HB 2027 — An Act amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), known as The Fiscal Code, in general budget implementation, further providing for executive offices.

PRINTER'S NO.   2585

                  THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                      HOUSE BILL
                      No. 2027
                                             Session of
                                               2025

     INTRODUCED BY GROVE, KUZMA AND JAMES, NOVEMBER 10, 2025

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, NOVEMBER 12, 2025


                                  AN ACT
 1   Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), entitled
 2      "An act relating to the finances of the State government;
 3      providing for cancer control, prevention and research, for
 4      ambulatory surgical center data collection, for the Joint
 5      Underwriting Association, for entertainment business
 6      financial management firms, for private dam financial
 7      assurance and for reinstatement of item vetoes; providing for
 8      the settlement, assessment, collection, and lien of taxes,
 9      bonus, and all other accounts due the Commonwealth, the
10      collection and recovery of fees and other money or property
11      due or belonging to the Commonwealth, or any agency thereof,
12      including escheated property and the proceeds of its sale,
13      the custody and disbursement or other disposition of funds
14      and securities belonging to or in the possession of the
15      Commonwealth, and the settlement of claims against the
16      Commonwealth, the resettlement of accounts and appeals to the
17      courts, refunds of moneys erroneously paid to the
18      Commonwealth, auditing the accounts of the Commonwealth and
19      all agencies thereof, of all public officers collecting
20      moneys payable to the Commonwealth, or any agency thereof,
21      and all receipts of appropriations from the Commonwealth,
22      authorizing the Commonwealth to issue tax anticipation notes
23      to defray current expenses, implementing the provisions of
24      section 7(a) of Article VIII of the Constitution of
25      Pennsylvania authorizing and restricting the incurring of
26      certain debt and imposing penalties; affecting every
27      department, board, commission, and officer of the State
28      government, every political subdivision of the State, and
29      certain officers of such subdivisions, every person,
30      association, and corporation required to pay, assess, or
31      collect taxes, or to make returns or reports under the laws
32      imposing taxes for State purposes, or to pay license fees or
33      other moneys to the Commonwealth, or any agency thereof,
34      every State depository and every debtor or creditor of the
35      Commonwealth," in general budget implementation, further
 1      providing for executive offices.
 2      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 3   hereby enacts as follows:
 4      Section 1.        Section 1712-E of the act of April 9, 1929
 5   (P.L.343, No.176), known as The Fiscal Code, is amended by
 6   adding a subsection to read:
 7   Section 1712-E.       Executive Offices.
 8      * * *
 9      (g)   Public Sector Workplace Safety Equipment Account.--
10            (1)   The Public Sector Workplace Safety Equipment Account
11      is established as a restricted account in the General Fund.
12            (2)   No later than October 1, 2025, the Secretary of the
13      Budget shall transfer to the account under paragraph (1)
14      amounts unexpended from appropriations from the General Fund
15      to agencies under the Governor's jurisdiction for general
16      government operations for fiscal years beginning prior to
17      July 1, 2024, in amounts not to exceed $3,800,000. Before
18      making a transfer under this paragraph, the Secretary of the
19      Budget shall:
20                  (i)    transmit notice of the proposed transfer amount
21            to the Legislative Reference Bureau for publication in
22            the next available issue of the Pennsylvania Bulletin;
23            and
24                  (ii)    provide a notice of the proposed transfer to
25            the chairperson and minority chairperson of the
26            Appropriations Committee of the Senate and the
27            chairperson and minority chairperson of the
28            Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives.
29            (3)   Money in the account under paragraph (1) is
30      appropriated on a continuing basis to the Office of


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 1      Administration for the purchase and distribution of safety
 2      equipment for Commonwealth agencies determined by the
 3      Secretary of Administration to employ significant numbers of
 4      employees at risk for workplace musculoskeletal disorders.
 5      The following shall apply:
 6              (i)    The safety equipment for Commonwealth agency
 7          employees shall include lift kits or assistive devices
 8          for patient handling in health care occupations and
 9          postural support devices for construction-related
10          occupations.
11              (ii)    A Commonwealth agency eligible for safety
12          equipment under this paragraph shall include a
13          Commonwealth agency engaged in any of the following
14          activities:
15                     (A)   The operation of nursing care and other
16              residential care facilities.
17                     (B)   The operation of residential facilities for
18              individuals with intellectual and developmental
19              disabilities.
20                     (C)   Highway, street and bridge construction.
21      Section 2.    This act shall take effect July 1, 2025, or
22   immediately, whichever is later.




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