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Pennsylvania · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 1402: An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, in certification of teachers, providing for State certificate fee reduction and further providing for professional educator discipline fee .

Passed one chamber 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 1402 is a bill introduced in the Pennsylvania House on May 5, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, in certification of teachers, providing for State certificate fee reduction and further providing for professional educator discipline fee . Primary sponsor: Pete Schweyer (Democratic). It lists 28 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (June 18, 2025): Referred to Education.

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 29

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Pete SchweyerPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse134
Aerion AbneyCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse19
Lisa BorowskiCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse168
Johanny Cepeda-FreytizCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse129
Kyle DonahueCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse113
Sean DoughertyCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse172
Elizabeth FiedlerCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse184
Justin FlemingCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse105
Bob FreemanCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse136
José GiralCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse180
Pat HarkinsCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse1
Carol Hill-EvansCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse95
Mary IsaacsonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse175
Tarik KhanCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse194
Steve MalagariCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse53
Jeanne McNeillCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse133
Bob MerskiCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse2
Ed NeilsonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse174
Jenn O'MaraCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse165
Danielle OttenCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse155
Chris PielliCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse156
Tarah ProbstCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse189
Jim ProkopiakCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse140
Nikki RiveraCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse96
Ben SanchezCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse153
Paul TakacCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse82
Perry WarrenCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse31
Ben WaxmanCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse182
Joe WebsterCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse150

“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 Education
  2. Third consideration and final passage
  3. Re-reported as committed
  4. Re-committed to Appropriations
  5. Second consideration, with amendments
  6. Removed from table
  7. Laid on the table
  8. First consideration
  9. Reported as amended
  10. Referred to Education

Sources

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