SB 291 — An Act providing for the capital budget for fiscal year 2025-2026.
Congress · introduced 2025-02-26
Latest action: — Referred to APPROPRIATIONS, Feb. 26, 2025
Sponsors
- Vincent J. Hughes (D, PA-7) — sponsor · 2025-02-26
Action timeline
- · senate — Referred to APPROPRIATIONS, Feb. 26, 2025
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PRINTER'S NO. 268
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. 291
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY HUGHES, FEBRUARY 26, 2025
REFERRED TO APPROPRIATIONS, FEBRUARY 26, 2025
AN ACT
1 Providing for the capital budget for fiscal year 2025-2026.
2 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
3 hereby enacts as follows:
4 Section 1. Short title.
5 This act shall be known and may be cited as the Capital
6 Budget Act of 2025-2026.
7 Section 2. Overall limitations on debt to be incurred for
8 capital projects.
9 The maximum principal amount of additional debt to be
10 incurred during the 2025-2026 fiscal year, and thereafter until
11 the enactment of the 2026-2027 capital budget specifying the
12 maximum debt for the 2026-2027 fiscal year, for capital projects
13 specifically itemized in a capital budget pursuant to section
14 7(a)(4) of Article VIII of the Constitution of Pennsylvania, and
15 the fund to be charged with the repayment of such debt, shall,
16 with respect to each category of capital projects, be as
17 follows:
18 Category Amount Fund
1 (1) Public Improvement
2 Projects:
3 (i) Buildings and
4 structures $1,100,000,000 General Fund or
5 Special Fund as
6 applicable
7 (2) Furniture and
8 equipment 20,000,000 General Fund or
9 Special Fund as
10 applicable
11 (3) Transportation
12 assistance projects 100,000,000 General Fund
13 (4) Redevelopment
14 assistance projects 350,000,000 General Fund
15 (5) Flood control
16 projects 0 General Fund
17 Total $1,570,000,000
18 Section 3. Effective date.
19 This act shall take effect immediately.
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| date | type | to | amount | role | source |
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| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania Senate Appropriations Committee | — | pa-leg |
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| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vincent J. Hughes (D, state_upper PA-7) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
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By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
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- 2026-05-20 · was referred to Pennsylvania Senate Appropriations Committee · pa-leg