HB 2382 — An Act providing for temporary budget authority in the absence of an enacted general appropriation act.

PRINTER'S NO.   3184

                   THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                         HOUSE BILL
                         No. 2382
                                                Session of
                                                  2026

     INTRODUCED BY RASEL, BENNINGHOFF, PUGH, REICHARD, HANBIDGE,
        SMITH, MARCELL AND PICKETT, APRIL 13, 2026

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, APRIL 14, 2026


                                   AN ACT
 1   Providing for temporary budget authority in the absence of an
 2      enacted general appropriation act.
 3      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 4   hereby enacts as follows:
 5   Section 1.   Short title.
 6      This act shall be known and may be cited as the Temporary
 7   Budget Continuity Act.
 8   Section 2.   Definitions.
 9      The following words and phrases when used in this act shall
10   have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
11   context clearly indicates otherwise:
12      "Fiscal year."   The 12-month period beginning on July 1 and
13   ending on June 30 of the following year.
14   Section 3.   Authorization for temporary expenditures.
15      (a)   Authority to expend funds.--If, by the first day of a
16   fiscal year, the General Assembly has not enacted a general
17   appropriation act for that fiscal year, the State Treasurer
18   shall, until enactment of a general appropriation act for the
 1   current fiscal year, pay money out of the State Treasury upon
 2   warrant issued by the proper officer for any item that was
 3   appropriated in the general appropriation act for the prior
 4   fiscal year.
 5      (b)   Limitation on expenditures.--Payments under subsection
 6   (a) shall not exceed 85% of the amount appropriated for the
 7   corresponding item in the general appropriation act for the
 8   prior fiscal year.
 9      (c)   Offset against future appropriations.--Upon enactment of
10   a general appropriation act for the current fiscal year, the
11   amounts paid under this section shall be deducted from the
12   amounts appropriated for the same line items or purposes in the
13   general appropriation act.
14   Section 4.   Construction.
15      Nothing in this act shall be construed to authorize
16   expenditures in excess of revenues available or to supersede any
17   provision of Federal or State law requiring legislative
18   appropriation for specific funds or programs.
19   Section 5.   Effective date.
20      This act shall take effect immediately.




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