HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM)– Pennsylvania’s state budget is due today, and it will likely not be done on time.
The constitutionally mandated due date for the state budget is June 30. The budget will not be done by midnight, marking the fifth time in a row that it has been late.
House and Senate Democrats called for an increase in the state minimum wage today, noting that it was 20 years ago today that Senate Republicans last voted for one on the floor.
Democrats blasted Senate leaders for repeatedly bottling up bills that the House passed to increase the minimum wage beyond $7.25 an hour. Democrats insist that it would easily pass the upper chamber if it came up for a vote.
In a statement, Senate Republican Leader Joe Pittman said there is middle ground on increasing the minimum wage, but any adjustment would have to be sensitive to the impact on small businesses and nonprofits.
Pittman, along with Senate President Pro Tempore Kim Ward and Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Scott Martin, said in a statement Tuesday afternoon they received “the necessary clarity on many outstanding issues which were delaying completion of this year’s budget.
“Presently, we believe we are well on our way to effectuating a full budget agreement in the days following July 4th” the lawmakers said. “At the conclusion of session today, the Senate will recess to the call of the President Pro Tempore and will reconvene once final budgetary language is ready to advance.”
A February 2026 poll from Quinnipiac University found that 66% of Pennsylvania voters approve of raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour.
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