2025-2026 Regular Session

Committees

Committees decide which bills get a hearing. 56% of referrals this session never got one, and Finance reported out just 12% of the bills sent to it.

Committee referrals

7,300

across 55 committees

Heard

3,191

44% of referrals

Reported out

3,191

100% of those heard

Busiest committee

Appropriations

681 referrals

Committee workload and gatekeeping

Bills referred to each standing committee and how many it heard and reported out. The lightest band is legislation that died without a hearing.

ReferredHeardReported outHouseSenateReport rateMedian days

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Committee workload
Committee	Chamber	Referred	Heard	Reported	Report rate	Median days to report
Appropriations	House	681	632	632	93%	1
Judiciary	House	475	185	185	39%	74
Appropriations	Senate	451	334	334	74%	12
Rules and Executive Nominations	Senate	371	48	48	13%	0
Education	House	311	79	79	25%	21
Rules	House	280	271	271	97%	20
State Government	House	272	103	103	38%	41
Health	House	270	153	153	57%	16
Transportation	House	267	80	80	30%	48.5
Judiciary	Senate	245	55	55	22%	40
Finance	House	238	45	45	19%	26
State Government	Senate	174	34	34	20%	69
Education	Senate	172	43	43	25%	51
Transportation	Senate	169	49	49	29%	40
Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure	Senate	167	34	34	20%	66.5
Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness	House	161	97	97	60%	22
Labor and Industry	House	151	41	41	27%	37
Finance	Senate	144	17	17	12%	56
Local Government	House	142	76	76	54%	28.5
Health and Human Services	Senate	132	43	43	33%	69
Consumer Protection, Technology and Utilities	House	114	51	51	45%	91
Environmental and Natural Resource Protection	House	113	35	35	31%	42
Labor and Industry	Senate	108	22	22	20%	121.5
Tourism, Recreation and Economic Development	House	105	82	82	78%	19
Professional Licensure	House	104	40	40	38%	39.5
Housing and Community Development	House	99	30	30	30%	23.5
Banking and Insurance	Senate	93	22	22	24%	62
Insurance	House	92	30	30	33%	15
Human Services	House	89	29	29	33%	25
Intergovernmental Affairs and Operations	House	81	17	17	21%	110
Children and Youth	House	78	51	51	65%	48
Environmental Resources and Energy	Senate	77	14	14	18%	8
Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness	Senate	73	42	42	58%	45
Game and Fisheries	House	70	30	30	43%	14.5
Commerce	House	68	34	34	50%	26
Communications and Technology	House	65	27	27	42%	105
Agriculture and Rural Affairs	House	62	31	31	50%	20
Local Government	Senate	61	20	20	33%	53
Urban Affairs and Housing	Senate	58	20	20	34%	61.5
Energy	House	53	23	23	43%	28
Community, Economic and Recreational Development	Senate	45	15	15	33%	96
Law and Justice	Senate	44	13	13	30%	97
Aging and Older Adult Services	House	38	20	20	53%	29.5
Game and Fisheries	Senate	37	18	18	49%	52.5
Gaming Oversight	House	37	6	6	16%	47
Agriculture and Rural Affairs	Senate	35	8	8	23%	29.5
Liquor Control	House	32	7	7	22%	42
Communications and Technology	Senate	26	10	10	38%	66
Institutional Sustainability and Innovation	Senate	25	9	9	36%	93
Aging and Youth	Senate	24	8	8	33%	63
Intergovernmental Operations	Senate	13	5	5	38%	96
Appropriations opening vote	Senate	3	3	3	100%	10
House Calendar	House	2	0	0	0%	—
House Calendar Under Rule 53	House	2	0	0	0%	—
Session Calendar	House	1	0	0	0%	—

Not shown, with no referrals this session: Chesapeake Bay Commission, Pennsylvania Office, Committee on Committees, Ethics, Government Oversight, Legislative Budget and Finance, Local Government, State Government Commission.