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House debates General Appropriations bill; floor amendments proposed, then bill recommitted to Appropriations Committee
Summary
Lawmakers debated House Bill 13 30, the general fund appropriations for fiscal 2025–26, including floor proposals to replace a federal cancer-research cut and to shift funds to vocational education. Several amendments were offered or discussed and then withdrawn; the majority leader moved to recommit the bill to the Appropriations Committee.
Lawmakers on the Pennsylvania House floor debated House Bill 13 30, the Commonwealth’s General Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2025–26, and heard several floor amendments before the majority leader moved to recommit the bill to the committee on appropriations.
Representative Davidson rose on the floor to offer an amendment intended to replace a reported $185,000,000 federal cut to cancer research funding with a dollar-for-dollar state replacement. Davidson urged the House to use an available revenue surplus he cited — saying independent fiscal office…
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