HB 2027

                                              PRINTER'S NO.   2585
             THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
                 HOUSE BILL
                 No. 2027
                                        Session of
                                          2025
INTRODUCED BY GROVE, KUZMA AND JAMES, NOVEMBER 10, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, NOVEMBER 12, 2025
                             AN ACT
1 Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), entitled
2    "An act relating to the finances of the State government;
3    providing for cancer control, prevention and research, for
4    ambulatory surgical center data collection, for the Joint
5    Underwriting Association, for entertainment business
6    financial management firms, for private dam financial
7    assurance and for reinstatement of item vetoes; providing for
8    the settlement, assessment, collection, and lien of taxes,
9    bonus, and all other accounts due the Commonwealth, the
10    collection and recovery of fees and other money or property
11    due or belonging to the Commonwealth, or any agency thereof,
12    including escheated property and the proceeds of its sale,
13    the custody and disbursement or other disposition of funds
14    and securities belonging to or in the possession of the
15    Commonwealth, and the settlement of claims against the
16    Commonwealth, the resettlement of accounts and appeals to the
17    courts, refunds of moneys erroneously paid to the
18    Commonwealth, auditing the accounts of the Commonwealth and
19    all agencies thereof, of all public officers collecting
20    moneys payable to the Commonwealth, or any agency thereof,
21    and all receipts of appropriations from the Commonwealth,
22    authorizing the Commonwealth to issue tax anticipation notes
23    to defray current expenses, implementing the provisions of
24    section 7(a) of Article VIII of the Constitution of
25    Pennsylvania authorizing and restricting the incurring of
26    certain debt and imposing penalties; affecting every
27    department, board, commission, and officer of the State
28    government, every political subdivision of the State, and
29    certain officers of such subdivisions, every person,
30    association, and corporation required to pay, assess, or
31    collect taxes, or to make returns or reports under the laws
32    imposing taxes for State purposes, or to pay license fees or
33    other moneys to the Commonwealth, or any agency thereof,
34    every State depository and every debtor or creditor of the
35    Commonwealth," in general budget implementation, further
1    providing for executive offices.
2    The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
3 hereby enacts as follows:
4    Section 1.        Section 1712-E of the act of April 9, 1929
5 (P.L.343, No.176), known as The Fiscal Code, is amended by
6 adding a subsection to read:
7 Section 1712-E.       Executive Offices.
8    * * *
9    (g)   Public Sector Workplace Safety Equipment Account.--
10(1)   The Public Sector Workplace Safety Equipment Account
11    is established as a restricted account in the General Fund.
12(2)   No later than October 1, 2025, the Secretary of the
13    Budget shall transfer to the account under paragraph (1)
14    amounts unexpended from appropriations from the General Fund
15    to agencies under the Governor's jurisdiction for general
16    government operations for fiscal years beginning prior to
17    July 1, 2024, in amounts not to exceed $3,800,000. Before
18    making a transfer under this paragraph, the Secretary of the
19    Budget shall:
20(i)    transmit notice of the proposed transfer amount
21to the Legislative Reference Bureau for publication in
22the next available issue of the Pennsylvania Bulletin;
23and
24(ii)    provide a notice of the proposed transfer to
25the chairperson and minority chairperson of the
26Appropriations Committee of the Senate and the
27chairperson and minority chairperson of the
28Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives.
29(3)   Money in the account under paragraph (1) is
30    appropriated on a continuing basis to the Office of
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1    Administration for the purchase and distribution of safety
2    equipment for Commonwealth agencies determined by the
3    Secretary of Administration to employ significant numbers of
4    employees at risk for workplace musculoskeletal disorders.
5    The following shall apply:
6(i)    The safety equipment for Commonwealth agency
7employees shall include lift kits or assistive devices
8for patient handling in health care occupations and
9postural support devices for construction-related
10occupations.
11(ii)    A Commonwealth agency eligible for safety
12equipment under this paragraph shall include a
13Commonwealth agency engaged in any of the following
14activities:
15(A)   The operation of nursing care and other
16residential care facilities.
17(B)   The operation of residential facilities for
18individuals with intellectual and developmental
19disabilities.
20(C)   Highway, street and bridge construction.
21    Section 2.    This act shall take effect July 1, 2025, or
22 immediately, whichever is later.
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