2009‐10 State Budget Timeline 

February 6: Governor presents $29 Billion state budget.

Mid-February – Mid-March: House and Senate Appropriations Committees hold budget
hearings.
May 1: Senate introduces budget, Senate bill 850.
May 4: Dwight Evans introduces Rendell budget, House Bill 1416.
May 6: SB 850 passes Senate.
May 21-22: House Appropriations Committee schedules budget hearings on SB 850
June 2: Chairman Civera calls on Appropriations Committee to move a budget bill to the
Floor.
June 17: Chairman Civera calls on Appropriations Committee to move a budget bill to the
Floor.
June 24: Chairman Civera calls on Appropriations Committee to move a budget bill to the
Floor.
June 25: Chairman Civera files a Discharge Resolution to bring budget bill out of
Appropriations Committee – to allow House a to vote on a budget.
June 30: Budget deadline passes while House never considered ANY budget.
July 13: House Democrats amend governor’s budget in appropriations to include new $29.1
billion spending plan.
July 13 to 17: House debates and passes HB 1416 to Senate.
July 18 to 20: Senate amends HB 1416 and passes back to House.
July 21: House “non-concurs” or says “no” to Senate amendment; bill goes back to Senate.
July 27: Senate “insists” on their amendment. Senate names conferees.
July 28: House names conferees.
July29/30: Conference Committee formed and meets… committee chair plans 5 days of
hearing.
July 30: Conference Committee suspends pending meetings with governor.
August 2: Kotik Amendment filed timely by 2pm.
August 3: House schedules vote on SB 850, Rep. Kotick withdraws balanced amendment
and refuses to allow others to offer it.
August 4: House passes SB 850.
August 5: Governor Rendell signs SB 850; vetoes $13 billion of funding.
August 19: House Republicans introduce Bipartisan Budget Compromise (bill form of
Kotick Amendment) as HB 1943, a $27.47 billion fully funded balanced budget proposal.
August 19: Senate Democrats defeat attempt to override critical service funding cuts.
September 1: Conference Committee reconvenes, Rep. Smith offers HB 1943 as
Conference Committee Report to be considered by committee. Chairman Evans ends
meeting promising a side-by-side comparison between the Bipartisan Budget Compromise
and the $28.1 billion Democrat budget proposal.
September 11: State Senate and House Democrat Leaders announce $27.9 billion “Three
Caucus Budget” at news conference. Gov. opposes the plan saying it doesn’t spend
enough and the revenues are shaky.
September 14: Conference Committee scheduled to reconvene at 10 a.m., postponed until
4 p.m., then canceled.