HB 1979 — An Act to provide appropriations from the General Fund for the expenses of certain agencies of the Executive Department for the fiscal year July 1, 2025, to June 30, 2026, and for the payment of bills incurred and remaining unpaid at the close of the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025.

PRINTER'S NO.     2499

                    THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                        HOUSE BILL
                        No. 1979
                                             Session of
                                               2025

     INTRODUCED BY J. HARRIS, OCTOBER 22, 2025

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, OCTOBER 22, 2025


                                   AN ACT
 1   To provide appropriations from the General Fund for the expenses
 2      of certain agencies of the Executive Department for the
 3      fiscal year July 1, 2025, to June 30, 2026, and for the
 4      payment of bills incurred and remaining unpaid at the close
 5      of the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025.
 6      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 7   hereby enacts as follows:
 8                                 PART I
 9                           GENERAL PROVISIONS
10   Section 101.   Short title.
11      This act shall be known and may be cited as the General
12   Appropriation Act of 2025.
13   Section 102.   State appropriations.
14      The following sums specified in this act, or as much thereof
15   as may be necessary, are specifically appropriated from the
16   General Fund to certain agencies of the Executive Department of
17   the Commonwealth for the payment of salaries, wages or other
18   compensation and travel expenses of the duly elected or
19   appointed officers and employees of the Commonwealth, for the
20   payment of fees for contractual services rendered, for the
 1   purchase or rental of goods and services, printing, public
 2   advertising by or through any medium, equipment, land and
 3   buildings and for payment of any other expenses, as provided by
 4   law or by this act, necessary for the proper conduct of the
 5   duties, functions and activities and for the purposes specified
 6   for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025, and for the payment
 7   of bills incurred and remaining unpaid at the close of the
 8   fiscal year ending June 30, 2025.
 9                                  PART II
10                       GENERAL FUND APPROPRIATIONS
11                                SUBPART A
12                           EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
13   Section 201.    Department of Human Services.
14      The following amounts are
15   appropriated from the General
16   Fund to the Department of Human
17   Services for the fiscal year
18   beginning July 1, 2025:                   Federal        State
19      For rape crisis programs.
20      State appropriation.......                            12,471,000
21                                PART LXXXI
22                         MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
23   Section 8101.    Deduction of expenditures under temporary
24              expenditure symbols.
25      Any money that has been expended under temporary expenditure
26   symbols approved by the Office of the Budget and paid after June
27   30, 2025, through the date of enactment of this act, shall be
28   deducted from the corresponding appropriation of this act.
29   Section 8102.   Retroactivity.
30      This act shall apply retroactively to July 1, 2025.

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1   Section 8103.   Effective date.
2      This act shall take effect immediately.




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