PennsylvaniaCounties could use certain road funds for municipal bridges
Pennsylvania counties would have permission to spend specified road funds on building and maintaining bridges owned by municipal governments within the county.
What it does
Counties could use money from two specified road funding sources to build and maintain bridges owned by municipal governments within their borders.
Argument forCounties could use these funding sources to help municipalities build or maintain bridges that serve people traveling within the county.
Argument againstUsing these funds for municipal bridges could leave counties with less money for other road work allowed under these funding programs.
More detail
Counties could use money from two specified road funding sources to build and maintain municipal bridges. The bridges must belong to municipal governments within the Pennsylvania county spending the money. The permission would cover the county allocation supplement and the fuel-tax money distributed under section 9502(a)(2)(iv). Counties could choose whether to use that money for these bridges. The permission would take effect July 1, 2025, or immediately upon becoming law, whichever is later.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
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History
- 2026
- Oct 22Act No. 91 of 2026Latest
- Oct 22Approved by the Governor Josh ShapiroBecame Law
- Oct 22Presented to the GovernorTo Governor
- Oct 22Signed in House
- Oct 21Signed in Senate
- Vote recorded FINAL PASSAGE. Result: pass.Lower
- Vote recorded Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Committed. Result: pass.Lower
- Oct 21Third consideration and final passagePassed House
- Oct 21Re-reported as committedMinor
- Oct 20Re-referred to AppropriationsMinor
- Oct 20Second considerationMinor
- Oct 19Removed from table
- Vote recorded Committee vote (Transportation): Report Bill As Committed. Result: pass.Lower
- Oct 19Laid on the table
- Oct 19First considerationMinor
- Oct 19Reported as committedMinor
- 2025
- Jun 25Referred to TransportationMinor
- Jun 24Third consideration and final passagePassed Senate
- Vote recorded FINAL PASSAGE. Result: pass.Upper
- Jun 23Re-reported as committedMinor
- Vote recorded Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-Reported as Committed. Result: pass.Upper
- Jun 9Re-referred to AppropriationsMinor
- Jun 9Second considerationMinor
- Jun 4First considerationMinor
- Vote recorded Committee vote (Transportation): Reported as Amended. Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded Committee vote (Transportation): Adopt Amendment A00823. Result: pass.Upper
- Jun 4Reported as amendedMajor
- Jan 29Referred to TransportationIntroduced
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