2020-21 State Budget

2020-21 Budget Hearings

Hearings are located in Hearing Room 1, North Office Building

Tuesday, February 18, 2020

10:00 am – Independent Fiscal Office
1:00 pm – Department of Revenue/Lottery
3:00 pm – Department of Drug & Alcohol Programs

Wednesday, February 19, 2020

10:00 am – Department of Military and Veterans Affairs
1:00 pm – Department of Corrections/Board of Probation and Parole
3:00 pm – Pennsylvania Board of Pardons

Thursday, February 20, 2020

10:00 am – PA State System of Higher Education
1:00 pm – Department of State
3:00 pm – Attorney General

Monday, February 24, 2020

10:00 am – Department of Labor & Industry
1:00 pm – Auditor General
3:00 pm – Department of Aging

Tuesday, February 25, 2020

10:00 am – PA Liquor Control Board
1:00 pm – Department of Transportation
3:00 pm – Pennsylvania Treasury Department

Wednesday, February 26, 2020

10:00 am – Department of Human Services
3:00 pm – Department of Health

Thursday, February 27, 2020

10:00 am – Department of Education
3:00 pm – Department of Community & Economic Development

Monday, March 2, 2020

10:00 am – Department of Agriculture
1:00 pm – University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine
3:00 pm – Penn State University Ag. Research & Ag. Extension

Tuesday, March 3, 2020

10:00 am – State-Related Universities
1:00 pm – Department of Conservation & Natural Resources
3:00 pm – Penn College of Technology, Thaddeus Stevens College & Community Colleges

Wednesday, March 4, 2020

10:00 am – Department of Environmental Protection
1:00 pm – PA Professional Liability Joint Underwriting Association
3:00 pm – Budget Secretary/Governor’s Executive Office

Budget Documents

2020-21 Proposed Budget (Introduced by Governor Tom Wolf, February 4, 2020)

2020-21 Governor’s Executive Budget (PDF)

2020-21 Budget In Brief (PDF)

2020-21 Proposed Budget Line-Item Appropriation (PDF)

2020-21 Proposed Budget Slide Presentation (PDF)

2020-21 Proposed Budget Dashboard

2020-21 Proposed Budget Legislation

Budget News

Sen. Hughes: Bipartisan Effort Needed to Address Broken and Toxic Schools

HARRISBURG – February 27, 2020 – Pennsylvania faces a statewide crisis in its school infrastructure. Some students go to school in buildings containing lead, asbestos, mold and other environmental hazards while others must overcome broken pipes, leaking roofs and...

Join Senator Hughes for a special telephone town hall on the governor’s budget address

Join Senator Hughes, the Democratic Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, for his telephone town hall tonight at 6 p.m. following Gov. Tom Wolf’s budget address. You can RSVP for the call or get information about how you can submit questions on the...

Tune in for Gov. Wolf’s budget address

Get informed on the future of state spending

Senator Hughes will join his colleagues in the state legislature for Gov. Tom Wolf’s 2020-21 budget address at the capitol.

This year’s budget address will highlight many of the issues the senator and the Pennsylvania Senate Democratic Caucus are fighting for, which includes fixing broken and toxic schools, prioritizing vulnerable populations, investing in education, raising the minimum wage, addressing gun violence in our communities, and more. Be sure you watch the governor’s address at 11 a.m. tomorrow, Feb. 4.

Sen. Hughes, Rep. Fiedler applaud Gov. Wolf’s pledge to address school infrastructure needs in the 2020-21 budget

Philadelphia, PA − January 24, 2020 − State Senator Vincent Hughes and Rep. Elizabeth Fiedler jointly released the following statement, applauding Gov. Tom Wolf's pledge to address school infrastructure needs in the 2020-21 budget: "We are glad Gov. Wolf is...

Gov. Wolf’s 2020-21 Budget Will Further Protect Vulnerable Populations

Philadelphia, PA – January 22, 2020 − Governor Tom Wolf today outlined how his 2020-21 budget further demonstrates his commitment to protecting the most vulnerable Pennsylvanians by proposing to expand comprehensive training for direct care workers, reduce waiting...