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Votes at a glance: House agrees to a package of bills and referrals March 24
Summary
On March 24 the Pennsylvania House agreed to or acted on multiple bills and resolutions with limited floor debate. Several bills were agreed to by voice or as reported; the House recorded final passage votes for HB118 and HB410 (both reported separately). Other bills were agreed to or referred to committee as noted below.
The Pennsylvania House of Representatives on March 24 took action on a slate of bills and resolutions. Several measures were agreed to without extended floor debate and multiple bills were referred to committees; a handful were the subject of committee reports. This roundup lists bills called up by the majority leader, committee reports announced on the floor, and referral actions recorded during the session.
Agreed-to items (voice or unanimous agreement, as recorded on the House calendar): - House Bill 369 (printer's number 0325): Authorizes municipalities of any size to establish a land bank; called up and read on the calendar. - House Bill 535 (printer's number 0528): Described on the floor as prohibiting health insurance from imposing lifetime or annual dollar limits on essential medical care if the federal Affordable Care Act "goes away"; called up and agreed to on the calendar. - House Bill 618 (printer's number 0618): Described as prohibiting preexisting-condition exclusions if the Affordable Care Act is repealed; called up and agreed to. - House Bill 404 (printer's number 0376): Allows parents to keep adult children on parents' health insurance policies to age 26 if the Affordable Care Act goes away; called up and agreed to. - House Bill 755 (printer's number 0779): Requires health insurance policies to provide coverage of preventive health care services if the Affordable Care Act goes away; called up and agreed to.
Committee reports and bills reported as amended or committed (announced on the floor): - Committee on Aging and Older Adult Services: House Bill 372, reported as amended; the House agreed to the report. - Committee on Game and Fisheries: House Bill 923, reported as committed; the House agreed to the report. - Committee reports: House Bill 103 reported as amended; House Bill 159 reported as committed (referred to respective calendars as announced).
Referrals announced by the chair (selected items listed on the record): - Referrals dated 03/19/2025 included multiple bills moved to appropriations, communications and technology, education, health, and other standing committees (see House calendar for full routing). - Additional referral listings for 03/20/2025 and 03/24/2025 were read into the record and assigned to committees including Environmental and Natural Resources, Housing and Community Development, Judiciary, Finance, Transportation, Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness, and others as read by the clerk.
Other procedural actions: - The House unanimously adopted a condolence resolution recognizing former Representative Jerry A. Stern and expressing condolences on his death (House Resolution 129); members rose and observed a moment of silence before the resolution was adopted. - The majority leader moved that several bills be recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations and that several bills be removed from the table calendar and placed on the active calendar; the motions were announced on the record.
This roundup covers the actions the House recorded on March 24 that were not the subject of extended floor debate. For bills that received formal roll-call final passage (House Bill 118 and House Bill 410) see separate coverage.
