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type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, in terms and courses of study, further providing for subjects of instruction and flag code."
description: "An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, in terms and courses of study, further providing for subjects of instruction and flag code."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 17"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 17 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dane Watro"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-01-08T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-02-11T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/16c5ae69-fefe-4e4a-bd51-8a2c33a9fe74"
source_url: "https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=12&rollcallid=469&sessYr=2025&sessInd=0"
source_hash: "f732cf8ee943b5d489c838e2f621191ea4a0f21f3bea762ba9a110ec64e97073"
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 17 (2025-2026) — An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, in terms and courses of study, further providing for subjects of instruction and flag code.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Printer's No. PN0002** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2025/0/HB0017/PN0002)
## Votes
- FINAL PASSAGE — **195–8** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Education): Report Bill As Committed — **26–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Education): Reported as Committed — **9–2** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-Reported as Committed — **20–1** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Committed — **37–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **42–5** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Dane Watro — primary (person)
- Abigail Salisbury — cosponsor (person)
- Bryan Cutler — cosponsor (person)
- Craig Staats — cosponsor (person)
- David Rowe — cosponsor (person)
- David Zimmerman — cosponsor (person)
- Donna Scheuren — cosponsor (person)
- Doyle Heffley — cosponsor (person)
- Ed Neilson — cosponsor (person)
- Jill Cooper — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Emrick — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Hamm — cosponsor (person)
- Kathy Rapp — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Gillen — cosponsor (person)
- Milou Mackenzie — cosponsor (person)
- R. Lee James — cosponsor (person)
- Rob Kauffman — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Freeman — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Twardzik — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-08T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Education `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2025-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2025-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2025-06-18T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2025-06-23T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2025-06-23T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2025-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Education `referral-committee`
- **2025-07-16T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2025-07-16T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2025-07-17T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2025-07-17T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2025-11-18T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2026-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2026-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** Act No. 2 of 2026
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/16c5ae69-fefe-4e4a-bd51-8a2c33a9fe74`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).