Here are some of the bills that passed the PA House last week:
H.B. 1396 (The Voting Rights Protection Act) – Expanding voting access and improving our elections process through critical reforms including providing options for early voting, increasing access to ballot drop boxes, allowing voters to correct minor errors on a mail-in ballot, and allowing for pre-canvassing of mail ballots.
H.B. 1263 – Increasing retirement savings options by establishing the Keystone Saves program, a voluntary retirement savings program for workers who currently have no opportunity to save for retirement at their place of employment.
H.B. 79 – Ensuring patients are informed by hospitals about financial assistance to avoid medical debt.
H.B. 433 – Protecting medical patients by requiring health insurance policies to cover medically necessary diagnostic breast exams, including MRI or ultrasound, without patient cost sharing.
H.B. 818 – Helping prospective and established homeowners save to buy their first home by establishing the First-Time Homebuyer Savings Account Program.
H.B. 1103 – Allowing mortgage borrowers to buy down their interest rate in order to reduce their monthly payment.
H.B. 1263 – Increasing retirement savings options by establishing the Keystone Saves program, a voluntary retirement savings program for workers who currently have no opportunity to save for retirement at their place of employment.
H.B. 1144 – Raising pensions for veterans with service-connected blindness, paralysis or limb loss.
H.B. 721 – Fighting exploitation of construction workers who are often misclassified by employers as independent contractors and therefore denied better wages, benefits, and workplace protections.
Remember that, to become law, these bills must also be passed by the state Senate and then approved by the governor. Visit pahouse.com to read more about the work we’re doing in the PA House.