State
Pennsylvania State Legislation
2025–2026 Session
Senate recognizes Career Awareness Day
The Senate would recognize October 20, 2026 as Pennsylvania Career Awareness Day to highlight workforce preparation.
Referred to Rules & Executive Nominations
Study on converting detention centers
Pennsylvania House resolution would direct the Joint State Government Commission to study converting immigrant detention centers to community projects and report within 12 months.
Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs & Operations
Transgender Day of Remembrance recognized
Pennsylvania House resolution would recognize November 20, 2026 as Transgender Day of Remembrance.
Referred to Judiciary
Expands marital and caregiver protections
Bill adds marital and family caregiver protections to the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act, expanding employment and housing protections.
Referred to State Government
Veterans gain high-def brain scans bill
Pennsylvania would fund centers to provide high-definition fiber tracking brain scans to veterans and service members with traumatic brain injury or posttraumatic stress, with up to $1 million for 2025-26.
Referred to Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness
Nondiscrimination Policy for Schools
Pennsylvania school entities would adopt and publish a nondiscrimination policy, with a state model, effective 60 days after enactment.
Referred to Education
Bill blocks self-exclusion marketing
Bill would bar direct marketing to self-excluded players and require 48-hour updates to marketing lists; takes effect 60 days after enactment. Violations carry criminal penalties.
Referred to Gaming Oversight
Credit cards barred for gambling payments
A Pennsylvania bill would bar credit cards for funding fantasy contest accounts, ilottery purchases, interactive gaming deposits, and sports wagers, taking effect in 60 days.
Referred to Gaming Oversight
Policyholders get disaster-claim notices
Policyholders filing disaster-related home claims would have to provide a contact person; bill would require insurers to explain the Insurance Department's complaint process within 10 business days, and void extensions.
Referred to Insurance
Veteran Hiring Tax Credit
Pennsylvania would create the Returning Heroes Employment Tax Credit; employers could receive a $2,000 credit per qualified veteran, capped at $20 million annually.
Referred to Finance
Task force to study universal childcare
The bill would form a Universal Child Care Task Force inside the Office of Child Development and Early Learning, with $250,000 to operate and a 2032 universal plan target.
Referred to Children & Youth
Online gambling rules tighten safeguards
Lawmakers would regulate online gambling, imposing a 0.75% revenue assessment and biometric login within 60 days of enactment, and would curb deposits, wagers, and ads.
Referred to Gaming Oversight
Fraternal Benefit Day recognized
House resolution would designate October 27, 2026 as Fraternal Benefit Societies Day. It imposes no new duties or spending.
Adopted (202-1)
Senate honors former senator John Sweeney
The Senate adopted a resolution honoring former state Senator John J. Sweeney, Jr. and expressing condolences to his family.
Introduced and adopted
Prohibiting the use of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances in pesticides; and imposing duties on the Department of Agriculture.
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Providing for the protection of professional medical providers from interstate extradition due to providing lawful health care services.
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In hunting and furtaking licenses, providing for opening day of regular firearms deer season opinion survey and further providing for unlawful acts concerning agents.
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In sales and use tax, further providing for definitions and for computation of tax and providing for transfer to the State accumulation account of the Public School Employees' Retirement System.
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In assault, further providing for the offense of strangulation.
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In assault, further providing for the offense of strangulation.
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In assault, further providing for the offense of strangulation.
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In financial responsibility, further providing for required financial responsibility.
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Providing for supplemental payments to households eligible for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program and for emergency utility payments; imposing duties on the Department of Human Services; and making an interfund transfer.
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In personal income tax, further providing for classes of income.
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