Pennsylvania 2025_0 Regular Session Status: In Committee Bipartisan · 6 R · 1 D cosponsors

HB 661 — An Act amending Title 16 (Counties) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in contracts, further providing for contract procedures, terms and bonds and advertising for bids.

Last action — Laid on the table, Sept. 10, 2025

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. 2
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed House
  4. 4
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill is in committee in the House. Introduced February 20, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.

Next likely step: a committee vote, then a floor vote in the House.

Prognosis

Advancing 42% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

Low

How often bills like it became law.

  • In Committee

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 8 sponsors

    1 primary, 7 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (6 R · 1 D) — cross-party backing.

Prognosis reads this bill's own signals — stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes and cross-state momentum. Odds come from a model trained on which bills have become law.

Summary

County Milk Contracts for Prisons

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Laid on the table, Sept. 10, 2025

  2. Re-reported as committed, Sept. 10, 2025

  3. Re-committed to RULES, June 11, 2025

  4. First consideration, June 11, 2025

  5. Reported as committed, June 11, 2025

  6. Referred to LOCAL GOVERNMENT, Feb. 20, 2025

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 7 co-sponsors · 245 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (7)

Not signed on (245)

245 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Subjects

public-safety agriculture
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Frequently asked questions

What does HB 661 do?
County Milk Contracts for Prisons
Who sponsors HB 661?
HB 661 is sponsored by R. Lee James (Republican), Brad Roae (Republican), Joe Hamm (Republican), Tina Pickett (Republican), David H. Rowe (Republican), David H. Zimmerman (Republican), Ed Neilson (Democratic), and Louis Schmitt.
What is the current status of HB 661?
This bill is in committee in the House. Introduced February 20, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.
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