2025–2026 Regular Session · State Senate bill

SB 837

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; imposing penalties; and making an editorial change.

In committee Last action June 27, 2025: Referred to Judiciary

Official bill page and text: palegis.us

Sponsors 14

Prime sponsor

Amanda Cappelletti

Cosponsors (13)

Art Haywood, Carolyn Comitta, Christine Tartaglione, Jay Costa, John Kane, Judith Schwank, Katie Muth, Lindsey Williams, Maria Collett, Nikil Saval, Sharif Street, Vincent Hughes, Wayne Fontana

Status

In committee as of June 27, 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
June 27, 2025	Senate	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.