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Weekly Recap–Week of June 29, 2026

Jul 2, 2026

Weekly Wrap

The budget deadline of June 30 passed without a deal in place. The Senate recessed on Tuesday to the call of the President Pro Tempore, while the House of Representatives adjourned on Wednesday and stands at a six-hour call of the chair.

The House Democrats did amend HB 1667 (Takac, D-Centre) to include their budget wish list. Items in the bill include:

  • Providing for a sales tax holiday for the purchase of tablets, personal digital assistants, and school supplies;
  • Providing for combined reporting for businesses;
  • Establishing a digital advertising tax;
  • Transferring $7 million to the Alternative Fuels Incentive Fund;
  • Exempting electric energy to a residential account from the gross receipts tax;
  • Establishing an Education Options Tax Credit;
  • Providing a formula-based cap on a public utility’s Return on Equity (ROE) utilized during rate cases;
  • Providing that a public utility may not render a bill for a previously unfilled service that has carried outside of the previous 12-month period;
  • Eliminating the Computer Data Center Equipment Incentive Program;
  • Providing for an additional property tax rebate from revenue derived from the newly established digital advertising tax; and
  • Prohibiting a data center from obtaining tax benefits from a KOZ, KOEZ, or KOIZ unless certified before February 3, 2026.

In other legislative activity not specifically tied to the budget, on Monday, the House passed two bills of note that will go to the Senate for consideration: HB 2512 (Carroll, D-Philadelphia), which would prohibit the use of surveillance pricing by transportation network companies; and HB 2644 (Neilson, D-Philadelphia), which would provide for the authorization of itemized capital bridge projects.

SB 1133 (Farry, R-Berks) passed in the Senate and will go to the House for consideration. The bill would add an acute care institutional pharmacist and a pharmacy technician to the State Board of Pharmacy.

Tuesday, the House Finance Committee held a public hearing on HB 2639 (Salisbury, D-Allegheny), which would remove barriers and expand access to the Non-Profit Security Grant Fund; and HB 2675 (Scott, D-Montgomery), which would provide for tax-free rollovers when switching from a PA-529 Account to a Roth IRA.

The House Tourism, Recreation, and Economic Development Committee reported out: HB 2082 and HB 2083 (Daley, D-Montgomery), which would authorize counties to require hotel and short-term rental operators, as well as booking agents, to remit certain information of each occupancy/rental transaction to counties on a quarterly basis.

The House Commerce Committee reported out SB 225 (Dush, R-Jefferson), which would require an agency that acquires property on which a business is conducted to compensate the owner of the business for the loss of goodwill if the property is acquired through eminent domain.

The House Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness Committee reported out a few bills of note:

  • HB 996 (Hamm, R-Sullivan), which would extend the deadline on regulations for basic life support ambulances from 2027 to 2032;
  • HB 2535 (Sappey, D-Chester), which would establish emergency preparedness measures for data centers; and
  • SB 1261 (Mastriano, R-Adams), which would make changes to the Fire and EMS Loan program and to the Fire Company and EMS Grant programs.

The Senate Banking and Insurance Committee reported out: HB 1123 (Gallagher, D-Philadelphia), which would require insurance coverage for colorectal cancer screening tests; and SB 738 (Gebhard, R-Berks), which would provide a comprehensive update to the Older Adult Protective Services Act.

Two data center-related bills were reported from the Senate Local Government Committee:

  • HB 2496 (Friel, D-Chester), which would allow municipalities to enact a 180-day pause on the submission of application for data center developments; and
  • SB 1345 (Coleman, R-Bucks), which would give municipalities the option of placing an 18-month moratorium on data center applications.

SB 1410 (Phillips-Hill, R-York) was reported from the Senate State Government Committee. The bill would prohibit certain contract terms in procurement contracts entered into with the Commonwealth.

The House passed several bills of note that will go to the Senate for consideration:

  • HB 2359 (Ciresi, D-Montgomery), which would provide conditions for data centers to qualify for the Sales and Use Tax exemption and prohibit non-disclosure agreements between developers and government agencies;
  • HB 2455 (Mazzocco, D-Allegheny), which would provide collective bargaining rights to school administrators in Pittsburgh School District; and
  • HB 2529 (Scott, D-Montgomery), which would classify medetomidine as a Schedule III controlled substance and provide an exemption for veterinary uses.

SB 604 (Boscola, D-Northampton), which would authorize Pennsylvania to join the Counseling Compact, passed finally in the House and will become law once signed by the Governor.

The Senate passed the following bills of note that will go to the House for consideration: SB 1182 (Yaw, R-Lycoming), which would make comprehensive changes to the Board of Vehicles Act; SB 1334 (Culver, R-Columbia), which would provide for the licensure of medical imaging professionals, radiation therapists, and radiologist assistants.

SB 1372 (Brooks, R-Crawford) also passed finally and heads to the House. The bill would require the Department of Human Services to prepare an annual report summarizing inspection, investigation and enforcement activities relating to child care facilities. It also would require carbon monoxide alarms in certain child care facilities.

Wednesday, the House passed two bills of note, which will now head to the Senate: HB 1239 (Hanbidge, D-Montgomery), which would prohibit homeowners associations from prohibiting or restricting the installation or use of a solar energy system on a detached roof or townhouse; and HB 2146 (Freeman, D-Northampton), which would amend the Sunshine Act to clarify what governmental entities may add to an agenda during a meeting.

HR 208 (Fleming, D-Dauphin) was adopted by the House. The resolution directs the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee to conduct a performance audit and issue a report on the services, processes and wait times in the Bureau of Blindness and Visual Services within the Department of Labor and Industry.

In Other News

  • The Revenue Department released FY 2025-25 collections, with the Commonwealth collecting $1.1 billion above original estimate.
  • The House Republicans unveiled an 11-bill energy package to “keep the lights on, costs down”.
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