HB 215 — An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, in professional employees, providing for professional librarian.

Congress · introduced 2025-01-22

Latest action: — Referred to EDUCATION, Jan. 22, 2025

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2025-01-22 · house — Referred to EDUCATION, Jan. 22, 2025

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Bill text

Printer's No. 0172 · 1,527 characters · source document

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PRINTER'S NO.   172

                     THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                         HOUSE BILL
                         No. 215
                                               Session of
                                                 2025

     INTRODUCED BY CIRESI, HILL-EVANS, GIRAL, JAMES, SANCHEZ, PROBST,
        GUENST, FIEDLER, HANBIDGE, ISAACSON, HOWARD, KHAN, MERSKI,
        FREEMAN, FLEMING, OTTEN, WEBSTER, HOHENSTEIN AND CERRATO,
        JANUARY 22, 2025

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, JANUARY 22, 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 professional employees, providing
 6      for professional librarian.
 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 1116.    Professional Librarian.--Each public school in
13   this Commonwealth shall employ at least one professional
14   librarian who is certified under 24 Pa.C.S. § 9319 (relating to
15   certification of library personnel).
16      Section 2.    This act shall take effect in 60 days.

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date	type	to	amount	role	source
—	referred_to_committee	Pennsylvania House Education Committee	—		pa-leg

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Pennsylvania House Education Committee

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	Voted	Score
1	Joe Ciresi (D, state_lower PA-146)	sponsor	—	5
2	Andre D. Carroll (D, state_lower PA-201)	cosponsor	—	1
3	Anthony A. Bellmon (D, state_lower PA-203)	cosponsor	—	1
4	Ben Waxman (D, state_lower PA-182)	cosponsor	—	1
5	Benjamin V. Sanchez (D, state_lower PA-153)	cosponsor	—	1
6	Carol Hill-Evans (D, state_lower PA-95)	cosponsor	—	1
7	Danielle Friel Otten (D, state_lower PA-155)	cosponsor	—	1
8	Darisha K. Parker (D, state_lower PA-198)	cosponsor	—	1
9	Ed Neilson (D, state_lower PA-174)	cosponsor	—	1
10	Elizabeth Fiedler (D, state_lower PA-184)	cosponsor	—	1
11	G. Roni Green (D, state_lower PA-190)	cosponsor	—	1
12	Joe Webster (D, state_lower PA-150)	cosponsor	—	1
13	Jose Giral (D, state_lower PA-180)	cosponsor	—	1
14	Joseph C. Hohenstein (D, state_lower PA-177)	cosponsor	—	1
15	Justin C. Fleming (D, state_lower PA-105)	cosponsor	—	1
16	Kristine C. Howard (D, state_lower PA-167)	cosponsor	—	1
17	Liz Hanbidge (D, state_lower PA-61)	cosponsor	—	1
18	MaryLouise Isaacson (D, state_lower PA-175)	cosponsor	—	1
19	Melissa Cerrato (D, state_lower PA-151)	cosponsor	—	1
20	Nancy Guenst (D, state_lower PA-152)	cosponsor	—	1
21	R. Lee James (R, state_lower PA-64)	cosponsor	—	1
22	Rick Krajewski (D, state_lower PA-188)	cosponsor	—	1
23	Robert E. Merski (D, state_lower PA-2)	cosponsor	—	1
24	Robert Freeman (D, state_lower PA-136)	cosponsor	—	1
25	Tarah Probst (D, state_lower PA-189)	cosponsor	—	1

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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

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2026-05-20 · was referred to Pennsylvania House Education Committee · pa-leg

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