Pennsylvania 2025-2026 Regular Session Status: In Committee 19 D cosponsors

HB 2477 — An Act amending Titles 40 (Insurance) and 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for behavioral health benefits for justice-involved children; and, in juvenile matters, further providing for definitions and for costs and expenses of care of child, providing for mandatory intake conference and screening in cases alleging delinquency and further providing for informal adjustment and for powers and duties.

Last action — Referred to Judiciary

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
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    Passed House
  4. 4
    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill is in committee in the House. Introduced April 29, 2026. It must pass committee before a floor vote.

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

Prognosis

Stalled 26% · 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.

  • 19 sponsors

    1 primary, 18 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (19 D).

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Bill Text

Action History

  1. Referred to Judiciary

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 18 co-sponsors · 234 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (18)

Not signed on (234)

234 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Subjects

public-safety healthcare education health-insurance
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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 2477?
HB 2477 is sponsored by Liz Hanbidge (Democratic), Emily Kinkead (Democratic), Jeanne McNeill (Democratic), Benjamin V. Sanchez (Democratic), Ben Waxman (Democratic), Ana Tiburcio (Democratic), La'Tasha D. Mayes (Democratic), Carol Hill-Evans (Democratic), Lindsay Powell (Democratic), Tarik Khan (Democratic), Danielle Friel Otten (Democratic), Lisa A. Borowski (Democratic), Joseph C. Hohenstein (Democratic), Sean Dougherty (Democratic), Johanny Cepeda-Freytiz (Democratic), Malcolm Kenyatta (Democratic), Mandy Steele (Democratic), Heather Boyd (Democratic), and John C. Inglis III (Democratic).
What is the current status of HB 2477?
This bill is in committee in the House. Introduced April 29, 2026. It must pass committee before a floor vote.
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