Votes at a glance: House passes a package of bills including housing protections, consumer safeguards and veterans' pension changes

The Pennsylvania House of Representatives on May 7 approved multiple bills and several ceremonial resolutions. Lawmakers considered bills across housing protections, consumer rights, energy, pensions and other topics. Most measures were adopted by the majorities required by the Constitution and will be returned to the Senate for concurrence where specified.

Key votes and brief summaries

- House Bill 96 — Protects vulnerable individuals at risk of losing their homes. - Summary: Sponsor said the bill is intended to protect individuals at risk of eviction or losing housing; floor cited an earlier bipartisan vote (99–2) in a prior session and an agreed amendment. - Vote: Passed (yays 201, nays 2).

- House Bill 433 — Requires health insurers to cover diagnostic breast imaging without cost sharing. - Summary: Read on the floor; understood as noncontroversial and the bill was agreed to. - Vote: Agreed to (voice/recorded as agreed).

- House Bill 818 — Establishes first‑time homebuyer savings accounts (amendments adopted on the floor). - Summary: Sponsor and amendment authors described program to help first‑time buyers; two floor amendments were adopted (A00556 and A00588) addressing internal consistency…