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House Appropriations Committee advances five-bill package unanimously
Summary
The House Appropriations Committee approved a five-bill package (HB 1098, 1877, 2269, 2426 and 2474) and will refer the measures to the full House. Committee staff summarized the bills; members signaled unanimous committee support.
The House Appropriations Committee on its agenda advanced a package of five bills and voted to refer them to the full House.
The committee executive director summarized the measures, saying, “In front of us we have House Bill 1098, which establishes the investigation and prosecution of Internet crimes Against Children program,” and then described HB 1877, HB 2269, HB 2302, HB 2426 and HB 2474 in turn. Committee members then moved the package forward.
The move to approve the package met bipartisan backing in committee. A committee member said, “On this package of bills, all Republicans will be voting in the affirmative,” and the chair replied that “All the Democrats will vote in the affirmative.” The chair announced the committee would pass the package and refer it to the House floor with a unanimous vote.
What the bills do: the executive director summarized each measure for the committee record—HB 1098 would establish an Internet crimes against children investigation and prosecution program; HB 1877 would set Department of Education criteria for awarding the Pennsylvania Seal of Biliteracy to students; HB 2269 would repeal the Medical Education Loan Assistance Program; HB 2426 would update the maximum river pilot draft size; and HB 2474 would amend mandated-reporter requirements related to reports about child sexual material. The transcript does not contain the full statutory text or amendment language for these measures.
The committee’s action is procedural: the measures will be placed on the House calendar for floor consideration. No roll-call tallies by name were recorded in committee for the package vote in the transcript; committee members were reported as indicating unanimous support.
