2025-2026 Regular Session • Pennsylvania Legislature
HB157: Providing for grant awards to entities in rural counties and designated medically underserved areas to pay for the education debt of practitioners employed at the entity.
Legislative Summary
An Act providing for grant awards to entities in rural counties and designated medically underserved areas to pay for the education debt of practitioners employed at the entity.
Demographic Impact
Overall analysis of equity impact
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Bill History
1/14/2025
Referred to HEALTH
House of Representatives
2/5/2025
Reported as amended
House of Representatives
2/5/2025
First consideration
House of Representatives
2/5/2025
Laid on the table
House of Representatives
3/17/2025
Removed from table
House of Representatives
3/18/2025
Second consideration
House of Representatives
3/18/2025
Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS
House of Representatives
3/19/2025
Re-reported as committed
House of Representatives
3/19/2025
Third consideration and final passage (194-8)
House of Representatives
3/19/2025
In the Senate
Senate
4/14/2025
Referred to INSTITUTIONAL SUSTAINABILITY AND INNOVATION
Senate
Amendments
House Amendment A00009 (PN 0099)
House Amendment A00009 (PN 0099)
Not Adopted
Roll Call Votes
House Floor: HB 157 PN 475, FINAL PASSAGE
3/19/2025
194
Yea
8
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
House Appropriations: Re-report Bill As Committed
3/19/2025
37
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
House Health: Adopt Amendment A00009
2/5/2025
26
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
House Health: Report Bill As Amended A00009
2/5/2025
26
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
Status Information
Current Status
Engrossed(3/19/2025)
Chamber
Senate
Committee
Institutional Sustainability and Innovation(Senate)
Sponsors
Republican: 9
Democrat: 13
Primary Sponsor

Kathy Rapp
Republican
Co-Sponsors (21)
Dan Frankel
Democrat
Tim Twardzik
Republican
Ben Sanchez
Democrat
David Zimmerman
Republican
Arvind Venkat
Democrat
Kristine Howard
Democrat
Tarik Khan
Democrat
Bryan Cutler
Republican
Keith Greiner
Republican
Carol Hill-Evans
Democrat
Robert Freeman
Democrat
Tina Pickett
Republican
Joseph Webster
Democrat
Roni Green
Democrat
Lisa Borowski
Democrat
Liz Hanbidge
Democrat
Leslie Rossi
Republican
Mike Armanini
Republican
Martin Causer
Republican
Keith Harris
Democrat
David Madsen
Democrat