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Votes at a glance: Key measures the House agreed to June 23
Summary
The House agreed to a package of bills and resolutions on June 23, including measures on consumer protections, licensing, native habitats at Commonwealth facilities, a ban on agency text messages to collect fees, and several professional licensure reforms; recorded roll-call tallies are listed where available.
The House of Representatives acted on a series of bills and resolutions on June 23. Below are the principal measures recorded on the floor and their outcomes, based on clerk summaries and roll-call tallies in the session record.
- House Resolution 363: Directed a Joint State Government Commission study of early childhood education including public and private-equity providers. Adopted as amended (ayes 186, nays 16). (See separate item.)
- House Bill 25 51: Prohibits the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission and Commonwealth agencies from using text messages to notify residents about or collect unpaid fees, fines or tolls. Final passage recorded: yays 202, nays 0; bill passes finally and will be presented to the Senate for concurrence.
- House Bill 75 & House Bill 76: Amendments to medical/practice acts related to osteopathic medical practice and to align licensing of physician assistants; final passage recorded: yeas 202, nays 0 for bills considered as final passage.
- House Bill 4 26: Establishes native habitat requirements at Commonwealth facilities (pollinator/native-plant priority and coordination with the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources); final passage recorded: yeas 198, nays 4.
- House Bill 11 27: Authorizes Pennsylvania to join the dental and dental hygienist compact; final passage recorded: yays 136, nays 66.
- A number of other committee-reported bills were agreed to by voice on the supplemental calendars (summaries read and agreed to by the House); where the clerk gave a summary in the record the subject is included in the transcript (examples: restrictions on county bridge repair funds, equine sale requirements, spent-grain donation tax credit updates, malt beverage tax credit updates, provisional fee to remove booking photographs). Vote tallies are recorded in the transcript for several measures and are noted above where provided.
These actions were taken during the afternoon floor session that also included extended debate and amendment activity on House Bill 26 50 (data center certification), which the House agreed to as amended (see separate report).
