Pennsylvania 2025-2026 Regular Session

Pennsylvania House Bill HB2093

Introduced
12/9/25  

Caption

Providing for unspent appropriations.

Impact

The implications of HB 2093 are significant as it would amend existing statutes related to the appropriation process. By enforcing stricter measures on unspent funds, it encourages departments to be more vigilant in their budgeting and spending practices. This change is poised to improve financial accountability, allowing for better resource management across state agencies. Legislative discussions indicate that this bill could potentially lead to a more responsive budgeting process, where funds are dynamically directed to areas of significant need.

Summary

House Bill 2093 aims to address the issue of unspent appropriations within the state budget. The bill focuses on establishing a framework for managing funds that have been allocated but not utilized by various government departments and agencies. The intent is to ensure that these funds are either reallocated to other pressing needs within the budget or returned to the state's general revenue. This approach seeks to maximize the efficiency of state spending and prevent waste of taxpayer resources.

Contention

Despite its intended benefits, HB 2093 faces potential opposition regarding the increased oversight of government spending. Critics argue that stringent measures on unspent appropriations might lead to excessive restrictions on departments, impacting their ability to carry out long-term projects effectively. There are concerns that departments might rush expenditures to avoid losing funds, which could counteract the bill’s objectives of fiscal responsibility. Engaging in dialogues about flexibility in funding and the balance between oversight and departmental autonomy will be essential as the bill progresses.

Companion Bills

No companion bills found.

Previously Filed As

PA SB222

Providing for grant oversight.

PA SB614

Providing for primary care workforce initiative; and making an appropriation.

PA HB568

In firearms and other dangerous articles, providing for gun violence task forces.

PA SB1056

In firearms and other dangerous articles, providing for gun violence task forces.

PA HB2154

Establishing the Prison Industry Enhancement Authority; providing for employment of incarcerated individuals by private industry and for subcontracts with correctional agencies; establishing guidelines for incarcerated individual compensation; and providing for location of private sector prison industry.

PA SB1184

Establishing the Prison Industry Enhancement Authority; providing for employment of incarcerated individuals by private industry and for subcontracts with correctional agencies; establishing guidelines for incarcerated individual compensation; and providing for location of private sector prison industry.

PA HB983

In firearms and other dangerous articles, further providing for persons not to possess, use, manufacture, control, sell or transfer firearms and for sale or transfer of firearms and providing for Gun Violence Task Force in cities of the first class.

PA HB1788

In sustainable mobility options, further providing for operating program; in metropolitan transportation authorities, providing for supplemental performance reporting; providing for Public Transportation Trust Fund transfer and annual increase; establishing the Road and Bridge Project Fund and the Road and Bridge Project Sinking Fund; in public-private transportation partnerships, providing for applicable authority projects; in lighting equipment, further providing for use and display of illuminating signs; in taxes for highway maintenance and construction, further providing for supplemental funding for three and four digit highway construction; and establishing the Three and Four Digit State Route Account.

PA HB1901

Providing for the Office of Health Equity; establishing the Health Equity Advisory Committee; and imposing duties on the Department of Health.

PA HB416

Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), entitled "An act relating to the finances of the State government; providing for cancer control, prevention and research, for ambulatory surgical center data collection, for the Joint Underwriting Association, for entertainment business financial management firms, for private dam financial assurance and for reinstatement of item vetoes; providing for the settlement, assessment, collection, and lien of taxes, bonus, and all other accounts due the Commonwealth, the collection and recovery of fees and other money or property due or belonging to the Commonwealth, or any agency thereof, including escheated property and the proceeds of its sale, the custody and disbursement or other disposition of funds and securities belonging to or in the possession of the Commonwealth, and the settlement of claims against the Commonwealth, the resettlement of accounts and appeals to the courts, refunds of moneys erroneously paid to the Commonwealth, auditing the accounts of the Commonwealth and all agencies thereof, of all public officers collecting moneys payable to the Commonwealth, or any agency thereof, and all receipts of appropriations from the Commonwealth, authorizing the Commonwealth to issue tax anticipation notes to defray current expenses, implementing the provisions of section 7(a) of Article VIII of the Constitution of Pennsylvania authorizing and restricting the incurring of certain debt and imposing penalties; affecting every department, board, commission, and officer of the State government, every political subdivision of the State, and certain officers of such subdivisions, every person, association, and corporation required to pay, assess, or collect taxes, or to make returns or reports under the laws imposing taxes for State purposes, or to pay license fees or other moneys to the Commonwealth, or any agency thereof, every State depository and every debtor or creditor of the Commonwealth," 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.

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