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Pennsylvania · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 1254: An Act amending Title 20 (Decedents, Estates and Fiduciaries) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in health care, further providing for applicability, for definitions, for criminal penalties, for definitions, for orders, bracelets and necklaces, for revocation, for absence of order, bracelet or necklace and for emergency medical services, repealing provisions relating to advisory committee and providing for discontinuance and for Pennsylvania orders for life-sustaining treatment; and making an editorial change.

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 1254 is a bill introduced in the Pennsylvania House on April 17, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: An Act amending Title 20 (Decedents, Estates and Fiduciaries) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in health care, further providing for applicability, for definitions, for criminal penalties, for definitions, for orders, bracelets and necklaces, for revocation, for absence of order, bracelet or necklace and for emergency medical services, repealing provisions relating to advisory committee and providing for discontinuance and for Pennsylvania orders for life-sustaining treatment; and making an editorial change. Primary sponsor: Tarik Khan (Democratic). It lists 17 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (April 17, 2025): Referred to Judiciary.

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Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 18

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Tarik KhanPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse194
Johanny Cepeda-FreytizCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse129
José GiralCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse180
Roni GreenCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse190
Nancy GuenstCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse152
Jim HaddockCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse118
Liz HanbidgeCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse61
Carol Hill-EvansCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse95
Malcolm KenyattaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse181
Bridget Malloy KosierowskiCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse114
Steve MalagariCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse53
Brian MunroeCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse144
Jenn O'MaraCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse165
Danielle OttenCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse155
Tarah ProbstCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse189
Ben SanchezCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse153
Arvind VenkatCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse30
Ben WaxmanCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse182

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Referred to Judiciary

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source