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Philadelphia House Delegation celebrates House passage of mass transit funding proposal

Pennsylvania House Democratic Caucus    June 17, 2025 | 4:27 PM

HARRISBURG, June 17 – The Philadelphia House Delegation reacted this afternoon to House passage of a proposal to fund mass transit systems and transportation projects across the commonwealth. House Bill 1364 sponsored by Chairman of the House Transportation Committee Ed Neilson, D-Phila., would mirror Governor Shapiro’s proposal to increase the transfer of existing sales tax revenue to the Public Transportation Trust Fund from 4.4% to 6.15% providing an expected additional $1.5 billion for transit systems over the next five years.

Chairwoman of the Philadelphia House Delegation Rep. Morgan Cephas said that the bipartisan support of today’s vote should reflect that public transit is something that all communities utilize, and this is an investment in students, seniors, better jobs and a stronger economy.

“This is the fourth time that this House has passed a transportation investment plan with bipartisan support,” Cephas, D-Phila., said on behalf of the delegation. “We’ve put up solutions, we’ve made good faith efforts to address transportation projects in every community because our delegation knows that Philly doesn’t move without SEPTA and Pennsylvania’s economy doesn’t move without a significant investment in our infrastructure. Getting workers to their jobs efficiently, moving tourists to the world class destinations across our region, helping kids get to school on time; SEPTA is engrained in our day-to-day lives.

“This plan invests in SEPTA and other transit authorities, getting them the funding needed to serve their communities, delivering more dollars to repair roads and bridges across the state, keeping state and local economies thriving, and all without a tax increase or imposition of new revenue streams.”

The bill was approved by a 107-96 vote in the House and now goes to the state Senate for consideration.