HB 1987 — An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, in preliminary provisions, providing for limitation on school mascots.
Congress · introduced 2025-10-23
Latest action: — Referred to EDUCATION, Oct. 23, 2025
Sponsors
- Christopher M. Rabb (D, PA-200) — sponsor · 2025-10-23
- Nikki Rivera (D, PA-96) — cosponsor · 2025-10-23
Action timeline
- · house — Referred to EDUCATION, Oct. 23, 2025
Text versions
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Bill text
Printer's No. 2506 · 2,851 characters · source document
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PRINTER'S NO. 2506
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 1987
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY RABB AND RIVERA, OCTOBER 22, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, OCTOBER 23, 2025
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), entitled "An
2 act relating to the public school system, including certain
3 provisions applicable as well to private and parochial
4 schools; amending, revising, consolidating and changing the
5 laws relating thereto," in preliminary provisions, providing
6 for limitation on school mascots.
7 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
8 hereby enacts as follows:
9 Section 1. The act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known
10 as the Public School Code of 1949, is amended by adding a
11 section to read:
12 Section 135. Limitation on School Mascots.--(a) A school
13 entity may not have or adopt a name, symbol or image that
14 depicts or refers to a Native American tribe, individual, custom
15 or tradition for a mascot, nickname, logo or letterhead unless
16 the school entity:
17 (1) Has received the express written consent of a tax-exempt
18 corporation in good standing founded prior to 1945 whose mission
19 focuses exclusively on Native American rights.
20 (2) Conducts a school-wide program on Native American
1 culture at least twice per school year.
2 (3) Offers a course of study to the school entity's students
3 outlining Native American contributions to society.
4 (4) Files an annual report with the State Board of Education
5 detailing what academic programs on Native American culture and
6 history the school entity has offered during the school year.
7 (b) A school entity that fails to comply with this section
8 shall be ineligible to be a member of the Pennsylvania
9 Interscholastic Athletic Association or participate in
10 Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association sponsored
11 athletic contests.
12 (c) As used in this section, the following words and phrases
13 shall have the meanings given to them in this subsection unless
14 the context clearly indicates otherwise:
15 "School entity." Any of the following:
16 (1) A school district.
17 (2) An intermediate unit.
18 (3) An area career and technical school.
19 (4) A charter school, cyber charter school or regional
20 charter school.
21 (5) A private school.
22 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
20250HB1987PN2506 - 2 -Connected on the graph
Inbound (2)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-23 | Nikki Rivera | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-10-23 | Christopher M. Rabb | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
Outbound (1)
| date | type | to | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania House Education Committee | — | pa-leg |
The full graph
Every typed relationship touching this entity — 3 edges across 2 categories. Grouped by what the connection is; the heaviest few are shown, with a link to the full list.
Committees
→ Referred to committee 1 edge
Legislation
← Cosponsored bill 1 edge
- Nikki Rivera · cosponsor · 2025-10-23
← Sponsored bill 1 edge
- Christopher M. Rabb · sponsor · 2025-10-23
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 | Christopher M. Rabb (D, state_lower PA-200) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Nikki Rivera (D, state_lower PA-96) | 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 House Education Committee · pa-leg
- 2025-10-23 · sponsored by Christopher M. Rabb (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-10-23 · cosponsored by Nikki Rivera (cosponsor) · sponsorship