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House approves dozens of bills including capital budget, medical-record fee cap and data-center reporting; many measures sent to Senate
Summary
On April 16, 2026, the Pennsylvania House passed a broad package of bills — including the capital budget, caps on electronic medical-record fees, data-center water-reporting rules and several appropriations — with recorded tallies across multiple roll-call votes; the clerk will present passed bills to the Senate for concurrence.
The Pennsylvania House completed a heavy calendar on April 16, 2026, approving the capital budget and a set of policy and appropriation bills and returning several measures to the Senate for concurrence.
Notable final-passage results recorded on the floor included:
- House Resolution 63 (study of diversion programs): adopted (ayes 174, nays 26). Supporters described the study as bipartisan and aimed at identifying best practices for nonviolent, low-level offenders.
- HB1104 (caps on fees for electronic medical records): passed (yeas 133, nays 67). Supporters said the bill would cap unreasonable charges for electronic records; opponents warned a fixed cap could undercompensate labor-intensive productions and enable fishing expeditions in litigation.
- HB2042 (standards for managing concussions in nonscholastic youth athletics): passed (yeas 121, nays 79).
- HB2118 (Museum Unclaimed Loan Property Act): passed unanimously (yeas 200, nays 0).
- HB2176 (social media literacy education): passed (yeas 115, nays 85). The sponsor emphasized teen mental-health risks tied to excessive social-media use.
- HB2210 (authorizing PennDOT to issue electronic vehicle registration cards): passed (yeas 197, nays 3).
- HB2264 (data centers water-reporting requirements): passed (yeas 116, nays 84). The bill directs DEP to set reporting for facilities using more than 100,000 gallons of water per day.
- Fiscal-year appropriations and restricted-revenue bills (multiple HB24xx items and retirement-board appropriations): passed with recorded tallies; many will be presented to the Senate for concurrence.
On several measures the votes were lopsided; on others the margins were closer, including HB2411 (restricted-revenue appropriations) which passed 102 to 98. After completing floor business and referral motions, the House adjourned until April 28, 2026, at 11:00 a.m., unless sooner recalled by the speaker.
