Pennsylvania 2025-2026 Regular Session Status: In Committee 34 D cosponsors

HB 26 — An Act amending Titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses), 35 (Health and Safety) and 40 (Insurance) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in provisions relating to abortion, repealing provisions relating to short title of chapter and to legislative intent, further providing for definitions, repealing provisions relating to medical consultation and judgment, to informed consent, to parental consent, to abortion facilities, to printed information, to Commonwealth interference prohibited, to spousal notice, to determination of gestational age, to abortion on unborn child of 24 or more weeks gestational age, to infanticide, to prohibited acts and to reporting, further providing for publicly owned facilities, public officials and public funds and for fetal experimentation and repealing provisions relating to civil penalties, to criminal penalties, to State Board of Medicine and State Board of Osteopathic Medicine and to construction; providing for reproductive rights; repealing provisions relating to compliance with Federal health care legislation as to regulation of insurers and related persons generally; and imposing penalties.

Last action — Referred to Health

  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 January 08, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.

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

Odds of enactment

Low chance

Based on the sponsor, cosponsors, and committee posture, this bill has a low chance of becoming law.

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Prognosis

Stalled 26% · moderate confidence

  • In Committee

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 34 sponsors

    1 primary, 33 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (34 D).

Based on stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes, and cross-state momentum — a description of the observable signals, not a prediction.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Referred to Health

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 33 co-sponsors · 219 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (33)

Not signed on (219)

219 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

civil-rights healthcare health-insurance
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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 26?
HB 26 is sponsored by Kristine C. Howard (Democratic), Tarah Probst (Democratic), Liz Hanbidge (Democratic), Benjamin V. Sanchez (Democratic), Chris Pielli (Democratic), Jose Giral (Democratic), Arvind Venkat (Democratic), Nancy Guenst (Democratic), Elizabeth Fiedler (Democratic), Tarik Khan (Democratic), Emily Kinkead (Democratic), MaryLouise Isaacson (Democratic), Lisa A. Borowski (Democratic), Johanny Cepeda-Freytiz (Democratic), Joseph C. Hohenstein (Democratic), Joe Ciresi (Democratic), David M. Delloso (Democratic), Michael H. Schlossberg (Democratic), Melissa L. Shusterman (Democratic), Steven R. Malagari (Democratic), Carol Hill-Evans (Democratic), Dan Frankel (Democratic), Kyle Donahue (Democratic), Mary Jo Daley (Democratic), Christina D. Sappey (Democratic), Melissa Cerrato (Democratic), Lindsay Powell (Democratic), Danielle Friel Otten (Democratic), Tim Briggs (Democratic), Jennifer O'Mara (Democratic), G. Roni Green (Democratic), Sean Dougherty (Democratic), Tina M. Davis (Democratic), and Abigail Salisbury (Democratic).
What is the current status of HB 26?
This bill is in committee in the House. Introduced January 08, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.
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