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Votes at a glance: Pennsylvania House adopts health, housing and veterans measures; multiple bills pass or are reprinted
Summary
The House adopted a slate of bills and resolutions on final passage or agreement: diagnostic breast imaging coverage, first‑time home buyer savings accounts, mortgage discount points, veterans' pension increase, and others. Several amendments on election and appropriations measures were considered; some failed and some were adopted.
The Pennsylvania House recorded votes and final actions on a number of bills and resolutions during the floor session.
Key measures the House passed or agreed to included:
Diagnostic breast imaging (House Bill 433). The House approved a bill requiring health insurers to cover diagnostic breast imaging without cost sharing. Representative Curry urged support to expand cost‑free access for diagnostic screenings; final passage recorded 198 yeas and 5 nays.
First‑time home buyer savings accounts (House Bill 818). The House passed a bill creating first-time home buyer savings accounts. Representative Bizarro and Representative Kutz spoke in favor; final passage recorded 183 yeas and 20 nays.
Discount points on mortgages (House Bill 1103). The House passed legislation allowing lenders to charge discount points to borrowers to lower monthly payments. Representative Cephas described it as aligning Pennsylvania with other states; final passage recorded 203 yeas and 0 nays.
Veterans’ pension increase (House Bill 1144). The House increased the monthly pension for veterans who are blind, amputees, or paralyzed, raising the monthly payment from $150 to $200. Representative Williams said the program had not been updated in decades; the bill passed on a vote of 203 yeas, 0 nays.
County coroner report fee reduction (House Bill 937). The House amended the county code to reduce fees for coroner and related reports requested by next of kin. Representative Kuzma successfully moved and the membership adopted amendment A00629 (aye vote recorded as 203–0); the bill as amended was agreed to.
Construction workplace misclassification act changes (House Bill 721). The bill, described as strengthening the construction workplace misclassification act, was considered with offered floor amendments. An amendment (A00363) failed on a 101–102 vote; the underlying bill was then agreed to by the House.
Other items adopted on the floor included several recognition resolutions: a House resolution designating National Police Week (adopted 203–0), a resolution recognizing Menstrual Health Awareness Month (adopted 178–25), and a resolution recognizing National Water Safety Month (adopted 201–2).
Several other bills on the supplemental calendar were agreed to or reprinted with little debate, including bills to create a medical debt relief program (House Bill 79), to extend certain medical license exemptions for traveling team physicians (House Bill 309, as amended), and to designate Hershey Kisses as the official state candy (House Bill 1030). At the close of the session, the majority leader moved to recommit the General Appropriations Act (House Bill 13 30) and other bills to committee for additional work.
Votes listed below reflect roll-call totals recorded in the House transcript provided. Where the transcript did not list individual member votes, this summary reports the recorded tallies.
