Pennsylvania is the only state in the country that has made zero legal progress on a fiscal year 2025/26 budget. Lawmakers have now disregarded a legal obligation to complete their budget on time by 88 days.

“Year after year, the process of passing that budget gets bogged down in political gridlock. And its been happening more and more often, and its been going longer,” said Sen. Lisa Boscola, a Democrat for Lehigh and Northampton Counties.

This is the 4th year in a row that the state budget—which is due, every year, on June 30th- has been late. Over the past 24 years, the budget has been late 14 times.

Lawmakers from across the aisle say how the budget is negotiated is at the core of the problem.

“We have 203 state representatives, 50 senators, and the governor. However, the number of

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