Bill Commons

PA SB 598

in committee

An Act providing for display of the Preamble of the Constitution of the United States in each school building.

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

Introduced
Status date
Latest action
2026-05-07 — Referred to Education
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Sponsors

  • Cris Dushprimary
  • Michele Brookscosponsor
  • Doug Mastrianocosponsor
  • Patrick Stefanocosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-04-09

    Referred to Education

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-04-20

    Reported as committed

    committee-passage

  3. 2026-04-20

    First consideration

    reading-1

  4. 2026-04-21

    Second consideration

    reading-2

  5. 2026-04-21

    Re-referred to Appropriations

    referral-committee

  6. 2026-05-04

    Re-reported as committed

    committee-passage

  7. 2026-05-04

    Third consideration and final passage

    passage,reading-3

  8. 2026-05-07

    Referred to Education

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Committee vote (Education): Reported as Committed

    2026-04-20 · pass · 7-4

    Member-level votes (11)
    • David Argall: yes
    • Jarrett Coleman: yes
    • Dawn Keefer: yes
    • Doug Mastriano: yes
    • Greg Rothman: yes
    • Kim Ward: yes
    • Lynda Schlegel Culver: yes
    • Carolyn Comitta: no
    • Timothy Kearney: no
    • Anthony Williams: no
    • Lindsey Williams: no
  • Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-Reported as Committed

    2026-05-04 · pass · 19-2

    Member-level votes (22)
    • Rosemary Brown: yes
    • Jarrett Coleman: yes
    • Cris Dush: yes
    • Art Haywood: yes
    • Vincent Hughes: 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
    • Amanda Cappelletti: no
    • Timothy Kearney: no
    • Lynda Schlegel Culver: other
  • FINAL PASSAGE

    2026-05-04 · pass · 38-11

    Member-level votes (50)
    • David Argall: yes
    • Lisa Baker: yes
    • Camera Bartolotta: yes
    • Lisa Boscola: yes
    • Michele Brooks: yes
    • Rosemary Brown: yes
    • Amanda Cappelletti: no
    • Jarrett Coleman: yes
    • Maria Collett: no
    • Carolyn Comitta: no
    • Jay Costa: yes
    • Lynda Schlegel Culver: other
    • Cris Dush: yes
    • Frank Farry: yes
    • Marty Flynn: no
    • Wayne Fontana: yes
    • Chris Gebhard: yes
    • Art Haywood: yes
    • Vincent Hughes: yes
    • Scott Hutchinson: yes
    • John Kane: no
    • Timothy Kearney: no
    • Dawn Keefer: yes
    • Patty Kim: yes
    • Wayne Langerholc: yes
    • Daniel Laughlin: yes
    • James Malone: yes
    • Scott Martin: yes
    • Doug Mastriano: yes
    • Nick Miller: yes
    • Katie Muth: no
    • Tracy Pennycuick: yes
    • Kristin Phillips-Hill: yes
    • Joe Picozzi: yes
    • Nick Pisciottano: yes
    • Joe Pittman: yes
    • Devlin Robinson: yes
    • Greg Rothman: yes
    • Steven Santarsiero: no
    • Nikil Saval: no
    • Judith Schwank: yes
    • Patrick Stefano: yes
    • Sharif Street: yes
    • Christine Tartaglione: yes
    • Elder Vogel: yes
    • Judy Ward: yes
    • Kim Ward: yes
    • Anthony Williams: no
    • Lindsey Williams: no
    • Gene Yaw: yes

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

Attribution

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

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=SB 598. 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.
  • Some documents have no extracted text yet, so version comparison may be limited.

See the methodology page for data sources and limitations.