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Pennsylvania · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 998: An Act providing for the Nurse Education Capacity Expansion Grant Program; and imposing duties on the Department of Community and Economic Development.

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 998 is a bill introduced in the Pennsylvania Senate on October 7, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: An Act providing for the Nurse Education Capacity Expansion Grant Program; and imposing duties on the Department of Community and Economic Development. Primary sponsor: Rosemary Brown (Republican). It lists 15 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (October 19, 2026): Removed from table.

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 9 · Republican 7

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Rosemary BrownPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate40
Dave ArgallCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate29
Lisa BakerCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate20
Amanda CappellettiCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate17
Maria CollettCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate12
Jay CostaCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate43
Lynda CulverCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate27
Frank FarryCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate6
Wayne FontanaCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate42
John KaneCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate9
Dan LaughlinCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate49
James MaloneCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate36
Nick MillerCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate14
Tracy PennycuickCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate24
Nikil SavalCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate1
Judy SchwankCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate11

“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. Removed from table
  2. Laid on the table
  3. First consideration
  4. Reported as committed
  5. Referred to Education
  6. Third consideration and final passage
  7. Re-reported as committed
  8. Re-referred to Appropriations
  9. Second consideration
  10. First consideration
  11. Reported as committed
  12. Referred to Institutional Sustainability & Innovation

Sources

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