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Pennsylvania · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 749: An Act amending the act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), entitled "An act to consolidate, editorially revise, and codify the public welfare laws of the Commonwealth," in public assistance, further providing for uniformity in administration of assistance and regulations as to assistance and for copayments for subsidized child care, providing for report on transition to chip-enabled access cards, further providing for reports to General Assembly, for persons eligible for medical assistance and for nonemergency medical transportation services and providing for abrogation of regulatory requirements for payment for outpatient behavioral health services within physical confines of behavioral health clinic facilities and for SNAP benefit reporting; and making a repeal.

Enacted 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 749 is a bill introduced in the Pennsylvania House on February 26, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: An Act amending the act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), entitled "An act to consolidate, editorially revise, and codify the public welfare laws of the Commonwealth," in public assistance, further providing for uniformity in administration of assistance and regulations as to assistance and for copayments for subsidized child care, providing for report on transition to chip-enabled access cards, further providing for reports to General Assembly, for persons eligible for medical assistance and for nonemergency medical transportation services and providing for abrogation of regulatory requirements for payment for outpatient behavioral health services within physical confines of behavioral health clinic facilities and for SNAP benefit reporting; and making a repeal. Primary sponsor: Dave Madsen (Democratic). It lists 18 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (November 12, 2025): Act No. 46 of 2025.

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Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 18 · Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Dave MadsenPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse104
Lisa BorowskiCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse168
Missy CerratoCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse151
Gina CurryCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse164
Nate DavidsonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse103
Tina DavisCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse141
Justin FlemingCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse105
José GiralCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse180
Roni GreenCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse190
Keith HarrisCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse195
Kristine HowardCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse167
Tarik KhanCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse194
Maureen MaddenCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse115
La'Tasha MayesCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse24
Brenda PughCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse120
Nikki RiveraCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse96
Abigail SalisburyCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse34
Ben SanchezCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse153
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. Act No. 46 of 2025
  2. Approved by the Governor
  3. Presented to the Governor
  4. Signed in Senate
  5. Signed in House
  6. House concurred in Senate amendments
  7. Re-reported on concurrence, as committed
  8. Referred to Rules
  9. Third consideration and final passage
  10. Re-reported as amended
  11. Re-referred to Appropriations
  12. Second consideration

Showing 12 most recent of 24 actions. Full history

Sources

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