Gov. Tom Wolf’s budget proposal, presented in early March, included a $2 million increase in the Grants to the Arts line item. The place-holder budget bill presented by House Appropriation Chair William Adolph includes no increases in any cultural line items over the current fiscal year.
Both the PA Senate and the PA House of Representatives held hearings on the budget proposal in March. The budget bill (HB 1192) was introduced on May 13. Constitutionally, a budget bill must be passed and signed by the Governor no later than midnight on June 30.
Below are the line items dealing with arts and culture in both Gov. Wolf’s proposal and HB 1192:
