Bill Commons

PA HR 36

in committee

A Resolution directing the Joint State Government Commission to conduct a study on the quality of carceral libraries in this Commonwealth.

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

Follow this bill’s action updates (Atom)

Subscribe in a feed reader. The feed covers recorded actions from the last 30 days; Bill Commons may record an action after it happened at the legislature.

Quick answers

Did PA HR 36 pass?

Not yet. PA HR 36 is in committee and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2025-10-06): Laid on the table (Pursuant to House Rule 71)

What is PA HR 36 about?

PA HR 36 is a resolution in the 2025-2026 Regular Session (209th General Assembly) titled “A Resolution directing the Joint State Government Commission to conduct a study on the quality of carceral libraries in this Commonwealth.”.

Who sponsors PA HR 36?

Lindsay Powell is the primary sponsor of PA HR 36, joined by 10 cosponsors.

Introduced
—
Latest action
2025-10-06 — Laid on the table (Pursuant to House Rule 71)
Bill type
resolution
Last updated
—

Sponsors

  • Lindsay Powellprimary
  • Tarik Khancosponsor
  • Ben Waxmancosponsor
  • Benjamin Sanchezcosponsor
  • Carol Hill-Evanscosponsor
  • Jose Giralcosponsor
  • Kyle Donahuecosponsor
  • Michael Schlossbergcosponsor
  • Robert Freemancosponsor
  • G. Roni Greencosponsor
  • Steve Samuelsoncosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-10-06

    Laid on the table (Pursuant to House Rule 71)

  2. 2025-07-14

    Reported as committed

    committee-passage

  3. 2025-01-28

    Referred to Judiciary

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Committee vote (Judiciary): Report Bill As Committed

    2025-07-09 · pass · 14-12

    Member-level votes (26)
    • Tim Briggs: yes
    • Andre Carroll: yes
    • Kyle Donahue: yes
    • Liz Hanbidge: yes
    • Joseph Hohenstein: yes
    • Kristine Howard: yes
    • Malcolm Kenyatta: yes
    • Emily Kinkead: yes
    • La'Tasha Mayes: yes
    • Dan Miller: yes
    • Chris Pielli: yes
    • Christopher Rabb: yes
    • Benjamin Sanchez: yes
    • Melissa Shusterman: yes
    • Rob Kauffman: no
    • Timothy Bonner: no
    • Stephanie Borowicz: no
    • Torren Ecker: no
    • Joe Hamm: no
    • Joshua Kail: no
    • Joe Kerwin: no
    • Kate Klunk: no
    • Andrew Kuzma: no
    • Robert Leadbeter: no
    • Jim Rigby: no
    • Stephenie Scialabba: no

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=60&rollcallid=1073&sessYr=2025&sessInd=0

Attribution

Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T05:31:13.705233Z

Inspect retained evidence for changes recorded after evidence tracking began:

Source and document changesStatus and relationship changes

Session-wide evidence can include changes to other bills:

Bulk imports for this sessionSession dates and activity

Use this data

Every field on this page is available from the free public API — no key or licence required. Fetch this bill as JSON: GET /api/v1/bills?jurisdiction=PA&identifier=HR 36. See the API docs or the MCP server for AI assistants.

Known limitations

  • Sponsor party and chamber affiliation are not yet captured by this API.
  • Committee referrals are not yet captured.

See the methodology page for data sources and limitations.