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Pennsylvania · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 131: An Act amending Title 44 (Law and Justice) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in law enforcement background investigations and employment information, further providing for maintenance of records and for hiring report; and imposing penalties.

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 131 is a bill introduced in the Pennsylvania House on June 9, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: An Act amending Title 44 (Law and Justice) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in law enforcement background investigations and employment information, further providing for maintenance of records and for hiring report; and imposing penalties. Primary sponsor: Chris Rabb (Democratic). It lists 9 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (September 8, 2026): Laid on the table.

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 10

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Chris RabbPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse200
Tim BriggsCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse149
Johanny Cepeda-FreytizCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse129
Rick KrajewskiCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse188
Napoleon NelsonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse154
Jenn O'MaraCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse165
Ben SanchezCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse153
Greg ScottCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse54
Ben WaxmanCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse182
Dan WilliamsCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse74

“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
  2. Re-reported as committed
  3. Re-committed to Rules
  4. First consideration
  5. Reported as committed
  6. Referred to Judiciary

Sources

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