STATE BILLPA SB 146PASSED

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.

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

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.

Status
Passed
Signed or otherwise enacted
Status date
Jul 12, 2026
123 days ago
Current chamber
Senate
Session
2025-2026 Regular Session
PA SB 146 · PassedJul 12

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Bill details

Last action
Act No. 21 of 2026 · Jul 12, 2026

Sponsors

LBLisa BakerSenator · Republican · SD-020Primary sponsor
MBMichele BrooksSenator · Republican · SD-050
CBCamera BartolottaSenator · Republican · SD-046
WFWayne FontanaSenator · Democrat · SD-042
RBRosemary BrownSenator · Republican · SD-040
TPTracy PennycuickSenator · Republican · SD-024
JCJay CostaSenator · Democrat · SD-043
PSPatrick StefanoSenator · Republican · SD-032
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DRDevlin RobinsonSenator · Republican · SD-037

Bill history

Newest first.

Jul 12, 2026Act No. 21 of 2026Senate
Jul 12, 2026Approved by the GovernorSenate
Jul 12, 2026Presented to the GovernorSenate
Jul 12, 2026Signed in HouseHouse
Jul 12, 2026Signed in SenateSenate
Jul 12, 2026Senate concurred in House amendments (46-4)Senate
Jul 12, 2026Re-reported on concurrence, as committedSenate
Jul 12, 2026Referred to Rules & Executive NominationsSenate
Show 32 earlier actions
Jul 12, 2026In the SenateSenate
Jul 12, 2026Third consideration and final passage (188-14)House
Jul 12, 2026Re-reported as amendedHouse
Jul 11, 2026Amended in House Committee on AppropriationsHouse
Jun 22, 2026Re-referred to AppropriationsHouse
Jun 22, 2026Second consideration, with amendmentsHouse
Jun 22, 2026Removed from tableHouse
Nov 19, 2025Laid on the tableHouse
Nov 19, 2025First considerationHouse
Nov 19, 2025Reported as amendedHouse
Nov 18, 2025Corrective Reprint, Printer's No. 1320House
Nov 17, 2025Reconsider the Vote by which the House Accepted the Report of the Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness Committee that Contained Senate Bill 146 (202-0)House
Nov 17, 2025First Consideration RescindedHouse
Nov 17, 2025Removed from tableHouse
Oct 29, 2025Laid on the tableHouse
Oct 29, 2025First considerationHouse
Oct 29, 2025Reported as amendedHouse
Oct 29, 2025Reconsider the Vote by which the House Accepted the Report of the Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness Committee that Contained Senate Bill 146 (203-0)House
Oct 29, 2025First Consideration RescindedHouse
Oct 8, 2025Removed from tableHouse
Oct 8, 2025Laid on the tableHouse
Oct 8, 2025First considerationHouse
Oct 8, 2025Reported as amendedHouse
Mar 25, 2025Referred to Veterans Affairs & Emergency PreparednessHouse
Mar 25, 2025In the HouseHouse
Mar 25, 2025Third consideration and final passage (49-0)Senate
Mar 24, 2025Re-reported as committedSenate
Feb 5, 2025Re-referred to AppropriationsSenate
Feb 5, 2025Second considerationSenate
Jan 28, 2025First considerationSenate
Jan 28, 2025Reported as amendedSenate
Jan 22, 2025Referred to Veterans Affairs & Emergency PreparednessSenate

Recorded votes

Senate Veterans Affairs And Emergency Preparedness: Reported as AmendedJan 28, 2025 · Senate · 11 yea · 0 nayPassed
Senate Veterans Affairs And Emergency Preparedness: Adopt Amendment A00017Jan 28, 2025 · Senate · 11 yea · 0 nayPassed
Senate Appropriations: Re-Reported as CommittedMar 24, 2025 · Senate · 22 yea · 0 nayPassed
Senate Floor: SB 146 PN 131, Final PassageMar 25, 2025 · Senate · 49 yea · 0 nayPassed
House Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness: PN0131 A01791, Adopt AmendmentOct 8, 2025 · House · 26 yea · 0 nayPassed
House Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness: PN0093, Report Bill As AmendedOct 8, 2025 · House · 26 yea · 0 nayPassed
House Floor: PN1222, MOTION TO RECONSIDER COMMITTEE REPORTOct 29, 2025 · House · 203 yea · 0 nayPassed
House Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness: PN0131 A01890, Adopt AmendmentOct 8, 2025 · House · 26 yea · 0 nayPassed
House Floor: PN1290, MOTION TO RECONSIDER COMMITTEE REPORTNov 17, 2025 · House · 202 yea · 0 nayPassed
House Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness: PN0131 A01849, Adopt AmendmentOct 8, 2025 · House · 26 yea · 0 nayPassed
House Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness: PN0131, Report Bill As AmendedOct 8, 2025 · House · 26 yea · 0 nayPassed
House Floor: PN1320 A02198Jun 22, 2026 · House · 202 yea · 0 nayPassed
House Appropriations: PN1831 A04181, Adopt AmendmentJul 11, 2026 · House · 36 yea · 1 nayPassed
House Appropriations: PN1831, Re-report Bill As AmendedJul 11, 2026 · House · 36 yea · 1 nayPassed
Senate Rules & Executive Nominations: PN1888, Re-Reported as CommittedJul 12, 2026 · Senate · 17 yea · 0 nayPassed
House Floor: PN1888, FINAL PASSAGEJul 12, 2026 · House · 188 yea · 14 nayPassed
Senate Floor: PN1888, Concur in House AmendmentsJul 12, 2026 · Senate · 46 yea · 4 nayPassed

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