Skip to main content
Independent and nonpartisan. SaveYourState is a civic information resource. It is not a government website and is not affiliated with any government agency, party, or campaign.

Pennsylvania · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 493: An Act amending the act of July 19, 1979 (P.L.130, No.48), known as the Health Care Facilities Act, in general provisions, repeals and effective date, providing for acute care mental health bed registry and referrals.

In committee 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 493 is a bill introduced in the Pennsylvania House on February 5, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: An Act amending the act of July 19, 1979 (P.L.130, No.48), known as the Health Care Facilities Act, in general provisions, repeals and effective date, providing for acute care mental health bed registry and referrals. Primary sponsor: Carol Kazeem (Democratic). It lists 15 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (February 5, 2025): Referred to Health.

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 16

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Carol KazeemPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse159
Joe CiresiCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse146
Mary Jo DaleyCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse148
Justin FlemingCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse105
Bob FreemanCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse136
Pat GallagherCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse173
José GiralCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse180
Roni GreenCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse190
Carol Hill-EvansCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse95
Malcolm KenyattaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse181
Tarik KhanCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse194
Danielle OttenCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse155
Chris PielliCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse156
Ben SanchezCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse153
Arvind VenkatCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse30
Perry WarrenCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse31

“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 Health

Sources

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