agency reports, the clerk announced referrals sending a long list of bills to standing committees, and the clerk of the Senate returned House Bill 257 with a message that the Senate had passed the bill with an amendment and requested the House's concurrence.
The House of Representatives at its midday session took up routine floor business: the chamber received several agency reports, the clerk announced referrals sending a long list of bills to standing committees, and the clerk of the Senate returned House Bill 257 with a message that the Senate had passed the bill with an amendment and requested the House's concurrence. The House then adopted a motion to adjourn to Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025, at 11 a.m.
The clerk read multiple reports entered into the record. Those included a report responding to House Resolution 185 of 2023 from the Joint State Government Commission; annual materials from the Pennsylvania 1-Call system; the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development's 2024 PennWorks program report; the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission's report, submitted in accordance with section 524(b) of the Public Utility Code, on the electric power outlook for Pennsylvania for 2024'029; a waiver annual report from the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry as required by Act 24 of 2021; and an August 2023 Hazardous Sites Cleanup Fund report from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.
The clerk also read a series of referrals, sending numerous House and Senate bills and resolutions to standing committees. The referrals were announced in grouped lists by date and assigned to committees including Consumer Protection, Technology, and Utilities; Insurance; Labor and Industry; Tourism, Recreation, and Economic Development; Appropriations; Finance; Housing and Community Development; Health; Judiciary; State Government; Energy; Game and Fisheries; Human Services; Transportation; Education; Children and Youth; Gaming Oversight; Professional Licensure; Local Government; Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness; and others. Specific referral examples read into the record included House Bill 1797 to Consumer Protection, Technology, and Utilities; House Bill 1796 to Insurance; House Bill 1795 to Labor and Industry; House Bill 1794 to Tourism, Recreation and Economic Development; and many additional bills and resolutions listed by date in the clerk's announcements. Where the transcript listed bill numbers without further detail, committee assignments were recorded as announced and bill subject matter was not specified in the chamber record.
The clerk of the Senate returned to the House a House bill numbered 257 with information that the Senate had passed the bill with an amendment and requested the concurrence of the House. The clerk's announcement did not include the text of the amendment or other details about the change; the record states only that concurrence was requested.
On a motion offered by the gentleman from Philadelphia, Representative Nielsen, the House approved a motion to adjourn until Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025, at 11 a.m., unless sooner recalled by the Speaker. The question on the motion was put and the chair announced that the ayes had it.
The session otherwise recorded routine parliamentary business; the clerk's reading placed several bills and agency reports on the official record and moved those measures into committee for further consideration. No floor debate on the referred bills or on House Bill 257's Senate amendment was recorded in the provided excerpt.
