Pennsylvania 2025-2026 Regular Session

Pennsylvania Senate Bill SB291 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version

                             
PRINTER'S NO. 268 
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL 
No.291 
Session of 
2025 
INTRODUCED BY HUGHES, FEBRUARY 26, 2025 
REFERRED TO APPROPRIATIONS, FEBRUARY 26, 2025 
AN ACT
Providing for the capital budget for fiscal year 2025-2026.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1.  Short title.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the Capital 
Budget Act of 2025-2026.
Section 2.  Overall limitations on debt to be incurred for 
capital projects.
The maximum principal amount of additional debt to be 
incurred during the 2025-2026 fiscal year, and thereafter until 
the enactment of the 2026-2027 capital budget specifying the 
maximum debt for the 2026-2027 fiscal year, for capital projects 
specifically itemized in a capital budget pursuant to section 
7(a)(4) of Article VIII of the Constitution of Pennsylvania, and 
the fund to be charged with the repayment of such debt, shall, 
with respect to each category of capital projects, be as 
follows:
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18 (1)  Public Improvement 
Projects:
 
 
 
 
(i)  Buildings and 
structures $1,100,000,000
 
General Fund or 
Special Fund as 
applicable
(2)  Furniture and 
equipment
 
20,000,000
 
General Fund or 
Special Fund as 
applicable
(3)  Transportation 
assistance projects
 
100,000,000
 
General Fund
(4)  Redevelopment 
assistance projects
 
350,000,000
 
General Fund
(5)  Flood control 
projects
 
0
 
General Fund
Total	$1,570,000,000 
Section 3.  Effective date.
This act shall take effect immediately.
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