l9n/ Pennsylvania

2025–2026 Regular Session

House Bill 886

An Act amending Title 61 (Prisons and Parole) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in general administration relating to correctional institutions, providing for prerelease briefings on veterans benefits.

In the Senate's Judiciary Committee since February 13, 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

13 co-sponsors

Benjamin V. Sanchez, Maureen E. Madden, Chris Pielli, Jose Giral, Jeanne McNeill, Tarik Khan, Carol Hill-Evans, Steven R. Malagari, Joe Ciresi, DANIEL J. DEASY JR., G. Roni Green, SCOTT CONKLIN, Keith S. Harris

Its course

March 13, 2025 to February 13, 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 action12 actions on 6 days

In the House of RepresentativesMar 13 to Feb 3327 days

JudiciaryMar 13 to Nov 17249 days

AppropriationsFeb 2 to Feb 31 day

In the SenateFrom Feb 3

JudiciaryFrom Feb 13

Votes

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

  • House of Representatives, third reading197–0

    Passed · Feb 3, 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 Mar 13 – Feb 3, 2026

  1. Mar 13Sent to JUDICIARY
  2. Nov 17JUDICIARY recommended it
  3. Feb 2, 2026Read a second time
  4. Sent to APPROPRIATIONS
  5. Feb 3, 2026APPROPRIATIONS recommended it
  6. Passed the House of Representatives, 197 to 0

In the Senate Feb 13, 2026

  1. Feb 13, 2026Arrived in the Senate
  2. Sent to JUDICIARY
All 12 actions, as published
  1. Mar 13Referred to JUDICIARY, March 13, 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. Jan 28, 2026Removed from table, Jan. 28, 2026House of Representatives
  6. Feb 2, 2026Second consideration, Feb. 2, 2026House of Representatives
  7. Feb 2, 2026Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS, Feb. 2, 2026House of Representatives
  8. Feb 3, 2026Re-reported as committed, Feb. 3, 2026House of Representatives
  9. Feb 3, 2026Third consideration and final passage, Feb. 3, 2026 (197-0)House of Representatives
  10. Feb 3, 2026(Remarks see House Journal Page 76-77), Feb. 3, 2026House of Representatives
  11. Feb 13, 2026In the SenateSenate
  12. Feb 13, 2026Referred to JUDICIARY, Feb. 13, 2026Senate