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Pennsylvania · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Resolution

HR 495: A Resolution designating May 5, 2026, as "The Blessing of the Balers Day" in Pennsylvania.

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

HR 495 is a resolution introduced in the Pennsylvania House on April 28, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: A Resolution designating May 5, 2026, as "The Blessing of the Balers Day" in Pennsylvania. Primary sponsor: Bud Cook (Republican). It lists 21 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (May 6, 2026): Adopted.

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 4 · Republican 18

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Bud CookPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse50
Marc AndersonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse92
Jake BantaCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse4
Marty CauserCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse67
Johanny Cepeda-FreytizCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse129
Keith GreinerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse43
Jim HaddockCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse118
Joe HammCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse84
Charity KrupaCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse51
David MaloneyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse130
Steve MentzerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse97
Ed NeilsonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse174
Eddie PashinskiCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse121
Tina PickettCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse110
Kathy RappCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse65
David RoweCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse85
Jeremy ShafferCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse28
Brian SmithCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse66
Perry StambaughCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse86
Catherine WallenCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse193
Parke WentlingCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse7
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. Adopted
  2. Reported as committed
  3. Referred to Agriculture & Rural Affairs

Sources

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