republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2025-2026/hb-640.md

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Bill	An Act amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929, in powers and duties of the Department of Public Welfare and its	An Act amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929, in powers and duties of the Department of Public Welfare and its	us/states/pa	Pennsylvania General Assembly	2025-2026	HB 640	Pennsylvania HB 640 (2025-2026)	bill		enacted	Dan Williams	3	28	13	2025-02-20T05:00:00+00:00	2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/85d245ed-20e8-4bdc-a58c-c034d379e3b4	https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=56&rollcallid=87&sessYr=2025&sessInd=0	2cc70fe73b560cfa67d3c1b7be3bc2d5fb6435d8b27a9d3385a2fb6042f3a43a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-pa

Pennsylvania HB 640 (2025-2026) — An Act amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929, in powers and duties of the Department of Public Welfare and its

Version chain

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

1. Printer's No. PN0650 (committee substitute) — source
2. Printer's No. PN2037 (committee substitute) — source
3. Printer's No. PN2052 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-Reported as Committed — 22–0 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (Rules & Executive Nominations): Re-Reported as Committed — 17–0 (pass) · upper
• RE-REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS — 50–0 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (Health & Human Services): Reported as Committed — 12–0 (pass) · upper
• CONCURRENCE — 183–20 (pass) · lower
• FINAL PASSAGE — 50–0 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (Human Services): Report Bill As Committed — 26–0 (pass) · lower
• Committee vote (Rules): Re-report Bill As Amended — 33–0 (pass) · lower
• MOTION TO CONSIDER BILL ON SECOND CONSIDERATION — 50–0 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Committed — 37–0 (pass) · lower
• Committee vote (Rules): Adopt Amendment — 33–0 (pass) · lower
• FINAL PASSAGE — 203–0 (pass) · lower
• CONCUR IN HOUSE AMENDMENTS TO SENATE AMENDMENTS — 46–4 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Dan Williams — primary (person)
• Benjamin Sanchez — cosponsor (person)
• Carol Hill-Evans — cosponsor (person)
• Daniel Deasy — cosponsor (person)
• Doyle Heffley — cosponsor (person)
• Joe Webster — cosponsor (person)
• Jose Giral — cosponsor (person)
• Keith Harris — cosponsor (person)
• Malcolm Kenyatta — cosponsor (person)
• Maureen Madden — cosponsor (person)
• Melissa Cerrato — cosponsor (person)
• Nancy Guenst — cosponsor (person)
• Robert Freeman — cosponsor (person)
• Steven Malagari — cosponsor (person)
• Tina Davis — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-20T05:00:00+00:00 Referred to Human Services referral-committee
• 2025-03-17T04:00:00+00:00 Reported as committed committee-passage
• 2025-03-17T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2025-03-17T04:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table
• 2025-04-07T04:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 2025-04-08T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2025-04-08T04:00:00+00:00 Re-committed to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2025-04-09T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2025-04-09T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2025-04-11T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to Health & Human Services referral-committee
• 2025-06-11T04:00:00+00:00 Reported as committed committee-passage
• 2025-06-11T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2025-06-24T04:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to Appropriations opening vote referral-committee
• 2025-06-25T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2025-06-25T04:00:00+00:00 Amended on third consideration amendment-passage
• 2025-06-26T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00 Amended in House Committee on Rules
• 2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported on concurrence, as amended amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00 House concurred in Senate amendments
• 2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to Rules & Executive Nominations referral-committee
• 2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported on concurrence, as committed committee-passage
• 2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00 Senate concurred in House amendments to Senate amendments
• 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. 14 of 2025

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/85d245ed-20e8-4bdc-a58c-c034d379e3b4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).