PRINTER'S NO. 1480
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
265
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY WHEATLEY, APRIL 19, 2017
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, APRIL 19, 2017
A RESOLUTION
Directing the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee to
conduct a study of the requirements and implications of
performing social impact assessments for each piece of
legislation that pertains to health care for adults and
children, felony crimes, public school finance and the change
in structure or mission of institutions of higher education
or the creation of institutions of higher education.
WHEREAS, All legislation that will have a fiscal impact on
the Commonwealth receives a fiscal note explaining the revenue
that will be raised or lost as a result of the legislation; and
WHEREAS, The effects of legislation often times goes far
beyond that of just fiscal impacts, having cultural and
socioeconomic impacts as well; and
WHEREAS, A similar note as it pertains to those cultural and
socioeconomic impacts are never attached to such legislation,
despite the effects legislation may have on individuals,
families, communities, nonprofits and for-profit entities; and
WHEREAS, It is necessary to have a full understanding of what
the fiscal, cultural and socioeconomic impacts of legislation
will mean for the people of this Commonwealth prior to its
approval; and
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