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Pennsylvania · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 1407: 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, further providing for instructional certificate grade spans and age levels and duties of department and providing for instructional certificate grade spans and age levels; and abrogating a regulation .

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 1407 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, further providing for instructional certificate grade spans and age levels and duties of department and providing for instructional certificate grade spans and age levels; and abrogating a regulation . Primary sponsor: Napoleon Nelson (Democratic). It lists 18 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (July 22, 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 19

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Napoleon NelsonPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse154
Aerion AbneyCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse19
Lisa BorowskiCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse168
Justin FlemingCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse105
José GiralCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse180
Liz HanbidgeCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse61
Mary IsaacsonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse175
Jenn O'MaraCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse165
Danielle OttenCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse155
Tarah ProbstCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse189
Jim ProkopiakCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse140
Nikki RiveraCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse96
Jacklyn RusnockCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse126
Abigail SalisburyCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse34
Ben SanchezCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse153
Mike SchlossbergCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse132
Pete SchweyerCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse134
Paul TakacCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse82
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 committed
  10. Referred to Education

Sources

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