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Votes at a glance: House approves electronic IDs, flag procurement and other measures
Summary
During its April 28 session the Pennsylvania House approved several bills on final passage, including authorization for electronic driver’s licenses (HB 1970) and a requirement for American‑made flags (HB 2003), and took action to recommit and move other bills on the calendar.
The Pennsylvania House recorded final passage and procedural motions on a series of bills during its April 28, 2026, session.
Key recorded outcomes:
- House Bill 1970 (electronic driver's licenses and identification): Final passage recorded; the clerk reported the ayes as 186 and the nays as 15. The bill authorizes PennDOT to issue electronic driver's licenses and identification cards for use as official identification.
- House Bill 2003 (American-made flags): Final passage recorded unanimously; the clerk reported the yeas as 201 and the nays as 0.
- House Bill 2103 (amendments to the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act): Final passage recorded, ayes 101, nays 100; the bill will be returned to the Senate for concurrence (covered in a separate article).
- Multiple local-government and procedural bills (examples include bills amending borough and township codes and clarifying public-notice requirements) were passed on final passage by recorded yeas and nays (example tallies reported as yeas 198, nays 3 for select items). The majority leader also moved several bills to be recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations and moved other bills onto the active calendar.
Procedural notes: Several amendments were considered and voted on throughout the afternoon, including defeated and adopted amendments on bills addressing tenant protections and school athletics. The House adjourned until Wednesday, April 29, 2026, at 11:00 a.m.
The clerk's announcements and roll-call tallies in the official House transcript provide the recorded totals; individual member roll-call votes were not printed in the transcript excerpt provided.
