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Pennsylvania · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 684: An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, in evidence-based reading instruction, further providing for definitions, providing for school entity duties related to evidence-based reading instruction, for school entity duties related to reading screening, for reading deficiency identification and parental notification, for reading intervention plans, for grant program, for funding, for reporting, for accountability and for construction.

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 684 is a bill introduced in the Pennsylvania House on May 1, 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 evidence-based reading instruction, further providing for definitions, providing for school entity duties related to evidence-based reading instruction, for school entity duties related to reading screening, for reading deficiency identification and parental notification, for reading intervention plans, for grant program, for funding, for reporting, for accountability and for construction. Primary sponsor: Jason Ortitay (Republican). It lists 28 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (May 1, 2025): Referred to Education.

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Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 16 · Republican 13

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Jason OrtitayPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse46
Bryan CutlerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse100
Mary Jo DaleyCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse148
Kyle DonahueCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse113
Elizabeth FiedlerCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse184
Justin FlemingCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse105
Bob FreemanCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse136
Valerie GaydosCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse44
Mark GillenCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse128
Roni GreenCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse190
Joe HoganCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse142
Lee JamesCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse64
Tarik KhanCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse194
Roman KozakCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse14
Thomas KutzCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse87
Milou MackenzieCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse131
Maureen MaddenCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse115
Kristin MarcellCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse178
Steve MentzerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse97
Ed NeilsonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse174
Greg ScottCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse54
Izzy Smith-Wade-ElCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse49
Jared SolomonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse202
Craig StaatsCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse145
Arvind VenkatCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse30
Ben WaxmanCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse182
Joe WebsterCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse150
Martina WhiteCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse170
Dan WilliamsCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse74

“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

Sources

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