2017-18 State Budget
Governor Wolf has taken a different approach in his two years as governor. And this year’s budget represents a responsible solution to our commonwealth’s deficit challenge – and a different approach from the way things have been done in Harrisburg for almost a generation.
Budget Documents
2017-18 Enacted Budget
- 2017-18 Mid-Year Briefing 12/14/2017 (PDF)
- 2017-18 Enacted Budget (House Bill 218 Printer’s Number 2196) (PDF)
- 2017-18 Enacted Budget Line-Item Appropriations (PDF)
- 2017-18 Enacted Budget Dashboard
2017-18 Proposed Budget (Introduced by Governor Tom Wolf, February 7, 2017)
Budget News
Job Training, Minimum Wage Boost, Education Key Parts of Budget Proposal, Tartaglione says
Harrisburg – February 7, 2017 – Senate Democratic Labor and Industry chair Sen. Christine M. Tartaglione (D-Philadelphia) offered comments about the proposed $32.3 billion 2017-18 Fiscal Year budget that Gov. Tom Wolf unveiled today before a joint session of the...
Wolf’s 2017-18 Budget Ushers in Reinvention of Government
Plan increases education funding, cuts billions in expenses, no broad-based tax increase
Harrisburg – February 7, 2017 – Gov. Tom Wolf presented his budget plan for Fiscal Year 2017-18 that calls for an increase in education funding, cuts of $2 billion in government expenses and no broad-based tax increase, state Senate Democratic Leader Jay Costa (D-Allegheny) said today.
Senator Haywood Comments on Governor’s Budget Address
HARRISBURG, February 7, 2017 — State Sen. Art Haywood issued the following statement today on the governor’s budget address for the 2017-18 Fiscal Year: [frame align="right"] [/frame]"Following Governor Wolf’s address this morning on the Pennsylvania budget, I fully...
Sen. Street Comments on Governor’s Budget Address
HARRISBURG, February 7, 2017 — State Sen. Sharif Street issued the following statement today on the governor’s budget address for the 2017-18 Fiscal Year: “Pennsylvania is faced with difficult decisions this year as the General Assembly prepares to address the state...
Hughes: Governor’s Budget Plan Invests in Jobs, Working Families
HARRISBURG, February 7, 2017 — State Sen. Vincent Hughes (D-Philadelphia) who serves as Democratic chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, said Gov. Tom Wolf’s proposed 2017-18 budget invests in jobs and working families and is a good fiscal blueprint to...
Blake: Budget Streamlines Government, Invests in Education, Economic Development
HARRISBURG, February 7, 2017 – State Sen. John Blake (D-Lackawanna/Luzerne/Monroe) today released the following statement regarding Governor Wolf’s proposed $32.3 billion state budget: “Governor Wolf, since the start of his administration, has been demanding...
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Budget Hearings
Budget Hearing Schedule
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Hearings are located in Hearing Room 1, North Office Building
Tuesday, February 21, 2017
10:00 am –Treasury Department
1:00 pm – Independent Fiscal Office
Wednesday, February 22, 2017
10:00 am – Department of State
1:00 pm – Auditor General
3:00 pm – Attorney General
Thursday, February 23, 2017
10:00 am – PA State System of Higher Education
1:00 pm – State Police/Homeland Security
Monday, February 27, 2017
10:00 am – Department of Agriculture
1:00 pm – Department of General Services
3:00 pm – Department of Transportation
Tuesday, February 28, 2017
10:00 am – Department of Labor & Industry
1:00 pm – Judiciary
Wednesday, March 1, 2017
10:00 am – Department of Military and Veterans Affairs
1:00 pm – State Related Universities
3:00 pm – Department of Conservation & Natural Resources
Thursday, March 2, 2017
10:00 am – Department of Corrections/Board of Probation and Parole
1:00 pm – PA Liquor Control Board
3:00 pm – PA Emergency Management Agency/Fire Commissioner
Monday, March 6, 2017
10:00 am – Department of Community & Economic Development
1:00 pm – Department of Revenue/Lottery
3:30 pm – PA Historical & Museum Comm.
Tuesday, March 7, 2017
10:00 am – Department of Education
Wednesday, March 8, 2017
10:00 am – Department of Health & Human Services
Thursday, March 9, 2017
10:00 am – Department of Environmental Protection
1:00 pm – Budget Secretary/Sec. of Admin./Gov’s Executive Office
Friday, March 10, 2017
10:00 am – Budget Secretary/Sec. of Admin./Gov’s Executive Office