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Votes at a glance: Appropriations panel advances five-bill package including towing-safety, drug prohibition and SNAP card update
Summary
The House Appropriations Committee advanced a five-bill package—HB71 (towing-safety cables), HB377 (prohibiting certain conduct related to tyneptine), HB2084 (Pennsylvania Promise scholarship), HB2450 (nuclear power plant fee changes) and HB2540 (SNAP chip-enabled access cards). The chair said members signaled bipartisan support and the package will be referred to the House floor.
The House Appropriations Committee placed a five-bill package on the record and agreed to advance the measures to the House floor.
Committee staff outlined the bills: HB71 would require safety cables when towing a vehicle; HB377 would prohibit manufacture, delivery or possession with intent to manufacture or deliver tyneptine; HB2084 would establish a higher-education scholarship program called the Pennsylvania Promise Program; HB2450 would amend provisions related to nuclear power plant fees paid to the Department of Environmental Protection and the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency; and HB2540 would require the Department of Human Services to transition Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits to chip-enabled access cards.
A member announced that Republicans would vote in the affirmative on the package, and the chair said Democrats would likewise support it. Based on those stated intentions the chair indicated the package would pass the committee and be referred to the House floor. The committee later held a separate roll call on HB2084.
The transcript does not include full legislative language, funding levels, or fiscal notes for the bills; it records the committee overview, members' roll-call responses for HB2084, and the chair's announcements about referral to the House floor.
