Pennsylvania State Senator

James Malone 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 6)

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Pennsylvania Senate Bill SB150

Introduced
6/3/25  
Further providing for title of the act, for findings and declaration of policy, for right to freedom from discrimination in employment, housing and public accommodation, for definitions, for unlawful discriminatory practices and for prohibition of certain real estate practices; providing for protection of religious exercise; and further providing for powers and duties of the commission, for educational program and for construction and exclusiveness of remedy.
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Pennsylvania Senate Bill SB794

Introduced
6/3/25  
In fire and marine insurance, further providing for municipal certificate required prior to payment of fire loss claims.
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Pennsylvania Senate Bill SB260

Introduced
2/20/25  
In juries and jurors, further providing for exemptions from jury duty.
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Pennsylvania Senate Bill SB344

Introduced
2/26/25  
Refer
2/26/25  
Providing for 2026 special ad hoc municipal police and firefighter postretirement adjustment; in financing of special ad hoc adjustment, further providing for reimbursement by Commonwealth for 2002 special ad hoc adjustment; and, in administrative provisions, further providing for municipal retirement system certification of adjustments paid and of reimbursable amounts and for municipal receipt of reimbursement payment.
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Pennsylvania Senate Bill SB346

Introduced
2/26/25  
Providing for workplace health and safety standards for public employees; providing for powers and duties of the Secretary of Labor and Industry; establishing the Pennsylvania Occupational Safety and Health Review Board; providing for workplace inspections; and imposing penalties.
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Pennsylvania Senate Bill SB348

Introduced
2/26/25  
In firearms and other dangerous articles, providing for report of theft or loss of firearm; and imposing a penalty.
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Pennsylvania Senate Bill SB318

Introduced
2/26/25  
In casualty insurance, providing for coverage for postacute neurorehabilitation.
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Pennsylvania Senate Bill SB315

Introduced
2/26/25  
Refer
2/26/25  
Refer
3/26/25  
Report Pass
4/1/25  
Engrossed
4/2/25  
Refer
4/3/25  
Refer
6/25/25  
Report Pass
10/8/25  
Refer
10/20/25  
Report Pass
11/11/25  
Refer
11/12/25  
Report Pass
11/12/25  
Enrolled
11/12/25  
Chaptered
11/12/25  
An act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), entitled "An act relating to the public school system, including certain provisions applicable as well to private and parochial schools; amending, revising, consolidating and changing the laws relating thereto," in preliminary provisions, further providing for Special Education Funding Commission and for minimum number of days or hours; in duties and powers of boards of school directors, providing for admission fees for school-sponsored activities; in intermediate units, further providing for staff; in certification of teachers, further providing for certificates qualifying persons to teach and for instructional certificate grade spans and age levels and duties of department, providing for instructional certificate grade spans and age levels and for State certificate fee reduction, further providing for standard employment application, for career and technical instructional certificate, for program of continuing professional and paraprofessional education and for postbaccalaureate certification, providing for assessment of basic skills, further providing for professional educator discipline fee and providing for career and technical administrative director certification flexibility; in pupils and attendance, further providing for attendance policy at charter, regional charter and cyber charter schools, for procedure when child is truant, for procedure by school when child habitually truant, for procedure upon filing of citation, for penalties for violating compulsory school attendance requirements and for study of truancy procedure, providing for department supports to prevent truancy and further providing for reports to Superintendent of Public Instruction and for exceptional children and education and training; in student supports, further providing for definitions; in school safety and security, further providing for definitions, for School Safety and Security Committee, for school safety and security assessment providers, for School Safety and Security Grant Program, for school safety and security coordinator and for school safety and security training, providing for school safety and mental health grants for 2025-2026 school year and further providing for reporting and memorandum of understanding; in school security, further providing for training, for school resource officers, for school security guards and for duties of commission; in Safe2Say Program, further providing for intent, for definitions, for Safe2Say Program and for annual report; in threat assessment, further providing for definitions, for threat assessment teams and for threat assessment guidelines, training and information materials; in Drug and Alcohol Recovery High School Program, further providing for scope of program and selection of students and for enrollment of students; in evidence-based reading instruction, further providing for definitions and providing for school entity duties related to evidence-based reading instruction, for school entity duties related to reading screening, for reading deficiency identification and parental notification, for reading intervention plans, for grant program, for funding, for reporting, for accountability and for construction; in high schools, further providing for attendance in other districts and providing for Free Application for Federal Student Aid; in interscholastic athletics accountability, further providing for council recommendations and standards; in charter schools, further providing for funding for cyber charter schools, for enrollment and notification and for enrollee wellness checks; in career and technical education, further providing for capital reserve fund for approved purchases of equipment and facility maintenance, for career and technical education equipment grants, for Cosmetology Training through Career and Technical Center Pilot Program and for Barber Training through Career and Technical Center Pilot Program; providing for Nursing Shortage Assistance Program; in community colleges, further providing for financial program and reimbursement of payments; in the State System of Higher Education, further providing for definitions and for Grow Pennsylvania Merit Scholarship Program; in educational tax credits, further providing for limitations; in higher education accountability and transparency, further providing for exit counseling; in miscellaneous provisions relating to institutions of higher education, repealing provisions relating to State-related university performance-based funding model, further providing for prohibition on scholarship displacement at public institutions of higher education and providing for cooperation and for State scholarship renewals; in institutions of higher education, further providing for powers and duties of State Board of Higher Education, for definitions, for Performance-based Funding Council and for public institution of higher education reporting, providing for State-related University Performance Fund, for performance-based funding formula and for public accountability and further providing for agency duties, for grant priority and for report; in Ready-to-Succeed Scholarship, further providing for agency; in funding for public libraries, providing for State aid for fiscal year 2025-2026; in reimbursements by Commonwealth and between school districts, further providing for student-weighted basic education funding beginning with 2023-2024 school year, for extraordinary special education program expenses, for assistance to school districts declared to be in financial recovery status or identified for financial watch status and for Ready-to-Learn Block Grant; in construction and renovation of buildings by school entities, further providing for applicability; abrogating regulations; and making an editorial change.
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Pennsylvania Senate Bill SB307

Introduced
2/26/25  
Refer
2/26/25  
Establishing the Pennsylvania Purple Alert System; and further providing for immunity.
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Pennsylvania Senate Bill SB320

Introduced
2/28/25  
Prohibiting for-profit entities from owning or managing hospitals and health systems in this Commonwealth.
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Pennsylvania Senate Bill SB67

Introduced
3/3/25  
Refer
3/3/25  
In Pennsylvania Game Commission, further providing for organization of commission; in game or wildlife protection, further providing for regulations, for report to commission officer, for surrender of carcass to commission officer and for unlawful activities; and, in hunting and furtaking, repealing provisions relating to hunting on Sunday prohibited, further providing for unlawful devices and methods and for the offense of trespass on private property while hunting and repealing provisions relating to hunting on Sunday without written permission.
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Pennsylvania Senate Bill SB476

Introduced
3/19/25  
Refer
3/19/25  
In preliminary provisions relating to boats and boating, further providing for boating education.
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Pennsylvania Senate Bill SB112

Introduced
3/21/25  
Providing for consumer data privacy, for duties of controllers and for duties of processors; and imposing penalties.
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Pennsylvania Senate Bill SB440

Introduced
3/21/25  
In Pennsylvania Economic Development for a Growing Economy (PA EDGE) tax credits relating to semiconductor manufacturing and biomedical manufacturing and research, further providing for definitions, for eligibility, for application and approval of tax credit and for sale or assignment.
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Pennsylvania Senate Bill SB240

Introduced
3/21/25  
Further providing for definitions; and providing for related fees.