PA SB146 | 2025-2026 | Regular Session
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 7-2)
Status: Passed on July 12 2026 - 100% progression
Action: 2026-07-12 - Act No. 21 of 2026
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [PDF]
Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 7-2)
Status: Passed on July 12 2026 - 100% progression
Action: 2026-07-12 - Act No. 21 of 2026
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [PDF]
Summary
An Act amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), known as The Fiscal Code, in emergency COVID-19 response, providing for extension of use of certain funds; in Child Care Staff Recruitment and Retention Program, further providing for Child Care Staff Recruitment and Retention Program; in cigarette sales and licensing, further providing for definitions and providing for allowable mode of operations for licensed cigarette stamping agents; in joint underwriting association, further providing for fund transfers; providing for food processing residuals; in financially distressed municipalities, further providing for financial recovery; in oil and gas wells, further providing for Oil and Gas Lease Fund and providing for deep wells and Utica Shale permits and for well plugging; providing for manufacturing and investment tax credit, for Innovate in PA 2.0 Tax Credit and for design build best value; in human services, further providing for medical assistance payments for institutional care, for resident care and related costs and for LIFE Program and providing for transition to chip-enabled access cards, for Medical Assistance Reentry Program, for Children's Trust Fund and for medical assistance pharmacy services; in additional keystone opportunity expansion zones, providing for additional zone for shipbuilding and for additional zones; providing for residential revitalization keystone opportunity zones and for violent incident clearance and technological investigative methods; in special funds, further providing for funding and for Pennsylvania Convention Center; in additional special funds and restricted accounts, providing for Veterans' Trust Fund Board and further providing for establishment of special fund and account, for use of fund and for distributions from Pennsylvania Race Horse Development Fund; in additional special funds and restricted accounts, further providing for deposits and providing for Professional Licensure Augmentation Account; in general budget implementation, further providing for Executive Offices, for Department of Agriculture, for Department of Corrections, for Department of Labor and Industry and for Department of Transportation, providing for Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency and further providing for Commonwealth Financing Authority, for Federal and Commonwealth use of forest land, for Multimodal Transportation Fund, for School Safety and Security Fund, for State Gaming Fund, for State Employees' Retirement System Restricted Account and for Public School Employees' Retirement System Restricted Account; in retirement, providing for 2026 special ad hoc municipal police and firefighter postretirement adjustment, for supplemental annuities for public school employees commencing 2026, for supplemental annuities for State employees commencing 2026 and for payment of supplemental annuity and special ad hoc postretirement adjustment; in electricity load forecast accountability, providing for energy and water reporting and for advanced transmission technologies; in 2025-2026 budget implementation, further providing for Department of Agriculture, for Department of Human Services and for Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency; providing for 2026-2027 budget implementation and for 2026-2027 restrictions on appropriations for funds and accounts; in fiscal supplements to statutory programs, providing for amusement tax clarification, for situs for local sales tax for cities of the first class, for situs for local sales tax for counties of the second class, for net income and for housing; abrogating a regulation; making repeals; providing for suspension of pension actuarial notes; and making editorial changes.
Title
In emergency COVID-19 response, providing for extension of use of certain funds; in Child Care Staff Recruitment and Retention Program, further providing for Child Care Staff Recruitment and Retention Program; in cigarette sales and licensing, further providing for definitions and providing for allowable mode of operations for licensed cigarette stamping agents; in joint underwriting association, further providing for fund transfers; providing for food processing residuals; in financially distressed municipalities, further providing for financial recovery; in oil and gas wells, further providing for Oil and Gas Lease Fund and providing for deep wells and Utica Shale permits and for well plugging; providing for manufacturing and investment tax credit, for Innovate in PA 2.0 Tax Credit and for design build best value; in human services, further providing for medical assistance payments for institutional care, for resident care and related costs and for LIFE Program and providing for transition to chip-enabled access cards, for Medical Assistance Reentry Program, for Children's Trust Fund and for medical assistance pharmacy services; in additional keystone opportunity expansion zones, providing for additional zone for shipbuilding and for additional zones; providing for residential revitalization keystone opportunity zones and for violent incident clearance and technological investigative methods; in special funds, further providing for funding and for Pennsylvania Convention Center; in additional special funds and restricted accounts, providing for Veterans' Trust Fund Board and further providing for establishment of special fund and account, for use of fund and for distributions from Pennsylvania Race Horse Development Fund; in additional special funds and restricted accounts, further providing for deposits and providing for Professional Licensure Augmentation Account; in general budget implementation, further providing for Executive Offices, for Department of Agriculture, for Department of Corrections, for Department of Labor and Industry and for Department of Transportation, providing for Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency and further providing for Commonwealth Financing Authority, for Federal and Commonwealth use of forest land, for Multimodal Transportation Fund, for School Safety and Security Fund, for State Gaming Fund, for State Employees' Retirement System Restricted Account and for Public School Employees' Retirement System Restricted Account; in retirement, providing for 2026 special ad hoc municipal police and firefighter postretirement adjustment, for supplemental annuities for public school employees commencing 2026, for supplemental annuities for State employees commencing 2026 and for payment of supplemental annuity and special ad hoc postretirement adjustment; in electricity load forecast accountability, providing for energy and water reporting and for advanced transmission technologies; in 2025-2026 budget implementation, further providing for Department of Agriculture, for Department of Human Services and for Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency; providing for 2026-2027 budget implementation and for 2026-2027 restrictions on appropriations for funds and accounts; in fiscal supplements to statutory programs, providing for amusement tax clarification, for situs for local sales tax for cities of the first class, for situs for local sales tax for counties of the second class, for net income and for housing; abrogating a regulation; making repeals; providing for suspension of pension actuarial notes; and making editorial changes.
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2026-07-12 - Senate - Senate Floor: PN1888, Concur in House Amendments (Y: 46 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-07-12 - House - House Floor: PN1888, FINAL PASSAGE (Y: 188 N: 14 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-07-12 - Senate - Senate Rules & Executive Nominations: PN1888, Re-Reported as Committed (Y: 17 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-07-11 - House - House Appropriations: PN1831, Re-report Bill As Amended (Y: 36 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-07-11 - House - House Appropriations: PN1831 A04181, Adopt Amendment (Y: 36 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-06-22 - House - House Floor: PN1320 A02198 (Y: 202 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-11-17 - House - House Floor: PN1290, MOTION TO RECONSIDER COMMITTEE REPORT (Y: 202 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2025-10-29 - House - House Floor: PN1222, MOTION TO RECONSIDER COMMITTEE REPORT (Y: 203 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-10-08 - House - House Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness: PN0131, Report Bill As Amended (Y: 26 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-10-08 - House - House Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness: PN0131 A01849, Adopt Amendment (Y: 26 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-10-08 - House - House Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness: PN0131 A01890, Adopt Amendment (Y: 26 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-10-08 - House - House Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness: PN0093, Report Bill As Amended (Y: 26 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-10-08 - House - House Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness: PN0131 A01791, Adopt Amendment (Y: 26 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-03-25 - Senate - Senate Floor: SB 146 PN 131, Final Passage (Y: 49 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-03-24 - Senate - Senate Appropriations: Re-Reported as Committed (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-01-28 - Senate - Senate Veterans Affairs And Emergency Preparedness: Adopt Amendment A00017 (Y: 11 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-01-28 - Senate - Senate Veterans Affairs And Emergency Preparedness: Reported as Amended (Y: 11 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-07-12 - House - House Floor: PN1888, FINAL PASSAGE (Y: 188 N: 14 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-07-12 - Senate - Senate Rules & Executive Nominations: PN1888, Re-Reported as Committed (Y: 17 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-07-11 - House - House Appropriations: PN1831, Re-report Bill As Amended (Y: 36 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-07-11 - House - House Appropriations: PN1831 A04181, Adopt Amendment (Y: 36 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-06-22 - House - House Floor: PN1320 A02198 (Y: 202 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-11-17 - House - House Floor: PN1290, MOTION TO RECONSIDER COMMITTEE REPORT (Y: 202 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2025-10-29 - House - House Floor: PN1222, MOTION TO RECONSIDER COMMITTEE REPORT (Y: 203 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-10-08 - House - House Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness: PN0131, Report Bill As Amended (Y: 26 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-10-08 - House - House Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness: PN0131 A01849, Adopt Amendment (Y: 26 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-10-08 - House - House Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness: PN0131 A01890, Adopt Amendment (Y: 26 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-10-08 - House - House Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness: PN0093, Report Bill As Amended (Y: 26 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-10-08 - House - House Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness: PN0131 A01791, Adopt Amendment (Y: 26 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-03-25 - Senate - Senate Floor: SB 146 PN 131, Final Passage (Y: 49 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-03-24 - Senate - Senate Appropriations: Re-Reported as Committed (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-01-28 - Senate - Senate Veterans Affairs And Emergency Preparedness: Adopt Amendment A00017 (Y: 11 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-01-28 - Senate - Senate Veterans Affairs And Emergency Preparedness: Reported as Amended (Y: 11 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-12 | Senate | Act No. 21 of 2026 |
| 2026-07-12 | Senate | Approved by the Governor |
| 2026-07-12 | Senate | Presented to the Governor |
| 2026-07-12 | House | Signed in House |
| 2026-07-12 | Senate | Signed in Senate |
| 2026-07-12 | Senate | Senate concurred in House amendments (46-4) |
| 2026-07-12 | Senate | Re-reported on concurrence, as committed |
| 2026-07-12 | Senate | Referred to Rules & Executive Nominations |
| 2026-07-12 | Senate | In the Senate |
| 2026-07-12 | House | Third consideration and final passage (188-14) |
| 2026-07-12 | House | Re-reported as amended |
| 2026-07-11 | House | Amended in House Committee on Appropriations |
| 2026-06-22 | House | Re-referred to Appropriations |
| 2026-06-22 | House | Second consideration, with amendments |
| 2026-06-22 | House | Removed from table |
| 2025-11-19 | House | Laid on the table |
| 2025-11-19 | House | First consideration |
| 2025-11-19 | House | Reported as amended |
| 2025-11-18 | House | Corrective Reprint, Printer's No. 1320 |
| 2025-11-17 | House | Reconsider the Vote by which the House Accepted the Report of the Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness Committee that Contained Senate Bill 146 (202-0) |
| 2025-11-17 | House | First Consideration Rescinded |
| 2025-11-17 | House | Removed from table |
| 2025-10-29 | House | Laid on the table |
| 2025-10-29 | House | First consideration |
| 2025-10-29 | House | Reported as amended |
| 2025-10-29 | House | Reconsider the Vote by which the House Accepted the Report of the Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness Committee that Contained Senate Bill 146 (203-0) |
| 2025-10-29 | House | First Consideration Rescinded |
| 2025-10-08 | House | Removed from table |
| 2025-10-08 | House | Laid on the table |
| 2025-10-08 | House | First consideration |
| 2025-10-08 | House | Reported as amended |
| 2025-03-25 | House | Referred to Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness |
| 2025-03-25 | House | In the House |
| 2025-03-25 | Senate | Third consideration and final passage (49-0) |
| 2025-03-24 | Senate | Re-reported as committed |
| 2025-02-05 | Senate | Re-referred to Appropriations |
| 2025-02-05 | Senate | Second consideration |
| 2025-01-28 | Senate | First consideration |
| 2025-01-28 | Senate | Reported as amended |
| 2025-01-22 | Senate | Referred to Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness |
