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Pennsylvania · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 1429: An Act amending the act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), known as the Human Services Code, in public assistance, providing for report on transition to chip-enabled access cards.

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 1429 is a bill introduced in the Pennsylvania House on May 7, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: An Act amending the act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), known as the Human Services Code, in public assistance, providing for report on transition to chip-enabled access cards. Primary sponsor: Dan Williams (Democratic). It lists 26 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (July 17, 2025): Re-referred to Appropriations.

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 23 · Republican 4

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Dan WilliamsPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse74
Jessica BenhamCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse36
Heather BoydCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse163
Johanny Cepeda-FreytizCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse129
Missy CerratoCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse151
Gina CurryCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse164
Dan DeasyCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse27
Jamie FlickCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse83
Bob FreemanCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse136
José GiralCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse180
Roni GreenCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse190
Manny GuzmanCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse127
Jim HaddockCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse118
Keith HarrisCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse195
Doyle HeffleyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse122
Carol Hill-EvansCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse95
John InglisCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse38
Tarik KhanCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse194
Maureen MaddenCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse115
Bob MerskiCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse2
Brenda PughCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse120
Nikki RiveraCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse96
Steve SamuelsonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse135
Ben SanchezCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse153
Arvind VenkatCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse30
Dane WatroCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse116
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. Re-referred to Appropriations
  2. Second consideration
  3. First consideration
  4. Reported as committed
  5. Referred to Health & Human Services
  6. Third consideration and final passage
  7. Re-reported as committed
  8. Re-committed to Appropriations
  9. Second consideration
  10. Removed from table
  11. Laid on the table
  12. First consideration

Showing 12 most recent of 14 actions. Full history

Sources

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