The following bills were given final approval by the Senate and House and are now on the Governor's desk for action--

Supplemental FY 2015-16 Appropriations: House Bill 1801 (Irvin-R-Centre) containing $6.05 billion in supplemental appropriations for FY 2015-16 developed by Republicans were passed by votes of-- Senate- 31 to 18, House- 128 to 63 and sent to the Governor for his action. . Click Here for a copy of the line-by-line General Fund spreadsheet by House Republicans.  A Senate Fiscal Note and summary are available.

FY 2015-16 Fiscal Code Bill: House Bill 1327 (Peifer-R-Pike) amending the Fiscal Code to implement the FY 2015-16 Republican General Fund budget were passed by votes of--(Senate- 30 to 19, House- 120 to 71) and sent to the Governor for his action.  A House Fiscal Note and summary are available.

The bill amends the Fiscal Code to among other things, kill DEP Chapter 78 conventional drilling regulations and make DEP start over, reduce Growing Greener watershed restoration funding by $15 million this fiscal year and to slow consideration of any state plan to comply with the EPA Clean Power Climate Plan.

The bill would also transfer $12 million from the High Performance Green Buildings Program to the Natural Gas Infrastructure Development Fund administered by the Commonwealth Financing Authority.

3/21/2016