l9n/ Pennsylvania

2025–2026 Regular Session

House Bill 1923

An Act providing for regulation of the meat packing and food processing industry by creating facility health and safety committees in the workplace; establishing the industry workers' rights coordinator within the Department of Labor and Industry; and imposing penalties.

In the Senate since February 4, 2026.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the House of Representatives

27 co-sponsors

Jose Giral, Arvind Venkat, Tarah Probst, Tarik Khan, ROBERT FREEMAN, Benjamin V. Sanchez, Steven R. Malagari, Jeanne McNeill, Malcolm Kenyatta, Kyle Donahue, Tim Brennan, Carol Hill-Evans, Mandy Steele, Michael H. Schlossberg, DANIEL J. DEASY JR., G. Roni Green, Maureen E. Madden, Johanny Cepeda-Freytiz, Elizabeth Fiedler, Keith S. Harris, Ben Waxman, Danilo Burgos, Nikki Rivera, Ismail Smith-Wade-El, Joe Webster, TINA M. DAVIS, STEVE SAMUELSON

Its course

October 6, 2025 to October 7, 2026, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action14 actions on 7 days

In the House of RepresentativesOct 6 to Feb 4121 days

Labor & IndustryOct 6 to Jan 28114 days

AppropriationsFeb 3 to Feb 41 day

In the SenateFrom Feb 4

Labor & IndustryFeb 13 to Oct 7236 days

Votes

Yeas to nays, as the General Assembly recorded them. Committee votes are set in.

  • House of Representatives, third reading122–76

    Passed · Feb 4, 2026

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • House of Representatives committee amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Jan 28, 2026

  • Senate committee amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Oct 7, 2026

Text

Each version as the General Assembly printed it.

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What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the General Assembly published it is below.

In the House of Representatives Oct 6 – Feb 4, 2026

  1. Oct 6Sent to LABOR AND INDUSTRY
  2. Jan 28, 2026LABOR AND INDUSTRY recommended it as amended
  3. Feb 3, 2026Read a second time
  4. Sent to APPROPRIATIONS
  5. Feb 4, 2026APPROPRIATIONS recommended it
  6. Passed the House of Representatives, 122 to 76

In the Senate Feb 13, 2026 – Oct 7, 2026

  1. Feb 13, 2026Arrived in the Senate
  2. Sent to LABOR AND INDUSTRY
  3. Oct 7, 2026LABOR AND INDUSTRY recommended it as amended
All 14 actions, as published
  1. Oct 6Referred to LABOR AND INDUSTRY, Oct. 6, 2025House of Representatives
  2. Jan 28, 2026Reported as amended, Jan. 28, 2026House of Representatives
  3. Jan 28, 2026First consideration, Jan. 28, 2026House of Representatives
  4. Jan 28, 2026Laid on the table, Jan. 28, 2026House of Representatives
  5. Feb 2, 2026Removed from table, Feb. 2, 2026House of Representatives
  6. Feb 3, 2026Second consideration, Feb. 3, 2026House of Representatives
  7. Feb 3, 2026Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS, Feb. 3, 2026House of Representatives
  8. Feb 4, 2026Re-reported as committed, Feb. 4, 2026House of Representatives
  9. Feb 4, 2026Third consideration and final passage, Feb. 4, 2026 (122-76)House of Representatives
  10. Feb 4, 2026(Remarks see House Journal Page 110-111), Feb. 4, 2026House of Representatives
  11. Feb 13, 2026In the SenateSenate
  12. Feb 13, 2026Referred to LABOR AND INDUSTRY, Feb. 13, 2026Senate
  13. Oct 7, 2026Reported as amended, Oct. 7, 2026Senate
  14. Oct 7, 2026First consideration, Oct. 7, 2026House of Representatives