Pennsylvania bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Pennsylvania HB 280
An Act amending the act of June 3, 1937 (P.L.1333, No.320), known as the Pennsylvania Election Code, in preliminary provisions, further providing for definitions; in qualifications of electors, further providing for qualifications of electors at primaries; in party organization, further providing for only enrolled electors to vote at primaries or hold party offices; in nomination of candidates, further providing for candidates to be nominated and party officers to be elected at primaries and providing for procedure for unenrolled electors to cast primary ballots; in preparation for and conduct of primaries and elections, further providing for manner of applying to vote, persons entitled to vote, voter's certificates, entries to be made in district register, numbered lists of voters and challenges; in voting by qualified absentee electors, further providing for applications for official absentee ballots; in voting by qualified mail-in electors, further providing for applications for official mail-in ballots; in returns of primaries and elections, further providing for computation of returns by county board, certification and issuance of certificates of election; and, in penalties, further providing for election officers refusing to permit elector to vote in proper party at primaries and repealing provisions relating to elector voting ballot of wrong party at primary.
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became law
Sponsors
- Jared Solomon (Democratic)
Cosponsors (32)
- Malcolm Kenyatta (Democratic)
- Christopher Rabb (Democratic)
- Tarik Khan (Democratic)
- Arvind Venkat (Democratic)
- Chris Pielli (Democratic)
- Tarah Probst (Democratic)
- Carol Hill-Evans (Democratic)
- Nancy Guenst (Democratic)
- Jim Haddock (Democratic)
- Michael Schlossberg (Democratic)
- Melissa Shusterman (Democratic)
- Joe Webster (Democratic)
- Daniel Deasy (Democratic)
- Melissa Cerrato (Democratic)
- G. Roni Green (Democratic)
- Jennifer O'Mara (Democratic)
- Justin Fleming (Democratic)
- Lisa Borowski (Democratic)
- Marylouise Isaacson (Democratic)
- Tim Brennan (Democratic)
- Dan Frankel (Democratic)
- Christina Sappey (Democratic)
- Andre Carroll (Democratic)
- Greg Scott (Democratic)
- Scott Conklin (Democratic)
- Jeremy Shaffer (Republican)
- Nikki Rivera (Democratic)
- Brandon Dukes (Democratic)
- Jamie Flick (Republican)
- Tina Davis (Democratic)
- Benjamin Sanchez (Democratic)
- Johanny Cepeda-Freytiz (Democratic)
Summary
No official summary is available for this bill.
Latest action(Oct 13, 2026): Referred to State Government
Text versions
Roll-call votes
State vote data last updated Oct 15, 2026, 8:04 PM.
| Date | Vote | Result | Your legislators |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 29, 2026 House | FINAL PASSAGE | pass | Set your home in Pennsylvania to see |
| Sep 29, 2026 House | Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Committed | pass | Set your home in Pennsylvania to see |
| May 13, 2025 House | Committee vote (State Government): Report Bill As Committed | pass | Set your home in Pennsylvania to see |
Actions
- Oct 13, 2026 · Senate
Referred to State Government - Sep 29, 2026 · House
Third consideration and final passage - Sep 29, 2026 · House
Re-reported as committed - Sep 28, 2026 · House
Re-committed to Appropriations - Sep 28, 2026 · House
Second consideration - Sep 28, 2026 · House
Removed from table - May 13, 2025 · House
Laid on the table - May 13, 2025 · House
First consideration - May 13, 2025 · House
Reported as committed - Jan 22, 2025 · House
Referred to State Government