PA HB 1701

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An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, in grounds and buildings, further providing for referendum or public hearing required prior to construction or lease; providing for school facilities; establishing the Public School Facility Advisory Committee; in construction and renovation of buildings by school entities, repealing provisions relating to building condition assessments; and imposing duties on the Department of Education.

Pennsylvania · 2025-2026 Regular Session (209th General Assembly) · lower

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Did PA HB 1701 pass?

Not yet. PA HB 1701 is in committee and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2025-10-15): Referred to Education

What is PA HB 1701 about?

PA HB 1701 is a bill in the 2025-2026 Regular Session (209th General Assembly) titled “An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, in grounds and buildings, further providing for referendum or public hearing required prior to construction or lease; providing for school facilities; establishing the Public School Facility Advisory Committee; in construction and renovation of buildings by school entities, repealing provisions relating to building condition assessments; and imposing duties on the Department of Education.”.

Who sponsors PA HB 1701?

Elizabeth Fiedler is the primary sponsor of PA HB 1701, joined by 25 cosponsors.

Introduced: —
Latest action: 2025-10-15 — Referred to Education
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Committees

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Action timeline

Newest first

2025-10-15
Referred to Education
referral-committee
2025-10-08
Third consideration and final passage
passage,reading-3
2025-10-08
Re-reported as committed
committee-passage
2025-10-07
Re-committed to Appropriations
referral-committee
2025-10-07
Second consideration, with amendments
reading-2
2025-10-06
Removed from table
2025-09-30
Laid on the table
2025-09-30
First consideration
reading-1
2025-09-30
Reported as amended
amendment-passage,committee-passage
2025-07-09
Referred to Education
referral-committee

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Documents

Votes

Committee vote (Education): Adopt Amendment
2025-09-30 · pass · 14-12
Member-level votes (26)
- Peter Schweyer: yes
- Aerion Abney: yes
- Gina Curry: yes
- Paul Friel: yes
- Marylouise Isaacson: yes
- Carol Kazeem: yes
- Napoleon J. Nelson: yes
- Jennifer O'Mara: yes
- Danielle Friel Otten: yes
- Tarah Probst: yes
- Jim Prokopiak: yes
- Ismail Smith-Wade-El: yes
- Paul Takac: yes
- Regina G. Young: yes
- Bryan Cutler: no
- Marc Anderson: no
- Jill Cooper: no
- Joseph D'Orsie: no
- Barbara Gleim: no
- Roman Kozak: no
- Milou Mackenzie: no
- Jason Ortitay: no
- Brian Rasel: no
- John Schlegel: no
- Stephenie Scialabba: no
- Dane Watro: no
Committee vote (Education): Report Bill As Amended
2025-09-30 · pass · 14-12
Member-level votes (26)
- Peter Schweyer: yes
- Aerion Abney: yes
- Gina Curry: yes
- Paul Friel: yes
- Marylouise Isaacson: yes
- Carol Kazeem: yes
- Napoleon J. Nelson: yes
- Jennifer O'Mara: yes
- Danielle Friel Otten: yes
- Tarah Probst: yes
- Jim Prokopiak: yes
- Ismail Smith-Wade-El: yes
- Paul Takac: yes
- Regina G. Young: yes
- Bryan Cutler: no
- Marc Anderson: no
- Jill Cooper: no
- Joseph D'Orsie: no
- Barbara Gleim: no
- Roman Kozak: no
- Milou Mackenzie: no
- Jason Ortitay: no
- Brian Rasel: no
- John Schlegel: no
- Stephenie Scialabba: no
- Dane Watro: no
A1797
2025-10-07 · pass · 102-101
Member-level votes (203)
- Aerion Abney: yes
- Marc Anderson: no
- Mike Armanini: no
- Jacob Banta: no
- Scott Barger: no
- Jamie Barton: no
- Josh Bashline: no
- Anthony Bellmon: yes
- Jessica Benham: yes
- Kerry Benninghoff: no
- Aaron Bernstine: no
- Ryan Bizzarro: yes
- Timothy Bonner: no
- Stephanie Borowicz: no
- Lisa Borowski: yes
- Heather Boyd: yes
- Matthew Bradford: yes
- Tim Brennan: yes
- Tim Briggs: yes
- Amen Brown: yes
- Marla Brown: no
- Danilo Burgos: yes
- Frank Burns: yes
- Johanny Cepeda-Freytiz: yes
- Andre Carroll: yes
- Martin Causer: no
- Morgan Cephas: yes
- Melissa Cerrato: yes
- Joe Ciresi: yes
- Scott Conklin: yes
- Bud Cook: no
- Jill Cooper: no
- Gina Curry: yes
- Bryan Cutler: no
- Joseph D'Orsie: no
- Mary Jo Daley: yes
- Eric Davanzo: no
- Nathan Davidson: yes
- Tina Davis: yes
- Jason Dawkins: yes
- Gary Day: no
- Daniel Deasy: yes
- David Delloso: yes
- Sheryl Delozier: no
- Russ Diamond: no
- Kyle Donahue: yes
- Sean Dougherty: yes
- Torren Ecker: no
- Joe Emrick: no
- Mindy Fee: no
- Elizabeth Fiedler: yes
- Wendy Fink: no
- Justin Fleming: yes
- Jamie Flick: no
- Ann Flood: no
- Dan Frankel: yes
- Robert Freeman: yes
- Paul Friel: yes
- Jonathan Fritz: no
- Pat Gallagher: yes
- Valerie Gaydos: no
- Mark Gillen: no
- Jose Giral: yes
- Barbara Gleim: no
- Dan Goughnour: yes
- G. Roni Green: yes
- Keith Greiner: no
- Seth Grove: no
- Nancy Guenst: yes
- Manuel Guzman: yes
- Jim Haddock: yes
- Joe Hamm: no
- Liz Hanbidge: yes
- Patrick Harkins: yes
- Jordan Harris: yes
- Keith Harris: yes
- Doyle Heffley: no
- Carol Hill-Evans: yes
- Joe Hogan: no
- Joseph Hohenstein: yes
- Kristine Howard: yes
- Marylouise Isaacson: yes
- R. Lee James: no
- Mike Jones: no
- Tom Jones: no
- Joshua Kail: no
- Rob Kauffman: no
- Carol Kazeem: yes
- Malcolm Kenyatta: yes
- Dallas Kephart: no
- Joe Kerwin: no
- Tarik Khan: yes
- Emily Kinkead: yes
- Kate Klunk: no
- Bridget Kosierowski: yes
- Roman Kozak: no
- Rick Krajewski: yes
- Leanne Krueger: yes
- Charity Krupa: no
- Anita Kulik: yes
- Thomas Kutz: no
- Andrew Kuzma: no
- Shelby Labs: no
- John Lawrence: no
- Robert Leadbeter: no
- Milou Mackenzie: no
- Maureen Madden: yes
- Dave Madsen: yes
- Abby Major: no
- Zachary Mako: no
- Steven Malagari: yes
- David Maloney: no
- Kristin Marcell: no
- Brandon Markosek: yes
- Robert Matzie: yes
- La'Tasha Mayes: yes
- Joe Mcandrew: yes
- Joanna Mcclinton: yes
- Jeanne Mcneill: yes
- Thomas Mehaffie: no
- Steven Mentzer: no
- Robert Merski: yes
- Carl Metzgar: no
- Natalie Mihalek: no
- Brett Miller: no
- Dan Miller: yes
- Dan Moul: no
- Kyle Mullins: yes
- Brian Munroe: yes
- Marci Mustello: no
- Ed Neilson: yes
- Eric Nelson: no
- Napoleon J. Nelson: yes
- Jennifer O'Mara: yes
- Timothy J. O'Neal: no
- Jeff Olsommer: no
- Jason Ortitay: no
- Danielle Friel Otten: yes
- Clint Owlett: no
- Darisha K. Parker: yes
- Eddie Pashinski: yes
- Tina Pickett: no
- Chris Pielli: yes
- Lindsay Powell: yes
- Tarah Probst: yes
- Jim Prokopiak: yes
- Brenda Pugh: no
- Christopher Rabb: yes
- Jack Rader: no
- Kathy Rapp: no
- Brian Rasel: no
- Chad Reichard: no
- Jim Rigby: no
- Nikki Rivera: yes
- Brad Roae: no
- Leslie Rossi: no
- David Rowe: no
- Jacklyn Rusnock: yes
- Alec Ryncavage: no
- Abigail Salisbury: yes
- Steve Samuelson: yes
- Benjamin Sanchez: yes
- Christina Sappey: yes
- Donna Scheuren: no
- John Schlegel: no
- Michael Schlossberg: yes
- Louis Schmitt: no
- Peter Schweyer: yes
- Stephenie Scialabba: no
- Greg Scott: yes
- Jeremy Shaffer: no
- Melissa Shusterman: yes
- Joshua Siegel: yes
- Brian Smith: no
- Ismail Smith-Wade-El: yes
- Jared Solomon: yes
- Craig Staats: no
- Perry A. Stambaugh: no
- Mandy Steele: yes
- Joanne Stehr: no
- Michael Stender: no
- James Struzzi: no
- Paul Takac: yes
- Kathleen Tomlinson: no
- Jesse Topper: no
- Tim Twardzik: no
- Arvind Venkat: yes
- Greg Vitali: yes
- Jamie Walsh: no
- Ryan Warner: no
- Perry Warren: yes
- Dane Watro: no
- Ben Waxman: yes
- Eric Weaknecht: no
- Joe Webster: yes
- Parke Wentling: no
- Martina White: no
- Craig Williams: no
- Dan Williams: yes
- Regina G. Young: yes
- David Zimmerman: no
- John Inglis Iii: yes
- Rich Irvin: no
A1821
2025-10-07 · fail · 101-102
Member-level votes (203)
- Aerion Abney: no
- Marc Anderson: yes
- Mike Armanini: yes
- Jacob Banta: yes
- Scott Barger: yes
- Jamie Barton: yes
- Josh Bashline: yes
- Anthony Bellmon: no
- Jessica Benham: no
- Kerry Benninghoff: yes
- Aaron Bernstine: yes
- Ryan Bizzarro: no
- Timothy Bonner: yes
- Stephanie Borowicz: yes
- Lisa Borowski: no
- Heather Boyd: no
- Matthew Bradford: no
- Tim Brennan: no
- Tim Briggs: no
- Amen Brown: no
- Marla Brown: yes
- Danilo Burgos: no
- Frank Burns: no
- Johanny Cepeda-Freytiz: no
- Andre Carroll: no
- Martin Causer: yes
- Morgan Cephas: no
- Melissa Cerrato: no
- Joe Ciresi: no
- Scott Conklin: no
- Bud Cook: yes
- Jill Cooper: yes
- Jacklyn Rusnock: no
- Alec Ryncavage: yes
- Abigail Salisbury: no
- Steve Samuelson: no
- Benjamin Sanchez: no
- Christina Sappey: no
- Donna Scheuren: yes
- John Schlegel: yes
- Michael Schlossberg: no
- Louis Schmitt: yes
- Peter Schweyer: no
- Stephenie Scialabba: yes
- Greg Scott: no
- Jeremy Shaffer: yes
- Melissa Shusterman: no
- Joshua Siegel: no
- Brian Smith: yes
- Ismail Smith-Wade-El: no
- Gina Curry: no
- Jared Solomon: no
- Craig Staats: yes
- Perry A. Stambaugh: yes
- Mandy Steele: no
- Joanne Stehr: yes
- Michael Stender: yes
- James Struzzi: yes
- Paul Takac: no
- Kathleen Tomlinson: yes
- Jesse Topper: yes
- Tim Twardzik: yes
- Arvind Venkat: no
- Greg Vitali: no
- Jamie Walsh: yes
- Ryan Warner: yes
- Perry Warren: no
- Dane Watro: yes
- Bryan Cutler: yes
- Joseph D'Orsie: yes
- Mary Jo Daley: no
- Eric Davanzo: yes
- Nathan Davidson: no
- Tina Davis: no
- Jason Dawkins: no
- Gary Day: yes
- Daniel Deasy: no
- David Delloso: no
- Sheryl Delozier: yes
- Russ Diamond: yes
- Kyle Donahue: no
- Sean Dougherty: no
- Torren Ecker: yes
- Joe Emrick: yes
- Mindy Fee: yes
- Elizabeth Fiedler: no
- Wendy Fink: yes
- Justin Fleming: no
- Jamie Flick: yes
- Ann Flood: yes
- Dan Frankel: no
- Robert Freeman: no
- Paul Friel: no
- Jonathan Fritz: yes
- Pat Gallagher: no
- Valerie Gaydos: yes
- Mark Gillen: yes
- Jose Giral: no
- Barbara Gleim: yes
- Dan Goughnour: no
- G. Roni Green: no
- Keith Greiner: yes
- Seth Grove: yes
- Nancy Guenst: no
- Manuel Guzman: no
- Jim Haddock: no
- Joe Hamm: yes
- Liz Hanbidge: no
- Patrick Harkins: no
- Jordan Harris: no
- Keith Harris: no
- Doyle Heffley: yes
- Carol Hill-Evans: no
- Joe Hogan: yes
- Joseph Hohenstein: no
- Kristine Howard: no
- John Inglis Iii: no
- Rich Irvin: yes
- Marylouise Isaacson: no
- R. Lee James: yes
- Mike Jones: yes
- Tom Jones: yes
- Joshua Kail: yes
- Rob Kauffman: yes
- Carol Kazeem: no
- Malcolm Kenyatta: no
- Dallas Kephart: yes
- Joe Kerwin: yes
- Tarik Khan: no
- Emily Kinkead: no
- Kate Klunk: yes
- Bridget Kosierowski: no
- Roman Kozak: yes
- Rick Krajewski: no
- Leanne Krueger: no
- Charity Krupa: yes
- Anita Kulik: no
- Thomas Kutz: yes
- Andrew Kuzma: yes
- Shelby Labs: yes
- John Lawrence: yes
- Robert Leadbeter: yes
- Milou Mackenzie: yes
- Maureen Madden: no
- Dave Madsen: no
- Abby Major: yes
- Zachary Mako: yes
- Steven Malagari: no
- David Maloney: yes
- Kristin Marcell: yes
- Brandon Markosek: no
- Robert Matzie: no
- La'Tasha Mayes: no
- Joe Mcandrew: no
- Joanna Mcclinton: no
- Jeanne Mcneill: no
- Thomas Mehaffie: yes
- Steven Mentzer: yes
- Robert Merski: no
- Carl Metzgar: yes
- Natalie Mihalek: yes
- Brett Miller: yes
- Dan Miller: no
- Dan Moul: yes
- Kyle Mullins: no
- Brian Munroe: no
- Marci Mustello: yes
- Ed Neilson: no
- Eric Nelson: yes
- Napoleon J. Nelson: no
- Jennifer O'Mara: no
- Timothy J. O'Neal: yes
- Jeff Olsommer: yes
- Jason Ortitay: yes
- Danielle Friel Otten: no
- Clint Owlett: yes
- Darisha K. Parker: no
- Eddie Pashinski: no
- Tina Pickett: yes
- Chris Pielli: no
- Lindsay Powell: no
- Tarah Probst: no
- Jim Prokopiak: no
- Brenda Pugh: yes
- Christopher Rabb: no
- Jack Rader: yes
- Kathy Rapp: yes
- Brian Rasel: yes
- Chad Reichard: yes
- Jim Rigby: yes
- Nikki Rivera: no
- Brad Roae: yes
- Leslie Rossi: yes
- David Rowe: yes
- Ben Waxman: no
- Eric Weaknecht: yes
- Joe Webster: no
- Parke Wentling: yes
- Martina White: yes
- Craig Williams: yes
- Dan Williams: no
- Regina G. Young: no
- David Zimmerman: yes
Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Committed
2025-10-08 · pass · 22-15
Member-level votes (37)
- Jordan Harris: yes
- Aerion Abney: yes
- Anthony Bellmon: yes
- Tim Brennan: yes
- Gina Curry: yes
- Justin Fleming: yes
- Paul Friel: yes
- Pat Gallagher: yes
- Manuel Guzman: yes
- Tarik Khan: yes
- Emily Kinkead: yes
- Bridget Kosierowski: yes
- Dave Madsen: yes
- Steven Malagari: yes
- La'Tasha Mayes: yes
- Kyle Mullins: yes
- Abigail Salisbury: yes
- Benjamin Sanchez: yes
- Joshua Siegel: yes
- Ben Waxman: yes
- Joe Webster: yes
- Regina G. Young: yes
- James Struzzi: no
- Jamie Barton: no
- Marla Brown: no
- Eric Davanzo: no
- Torren Ecker: no
- Ann Flood: no
- Joshua Kail: no
- Charity Krupa: no
- Thomas Kutz: no
- Zachary Mako: no
- Kristin Marcell: no
- Marci Mustello: no
- Eric Nelson: no
- Jeff Olsommer: no
- Ryan Warner: no
FINAL PASSAGE
2025-10-08 · pass · 103-100
Member-level votes (203)
- Aerion Abney: yes
- Marc Anderson: no
- Mike Armanini: no
- Jacob Banta: no
- Scott Barger: no
- Jamie Barton: no
- Josh Bashline: no
- Anthony Bellmon: yes
- Jessica Benham: yes
- Kerry Benninghoff: no
- Aaron Bernstine: no
- Ryan Bizzarro: yes
- Timothy Bonner: no
- Stephanie Borowicz: no
- Lisa Borowski: yes
- Heather Boyd: yes
- Matthew Bradford: yes
- Tim Brennan: yes
- Tim Briggs: yes
- Amen Brown: yes
- Marla Brown: no
- Danilo Burgos: yes
- Frank Burns: yes
- Johanny Cepeda-Freytiz: yes
- Andre Carroll: yes
- Martin Causer: no
- Morgan Cephas: yes
- Melissa Cerrato: yes
- Joe Ciresi: yes
- Scott Conklin: yes
- Bud Cook: no
- Jill Cooper: no
- Gina Curry: yes
- Bryan Cutler: no
- Joseph D'Orsie: no
- Mary Jo Daley: yes
- Eric Davanzo: no
- Nathan Davidson: yes
- Tina Davis: yes
- Jason Dawkins: yes
- Gary Day: no
- Daniel Deasy: yes
- David Delloso: yes
- Sheryl Delozier: no
- Russ Diamond: no
- Kyle Donahue: yes
- Sean Dougherty: yes
- Torren Ecker: no
- Joe Emrick: no
- Mindy Fee: no
- Elizabeth Fiedler: yes
- Wendy Fink: no
- Justin Fleming: yes
- Jamie Flick: no
- Ann Flood: no
- Dan Frankel: yes
- Robert Freeman: yes
- Paul Friel: yes
- Jonathan Fritz: no
- Pat Gallagher: yes
- Valerie Gaydos: no
- Mark Gillen: no
- Jose Giral: yes
- Barbara Gleim: no
- Dan Goughnour: yes
- G. Roni Green: yes
- Keith Greiner: no
- Seth Grove: no
- Nancy Guenst: yes
- Manuel Guzman: yes
- Jim Haddock: yes
- Joe Hamm: no
- Liz Hanbidge: yes
- Patrick Harkins: yes
- Jordan Harris: yes
- Keith Harris: yes
- Doyle Heffley: no
- Carol Hill-Evans: yes
- Joe Hogan: no
- Joseph Hohenstein: yes
- Kristine Howard: yes
- John Inglis Iii: yes
- Rich Irvin: no
- Marylouise Isaacson: yes
- R. Lee James: no
- Mike Jones: no
- Tom Jones: no
- Joshua Kail: no
- Rob Kauffman: no
- Carol Kazeem: yes
- Malcolm Kenyatta: yes
- Dallas Kephart: no
- Joe Kerwin: no
- Tarik Khan: yes
- Emily Kinkead: yes
- Kate Klunk: no
- Bridget Kosierowski: yes
- Roman Kozak: no
- Rick Krajewski: yes
- Leanne Krueger: yes
- Charity Krupa: no
- Anita Kulik: yes
- Thomas Kutz: no
- Andrew Kuzma: no
- Shelby Labs: no
- John Lawrence: no
- Robert Leadbeter: no
- Milou Mackenzie: no
- Maureen Madden: yes
- Dave Madsen: yes
- Abby Major: no
- Zachary Mako: no
- Steven Malagari: yes
- David Maloney: no
- Kristin Marcell: no
- Brandon Markosek: yes
- Robert Matzie: yes
- La'Tasha Mayes: yes
- Joe Mcandrew: yes
- Joanna Mcclinton: yes
- Jeanne Mcneill: yes
- Thomas Mehaffie: yes
- Steven Mentzer: no
- Robert Merski: yes
- Carl Metzgar: no
- Natalie Mihalek: no
- Brett Miller: no
- Dan Miller: yes
- Dan Moul: no
- Kyle Mullins: yes
- Brian Munroe: yes
- Marci Mustello: no
- Ed Neilson: yes
- Eric Nelson: no
- Napoleon J. Nelson: yes
- Jennifer O'Mara: yes
- Timothy J. O'Neal: no
- Jeff Olsommer: no
- Jason Ortitay: no
- Danielle Friel Otten: yes
- Clint Owlett: no
- Darisha K. Parker: yes
- Eddie Pashinski: yes
- Tina Pickett: no
- Chris Pielli: yes
- Lindsay Powell: yes
- Tarah Probst: yes
- Jim Prokopiak: yes
- Brenda Pugh: no
- Christopher Rabb: yes
- Jack Rader: no
- Kathy Rapp: no
- Brian Rasel: no
- Chad Reichard: no
- Jim Rigby: no
- Nikki Rivera: yes
- Brad Roae: no
- Leslie Rossi: no
- David Rowe: no
- Jacklyn Rusnock: yes
- Alec Ryncavage: no
- Abigail Salisbury: yes
- Steve Samuelson: yes
- Benjamin Sanchez: yes
- Christina Sappey: yes
- Donna Scheuren: no
- John Schlegel: no
- Michael Schlossberg: yes
- Louis Schmitt: no
- Peter Schweyer: yes
- Stephenie Scialabba: no
- Greg Scott: yes
- Jeremy Shaffer: no
- Melissa Shusterman: yes
- Joshua Siegel: yes
- Brian Smith: no
- Ismail Smith-Wade-El: yes
- Jared Solomon: yes
- Craig Staats: no
- Perry A. Stambaugh: no
- Mandy Steele: yes
- Joanne Stehr: no
- Michael Stender: no
- James Struzzi: no
- Paul Takac: yes
- Kathleen Tomlinson: no
- Jesse Topper: no
- Tim Twardzik: no
- Arvind Venkat: yes
- Greg Vitali: yes
- Jamie Walsh: no
- Ryan Warner: no
- Perry Warren: yes
- Dane Watro: no
- Ben Waxman: yes
- Eric Weaknecht: no
- Joe Webster: yes
- Parke Wentling: no
- Martina White: no
- Craig Williams: no
- Dan Williams: yes
- Regina G. Young: yes
- David Zimmerman: no

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