HB 236 — An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in public indecency, further providing for the offense of obscene and other sexual materials and performances.
Congress · introduced 2025-01-22
Latest action: — Referred to EDUCATION, Jan. 22, 2025
Sponsors
- Barbara Gleim (R, PA-199) — sponsor · 2025-01-22
- Brad Roae (R, PA-6) — cosponsor · 2025-01-22
- Jacob D. Banta (R, PA-4) — cosponsor · 2025-01-22
- Joe Hamm (R, PA-84) — cosponsor · 2025-01-22
- Milou Mackenzie (R, PA-131) — cosponsor · 2025-01-22
- Joanne Stehr (R, PA-107) — cosponsor · 2025-01-22
- Rob W. Kauffman (R, PA-89) — cosponsor · 2025-01-22
- Bryan Cutler (R, PA-100) — cosponsor · 2025-01-22
- Robert Leadbeter (R, PA-109) — cosponsor · 2025-01-22
- Brian Smith (R, PA-66) — cosponsor · 2025-01-22
- David H. Rowe (R, PA-85) — cosponsor · 2025-01-22
- David H. Zimmerman (R, PA-99) — cosponsor · 2025-01-22
- Jamie Walsh (R, PA-117) — cosponsor · 2025-01-22
- John A. Lawrence (R, PA-13) — cosponsor · 2025-01-22
- Mark M. Gillen (R, PA-128) — cosponsor · 2025-01-22
- Dane Watro (R, PA-116) — cosponsor · 2025-01-22
- Tom Jones (R, PA-98) — cosponsor · 2025-01-22
- Scott Barger (R, PA-80) — cosponsor · 2025-01-22
Action timeline
- · house — Referred to EDUCATION, Jan. 22, 2025
Text versions
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Bill text
Printer's No. 0189 · 1,616 characters · source document
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PRINTER'S NO. 189
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 236
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY GLEIM, ROAE, BANTA, HAMM, M. MACKENZIE, STEHR,
GROVE, KAUFFMAN, CUTLER, LEADBETER, SMITH, ROWE, ZIMMERMAN
AND WALSH, JANUARY 22, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, JANUARY 22, 2025
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, in public indecency, further providing
3 for the offense of obscene and other sexual materials and
4 performances.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. Section 5903(j) of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania
8 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
9 § 5903. Obscene and other sexual materials and performances.
10 * * *
11 (j) Exemptions.--Nothing in this section shall apply to any
12 recognized historical society or museum accorded charitable
13 status by the Federal Government, any county, city, borough,
14 township or town library, any public library, any library of any
15 [school,] college or university or any archive or library under
16 the supervision and control of the Commonwealth or a [political
17 subdivision] municipality.
18 * * *
1 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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Outbound (1)
| date | type | to | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania House Education Committee | — | pa-leg |
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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 | Barbara Gleim (R, state_lower PA-199) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Brad Roae (R, state_lower PA-6) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Brian Smith (R, state_lower PA-66) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Bryan Cutler (R, state_lower PA-100) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Dane Watro (R, state_lower PA-116) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | David H. Rowe (R, state_lower PA-85) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | David H. Zimmerman (R, state_lower PA-99) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Jacob D. Banta (R, state_lower PA-4) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Jamie Walsh (R, state_lower PA-117) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Joanne Stehr (R, state_lower PA-107) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 11 | Joe Hamm (R, state_lower PA-84) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 12 | John A. Lawrence (R, state_lower PA-13) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 13 | Mark M. Gillen (R, state_lower PA-128) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 14 | Milou Mackenzie (R, state_lower PA-131) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 15 | Rob W. Kauffman (R, state_lower PA-89) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 16 | Robert Leadbeter (R, state_lower PA-109) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 17 | Scott Barger (R, state_lower PA-80) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 18 | Tom Jones (R, state_lower PA-98) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Predicted vote
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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