2025–2026 Regular Session · House of Representatives bill

HB 26

An Act amending Titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses), 35 (Health and Safety) and 40 (Insurance) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in provisions relating to abortion, repealing provisions relating to short title of chapter and to legislative intent, further providing for definitions, repealing provisions relating to medical consultation and judgment, to informed consent, to parental consent, to abortion facilities, to printed information, to Commonwealth interference prohibited, to spousal notice, to determination of gestational age, to abortion on unborn child of 24 or more weeks gestational age, to infanticide, to prohibited acts and to reporting, further providing for publicly owned facilities, public officials and public funds and for fetal experimentation and repealing provisions relating to civil penalties, to criminal penalties, to State Board of Medicine and State Board of Osteopathic Medicine and to construction; providing for reproductive rights; repealing provisions relating to compliance with Federal health care legislation as to regulation of insurers and related persons generally; and imposing penalties.

In committee Last action January 8, 2025: Referred to Health

Official bill page and text: palegis.us

Sponsors 34

Prime sponsor

Kristine Howard

Cosponsors (33)

Abigail Salisbury, Arvind Venkat, Benjamin Sanchez, Carol Hill-Evans, Chris Pielli, Christina Sappey, Dan Frankel, Danielle Friel Otten, David Delloso, Elizabeth Fiedler, Emily Kinkead, G. Roni Green, Jennifer O'Mara, Joe Ciresi, Johanny Cepeda-Freytiz, Jose Giral, Joseph Hohenstein, Kyle Donahue, Lindsay Powell, Lisa Borowski, Liz Hanbidge, Mary Jo Daley, Marylouise Isaacson, Melissa Cerrato, Melissa Shusterman, Michael Schlossberg, Nancy Guenst, Sean Dougherty, Steven Malagari, Tarah Probst, Tarik Khan, Tim Briggs, Tina Davis

Status

In committee as of January 8, 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
January 8, 2025	House	Referred to Health

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.