l9n/ Pennsylvania

2017–2018 Regular Session

House Bill 218

An Act to provide from the General Fund for the expenses of the Executive and Judicial Departments, the State Government Support Agencies and the General Assembly of the Commonwealth, the public debt and the public schools for the fiscal year July 1, 2017, to June 30, 2018, for certain institutions and organizations and for the payment of bills incurred and remaining unpaid at the close of the fiscal year ending June 30, 2017; to provide appropriations from the State Lottery Fund, the Tobacco Settlement Fund, the Aviation Restricted Account, the Hazardous Material Response Fund, The State Stores Fund, the Milk Marketing Fund, the Home Investment Trust Fund, the Emergency Medical Services Operating Fund, the Tuition Account Guaranteed Savings Program Fund, the Banking Fund, the Firearm Records Check Fund, the Ben Franklin Technology Development Authority Fund, the Oil and Gas Lease Fund, the Home Improvement Account, the Cigarette Fire Safety and Firefighter Protection Act Enforcement Fund, the Insurance Regulation and Oversight Fund, the Pennsylvania Racehorse Development Restricted Receipt Account, the Justice Reinvestment Fund, the Multimodal Transportation Fund, the State Racing Fund and the ABLE Savings Program Fund to the Executive Department; to provide appropriations from the Judicial Computer System Augmentation Account to the Judicial Department for the fiscal year July 1, 2017, to June 30, 2018; to provide appropriations from the Motor License Fund for the fiscal year July 1, 2017, to June 30, 2018, for the proper operation of several departments of the Commonwealth and the Pennsylvania State Police authorized to spend Motor License Fund money; to provide for the appropriation of Federal funds to the Executive and Judicial Departments of the Commonwealth and for the payment of bills remaining unpaid at the close of the fiscal year ending June 30, 2017; and to provide for the additional appropriation of Federal and State funds from the General Fund, the State Lottery Fund and the Tobacco Settlement Fund for the Executive and Judicial Departments of the Commonwealth for the fiscal year July 1, 2016, to June 30, 2017, and for the payment of bills incurred and remaining unpaid at the close of the fiscal year ending June 30, 2016.

Became law as Act 1A of 2017, without the Governor's signature, July 11, 2017, 168 days after it was filed.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the House of Representatives

Its course

January 24 to July 11, 2017, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action33 actions on 14 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 24 to Apr 470 days

AppropriationsJan 24 to Mar 1348 days

AppropriationsMar 20 to Apr 314 days

In the SenateApr 4 to Jun 3087 days

AppropriationsApr 6 to Jun 2681 days

AppropriationsJun 27 to Jun 292 days

Back in the House of RepresentativesJun 30 to Jun 300 days

Waiting to be sentJun 30 to Jun 300 days

With the GovernorJun 30 to Jul 1111 days

Votes

Yeas to nays, as the General Assembly recorded them. Committee votes are set in.

  • House of Representatives, third reading114–84

    Passed · Apr 4

  • Senate, third reading43–7

    Passed · Jun 30

  • House of Representatives, concurrence173–27

    Agreed to the other chamber's changes · Jun 30

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • House of Representatives committee amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Apr 3

  • Senate committee amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Jun 29

Text

Each version as the General Assembly printed it.

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What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the General Assembly published it is below.

In the House of Representatives Jan 24 – Apr 4

  1. Sent to APPROPRIATIONS
  2. APPROPRIATIONS recommended it
  3. Read a second time
  4. Sent to APPROPRIATIONS
  5. APPROPRIATIONS recommended it as amended
  6. Passed the House of Representatives, 114 to 84

In the Senate Apr 6 – Jun 30

  1. Arrived in the Senate
  2. Sent to APPROPRIATIONS
  3. APPROPRIATIONS recommended it
  4. Read a second time
  5. Sent to APPROPRIATIONS
  6. APPROPRIATIONS recommended it as amended
  7. Passed the Senate, 43 to 7

Back in the House of Representatives Jun 30

  1. Returned to the House of Representatives
  2. Sent to RULES
  3. The House of Representatives agreed to the other chamber's changes, 173 to 27
  4. Signed in the House of Representatives

To the Governor Jun 30 – Jul 11

  1. Signed in the Senate
  2. Sent to the Governor
  3. Became law without the Governor's signature
  4. Became Act 1A of 2017
All 33 actions, as published