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Pennsylvania · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 1291: An Act amending Title 45 (Legal Notices) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in general provisions, further providing for definitions; in legal advertising, further providing for level of advertising rates, for effect of failure to advertise when required and for no unauthorized advertisements to be published and providing for publication in newspapers of general circulation; and making editorial changes.

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 1291 is a bill introduced in the Pennsylvania House on April 23, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: An Act amending Title 45 (Legal Notices) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in general provisions, further providing for definitions; in legal advertising, further providing for level of advertising rates, for effect of failure to advertise when required and for no unauthorized advertisements to be published and providing for publication in newspapers of general circulation; and making editorial changes. Primary sponsor: Bob Freeman (Democratic). It lists 25 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (June 2, 2026): Laid on the table (Pursuant to House Rule 71).

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 25 · Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Bob FreemanPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse136
Scott BargerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse80
Anthony BellmonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse203
Ryan BizzarroCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse3
Lisa BorowskiCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse168
Johanny Cepeda-FreytizCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse129
Nate DavidsonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse103
Dan FrankelCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse23
José GiralCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse180
Jim HaddockCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse118
Liz HanbidgeCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse61
Pat HarkinsCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse1
Carol Hill-EvansCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse95
Emily KinkeadCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse20
Maureen MaddenCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse115
Dave MadsenCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse104
Steve MalagariCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse53
Ed NeilsonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse174
Lindsay PowellCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse21
Tarah ProbstCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse189
Steve SamuelsonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse135
Ben SanchezCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse153
Greg ScottCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse54
Melissa ShustermanCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse157
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. Laid on the table (Pursuant to House Rule 71)
  2. Removed from table
  3. Laid on the table
  4. First consideration
  5. Reported as amended
  6. Referred to Local Government

Sources

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