June 30, 2011

Senate, House Still Have Budget Bills To Pass

The Senate and House have now sent to the Governor the General Fund budget bill-- House Bill 1485 (Adolph-R-Delaware)--, the non-preferred appropriations bills funding Penn State, Pitt, Temple, Lincoln and the University of Pennsylvania-- House Bills 1727, 1728, 1729, 1730, 1731, the Education Code bill-- House Bill 1352 (Stephens-R-Montgomery) and other major appropriations bills.
But, they still the Fiscal Code bill-- Senate Bill 907 (Browne-R-Lehigh), Welfare Code-- House Bill 960 (Gringrich-R-Lebanon) and funding for the Gaming Control Board-- Senate Bill 1062 (Corman-R-Centre) to go.  Both chambers are waiting the required 24 hours before votes are taken on these measures.