Pennsylvania SB 1080: A Joint Resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in the executive, further providing for pardoning power and Board of Pardons.

Bill Text

PRINTER'S NO. 1302
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. 1080
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY COSTA, HAYWOOD, CAPPELLETTI, COLLETT, COMITTA,
FLYNN, FONTANA, HUGHES, KANE, KEARNEY, KIM, MALONE, MILLER,
MUTH, PISCIOTTANO, SANTARSIERO, SAVAL, SCHWANK, STREET,
TARTAGLIONE, A. WILLIAMS, L. WILLIAMS AND BOSCOLA,
NOVEMBER 11, 2025
REFERRED TO APPROPRIATIONS, NOVEMBER 11, 2025
AN ACT
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
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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," in special funds, further providing for
disposition of Budget Stabilization Reserve Fund.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 1703-A(b) of the act of April 9, 1929
(P.L.343, No.176), known as The Fiscal Code, is amended and the
section is amended by adding a subsection to read:
Section 1703-A. Disposition of Budget Stabilization Reserve
Fund.
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(b) Appropriation.--Except as provided under [subsection
(c)] subsections (c) and (d), whenever the Governor determines
that an appropriation from the Budget Stabilization Reserve Fund
is necessary to meet emergencies involving the health, safety or
welfare of the residents of this Commonwealth or to
counterbalance downturns of the economy which result in
significant unanticipated revenue shortfalls, the Governor shall
present a request for an appropriation which may include the
specifics of the proposal and suggested ancillary and
substantive legislation as may be necessary to the chairman of
Appropriations Committee of the Senate and the chairman of the
Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives. The
General Assembly may then through approval of a separate
appropriation bill by a vote of two-thirds of the members
elected to the Senate and the House of Representatives
appropriate money from the Budget Stabilization Reserve Fund to
meet the needs identified in the Governor's proposal. Any money
appropriated according to this section which has then lapsed
shall be returned to the Budget Stabilization Reserve Fund.
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(d) SNAP benefits emergency transfer.--Notwithstanding any
other provision of this section, no later than November 1, 2025,
$62,000,000 shall be transferred from the Budget Stabilization
Reserve Fund as follows:
(1) The sum of $50,000,000 shall be transferred to the
Department of Agriculture for purposes of providing grants to
food banks located in this Commonwealth to fund staff and
operations and to purchase food and other necessities to
ensure that each food bank has the resources necessary to
respond to the needs of Pennsylvania families due to the loss
of Federal SNAP benefits beginning on November 1, 2025. The
Department of Agriculture shall administer funds received
under this paragraph under the act of December 11, 1992
(P.L.807, No.129), known as the State Food Purchase Program
Act, and the act of November 23, 2010 (P.L.1134, No.113),
known as the