The House Appropriations Committee is the largest and most active standing committee in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. The committee is primarily responsible for reviewing the governor’s budget proposal, holding three weeks of budget hearings, negotiating a final budget, and reviewing other budgetary documents in preparation of the budget and during the fiscal year once the budget is enacted.

In addition to budget responsibilities, House Rule 19(A) charges the committee with analyzing and providing fiscal cost estimates of bills before they are voted on the House floor. After second consideration, a bill is referred to the committee for issuance of a fiscal note before being reported back to the House floor for third consideration and final passage.