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2025–2026 Regular Session

House Bill 458

An Act amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in post-trial matters, further providing for eligibility for relief, providing for postconviction review for veterans with service-connected mental health disability and further providing for jurisdiction and proceedings; and, in sentencing, further providing for sentencing procedure for murder of the first degree.

In the Senate's Judiciary Committee since December 22, 2025.

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

19 co-sponsors

Jose Giral, Tarah Probst, Jim Haddock, David M. Delloso, Joe Ciresi, Emily Kinkead, Liz Hanbidge, Kristine C. Howard, Johanny Cepeda-Freytiz, Benjamin V. Sanchez, Joseph C. Hohenstein, Dan K. Williams, Jennifer O'Mara, G. Roni Green, Mary Jo Daley, Keith S. Harris, Sean Dougherty, Abigail Salisbury, Dave Madsen

Its course

February 3 to December 22, 2025, 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 action12 actions on 5 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 3 to Dec 16316 days

JudiciaryFeb 3 to Nov 17287 days

AppropriationsNov 19 to Dec 1627 days

In the SenateFrom Dec 16

JudiciaryFrom Dec 22

Votes

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

  • House of Representatives, third reading102–101

    Passed · Dec 16

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 Feb 3 – Dec 16

  1. Feb 3Sent to JUDICIARY
  2. Nov 17JUDICIARY recommended it
  3. Nov 19Read a second time
  4. Sent to APPROPRIATIONS
  5. Dec 16APPROPRIATIONS recommended it
  6. Passed the House of Representatives, 102 to 101

In the Senate Dec 22

  1. Dec 22Arrived in the Senate
  2. Sent to JUDICIARY
All 12 actions, as published
  1. Feb 3Referred to JUDICIARY, Feb. 3, 2025House of Representatives
  2. Nov 17Reported as committed, Nov. 17, 2025House of Representatives
  3. Nov 17First consideration, Nov. 17, 2025House of Representatives
  4. Nov 17Laid on the table, Nov. 17, 2025House of Representatives
  5. Nov 19Removed from table, Nov. 19, 2025House of Representatives
  6. Nov 19Second consideration, Nov. 19, 2025House of Representatives
  7. Nov 19Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS, Nov. 19, 2025House of Representatives
  8. Dec 16Re-reported as committed, Dec. 16, 2025House of Representatives
  9. Dec 16Third consideration and final passage, Dec. 16, 2025 (102-101)House of Representatives
  10. Dec 16(Remarks see House Journal Page 1637-1638), Dec. 16, 2025House of Representatives
  11. Dec 22In the SenateSenate
  12. Dec 22Referred to JUDICIARY, Dec. 22, 2025Senate