republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2025-2026/hb-1877.md

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Bill	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, providing for Pennsylvania Seal of Biliteracy.	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, providing for Pennsylvania Seal of Biliteracy.	us/states/pa	Pennsylvania General Assembly	2025-2026	HB 1877	Pennsylvania HB 1877 (2025-2026)	bill		enacted	Joseph D'Orsie	2	21	7	2025-09-25T04:00:00+00:00	2026-06-29T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/a9035edc-b940-42b0-a50d-27fddfe2342f	https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=12&rollcallid=2053&sessYr=2025&sessInd=0	a849c8937bb929bd7f554950cbecc4451a76f0e919aac2b30ec93f0fd860f438	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-pa

Pennsylvania HB 1877 (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, providing for Pennsylvania Seal of Biliteracy.

Version chain

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

1. Printer's No. PN2334 (committee substitute) — source
2. Printer's No. PN3292 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FINAL PASSAGE — 201–0 (pass) · lower
• Committee vote (Education): Reported as Committed — 10–0 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (Education): Adopt Amendment — 26–0 (pass) · lower
• Committee vote (Education): Report Bill As Amended — 26–0 (pass) · lower
• Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-Reported as Committed — 21–0 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Committed — 37–0 (pass) · lower
• FINAL PASSAGE — 50–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Joseph D'Orsie — primary (person)
• Ana Tiburcio — cosponsor (person)
• Arvind Venkat — cosponsor (person)
• Ben Waxman — cosponsor (person)
• Bryan Cutler — cosponsor (person)
• Carol Hill-Evans — cosponsor (person)
• Dan Goughnour — cosponsor (person)
• Dave Madsen — cosponsor (person)
• David Zimmerman — cosponsor (person)
• G. Roni Green — cosponsor (person)
• Jill Cooper — cosponsor (person)
• Johanny Cepeda-Freytiz — cosponsor (person)
• Manuel Guzman — cosponsor (person)
• Marc Anderson — cosponsor (person)
• Nikki Rivera — cosponsor (person)
• Steven Malagari — cosponsor (person)
• Tarik Khan — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-09-25T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to Education referral-committee
• 2026-04-28T04:00:00+00:00 Reported as amended amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2026-04-28T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2026-04-28T04:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table
• 2026-05-04T04:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 2026-05-05T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2026-05-05T04:00:00+00:00 Re-committed to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2026-05-06T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2026-05-06T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2026-05-07T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to Education referral-committee
• 2026-06-09T04:00:00+00:00 Reported as committed committee-passage
• 2026-06-09T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2026-06-10T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2026-06-10T04:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2026-06-22T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2026-06-22T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2026-06-23T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in House
• 2026-06-23T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in Senate
• 2026-06-23T04:00:00+00:00 Presented to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2026-06-29T04:00:00+00:00 Approved by the Governor executive-signature
• 2026-06-29T04:00:00+00:00 Act No. 19 of 2026

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a9035edc-b940-42b0-a50d-27fddfe2342f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).