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Pennsylvania · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 730: An Act amending Title 20 (Decedents, Estates and Fiduciaries) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in health care, further providing for applicability, for definitions, for criminal penalties, for emergency medical services, for definitions, for orders, bracelets and necklaces, for revocation, for absence of order, bracelet or necklace and for emergency medical services, repealing provisions relating to advisory committee and providing for discontinuance and for Pennsylvania orders for life-sustaining treatment.

Passed both chambers 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 730 is a bill introduced in the Pennsylvania Senate on May 12, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: An Act amending Title 20 (Decedents, Estates and Fiduciaries) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in health care, further providing for applicability, for definitions, for criminal penalties, for emergency medical services, for definitions, for orders, bracelets and necklaces, for revocation, for absence of order, bracelet or necklace and for emergency medical services, repealing provisions relating to advisory committee and providing for discontinuance and for Pennsylvania orders for life-sustaining treatment. Primary sponsor: Gene Yaw (Republican). It lists 3 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (October 20, 2026): Referred to Rules & Executive Nominations.

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Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1 · Republican 3

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Gene YawPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate23
Lisa BakerCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate20
Wayne FontanaCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate42
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. Referred to Rules & Executive Nominations
  2. Third consideration and final passage
  3. Re-reported as committed
  4. Re-referred to Appropriations
  5. Second consideration, with amendments
  6. Removed from table
  7. Laid on the table
  8. First consideration
  9. Reported as committed
  10. Referred to Health
  11. Third consideration and final passage
  12. Re-reported as committed

Showing 12 most recent of 17 actions. Full history

Sources

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