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Pennsylvania · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 1235: An Act amending Title 61 (Prisons and Parole) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole, further providing for Pennsylvania Parole Board and for incompatible offices and removal.

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

SB 1235 is a bill introduced in the Pennsylvania Senate on March 18, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: An Act amending Title 61 (Prisons and Parole) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole, further providing for Pennsylvania Parole Board and for incompatible offices and removal. Primary sponsor: Lisa Baker (Republican). It lists 6 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (June 30, 2026): Re-referred to Appropriations.

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 2 · Republican 5

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Lisa BakerPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate20
Cris DushCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate25
John KaneCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate9
Tracy PennycuickCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate24
Sharif StreetCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate3
Elder VogelCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate47
Judy WardCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate30

“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. Re-referred to Appropriations
  2. Second consideration
  3. Removed from table
  4. Laid on the table
  5. First consideration
  6. Reported as amended
  7. Referred to Judiciary
  8. Third consideration and final passage
  9. Second consideration
  10. First consideration
  11. Reported as committed
  12. Referred to Judiciary

Sources

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