Sen. Pat Browne (R-Lehigh), Majority Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Friday released the hearing schedule on the proposed FY 2018-19 budget.  The hearings will be held--

-- February 20-- 10:00- Treasury Department; 1:00- Independent Fiscal Office; 3:00- Approved Private Schools/Charter School for the Deaf & Blind; 4:00- PA Intermediate Units.

-- February 21-- 10:00- Department of State; 1:00- Auditor General; 3:00- Attorney General.

-- February 22-- 10:00- PA State System Of Higher Education; 1:00- State Police/Homeland Security; 3:00- PA Emergency Management Agency/ Fire Commissioner.

-- February 26-- 10:00- State Related Universities; 1:00- Department of General Services; 3:00- Department of Transportation.

-- February 27-- 10:00- Department of Labor & Industry; 1:00- Judiciary; 3:00- PA College of Technology; 4:00- Inspector General.

-- February 28-- 10:00- Dept. of Military & Veterans Affairs; 1:00- Department of Agriculture; 3:00- Department of Conservation & Natural Resources.

-- March 1-- 10:00- Department of Corrections/ Board of Probation & Parole; 1:00- Liquor Control Board; 3:00- Department of Environmental Protection.

-- March 5-- 10:00- PA Gaming Control Board; 1:00- Department of Revenue/ State Lottery; 3:00- Department of Community & Economic Development.

-- March 6-- 10:00- Department of Education; 1:00- Department of Education Continued; 3:00- Department of Aging.

-- March 7-- 10:00- Department of Health; 1:00- Department of Human Services; 3:00- Department of Human Services Continued.

-- March 8-- 10:00- Department of Drug & Alcohol; 1:00- Governor’s Budget Secretary; 3:00- Governor’s Budget Secretary Continued.

All hearings will be in Hearing Room 1, North Office Building. Hearings are typically webcast on the Committee webpage.

The Governor’s Budget Address is February 6.

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[Posted: Jan. 12, 2018]

1/15/2018