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Key Votes
HB 453 - Establishes Budget for Fiscal Year 2017-2018 - Key Vote
Pennsylvania Key Votes
Stages
- Sept. 20, 2017 Senate Nonconcurrence Vote Passed
- Sept. 13, 2017 House Concurrence Vote Passed
- July 27, 2017 Senate Bill Passed
- April 24, 2017 House Bill Passed
- April 4, 2017 Introduced
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Issues
Stage Details
Legislation - Nonconcurrence Vote Passed (Senate) (-) - Sept. 20, 2017
Title: Establishes Budget for Fiscal Year 2017-2018
Legislation - Concurrence Vote Passed (House) (103-92) - Sept. 13, 2017(Key vote)
Title: Establishes Budget for Fiscal Year 2017-2018
Vote Result
Yea Votes
Nay Votes
Vote to concur with Senate amendments and further amend a bill that establishes a budget for fiscal year 2017-2018.
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Specifies that the state will borrow over $1.5 billion, which will be repaid with money received from the 1998 multistate legal settlement with tobacco companies (Sec. 17).
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Authorizes the Department of Revenue to spend up to $25 million on expanding the state’s tax return review process and tax collection activities (Sec. 19).
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Specifies that $20 million will be transferred every fiscal year to the Marcellus Legacy Fund for distribution to the Environmental Stewardship Fund (Sec. 3)
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Specifies that $15 million will be transferred every fiscal year to the Marcellus Legacy Fund for distribution to the Hazardous Sites Cleanup Fund (Sec. 3).
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Authorizes drivers of transportation network companies to operate a vehicle up to 15 years old for services (Sec. 5).
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Appropriates an annual sum of $19.7 million to the state’s racing fund for regulatory costs and drug testing requirements within the horseracing industry (Sec. 9).
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Specifies that $15 million will be made available each year for water and sewer projects that cost more than $30,000 and $10 million for those that cost less than $30,000 (Sec. 7).
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Requires the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency to transfer up to $4.55 million of its funds to the Department of Health for children’s medical care (Sec. 19).
Legislation - Bill Passed With Amendment (Senate) (40-10) - July 27, 2017(Key vote)
Title: Establishes Budget for Fiscal Year 2017-2018
Vote Result
Yea Votes
Nay Votes
Vote to pass a bill that establishes a budget for for fiscal year 2017-2018.
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Specifies that the state will borrow over $1 billion, which will be repaid with money received from the 1998 multistate legal settlement with tobacco companies (Sec. 8).
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Authorizes the Department of Revenue to spend up to $30 million on expanding the state’s tax return review process and tax collection activities (Sec. 19).
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Specifies that $20 million will be transferred every fiscal year to the Marcellus Legacy Fund for distribution to the Environmental Stewardship Fund (Sec. 3)
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Specifies that $15 million will be transferred every fiscal year to the Marcellus Legacy Fund for distribution to the Hazardous Sites Cleanup Fund (Sec. 3).
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Authorizes drivers of transportation network companies to operate a vehicle up to 15 years old for services (Sec. 5).
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Appropriates an annual sum of $19.7 million to the state’s racing fund for regulatory costs and drug testing requirements within the horseracing industry (Sec. 9).
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Specifies that $15 million will be made available each year for water and sewer projects that cost more than $50,000 and $10 million for those that cost less than $30,000 (Sec. 7).
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Establishes a special advisory committee that must approve air quality permits for oil and gas operations and requires the Department of Environmental Protection to set up a third-party permit review program (Sec. 3).
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Requires the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency to transfer up to $4 million of its funds to the Department of Health for children’s medical care (Sec. 19).
Legislation - Bill Passed (House) (-) - April 24, 2017
Title: Establishes Budget for Fiscal Year 2017-2018
Legislation - Introduced (House) - April 4, 2017
Title: Establishes Budget for Fiscal Year 2017-2018
Co-sponsors
- Michael N. Corr (PA - R)
- Bryan D. Cutler (PA - R)
- George S. Dunbar (PA - R)
- Cris E. Dush (PA - R)
- Matthew M. 'Matt' Gabler (PA - R)
- Keith James Greiner (PA - R)
- Seth Michael Grove (PA - R)
- Barry J. Jozwiak (PA - R)
- David R. Millard (PA - R)
- Brett R. Miller (PA - R)
- Kristin Lee Phillips-Hill (PA - R)
- Christopher 'Chris' Rabb (PA - D)
- Mark Lucio Rozzi (PA - D)
- Frank Xavier 'Francis' Ryan (PA - R)
- Stanley E. 'Stan' Saylor (PA - R)
- Peter George Schweyer (PA - D)
- Jared G. Solomon (PA - D)
- Craig T. Staats (PA - R)
- Judith F. 'Judy' Ward (PA - R)
- David H. 'Dave' Zimmerman (PA - R)
