l9n/ Pennsylvania

2025–2026 Regular Session

House Bill 630

An Act amending the act of December 17, 1959 (P.L.1913, No.694), known as the Equal Pay Law, further providing for definitions and for wage rates; providing for additional violations; further providing for powers of secretary, for collection of unpaid wages, for records and reporting and for penalties; and establishing the Equal Pay Enforcement Fund.

In the Senate's Labor & Industry Committee since May 16, 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

41 co-sponsors

Jennifer O'Mara, G. Roni Green, Carol Hill-Evans, Arvind Venkat, Joseph C. Hohenstein, Michael H. Schlossberg, Emily Kinkead, Chris Pielli, Jim Haddock, ROBERT FREEMAN, Tarah Probst, Benjamin V. Sanchez, Steven R. Malagari, Kristine C. Howard, Joe Ciresi, Mandy Steele, DANIEL J. DEASY JR., Elizabeth Fiedler, Melissa Cerrato, Johanny Cepeda-Freytiz, La'Tasha D. Mayes, Heather Boyd, Regina G. Young, Lisa A. Borowski, Ben Waxman, Maureen E. Madden, MaryLouise Isaacson, Malcolm Kenyatta, Christina D. Sappey, Lindsay Powell, Liz Hanbidge, Robert E. Merski, Nikki Rivera, Dave Madsen, Nancy Guenst, Nathan Davidson, Danielle Friel Otten, Tarik Khan, Keith S. Harris, Gina H. Curry, TINA M. DAVIS

Its course

March 3 to May 16, 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 6 days

In the House of RepresentativesMar 3 to May 563 days

Labor & IndustryMar 3 to Mar 2522 days

AppropriationsApr 24 to May 511 days

In the SenateFrom May 5

Labor & IndustryFrom May 16

Votes

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

  • House of Representatives, third reading102–101

    Passed · May 5

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 Mar 3 – May 5

  1. Mar 3Sent to LABOR AND INDUSTRY
  2. Mar 25LABOR AND INDUSTRY recommended it
  3. Apr 24Read a second time
  4. Sent to APPROPRIATIONS
  5. May 5APPROPRIATIONS recommended it
  6. Passed the House of Representatives, 102 to 101

In the Senate May 16

  1. May 16Arrived in the Senate
  2. Sent to LABOR AND INDUSTRY
All 12 actions, as published
  1. Mar 3Referred to LABOR AND INDUSTRY, March 3, 2025House of Representatives
  2. Mar 25Reported as committed, March 25, 2025House of Representatives
  3. Mar 25First consideration, March 25, 2025House of Representatives
  4. Mar 25Laid on the table, March 25, 2025House of Representatives
  5. Apr 23Removed from table, April 23, 2025House of Representatives
  6. Apr 24Second consideration, April 24, 2025House of Representatives
  7. Apr 24Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS, April 24, 2025House of Representatives
  8. May 5Re-reported as committed, May 5, 2025House of Representatives
  9. May 5Third consideration and final passage, May 5, 2025 (102-101)House of Representatives
  10. May 5(Remarks see House Journal Page 485-486), May 5, 2025House of Representatives
  11. May 16In the SenateSenate
  12. May 16Referred to LABOR AND INDUSTRY, May 16, 2025Senate