HB 416 Pennsylvania House · 2025-2026 Regular Session

An Act amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), known as The Fiscal Code, providing for Child Care Staff Recruitment and Retention Program; in 911 Emergency Communication Services, further providing for surcharge; in Department of Revenue, further providing for exclusion from classes of income and providing for research and experimental expenditures and qualified production property, for report to General Assembly and for interest expense; in joint underwriting association, further providing for findings and for definitions, repealing provisions relating to sunset and providing for risk-based capital certification, for fund transfers, for association oversight and additional duties, for Joint Underwriting Association Board, for board meetings, for construction, for dissolution, for appropriations and for reports and hearings; in State Health Insurance Exchange Affordability Program, further providing for Exchange Affordability Assistance Account; providing for Rural Health Transformation Program; in Treasury Department, providing for waiver of interest, costs and fees; in procedure for disbursement of money from the State Treasury, further providing for use and appropriation of unused Commonwealth funds; in oil and gas wells, further providing for Oil and Gas Lease Fund; providing for advanced air mobility sites and for public transportation vehicles; in human services, further providing for resident care and related costs; in Attorney General, providing for home improvement contractor registration fee; providing for Rare Disease Advisory Council, for affordable housing tax credit and for working Pennsylvanians tax credit; in additional keystone opportunity expansion zones, providing for additional keystone opportunity expansion zones for certain counties of the fourth class; providing for additional extensions of keystone opportunity zones; in special funds, further providing for funding, for expiration and for other grants; in additional special funds and restricted accounts, further providing for establishment of special fund and account, for use of fund and for distributions from Pennsylvania Race Horse Development Fund and providing for refund of 2003 assessment by Insurance Department; in additional special funds and restricted accounts relating to Service and Infrastructure Improvement Fund, further providing for deposits and providing for Property Tax Relief Fund; in general budget implementation, further providing Executive Offices, for Department of Community and Economic Development, for Department of Environmental Protection, for Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, for Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency and for Commonwealth Financing Authority, providing for stenography services, further providing for surcharges, for Federal and Commonwealth use of forest land and for Multimodal Transportation Fund and providing for State Sexual Offenders Assessment Board, for interest transfers, for fund transfers and for miscellaneous provisions; in 2024-2025 budget implementation, further providing for Department of Education, for Department of Environmental Protection and for Department of Human Services; in Streamlining Permits for Economic Expansion and Development Program, further providing for scope of article, for definitions and for the Streamlining Permits for Economic Expansion and Development Program, providing for review and determination of specific permits and for State agency permits and further providing for construction; providing for electricity load forecast accountability, for 2025-2026 budget implementation and for 2025-2026 restrictions on appropriations for funds and accounts; making repeals; and making editorial changes.

HB 416 establishes a new Child Care Staff Recruitment and Retention Program to support early childhood educators and creates a Rural Health Transformation Program to improve healthcare access in underserved areas. It also streamlines permit processes for economic development projects through the Streamlining Permits for Economic Expansion and Development Program. These provisions are integrated into the 2025 state budget implementation, alongside administrative updates to tax collection procedures, state fund management, and reporting requirements for agencies like the Department of Revenue and Treasury. The bill does not alter existing tax rates or create new funding streams but modifies how current state financial systems operate.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Nov 2025
House Passage
Nov 2025
Senate Passage
Nov 2025
Signed into Law
Nov 2025
Introduced Jan 30, 2025 Signed Nov 12, 2025
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What changed between versions

Printer's No. PN0392 Printer's No. PN2576 · 6 edits
MODERATE
This bill was amended to add a new program for child care staff recruitment and retention, update tax exclusions for Holocaust reparations, and modernize the Joint Underwriting Association. The changes aim to support child care workers, clarify tax benefits for Holocaust survivors, and improve the efficiency of medical liability insurance oversight.
Scope change
The bill's scope expanded to include a new child care staff recruitment and retention program and updated tax provisions, while also modernizing the Joint Underwriting Association section.
FISCAL

Added a new Child Care Staff Recruitment and Retention Program that provides annual recruitment and retention payments to qualified child care providers, with specific rules on how funds must be used for hiring bonuses and retention bonuses for staff who directly supervise children.

ELIGIBILITY

Updated tax exclusions to explicitly include amounts received by Holocaust survivors as part of Holocaust reparations, ensuring these funds are not subject to personal income tax.

DEFINITION

Added specific definitions for 'qualified child care provider' and 'qualified staff' to clarify eligibility for the new recruitment and retention program.

REQUIREMENT

Amended the Joint Underwriting Association section to remove sunset provisions and add requirements for risk-based capital certification, fund transfers, board oversight, and additional duties.

Added new reporting requirements for the Department of Revenue to report on the impact of decoupling from certain federal tax changes on corporate net income tax.

TIMELINE

Updated the effective date for a specific surcharge provision, changing the expiration date from 2026 to 2029.

Floor votes · Senate Nov 12, 2025 · House Apr 22, 2025

How they voted

436
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 50
Nov 12, 2025
D Democratic23
21 Yea 2 Nay
91% Yea
R Republican27
22 Yea 4 Nay 1
81% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
24
Key actions
9
Committee
9
Amendments
1
Nov 12, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by the Governor
lower
Nov 12, 2025
Lower · Passed
House concurred in Senate amendments
lower
Nov 12, 2025
Lower · Passed
Re-reported on concurrence, as committed
lower
Nov 12, 2025
Committee
Referred to Rules
lower
Nov 12, 2025
Upper · Passed
Third consideration and final passage
upper
Nov 12, 2025
Upper · Passed
Re-reported as amended
upper
Jun 11, 2025
Committee
Re-referred to Appropriations
upper
Jun 10, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported as committed
upper
Apr 28, 2025
Committee
Referred to Finance
upper
Apr 22, 2025
Lower · Passed
Third consideration and final passage
lower
Apr 22, 2025
Lower · Passed
Re-reported as committed
lower
Apr 9, 2025
Committee
Re-committed to Appropriations
lower
Mar 18, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported as committed
lower
Jan 30, 2025
Committee
Referred to Finance
lower
1 primary · 14 co-sponsors

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