Sen. Pat Browne (R-Lehigh), Majority Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, 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.
