HR 1 Pennsylvania House · 2025-2026 Regular Session

A Resolution adopting permanent rules for the House of Representatives, further providing for definitions, for order of business, for fiscal notes, for consideration of bills, for third consideration and final passage bills, for House and concurrent resolutions, for standing committees and subcommittees, for powers and duties of standing committees and subcommittees, for public hearings, for discharge of committees, for lay on the table and for previous question.

This resolution adopts the permanent operating rules for the House of Representatives for the 2025-2026 session, establishing the framework for daily legislative procedures. It directly affects House members, staff, and committees by defining key terms (like "Legislative Day" and "Roll Call Vote"), setting the order of business (e.g., prayer, committee reports, bill consideration), and requiring fiscal notes for spending-related bills before third consideration. The key mechanism mandates that bills affecting government spending must first receive a fiscal analysis from the Appropriations Committee, detailing costs, revenue impacts, and funding sources before moving to final passage. This is a procedural rulebook update with no substantive policy changes.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
House Passage
Jan 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 7, 2025 Last action Jan 7, 2025
Floor votes · House Jan 7, 2025

How they voted

1966
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 203
Jan 7, 2025
D Democratic102
101 Yea 1
99% Yea
R Republican101
95 Yea 6 Nay
94% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
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Jan 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
Adopted
lower
Jan 7, 2025
Introduced
Introduced
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1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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Joanna McClinton
DDemocratic
PA
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