2025–2026 Regular Session · House of Representatives bill

HB 1740

An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in abortion, further providing for legislative intent, providing for fetal heartbeat examination and further providing for medical consultation and judgment and for abortion on unborn child of 24 or more weeks gestational age; and making an editorial change.

In committee Last action July 16, 2025: Referred to Judiciary

Official bill page and text: palegis.us

Sponsors 17

Prime sponsor

Stephanie Borowicz

Cosponsors (16)

Aaron Bernstine, Andrew Kuzma, Charity Krupa, David Zimmerman, Joe Hamm, Marc Anderson, Mark Gillen, Marla Brown, R. Lee James, Rob Kauffman, Robert Leadbeter, Seth Grove, Timothy Bonner, Tina Pickett, Tom Jones, Wendy Fink

Status

In committee as of July 16, 2025. Session ends November 30, 2026; the 2027–2028 session begins in January 2027.

Roll-call votes 0

No roll-call votes recorded for this measure.

Timeline 1

Date	Chamber	Action
July 16, 2025	House	Referred to Judiciary

Data: Open States (API v3; public data, attribution appreciated), updated November 5, 2026. Official record: palegis.us. Bill pages link to the official text, not copied.