republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2025-2026/hb-1251.md

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Bill	An Act amending the act of October 10, 1975 (P.L.383, No.110), known as the Physical Therapy Practice Act, further providing for definitions and for practice of physical therapy.	An Act amending the act of October 10, 1975 (P.L.383, No.110), known as the Physical Therapy Practice Act, further providing for definitions and for practice of physical therapy.	us/states/pa	Pennsylvania General Assembly	2025-2026	HB 1251	Pennsylvania HB 1251 (2025-2026)	bill		enacted	Gina Curry	2	21	8	2025-09-10T04:00:00+00:00	2026-05-06T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/ee62a55a-424f-4694-9c7e-d67d426afdb2	https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=34&rollcallid=1332&sessYr=2025&sessInd=0	dcb93d84e0285715aeb7e6795782dff76b5a14a3fda1e72a1af190a0c73cc3f7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-pa

Pennsylvania HB 1251 (2025-2026) — An Act amending the act of October 10, 1975 (P.L.383, No.110), known as the Physical Therapy Practice Act, further providing for definitions and for practice of physical therapy.

Version chain

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

1. Printer's No. PN2296 (committee substitute) — source
2. Printer's No. PN2533 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Committee vote (Professional Licensure): Adopt Amendment — 26–0 (pass) · lower
• FINAL PASSAGE — 45–2 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE — 202–1 (pass) · lower
• Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Committed — 37–0 (pass) · lower
• House Bill 1251 — 101–102 (fail) · lower
• Committee vote (Professional Licensure): Report Bill As Amended — 26–0 (pass) · lower
• Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-Reported as Committed — 20–0 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (Consumer Protection & Professional Licensure): Reported as Committed — 13–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Gina Curry — primary (person)
• Ben Waxman — cosponsor (person)
• Benjamin Sanchez — cosponsor (person)
• Carol Hill-Evans — cosponsor (person)
• Chris Pielli — cosponsor (person)
• Danielle Friel Otten — cosponsor (person)
• Dave Madsen — cosponsor (person)
• G. Roni Green — cosponsor (person)
• Joe Webster — cosponsor (person)
• Johanny Cepeda-Freytiz — cosponsor (person)
• Joseph Hohenstein — cosponsor (person)
• Keith Harris — cosponsor (person)
• La'Tasha Mayes — cosponsor (person)
• Lisa Borowski — cosponsor (person)
• Manuel Guzman — cosponsor (person)
• Melissa Cerrato — cosponsor (person)
• Melissa Shusterman — cosponsor (person)
• Nikki Rivera — cosponsor (person)
• Steve Samuelson — cosponsor (person)
• Tarah Probst — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-09-10T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to Professional Licensure referral-committee
• 2025-10-28T04:00:00+00:00 Reported as amended amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2025-10-28T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2025-10-28T04:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table
• 2025-11-19T05:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 2025-12-16T05:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2025-12-16T05:00:00+00:00 Re-committed to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2025-12-17T05:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2025-12-17T05:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2025-12-29T05:00:00+00:00 Referred to Consumer Protection & Professional Licensure referral-committee
• 2026-04-20T04:00:00+00:00 Reported as committed committee-passage
• 2026-04-20T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2026-04-21T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2026-04-21T04:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2026-04-21T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2026-04-22T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2026-04-27T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in House
• 2026-05-04T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in Senate
• 2026-05-05T04:00:00+00:00 Presented to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2026-05-06T04:00:00+00:00 Approved by the Governor executive-signature
• 2026-05-06T04:00:00+00:00 Act No. 12 of 2026

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ee62a55a-424f-4694-9c7e-d67d426afdb2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).