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Pennsylvania · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 461: An Act providing for patient access to diagnostics and treatments for Lyme disease and related tick-borne illnesses; and requiring health care policies to provide certain coverage.

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 461 is a bill introduced in the Pennsylvania Senate on March 17, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: An Act providing for patient access to diagnostics and treatments for Lyme disease and related tick-borne illnesses; and requiring health care policies to provide certain coverage. Primary sponsor: Michele Brooks (Republican). It lists 12 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (September 9, 2025): Laid on the table (Pursuant to Senate Rule 9).

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 8 · Republican 5

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Michele BrooksPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate50
Maria CollettCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate12
Carolyn ComittaCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate19
Jay CostaCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate43
Lynda CulverCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate27
Marty FlynnCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate22
Wayne FontanaCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate42
John KaneCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate9
Wayne LangerholcCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate35
Tracy PennycuickCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate24
Steve SantarsieroCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate10
Judy WardCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate30
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. Laid on the table (Pursuant to Senate Rule 9)
  2. First consideration
  3. Reported as committed
  4. Referred to Health & Human Services

Sources

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