---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending the act of October 27, 1955 (P.L.744, No.222), known as the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act, further providing for definitions."
description: "An Act amending the act of October 27, 1955 (P.L.744, No.222), known as the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act, further providing for definitions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 439"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 439 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["La'Tasha Mayes"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2025-01-30T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-11-25T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f4b1ce0c-fff9-430f-9a6b-ba88be5cae87"
source_url: "https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=36&rollcallid=53&sessYr=2025&sessInd=0"
source_hash: "4dcb341ae35179dd1acc3ed74bf7c500209ba695aaf49faf818b4065d26f15d9"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-pa"]
---

# Pennsylvania HB 439 (2025-2026) — An Act amending the act of October 27, 1955 (P.L.744, No.222), known as the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act, further providing for definitions.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Printer's No. PN0397** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2025/0/HB0439/PN0397)
2. **Printer's No. PN0508** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2025/0/HB0439/PN0508)
3. **Printer's No. PN0996** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2025/0/HB0439/PN0996)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE — **44–3** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (State Government): Report Bill As Committed — **22–4** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (State Government): Reported as Committed — **10–1** (pass) · upper
- MOTION TO SUSPEND RULES — **202–0** (pass) · lower
- A65 — **202–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Committed — **37–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-Reported as Committed — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- A67 — **193–9** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **194–8** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- La'Tasha Mayes — primary (person)
- Aaron Bernstine — cosponsor (person)
- Abigail Salisbury — cosponsor (person)
- Aerion Abney — cosponsor (person)
- Amen Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Andre Carroll — cosponsor (person)
- Anthony Bellmon — cosponsor (person)
- Arvind Venkat — cosponsor (person)
- Ben Waxman — cosponsor (person)
- Benjamin Sanchez — cosponsor (person)
- Brandon Markosek — cosponsor (person)
- Bridget Kosierowski — cosponsor (person)
- Carol Hill-Evans — cosponsor (person)
- Carol Kazeem — cosponsor (person)
- Chris Pielli — cosponsor (person)
- Christopher Rabb — cosponsor (person)
- Dan Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Dan Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel Deasy — cosponsor (person)
- Danielle Friel Otten — cosponsor (person)
- Danilo Burgos — cosponsor (person)
- Darisha K. Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Dave Madsen — cosponsor (person)
- Elizabeth Fiedler — cosponsor (person)
- G. Roni Green — cosponsor (person)
- Gina Curry — cosponsor (person)
- Greg Scott — cosponsor (person)
- Heather Boyd — cosponsor (person)
- Ismail Smith-Wade-El — cosponsor (person)
- Jeanne Mcneill — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer O'Mara — cosponsor (person)
- Jessica Benham — cosponsor (person)
- Jim Haddock — cosponsor (person)
- Joanna Mcclinton — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Ciresi — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Mcandrew — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Webster — cosponsor (person)
- Johanny Cepeda-Freytiz — cosponsor (person)
- John Inglis Iii — cosponsor (person)
- Jose Giral — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Hohenstein — cosponsor (person)
- Justin Fleming — cosponsor (person)
- Keith Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Lindsay Powell — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa Borowski — cosponsor (person)
- Liz Hanbidge — cosponsor (person)
- Malcolm Kenyatta — cosponsor (person)
- Mandy Steele — cosponsor (person)
- Manuel Guzman — cosponsor (person)
- Mary Jo Daley — cosponsor (person)
- Maureen Madden — cosponsor (person)
- Melissa Cerrato — cosponsor (person)
- Melissa Shusterman — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Schlossberg — cosponsor (person)
- Morgan Cephas — cosponsor (person)
- Nancy Guenst — cosponsor (person)
- Napoleon J. Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Nathan Davidson — cosponsor (person)
- Nikki Rivera — cosponsor (person)
- Regina G. Young — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Krajewski — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Samuelson — cosponsor (person)
- Steven Malagari — cosponsor (person)
- Tarah Probst — cosponsor (person)
- Tarik Khan — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Brennan — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Briggs — cosponsor (person)
- Tina Davis — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2025-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to State Government `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2025-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2025-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2025-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Second consideration, with amendments `reading-2`
- **2025-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Amended on third consideration `amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to State Government `referral-committee`
- **2025-11-17T05:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2025-11-17T05:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2025-11-18T05:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2025-11-18T05:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2025-11-18T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2025-11-19T05:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-11-19T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2025-11-19T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2025-11-19T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-11-25T05:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-11-25T05:00:00+00:00** Act No. 54 of 2025

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f4b1ce0c-fff9-430f-9a6b-ba88be5cae87`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).