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House Appropriations Committee refers equal-pay amendment to House after party-line disagreement
Summary
House Bill 630, an amendment to Pennsylvania's equal-pay law, was re-referred to the full House after Republicans voiced concerns about costs and Democrats supported referral.
The House Appropriations Committee re-referred House Bill 630 to the full House after a party-line disagreement during the committee meeting.
A Republican committee member said, "All Republicans will be negative on this bill. We have some concerns with costs, unknown as far as administrative costs, cost to labor and industry and cost to our businesses in the Commonwealth." The chair then called the question; Democrats voted in the affirmative and Republicans voted in the negative, and the chair announced that House Bill 630 would be re-referred to the floor from the committee.
Committee discussion centered on fiscal concerns raised by members opposed to the bill; the transcript did not include a committee fiscal analysis or a named mover or seconder for the referral motion. The committee did not record individual roll-call tallies in the transcript; the chair summarized the outcome as Democrats voting yes and Republicans voting no. The committee did not specify a scheduling date for floor consideration.
The bill was one of six measures the committee called up during the meeting; the executive director also summarized bills on automated external defibrillators, landlord-tenant relocation procedures, an expansion of Pennsylvania National Guard incentives, and two ceremonial resolutions.
