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Pennsylvania · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 194: An Act Amending Titles 45 (Legal Notices) and 65 (Public Officers) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in preliminary provisions, further providing for definitions; in legal advertising, further providing for use of trade publications and providing for local government unit advertising requirements; and, in open meetings, further providing for definitions.

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

SB 194 is a bill introduced in the Pennsylvania Senate on January 29, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: An Act Amending Titles 45 (Legal Notices) and 65 (Public Officers) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in preliminary provisions, further providing for definitions; in legal advertising, further providing for use of trade publications and providing for local government unit advertising requirements; and, in open meetings, further providing for definitions. Primary sponsor: Doug Mastriano (Republican). It lists 8 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (October 6, 2026): Removed from table.

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): Republican 9

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Doug MastrianoPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate33
Rosemary BrownCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate40
Dan LaughlinCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate49
Tracy PennycuickCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate24
Kristin Phillips-HillCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate28
Devlin RobinsonCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate37
Greg RothmanCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate34
Elder VogelCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate47
Gene YawCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate23

“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. Removed from table
  2. Laid on the table (Pursuant to Senate Rule 9)
  3. First consideration
  4. Reported as amended
  5. Referred to Local Government

Sources

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