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PA SB 161

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An Act making appropriations from the Professional Licensure Augmentation Account and from restricted receipts accounts within the General Fund to the Department of State for use by the Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs in support of the professional licensure boards assigned thereto.

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

Quick answers

Did PA SB 161 pass?

Not yet. PA SB 161 is in committee as of 2025-05-13 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2025-05-13): Re-committed to Appropriations

What is PA SB 161 about?

PA SB 161 is a bill in the 2025-2026 Regular Session (209th General Assembly) titled “An Act making appropriations from the Professional Licensure Augmentation Account and from restricted receipts accounts within the General Fund to the Department of State for use by the Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs in support of the professional licensure boards assigned thereto.”.

Who sponsors PA SB 161?

Scott Martin is the primary sponsor of PA SB 161.

Introduced
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Latest action
2025-05-13 — Re-committed to Appropriations
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Scott Martinprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-04-03

    Referred to Appropriations

    referral-committee

  2. 2025-05-12

    Reported as committed

    committee-passage

  3. 2025-05-12

    First consideration

    reading-1

  4. 2025-05-13

    Second consideration

    reading-2

  5. 2025-05-13

    Re-committed to Appropriations

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Committee vote (Appropriations): Reported as Committed

    2025-05-12 · pass · 22-0

    Member-level votes (22)
    • Rosemary Brown: yes
    • Amanda Cappelletti: yes
    • Jarrett Coleman: yes
    • Lynda Schlegel Culver: yes
    • Cris Dush: yes
    • Art Haywood: yes
    • Vincent Hughes: yes
    • Timothy Kearney: yes
    • Patty Kim: yes
    • Wayne Langerholc: yes
    • Daniel Laughlin: yes
    • Tracy Pennycuick: yes
    • Kristin Phillips-Hill: yes
    • Joe Picozzi: yes
    • Devlin Robinson: yes
    • Judith Schwank: yes
    • Sharif Street: yes
    • Elder Vogel: yes
    • Joe Pittman: yes
    • Jay Costa: yes
    • Kim Ward: yes
    • Scott Martin: yes

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://www.palegis.us/senate/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=3&rollcallid=169&sessYr=2025&sessInd=0

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