Appropriations Committee -- February 26, 2026 PM

Pennsylvania House Appropriations Committee (DOC budget hearing) · February 27, 2026

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Opening and procedural instructions

Presentation

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Chair (referred to in the transcript as Chairman Harris) opened the afternoon hearing, asked testifiers to be sworn and explained the 5‑minute time limit and the timekeeper light system to structure Q&A.

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A state House budget hearing on the Department of Corrections examined the governor's FY26–27 budget request, planned facility closures and staff transfers, inmate health-care co‑pay policy, rising facility violence and contraband, tablet and body‑camera rollouts, maternal health services and concerns about privileges granted to a death‑row inmate.

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