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Appropriations Committee unanimously approves eight-bill package and refers measures to House floor
Summary
At a committee meeting, Chairman Struzzi said the Appropriations Committee unanimously approved a package of eight House bills — covering prescription drug repositories, utility security records access, school medication administration, an AI education campaign and other measures — and voted to refer them to the full House; committee staff reported no fiscal impact. Exact vote counts were not specified in the transcript.
At a committee meeting, Chairman Struzzi said the Appropriations Committee voted unanimously to approve a package of House bills and referred them to the full House. The chair declared a quorum present before the vote.
The committee executive director summarized the measures, identifying work ranging from an expansion of the cancer drug repository program to changes affecting school medication administration and an artificial-intelligence public education campaign. "We have House Bill 69, expands the cancer drug repository program to prescription drug repository program," the committee executive director said while briefing the panel. The executive director also described House Bill 306 as providing state and federal access to certain public utility confidential security records in cases involving public safety concerns and summarized the other bills on the agenda.
Chairman Struzzi said staff found no fiscal impact associated with the bills and stated that members from both parties would be recorded in the affirmative; the committee then voted to approve and refer the package. The transcript records a brief correction during the listing of measures — "House bill 15, no. Scratch it" — indicating one item was removed from the package prior to the vote. The transcript does not specify individual vote tallies or roll-call counts.
Votes at a glance: - House Bill 69 — expand cancer drug repository to a prescription drug repository program — Passed (referred to House floor; vote recorded as unanimous in committee; exact counts not specified) - House Bill 306 — access to public utility confidential security records for state and federal government when public safety concerns exist — Passed (referred to House floor; exact counts not specified) - House Bill 513 — Pennsylvania State Plan Coordinate System Act — Passed (referred to House floor; exact counts not specified) - House Bill 1616 — sentencing considerations for child victim offenders — Passed (referred to House floor; exact counts not specified) - House Bill 2109 — limits on unrelated roommates unless health and safety standards apply — Passed (referred to House floor; exact counts not specified) - House Bill 2117 — authorizing trained school employees to administer certain medications — Passed (referred to House floor; exact counts not specified) - House Bill 2314 — artificial intelligence public education campaign — Passed (referred to House floor; exact counts not specified) - House Bill 2361 — procedures for consolidation or merger petitions initiated by electors — Passed (referred to House floor; exact counts not specified)
The committee adjourned after the vote. The transcript does not provide a meeting date or individual vote tallies; the committee labeled in the agenda is the Appropriations Committee.
