Monday, October 6, 2025
Bills Voted on Third Consideration
SB 784 (MASTRIANO) Amends Title 62 (Procurement) by requiring flags purchased by the Department of General Services for public display to be manufactured in the United States and be labeled “Made in America.” PASSED 48-0.
Bills Amended on Third Consideration
SB 914 (FARRY) Repeals and consolidates the Scrap Metal Theft Prevention Act into Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses). OVER AS AMENDED.
A01835 (FARRY) Makes technical changes and makes violations relating to law enforcement non-applicable under penalties. Adopted 48-0.
SB 432 (PENNYCUICK) Amends the Public School Code to require Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) institutions to provide eligible nonresident foster and older-adoptive students a waiver from undergraduate tuition and mandatory fees for up to five years or until the student turns 26 years old, whichever occurs first. OVER AS AMENDED.
A01196 (PENNYCUICK) Makes waiver eligibility contingent on fulltime enrollment for in-person undergraduate classes for the first time beginning in the fall 2027 semester. Requires PASSHE to develop uniform guidelines with institutions, which must include a waiver application process and eligibility verification procedures. Requires institutions to verify eligibility and to monitor academic progress of waiver recipients. ADOPTED 48-0.
Tuesday, October 7, 2025
Bills Voted on Third Consideration
HB 18 (OLSOMMER) Amends Title 20 (Decedents, Estates, and Fiduciaries) by requiring courts to schedule a review hearing within 30 days of the filing of a petition to terminate or modify a guardianship order and hold the hearing within 60 days after the filing. Allows the hearing to be continued if the court makes a finding in writing of certain circumstances. Permits the court to decline scheduling a review if a review hearing has been held within the past 180 days at the request of the petitioning party and no new issues or facts are raised. PASSED 47-1.
HB 414 (WILLIAMS) Amends Title 23 (Domestic Relations) and Title 51 (Military Affairs) to enact uniform standards for custody matters involving any parent subject to a military deployment that include a procedure for out-of-court agreements between parents who agree to a custody arrangement during deployment; an expedited resolution of a custody arrangement in court in absence of an agreement being reached between the parents; and provides that no permanent custody order can be entered before or during deployment without the service member’s consent. PASSED 48-0.
SB 914 (FARRY) Repeals and consolidates the Scrap Metal Theft Prevention Act into Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses). PASSED 48-0.
SB 955 (PHILLIPS-HILL) Amends Title 75 (Vehicle) to direct the Department of Transportation to design and issue a “Mental Health Matters” license plate. Establishes a $42 fee for the plate and directs $15 for each fee received into the Mental Health Restricted Account in the State Treasury for the operation of the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. PASSED 48-0.
HB 1405 (MUNROE) Amends the Public School Code to require the Department of Education to issue Career and Technical Instructional I and Intern Certificates to qualified veteran applicants to teach occupational skills at a public state-approved career and technical education program. PASSED 48-0.
Wednesday, October 8, 2025
Bills Voted on Third Consideration
SB 432 (PENNYCUICK) Amends the Public School Code to require Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) institutions to provide eligible fulltime nonresident foster and older-adoptive students a waiver from undergraduate tuition and mandatory fees for up to five years or until the student turns 26 years old, whichever occurs first. PASSED 46-3.
SB 1040 (K. WARD) Enacts the Budgetary Impasse Investment Loan Act authorizing the State Treasurer to waive interest on loans made during the FY 2025-2026 budget impasse to various state-funded entities in anticipation of later State appropriation payments. Applies retroactively to July 1, 2025. PASSED 29-20.