republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2025-2026/sb-246.md

---
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 student supports, providing for"
description: "An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, in student supports, providing for"
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 246"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 246 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jarrett Coleman"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 27
vote_count: 15
first_action: "2025-02-13T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-11-06T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4a38291a-9df6-4f5b-86e1-bf389348650d"
source_url: "https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=12&rollcallid=913&sessYr=2025&sessInd=0"
source_hash: "edbb73d4273172c72e2381557ad085050fe263a779ea082fc30e9c243039e5d5"
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 SB 246 (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 student supports, providing for

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. PN0199** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2025/0/SB0246/PN0199)
2. **Printer's No. PN0752** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2025/0/SB0246/PN0752)
3. **Printer's No. PN0764** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2025/0/SB0246/PN0764)
4. **Printer's No. PN1009** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2025/0/SB0246/PN1009)
5. **Printer's No. PN1030** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2025/0/SB0246/PN1030)

## Votes

- MOTION TO RECONSIDER — **102–101** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Education): Adopt Amendment — **26–0** (pass) · lower
- A1363 — **164–39** (pass) · lower
- A1383 — **101–102** (fail) · lower
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-Reported as Committed — **20–2** (pass) · upper
- KIM AMENDMENT NO. A-0710 — **48–2** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Education): Adopt Amendment — **9–2** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Committed — **37–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Education): Reported as Amended — **8–3** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Rules & Executive Nominations): Re-Reported as Committed — **17–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR IN HOUSE AMENDMENTS — **48–2** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Education): Report Bill As Amended — **26–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **202–1** (pass) · lower
- A1363 — **203–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **45–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jarrett Coleman — primary (person)
- Christine Tartaglione — cosponsor (person)
- Cris Dush — cosponsor (person)
- David Argall — cosponsor (person)
- Doug Mastriano — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Costa — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick Stefano — cosponsor (person)
- Wayne Fontana — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Education `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as amended `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2025-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2025-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2025-05-12T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-12T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2025-05-12T04:00:00+00:00** Amended on third consideration `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-13T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-05-13T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Education `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as amended `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2025-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2025-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2025-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration, with amendments `reading-2`
- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2025-07-01T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2025-09-22T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table (Pursuant to House Rule 71)
- **2025-09-23T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2025-10-07T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-10-08T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules & Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2025-10-21T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
- **2025-10-22T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House amendments
- **2025-10-22T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2025-10-29T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2025-10-29T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-11-06T05:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-11-06T05:00:00+00:00** Act No. 44 of 2025

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4a38291a-9df6-4f5b-86e1-bf389348650d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).