The House of Representatives convened at noon; the chair opened with a prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance before the clerk read multiple agency reports and a long list of bill referrals to standing committees.

The clerk read reports from the Joint State Government Commission and several state agencies, including the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development and the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry, covering items such as an assessment of the Commonwealth’s urban search and rescue capabilities, tax-exempt bond allocations, the machinery and equipment loan fund activity report for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2025, and unemployment-compensation-related fund reports for 2024 and fiscal-year 2025.

Those reports were followed by the clerk’s reading of numerous referrals. The transcript shows batches of House and Senate bills and several resolutions sent to committees by date: referrals dated 07/16/2025, 07/17/2025, 07/21/2025, 07/22/2025, 07/23/2025, 07/24/2025, 08/04/2025, 08/05/2025 and 08/06/2025 were read aloud and assigned to committees including Agriculture and Rural Affairs; Education; Environmental and Natural Resource Protection; Finance; Health; Judiciary; Local Government; State Government; Transportation; Commerce; Consumer Protection, Technology, and Utilities; Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness; Professional Licensure; Gaming Oversight; Labor and Industry; Insurance; and Human Services. Examples read into the record included House Bill 1741 to Agriculture and Rural Affairs; House Bill 1743 to Education; House Bill 1742 to Finance; House Bill 1735 and House Bill 1739 to Health; House Bill 1740 to Judiciary; House Bill 1741 to Transportation; and Senate Bill 877 and Senate Bill 878 to Education, among many others.

The majority leader moved that House Bill 722 be removed from the table calendar and placed on the active calendar; Representative Nielsen, identified in the transcript as chair of the committee on transportation, reported that House Bill 1788 (reported as committed) had been considered by the committee. The clerk then noted that several journals were in print and, without objection, would be approved; earlier in the session the approval of the journal for Thursday, July 16, 2025, was postponed until printed.

Late in the session the chair recognized Representative Young, who moved that the House adjourn until Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025, at 12 noon unless recalled sooner by the speaker. The chair called for the ayes and declared, “The ayes have it,” and the House stood adjourned until that date.

No recorded roll-call vote tallies or individual roll-call votes were given in the transcript for the referrals or the adjournment motion; the adjournment was decided by voice vote as reflected in the transcript.

Why this matters: the referrals assign bills to committees responsible for committee hearings and further action, advancing many measures through the legislative process. Moving House Bill 722 off the table places that bill back on the active calendar, giving it potential priority for floor consideration. The adjournment sets the House’s next scheduled convening date.

Next steps: referred bills await committee action and scheduling by the relevant committees; House Bill 722 was moved to the active calendar as noted in the record; the House’s next scheduled session is Aug. 9, 2025, at 12 noon unless recalled earlier by the speaker.