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PA Bill Number: HB554

Title: Authorizing the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to join the Social Work Licensure Compact; and providing for the form of the compact.

Description: An Act authorizing the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to join the Social Work Licensure Compact; and providing for the form of the compact.

Last Action: Referred to CONSUMER PROTECTION AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE

Last Action Date: Jun 6, 2025

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Proposed Pennsylvania House Legislation HB280

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Legislation Overview

Title: In preliminary provisions, further providing for definitions; in qualifications of electors, further providing for qualifications of electors at primaries; in party organization, further providing for only enrolled electors to vote at primaries or hold party offices; in nomination of candidates, further providing for candidates to be nominated and party officers to be elected at primaries and providing for procedure for unenrolled electors to cast primary ballots; in preparation for and conduct of primaries and elections, further providing for manner of applying to vote, persons entitled to vote, voter's certificates, entries to be made in district register, numbered lists of voters and challenges; in voting by qualified absentee electors, further providing for applications for official absentee ballots; in voting by qualified mail-in electors, further providing for applications for official mail-in ballots; in returns of primaries and elections, further providing for computation of returns by county board, certification and issuance of certificates of election; and, in penalties, further providing for election officers refusing to permit elector to vote in proper party at primaries and repealing provisions relating to elector voting ballot of wrong party at primary.

Subject:

Description: An Act amending the act of June 3, 1937 (P.L.1333, No.320), known as the Pennsylvania Election Code, in preliminary provisions, further providing for definitions; in qualifications of electors, further providing for qualifications of electors at primaries; in party organization, further providing for only enrolled electors to vote at primaries or hold party offices; in nomination of candidates, further providing for candidates to be nominated and party officers to be elected at primaries and providing for procedure for unenrolled electors to cast primary ballots; in preparation for and conduct of primaries and elections, further providing for manner of applying to vote, persons entitled to vote, voter's certificates, entries to be made in district register, numbered lists of voters and challenges; in voting by qualified absentee electors, further providing for applications for official absentee ballots; in voting by qualified mail-in electors, further providing for applications for official mail-in ballots; in returns of primaries and elections, further providing for computation of returns by county board, certification and issuance of certificates of election; and, in penalties, further providing for election officers refusing to permit elector to vote in proper party at primaries and repealing provisions relating to elector voting ballot of wrong party at primary.

Session: 2025-2026 Regular Session

Last Action: Laid on the table

Last Action Date: May 13, 2025

Link: https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2025&sind=0&body=H&type=B&bn=280

Sponsors

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23 sponsors: Jared Solomon (D); Malcolm Kenyatta (D); Christopher Rabb (D); Tarik Khan (D); Arvind Venkat (D); Christopher Pielli (D); Tarah Probst (D); Carol Hill-Evans (D); Nancy Guenst (D); James Haddock (D); Michael Schlossberg (D); Melissa Shusterman (D); Joseph Webster (D); Daniel Deasy (D); Melissa Cerrato (D); Roni Green (D); Jennifer O'Mara (D); Justin Fleming (D); Lisa Borowski (D); Mary Isaacson (D); Timothy Brennan (D); Dan Frankel (D); Christina Sappey (D)

History
Chamber Date Action
House May 13, 2025 Reported as committed
House May 13, 2025 First consideration
House May 13, 2025 Laid on the table
House Jan 22, 2025 Referred to STATE GOVERNMENT
Texts
Type Date State Link Text
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Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
Description Vote Date Yea Votes Nay Votes Absent Passed Rating Comments
05/13/2025 14 12 0 Yes
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