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Pennsylvania · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 265: An Act amending Title 4 (Amusements) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in fantasy contests, further providing for prohibitions; in lottery, further providing for iLottery authorization; in interactive gaming, further providing for interactive gaming account credits, debits, deposits and payments; and, in sports wagering, further providing for authorization to conduct sports wagering.

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 265 is a bill introduced in the Pennsylvania Senate on February 20, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: An Act amending Title 4 (Amusements) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in fantasy contests, further providing for prohibitions; in lottery, further providing for iLottery authorization; in interactive gaming, further providing for interactive gaming account credits, debits, deposits and payments; and, in sports wagering, further providing for authorization to conduct sports wagering. Primary sponsor: Wayne Fontana (Democratic). It lists 7 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (February 20, 2025): Referred to Community, Economic & Recreational Development.

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 7 · Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Wayne FontanaPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate42
Lisa BakerCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate20
Maria CollettCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate12
Jay CostaCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate43
Tim KearneyCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate26
Katie MuthCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate44
Nick PisciottanoCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate45
Lindsey WilliamsCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate38

“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 Community, Economic & Recreational Development

Sources

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