Pennsylvania State Senator

Jay Costa 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 23)

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Pennsylvania 2025-2026 Regular Session

Pennsylvania Senate Bill SB331

Introduced
2/28/25  
Refer
2/28/25  
Refer
3/16/26  
Report Pass
3/17/26  
Engrossed
3/23/26  
Refer
3/23/26  
Authorizing the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to join the Cosmetology Licensure Compact; and providing for the form of the compact.
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Pennsylvania Senate Bill SB6

Introduced
3/19/25  
Refer
3/19/25  
Refer
10/21/25  
Report Pass
10/21/25  
Refer
10/22/25  
Report Pass
10/22/25  
Engrossed
10/22/25  
Providing for the administration of permits by State agencies, for a tracking system for permit applications, for the establishment of permit programs, for third-party review of permit decision delays and for annual reports; establishing the Pennsylvania Office of Transformation and Opportunity and the Economic Development Strategy Group; and providing for their powers and duties.
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Pennsylvania Senate Bill SB481

Introduced
3/20/25  
Refer
3/20/25  
Refer
3/31/25  
Report Pass
5/5/25  
Engrossed
5/7/25  
In size, weight and load, providing for milk hauling during inclement weather and emergency declaration and further providing for permit for movement during course of manufacture.
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Pennsylvania Senate Bill SR52

Introduced
3/20/25  
Designating the week of April 14 through 18, 2025, as "Local Government Week" and April 16, 2025, as "Local Government Day" in Pennsylvania.
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Pennsylvania Senate Bill SR53

Introduced
3/20/25  
Designating the month of March 2025 as "Disabilities Awareness Month" in Pennsylvania.
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Pennsylvania Senate Bill SR54

Introduced
3/20/25  
Recognizing March 18, 2025, as "Public Defender Day" in Pennsylvania.
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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 SB212

Introduced
3/21/25  
In general provisions relating to offenses involving danger to the person, further providing for definitions.
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Pennsylvania Senate Bill SB489

Introduced
3/21/25  
In firearms and other dangerous articles, further providing for limitation on the regulation of firearms and ammunition; and, in home rule and optional plan government, repealing provisions relating to limitation on municipal powers.
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Pennsylvania Senate Bill SB488

Introduced
3/21/25  
In preliminary provisions relating to voter registration, further providing for definitions; in registration system, further providing for SURE system; in voter registration, further providing for qualifications to register and for government agencies, providing for preregistration data entry and further providing for preparation and distribution of applications; and, in changes in records, further providing for death of registrant.
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Pennsylvania Senate Bill SB484

Introduced
3/21/25  
In sales and use tax, further providing for exclusions from tax.
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Pennsylvania Senate Bill SB54

Introduced
3/21/25  
In limitation of time, further providing for six months limitation; in matters affecting government units, further providing for exceptions to sovereign immunity, for limitations on damages and for exceptions to governmental immunity and providing for claims for compensation for wrongful conviction; in general administration, providing for services after wrongful conviction; and, in Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole, further providing for powers and duties of department.
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Pennsylvania Senate Bill SB496

Introduced
3/21/25  
In educational tax credits, further providing for school participation in program.
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Pennsylvania Senate Bill SB507

Introduced
3/21/25  
Refer
3/21/25  
Refer
10/6/25  
Report Pass
10/6/25  
Engrossed
10/21/25  
Refer
10/22/25  
Refer
4/28/26  
Report Pass
4/29/26  
Enrolled
5/5/26  
Chaptered
5/6/26  
Amending the act of December 20, 1985 (P.L.457, No.112), entitled "An act relating to the right to practice medicine and surgery and the right to practice medically related acts; reestablishing the State Board of Medical Education and Licensure as the State Board of Medicine and providing for its composition, powers and duties; providing for the issuance of licenses and certificates and the suspension and revocation of licenses and certificates; provided penalties; and making repeals," further providing for definitions, for midwifery and for nurse-midwife license; and providing for certified midwife license.
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Pennsylvania Senate Bill SB497

Introduced
3/21/25  
Providing for testing for dangerous levels of radon and remediation measures in school buildings, residential buildings, residential homes and commercial buildings; and imposing penalties.