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Pennsylvania · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 426: An Act providing for duties of Commonwealth agencies regarding native plants and for duties of Department of Conservation and Natural Resources regarding pollinator habitats and native plants.

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 426 is a bill introduced in the Pennsylvania House on January 31, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: An Act providing for duties of Commonwealth agencies regarding native plants and for duties of Department of Conservation and Natural Resources regarding pollinator habitats and native plants. Primary sponsor: Chris Pielli (Democratic). It lists 25 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (June 25, 2026): Referred to Environmental Resources & Energy.

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 26

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Chris PielliPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse156
Tim BrennanCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse29
Joe CiresiCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse146
Scott ConklinCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse77
Bob FreemanCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse136
José GiralCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse180
Roni GreenCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse190
Carol Hill-EvansCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse95
Joe HohensteinCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse177
Kristine HowardCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse167
Mary IsaacsonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse175
Malcolm KenyattaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse181
Emily KinkeadCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse20
Maureen MaddenCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse115
Jeanne McNeillCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse133
Danielle OttenCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse155
Tarah ProbstCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse189
Chris RabbCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse200
Abigail SalisburyCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse34
Steve SamuelsonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse135
Ben SanchezCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse153
Mike SchlossbergCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse132
Mandy SteeleCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse33
Paul TakacCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse82
Greg VitaliCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse166
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 Environmental Resources & Energy
  2. Third consideration and final passage
  3. Re-reported as committed
  4. Re-committed to Appropriations
  5. Second consideration, with amendments
  6. Re-reported as committed
  7. Re-committed to Rules
  8. First consideration
  9. Reported as committed
  10. Referred to Environmental & Natural Resource Protection

Sources

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