PENNSYLVANIA, April 13 - House of Representatives

Daily Session Update

Prepared by the Office of the Parliamentarian

April 13, 2026

Convened at 12 P.M.

Adjourned at 3:20 P.M.

 

 

Opening Prayer by Representative Leadbeter.

 

Communications Received

 

Committees on Committees

Supplemental Report

 

In the House of Representatives

April 13, 2026

 

Resolved that,

 

Rep. Dallas Kephart resigns as a member of the Housing & Community Development Committee.

Rep. Andrea Verobish is elected as a member of the Housing & Community Development Committee

 

Rep. David Zimmerman resigns as a member of the Children & Youth Committee.

Rep. Andrea Verobish is elected as a member of the Children & Youth Committee.

 

Rep. Shelby Labs resigns as a member of the Human Services Committee.

Rep. Andrea Verobish is elected as a member of the Human Services Committee.

 

Rep. Clint Owlett resigns as a member of the Communications & Technology Committee.

Rep. Andrea Verobish is elected a member of the Communications & Technology Committee.

 

Rep. Gary Day resigns as a member of the Children & Youth Committee.

Rep. Catherine Wallen is elected as a member of the Children & Youth Committee.

 

Rep. Jamie Barton resigns as a member of the Communications & Technology Committee.

Rep. Catherine Wallen is elected as a member of the Communications & Technology Committee.

 

Rep. Steven Mentzer resigns as a member of the Intergovernmental Affairs & Operations committee.

Rep. Catherine Wallen is elected a member of the Intergovernmental Affairs and Operations Committee.

 

Rep. Jamie Barton resigns as a member of the State Government Committee.

Rep. Catherine Wallen is elected as a member of the State Government Committee.

 

Respectfully submitted,

 

Rep. Tina Pickett

Chair

Committee on Committees

 

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The Chair makes the folling appointment for the House Judiciary Committee:

 

·         Representative Emily Kinkead as the Chair of the Crimes and Corrections Subcommittee

 

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The Chair is in receipt of an actuarial note from the Independent Fiscal Office regarding the following:

 

·         House Bill 1322, Printer’s Number 2363 as amended by Amendment A01855

 

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The Chair submits for the record the Writ for Special Election of the 35^th Legislative District which was filed

with the Secretary of the Commonwealth on January 21, 2025:

 

WRIT OF ELECTION

 

TO AL SCHMIDT, SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH; AND TO LESLIE A. OSCHE, KIMBERLEY D. GEYER,

AND KEVIN E. BOOZEL CONSTITUTING THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS OF BUTLER COUNTY.  

 

GREETINGS:  WHEREAS, A VACANCY EXISTS IN THE OFFICE OF REPRESENTATIVE OF THE COMMONWEALTH

OF PENNSYLVANIA FOR THE TWELFTH LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT OF BUTLER COUNTY, CAUSED BY THE RESIGNATION

OF STEPHENIE SCIALABBA, THE REPRESENTATIVE FROM SAID DISTRICT ON THE 31^ST DAY OF MARCH, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, I , JOANNA E. MCCLINTON, SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, BY VIRTUE OF

THE AUTHORITY VESTED IN ME BY THE CONSTITUTION OF PENNSYLVANIA AND BY THE ACTS OF ASSEMBLY

IN SUCH CASE MADE AND PROVIDED, DO HEREBY COMMAND:

 

THAT YOU CAUSE AN ELECTION TO BE HELD IN THE TWELFTH LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT OF BUTLER COUNTY ON

THE 18^TH DAY OF AUGUST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX TO CHOOSE A PERSON TO REPRESENT THE LEGISLATIVE

DISTRICT IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF PENNSYLVANIA FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE TERM EXPIRING

ON THE 30^TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY-SIX, AND THAT YOU GIVE DUE AND PUBLIC NOTICE

OF THE ELECTION THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT IN THE FORM AND MANNER DIRECTED BY LAW.

 

GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND THE SEAL OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AT HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA,

THIS 8^TH DAY OF APRIL, A.D. TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX.

 

JOANNA E. MCCLINTON (signed)

SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 

BROOKE WHEELER (signed)

CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 

SERVICE OF THE WRITTEN WRITE AND RECEIPTOF SAME IS HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGED THIS 8^TH DAY OF APRIL, 2026

 

Communications Received From the Senate

 

 

Voting Schedule

 

 

Concurrence in Senate Amendments

 

 

Concurrence in Senate Amendments to House Amendments

 

 

Bills on Second Consideration

 

 

Bills on Third Consideration & Final Passage

 

 

Bills Signed by the Speaker

 

 

Bills Referred

 

HR 452     State Government

HR 459     Transportation

HR 460     Children And Youth

HR 461     Health

HR 462     Health

HR 463     State Government

HR 464     Health

HR 465     Local Government

HR 466     Health

HR 467     Veterans Affairs And Emergency Preparedness

HR 468     Game And Fisheries

HR 469     State Government

HR 470     Health

HR 471     Health

HR 472     Health

HR 473     Health

HR 474     Tourism, Recreation And Economic Development

HR 476     Tourism, Recreation And Economic Development

HR 477     Transportation

HR 478     Labor And Industry

HR 479     Veterans Affairs And Emergency Preparedness

HR 480     Judiciary

HR 500     State Government

 

HB 2178   Environmental And Natural Resource Protection

HB 2317   Labor And Industry

HB 2318   Judiciary

HB 2319   Veterans Affairs And Emergency Preparedness

HB 2320   Local Government

HB 2321   Labor And Industry

HB 2322   Human Services

HB 2323   Education

HB 2324   Finance

HB 2325   Finance

HB 2326   State Government

HB 2327   State Government

HB 2328   State Government

HB 2329   State Government

HB 2331   Labor And Industry

HB 2332   Labor And Industry

HB 2334   Transportation

HB 2335   Professional Licensure

HB 2336   Transportation

HB 2337   Transportation

HB 2338   Education

HB 2339   Judiciary

HB 2340   Finance

HB 2341   Health

HB 2342   Aging And Older Adult Services

HB 2343   Judiciary

HB 2344   Judiciary

HB 2345   Judiciary

HB 2346   Judiciary

HB 2347   Energy

HB 2348   Energy

HB 2349   Judiciary

HB 2352   Education

HB 2353   Education

HB 2354   Education

HB 2355   Housing And Community Development

HB 2356   Judiciary

HB 2357   Housing And Community Development

HB 2358   Education

HB 2359   Energy

HB 2360   Environmental And Natural Resource Protection

HB 2361   Local Government

HB 2362   Transportation

HB 2363   Game And Fisheries

HB 2364   Professional Licensure

HB 2365   Game And Fisheries

HB 2366   Transportation

HB 2367   Housing And Community Development

HB 2368   Health

HB 2369   State Government

HB 2370   Finance

HB 2371   Finance

HB 2372   Energy

HB 2373   Finance

HB 2376   State Government

HB 2377   Consumer Protection, Technology And Utilities

 

SB 111      Judiciary

 

Bills Recommitted

 

 

Bills ReReferred

 

 

Bills Reported from Committee

 

HB 72	From Judiciary Reported as Amended
HB 344	From Housing and Community Development Reported as Amended
HB 558	From Housing and Community Development Reported as Amended
HB 711	From Housing and Community Development Reported as Amended
HB 1104	From Judiciary Reported as Committed
HB 1247	From Judiciary Reported as Committed
HB 2049	From Labor and Industry Reported as Committed
HB 2076	From Energy Reported as Amended
HB 2102	From Judiciary Reported as Committed
HB 2106	From Judiciary Reported as Committed
HB 2109	From Housing and Community Development Reported as Amended
HB 2150	From Appropriations Re-Reported as Committed
HB 2151	From Appropriations Re-Reported as Amended
HB 2186	From Housing and Community Development Reported as Amended
HB 2223	From Energy Reported as Amended
HB 2274	From Transportation Reported as Amended
HB 2277	From Judiciary Reported as Committed
HB 2347	From Energy Reported as Amended
HB 2355	From Housing and Community Development Reported as Committed
HB 2356	From Judiciary Reported as Committed
HB 2357	From Housing and Community Development Reported as Committed
HB 2367	From Housing and Community Development Reported as Committed
HR 410	From Transportation Reported as Committed
HR 477	From Transportation Reported as Committed
SB 848	From Appropriations Re-Reported as Committed
SB 867	From Labor and Industry Reported as Committed

 

 

Bills Removed from the Tabled Calendar and Placed on the Active Calendar

 

 

Bills Removed from the Active Calendar and Placed on the Tabled Calendar

 

 

House Resolutions Adopted

 

HR 451

A Resolution recognizing the week of April 11 through 17, 2026, as "Black Maternal Health Week" in Pennsylvania to bring attention to the maternal health crisis and the importance of reducing maternal mortality and morbidity among Black women.

197-4

 

This is not an official record of the day’s legislative activity.

The House of Representatives adjourned

Until, Tuesday, April 14, 2026  at 11 A.M.

unless sooner recalled by the Speaker.