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Pennsylvania · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 478: An Act establishing the Office of Employee Ownership within the Department of Community and Economic Development; establishing the Employee Ownership Advisory Board; and providing technical and financial assistance to employee-owned enterprises.

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 478 is a bill introduced in the Pennsylvania Senate on March 20, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: An Act establishing the Office of Employee Ownership within the Department of Community and Economic Development; establishing the Employee Ownership Advisory Board; and providing technical and financial assistance to employee-owned enterprises. Primary sponsor: Frank Farry (Republican). It lists 8 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (October 5, 2026): Referred to Commerce.

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 5 · Republican 4

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Frank FarryPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate6
Maria CollettCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate12
Wayne FontanaCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate42
Tim KearneyCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate26
Dan LaughlinCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate49
Tracy PennycuickCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate24
Nick PisciottanoCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate45
Pat StefanoCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate32
Tina TartaglioneCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate2

“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 Commerce
  2. Third consideration and final passage
  3. Amended on third consideration
  4. Re-reported as amended
  5. Re-referred to Appropriations
  6. Second consideration
  7. First consideration
  8. Reported as amended
  9. Referred to Community, Economic & Recreational Development

Sources

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