HB 118 — An Act amending the the act of October 24, 2012 (P.L.1209, No.151), known as the Child Labor Act, further providing for penalties.
Congress · introduced 2025-01-16
Latest action: — Referred to LABOR AND INDUSTRY, March 25, 2025
Sponsors
- Regina G. Young (D, PA-185) — sponsor · 2025-01-16
- Benjamin V. Sanchez (D, PA-153) — cosponsor · 2025-01-16
- Liz Hanbidge (D, PA-61) — cosponsor · 2025-01-16
- Jose Giral (D, PA-180) — cosponsor · 2025-01-16
- Jim Haddock (D, PA-118) — cosponsor · 2025-01-16
- Darisha K. Parker (D, PA-198) — cosponsor · 2025-01-16
- Patrick J. Harkins (D, PA-1) — cosponsor · 2025-01-16
- Ed Neilson (D, PA-174) — cosponsor · 2025-01-16
- Kristine C. Howard (D, PA-167) — cosponsor · 2025-01-16
- Carol Hill-Evans (D, PA-95) — cosponsor · 2025-01-16
- Melissa L. Shusterman (D, PA-157) — cosponsor · 2025-01-16
- Malcolm Kenyatta (D, PA-181) — cosponsor · 2025-01-16
- Kyle Donahue (D, PA-113) — cosponsor · 2025-01-16
- Dan Frankel (D, PA-23) — cosponsor · 2025-01-16
- Jennifer O'Mara (D, PA-165) — cosponsor · 2025-01-16
- Melissa Cerrato (D, PA-151) — cosponsor · 2025-01-16
- G. Roni Green (D, PA-190) — cosponsor · 2025-01-16
- Joe Webster (D, PA-150) — cosponsor · 2025-01-16
- Chris Pielli (D, PA-156) — cosponsor · 2025-01-16
- Nancy Guenst (D, PA-152) — cosponsor · 2025-01-16
- Dan K. Williams (D, PA-74) — cosponsor · 2025-01-16
- Tina M. Davis (D, PA-141) — cosponsor · 2025-01-16
- Lisa A. Borowski (D, PA-168) — cosponsor · 2025-01-16
- Dave Madsen (D, PA-104) — cosponsor · 2025-01-16
- Heather Boyd (D, PA-163) — cosponsor · 2025-01-16
- Carol Kazeem (D, PA-159) — cosponsor · 2025-01-16
- Justin C. Fleming (D, PA-105) — cosponsor · 2025-01-16
- Sean Dougherty (D, PA-172) — cosponsor · 2025-01-16
- Tarik Khan (D, PA-194) — cosponsor · 2025-01-16
- Gina H. Curry (D, PA-164) — cosponsor · 2025-01-16
Action timeline
- · house — Referred to LABOR AND INDUSTRY, Jan. 16, 2025
- · house — Reported as committed, Feb. 5, 2025
- · house — First consideration, Feb. 5, 2025
- · house — Laid on the table, Feb. 5, 2025
- · house — Removed from table, March 18, 2025
- · house — Second consideration, March 19, 2025
- · house — Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS, March 19, 2025
- · house — Re-reported as committed, March 24, 2025
- · house — Third consideration and final passage, March 24, 2025 (117-85)
- · senate — In the Senate
- · senate — Referred to LABOR AND INDUSTRY, March 25, 2025
- · house — (Remarks see House Journal Page 234-236), March 19, 2025
- · house — (Remarks see House Journal Page 263-267), March 24, 2025
Text versions
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Bill text
Printer's No. 0100 · 1,867 characters · source document
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PRINTER'S NO. 100
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 118
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY YOUNG, SANCHEZ, HANBIDGE, GIRAL, HADDOCK, PARKER,
HARKINS, NEILSON, HOWARD, HILL-EVANS, SHUSTERMAN, KENYATTA,
DONAHUE, FRANKEL AND O'MARA, JANUARY 16, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND INDUSTRY, JANUARY 16, 2025
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of October 24, 2012 (P.L.1209, No.151),
2 entitled "An act regulating child labor; conferring powers
3 and duties on the Department of Labor and Industry and the
4 Department of Education; imposing penalties; and making a
5 repeal," further providing for penalties.
6 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
7 hereby enacts as follows:
8 Section 1. Section 11(b) of the act of October 24, 2012
9 (P.L.1209, No.151), known as the Child Labor Act, is amended to
10 read:
11 Section 11. Penalties.
12 * * *
13 (b) Criminal penalties.--
14 (1) Except as set forth under paragraph (2), a person
15 that violates subsection (a) commits a summary offense and
16 shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of [$500]
17 $1,000 for each violation.
18 (2) A person that, after being sentenced under paragraph
19 (1), violates subsection (a) commits a summary offense and
1 shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of
2 [$1,500] $3,000 for each violation or to imprisonment for not
3 more than ten days, or both.
4 * * *
5 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 30 days.
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Outbound (3)
| date | type | to | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania Senate Labor And Industry Committee | — | pa-leg | |
| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania House Appropriations Committee | — | pa-leg | |
| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania House Labor And Industry Committee | — | pa-leg |
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Committees
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Regina G. Young (D, state_lower PA-185) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Benjamin V. Sanchez (D, state_lower PA-153) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Carol Hill-Evans (D, state_lower PA-95) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Carol Kazeem (D, state_lower PA-159) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Chris Pielli (D, state_lower PA-156) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Dan Frankel (D, state_lower PA-23) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Dan K. Williams (D, state_lower PA-74) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Darisha K. Parker (D, state_lower PA-198) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Dave Madsen (D, state_lower PA-104) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Ed Neilson (D, state_lower PA-174) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 11 | G. Roni Green (D, state_lower PA-190) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 12 | Gina H. Curry (D, state_lower PA-164) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 13 | Heather Boyd (D, state_lower PA-163) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 14 | Jennifer O'Mara (D, state_lower PA-165) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 15 | Jim Haddock (D, state_lower PA-118) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 16 | Joe Webster (D, state_lower PA-150) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 17 | Jose Giral (D, state_lower PA-180) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 18 | Justin C. Fleming (D, state_lower PA-105) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 19 | Kristine C. Howard (D, state_lower PA-167) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 20 | Kyle Donahue (D, state_lower PA-113) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 21 | Lisa A. Borowski (D, state_lower PA-168) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 22 | Liz Hanbidge (D, state_lower PA-61) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 23 | Malcolm Kenyatta (D, state_lower PA-181) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 24 | Melissa Cerrato (D, state_lower PA-151) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 25 | Melissa L. Shusterman (D, state_lower PA-157) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
Activity
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- 2026-05-20 · was referred to Pennsylvania Senate Labor And Industry Committee · pa-leg
- 2026-05-20 · was referred to Pennsylvania House Appropriations Committee · pa-leg
- 2026-05-20 · was referred to Pennsylvania House Labor And Industry Committee · pa-leg