l9n/ Pennsylvania

2017–2018 Regular Session

House Bill 674

An Act amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), known as The Fiscal Code, implementing the 2017-2018 Commonwealth budget and instituting future budget implementation: further providing for title of act; in Department of Revenue: providing for lottery winnings intercept; providing for ambulatory surgical center data collection and for Joint Underwriting Association; in Treasury Department: providing for provisions for General Assembly; in Department of Auditor General: further providing for agencies receiving State aid and providing for audits of interstate commissions; in procedure for the disbursement of money from the State Treasury: further providing for settlement agreements and enforcement actions; in financially distressed municipalities: providing for payroll tax; in oil and gas wells: further providing for definitions, providing for Oil and Gas Lease Fund, repealing provisions relating to oil and gas operations in the South Newark Basin and providing for temporary cessation of oil and gas wells; in transportation network companies and motor carrier companies: providing for regulation of taxicabs and limousines by parking authority of city of the first class, for penalties and for provision of transportation network service; in Pennsylvania Gaming Economic Development and Tourism Fund: further providing for other grants; in Tobacco Settlement Fund: further providing for use of fund; in Pennsylvania Race Horse Development Fund: further providing for definitions, for fund and for distributions from fund; in miscellaneous limitations and transfers: further providing for drug and alcohol programs and providing for Workers' Compensation Security Fund; in Natural Gas Infrastructure Development Fund: further providing for definitions and for transfer of funds; providing for First Chance Trust Fund; in 2016-2017 restrictions on appropriations for funds and accounts: repealing provisions relating to fund transfers; in general budget implementation: further providing for Department of Agriculture, for Department of Community and Economic Development, for Department of Education, for Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board, for Department of Human Services, for Commonwealth Financing Authority Restricted Revenue Account and for surcharges, providing for Multimodal Transportation Fund, further providing for Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board and providing for sales by distilleries, for Liquor Code suspension for deficiency, for State Employees' Retirement System Restricted Account and for Public School Employees' Retirement System Restricted Account; in school district debt refinancing bonds: further providing for sinking fund charges for school building projects and for Public School Building Construction and Reconstruction Advisory Committee; repealing provisions relating to 2012-2013 budget implementation and 2012-2013 restrictions on appropriations for funds and accounts; providing for 2017-2018 budget implementation and for 2017-2018 restrictions on appropriations for funds and accounts; making an editorial change; and making related repeals.

Became law as Act 44 of 2017, signed October 30, 2017, 242 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

    14 co-sponsors

    C. ADAM HARRIS, BERNARD T. O'NEILL, Jared G. Solomon, CARL WALKER METZGAR, MARCY TOEPEL, DAVID R. MILLARD, Tommy Sankey, MARTIN T. CAUSER, GEORGE DUNBAR, KATHARINE M. WATSON, STANLEY E. SAYLOR, KURT A. MASSER, WILLIAM C. KORTZ II, Frank A. Farry

    Its course

    March 2 to October 30, 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 action28 actions on 12 days

    In the House of RepresentativesMar 2 to Apr 2453 days

    FinanceMar 2 to Apr 534 days

    AppropriationsApr 19 to Apr 245 days

    In the SenateApr 24 to Oct 23182 days

    FinanceMay 4 to May 2420 days

    AppropriationsJun 13 to Oct 23132 days

    Back in the House of RepresentativesOct 23 to Oct 241 day

    Waiting to be sentOct 24 to Oct 251 day

    With the GovernorOct 25 to Oct 305 days

    Votes

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

    • House of Representatives, third reading192–0

      Passed · Apr 24

    • Senate, third reading41–9

      Passed · Oct 23

    • House of Representatives, concurrence109–75

      Agreed to the other chamber's changes · Oct 24

    Amendments

    Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

    • House of Representatives floor amendmentAdopted

      Adopted Apr 19

    • Senate committee amendmentAdopted

      Adopted Oct 23

    Text

    Each version as the General Assembly printed it.

    l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

    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 Mar 2 – Apr 24

    1. Mar 2Sent to FINANCE
    2. Apr 5FINANCE recommended it
    3. Apr 19Amended and read a second time
    4. Sent to APPROPRIATIONS
    5. Apr 24APPROPRIATIONS recommended it
    6. Passed the House of Representatives, 192 to 0

    In the Senate May 4 – Oct 23

    1. May 4Arrived in the Senate
    2. Sent to FINANCE
    3. May 24FINANCE recommended it
    4. Jun 13Read a second time
    5. Sent to APPROPRIATIONS
    6. Oct 23APPROPRIATIONS recommended it as amended
    7. Passed the Senate, 41 to 9

    Back in the House of Representatives Oct 24

    1. Oct 24Returned to the House of Representatives
    2. Sent to RULES
    3. The House of Representatives agreed to the other chamber's changes, 109 to 75
    4. Signed in the House of Representatives

    To the Governor Oct 25 – Oct 30

    1. Oct 25Signed in the Senate
    2. Sent to the Governor
    3. Oct 30Signed by the Governor
    4. Became Act 44 of 2017
    All 28 actions, as published
    1. Mar 2Referred to FINANCE, March 2, 2017 [House]House of Representatives
    2. Apr 5Reported as committed, April 5, 2017 [House]House of Representatives
    3. Apr 5First consideration, April 5, 2017 [House]House of Representatives
    4. Apr 5Laid on the table, April 5, 2017 [House]House of Representatives
    5. Apr 18Removed from table, April 18, 2017 [House]House of Representatives
    6. Apr 19Second consideration, with amendments, April 19, 2017 [House]House of Representatives
    7. Apr 19Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS, April 19, 2017 [House]House of Representatives
    8. Apr 19(Remarks see House Journal Page 493), April 19, 2017 [House]House of Representatives
    9. Apr 24Re-reported as committed, April 24, 2017 [House]House of Representatives
    10. Apr 24Third consideration and final passage, April 24, 2017 (192-0) [House]House of Representatives
    11. May 4In the Senate [Senate]Senate
    12. May 4Referred to FINANCE, May 4, 2017 [Senate]Senate
    13. May 24Reported as committed, May 24, 2017 [Senate]Senate
    14. May 24First consideration, May 24, 2017 [Senate]Senate
    15. Jun 13Second consideration, June 13, 2017 [Senate]Senate
    16. Jun 13Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS, June 13, 2017 [Senate]Senate
    17. Oct 23Re-reported as amended, Oct. 23, 2017 [Senate]Senate
    18. Oct 23Third consideration and final passage, Oct. 23, 2017 (41-9) [Senate]Senate
    19. Oct 24In the House [House]House of Representatives
    20. Oct 24Referred to RULES, Oct. 24, 2017 [House]House of Representatives
    21. Oct 24Re-reported on concurrence, as committed, Oct. 24, 2017 [House]House of Representatives
    22. Oct 24House concurred in Senate amendments, Oct. 24, 2017 (109-75) [House]House of Representatives
    23. Oct 24(Remarks see House Journal Page 1723-1731), Oct. 24, 2017 [House]House of Representatives
    24. Oct 24Signed in House, Oct. 24, 2017 [House]House of Representatives
    25. Oct 25Signed in Senate, Oct. 25, 2017 [Senate]Senate
    26. Oct 25Presented to the Governor, Oct. 25, 2017Governor
    27. Oct 30Approved by the Governor, Oct. 30, 2017Governor
    28. Oct 30Act No. 44Governor