PA House Appropriations — 2026-09-29

call this meeting of the house appropriations committee to order please proceed with the roll call chairman harris here abney bellman brennan designation curry designation donahue lemming preel designation gallagher guzman designation kahn kincaid kosarovsky designation madsen maligari maze designation mullins salisbury Sanchez, Waxman, Webster, Young, Chairman Struzzi. Here. Barton. Designation. Brown. Devanzo. Designation. Blood. Designation. Kale. Designation. Krupa. Designation. Kutz. Designation. Mako. Designation Marcel Designation Mustelo Nelson Designation Alsommer Reichard Rigby. Forum is present. Representative Guzman is here. On our agenda today, House Bills 280, 634, 1700, 2184, 2227, 2229, 2490, 2549, 2625, and 2645. Committee Executive Director, please provide a brief overview of the bills. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. We have House Bill 280, which permits registered voters who are unaffiliated with the political party to vote in primary elections for the nomination of candidates for public office. House Bill 634 requires schools to consider implementing a panic alarm system as part of the review of school safety and security practices. House Bill 1700 allows an individual to request a communication barrier designation on their driver's license or identification card. House Bill 2184 provides for the consideration of public interest in certain proceedings before the Public Utility Commission House Bill 2227 designates several state routes and bridges House Bill 2229 requires the Department of Environmental Protection to notify affected municipalities of federal notices of noncompliance for toxic substances control act violations. House Bill 2490 amends the public welfare code to nullify the provision in county child welfare service regarding certain liability coverage requirements. House Bill 2549 allows individuals to donate to the Office of the Death and Hard of Hearing and other grant programs when renewing driver's license, ID card, or vehicle registration. House Bill 2625 modernizes fingerprinting and background check requirements for horse racing to meet FBI requirements. And finally, House Bill 2645 establishes licensure for home inspectors and registration for home inspector in training and eliminates other licensures available. So ends the agenda. Mr. Chairman. Thank you. Chairman calls up House Bill 2-0. Drash that. Chairman calls up House Bill 2-8-0. Before the committee right now is House Bill 2-8-0. Is there any discussion on the bills? Yes, Mr. Chairman. On House Bill 2-8-0, all Republicans will be voting in the negative All the Democrats will vote the affirmative Therefore the ayes will have in House Bill 280 will pass the committee Chair calls up as a package of bills House Bills 634 1700 21 84 22 27 22 29 24 90 25 49 26 25 and 26 45 as a package of bills Any discussion on the package? Yes, on this package of bills, all Republicans will be supportive. All the Democrats will also vote on the affirmative. Therefore, the package of bills will pass, be referred to the floor unanimously. Then I just know the no further. Business before this committee, it's been a long day already. This committee meeting now stands adjourned. Thank you.