Nov. 20, 2020
HARRISBURG – Rep. Tom Mehaffie (R-Dauphin) voted “yes” Friday on a $32 billion budget that finishes work started in May.
The new spending plan focuses on the remainder of the 2020-21 fiscal year, which ends June 30. The Pennsylvania General Assembly earlier crafted a partial-year budget as it contended with uncertainty associated with the COVID-19 crisis and its impacts on the state’s economy.
May’s budget extended education funding for the full year, but questions remained about many other areas of spending.
“I’m grateful we could work together in a bipartisan fashion to form the budget passed Friday, in large part because it answers some of those unknowns about state spending. This was an unusual year in so many ways. Despite the challenges, we were able to create a budget that does not raise taxes or involve new borrowing,” Mehaffie said.
The budget was sent to the governor’s desk for his signature.
Representative Tom Mehaffie
106th District
Pennsylvania House of Representatives