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Pennsylvania · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 872: An Act amending Title 61 (Prisons and Parole) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in Nonnarcotic Medication Assisted Substance Abuse Treatment Grant Pilot Program, further providing for definitions, repealing provisions relating to establishment of pilot program, providing for establishment and further providing for county participation requirements, for use of grant funding, for powers and duties of department, for report to General Assembly and for construction; imposing duties on the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency; and making an editorial change.

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 872 is a bill introduced in the Pennsylvania Senate on June 19, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: An Act amending Title 61 (Prisons and Parole) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in Nonnarcotic Medication Assisted Substance Abuse Treatment Grant Pilot Program, further providing for definitions, repealing provisions relating to establishment of pilot program, providing for establishment and further providing for county participation requirements, for use of grant funding, for powers and duties of department, for report to General Assembly and for construction; imposing duties on the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency; and making an editorial change. Primary sponsor: Gene Yaw (Republican). It lists 11 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (June 19, 2025): Referred to Judiciary.

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Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 7 · Republican 5

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Gene YawPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate23
Camera BartolottaCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate46
Rosemary BrownCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate40
Amanda CappellettiCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate17
Jay CostaCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate43
Lynda CulverCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate27
Art HaywoodCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate4
Tim KearneyCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate26
Steve SantarsieroCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate10
Nikil SavalCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate1
Judy SchwankCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate11
Elder VogelCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate47

“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 Judiciary

Sources

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