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type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending the act of May 17, 1921 (P.L.682, No.284), known as The Insurance Company Law of 1921, in casualty insurance, further providing for conditions subject to which policies are to be issued and for group accident and sickness insurance; and, in community health reinvestment, further providing for definitions."
description: "An Act amending the act of May 17, 1921 (P.L.682, No.284), known as The Insurance Company Law of 1921, in casualty insurance, further providing for conditions subject to which policies are to be issued and for group accident and sickness insurance; and, in community health reinvestment, further providing for definitions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 261"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 261 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tina Pickett"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-01-17T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e6c32644-6dfe-44c2-9edc-03a9ef4b7cd6"
source_url: "https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=22&rollcallid=17&sessYr=2025&sessInd=0"
source_hash: "0ae4724cbd965e69014b253539b5b6a3551fbfb282e836d6dc82eca10e68f1a4"
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 261 (2025-2026) — An Act amending the act of May 17, 1921 (P.L.682, No.284), known as The Insurance Company Law of 1921, in casualty insurance, further providing for conditions subject to which policies are to be issued and for group accident and sickness insurance; and, in community health reinvestment, further providing for definitions.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Printer's No. PN0169** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2025/0/HB0261/PN0169)
## Votes
- Committee vote (Insurance): Report Bill As Committed — **26–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-Reported as Committed — **22–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **202–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Banking & Insurance): Reported as Committed — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Committed — **37–0** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Tina Pickett — primary (person)
- Arvind Venkat — cosponsor (person)
- Benjamin Sanchez — cosponsor (person)
- Carol Hill-Evans — cosponsor (person)
- Christina Sappey — cosponsor (person)
- Danilo Burgos — cosponsor (person)
- Ed Neilson — cosponsor (person)
- Greg Vitali — cosponsor (person)
- Jeremy Shaffer — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Webster — cosponsor (person)
- Johanny Cepeda-Freytiz — cosponsor (person)
- Justin Fleming — cosponsor (person)
- Kyle Donahue — cosponsor (person)
- Mary Jo Daley — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Schlossberg — cosponsor (person)
- Pat Gallagher — cosponsor (person)
- Perry Warren — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Samuelson — cosponsor (person)
- Steven Malagari — cosponsor (person)
- Tarik Khan — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Brennan — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-17T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-29T05:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-29T05:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2025-01-29T05:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2025-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2025-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2025-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Banking & Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2025-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2025-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2025-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2025-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Act No. 9 of 2025
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e6c32644-6dfe-44c2-9edc-03a9ef4b7cd6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).