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Pennsylvania · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 157: An Act providing for grant awards to entities in rural counties and designated medically underserved areas to pay for the education debt of practitioners employed at the entity.

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 157 is a bill introduced in the Pennsylvania House on January 14, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: An Act providing for grant awards to entities in rural counties and designated medically underserved areas to pay for the education debt of practitioners employed at the entity. Primary sponsor: Kathy Rapp (Republican). It lists 22 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (October 29, 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 14 · Republican 9

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Kathy RappPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse65
Mike ArmaniniCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse75
Anthony BellmonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse203
Lisa BorowskiCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse168
Marty CauserCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse67
Bryan CutlerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse100
Dan FrankelCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse23
Bob FreemanCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse136
Roni GreenCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse190
Keith GreinerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse43
Liz HanbidgeCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse61
Keith HarrisCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse195
Carol Hill-EvansCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse95
Kristine HowardCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse167
Tarik KhanCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse194
Dave MadsenCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse104
Tina PickettCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse110
Leslie RossiCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse59
Ben SanchezCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse153
Tim TwardzikCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse123
Arvind VenkatCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse30
Joe WebsterCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse150
Dave ZimmermanCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse99

“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. First consideration
  3. Reported as committed
  4. Referred to Institutional Sustainability & Innovation
  5. Third consideration and final passage
  6. Re-reported as committed
  7. Re-committed to Appropriations
  8. Second consideration
  9. Removed from table
  10. Laid on the table
  11. First consideration
  12. Reported as amended

Showing 12 most recent of 13 actions. Full history

Sources

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