HB 661 — An Act amending Title 16 (Counties) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in contracts, further providing for contract procedures, terms and bonds and advertising for bids.
Congress · introduced 2025-02-20
Latest action: — Laid on the table, Sept. 10, 2025
Sponsors
- Andrea Verobish (R, PA-79) — sponsor · 2025-02-20
- R. Lee James (R, PA-64) — cosponsor · 2025-02-20
- Brad Roae (R, PA-6) — cosponsor · 2025-02-20
- Joe Hamm (R, PA-84) — cosponsor · 2025-02-20
- Tina Pickett (R, PA-110) — cosponsor · 2025-02-20
- David H. Rowe (R, PA-85) — cosponsor · 2025-02-20
- David H. Zimmerman (R, PA-99) — cosponsor · 2025-02-20
- Ed Neilson (D, PA-174) — cosponsor · 2025-02-20
Action timeline
- · house — Referred to LOCAL GOVERNMENT, Feb. 20, 2025
- · house — Reported as committed, June 11, 2025
- · house — First consideration, June 11, 2025
- · house — Re-committed to RULES, June 11, 2025
- · house — Re-reported as committed, Sept. 10, 2025
- · house — Laid on the table, Sept. 10, 2025
Text versions
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Bill text
Printer's No. 0669 · 1,469 characters · source document
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PRINTER'S NO. 669
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 661
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY SCHMITT, JAMES, ROAE, HAMM, PICKETT, ROWE,
ZIMMERMAN AND NEILSON, FEBRUARY 20, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT, FEBRUARY 20, 2025
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 16 (Counties) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, in contracts, further providing for contract
3 procedures, terms and bonds and advertising for bids.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 15102(h)(10) of Title 16 of the
7 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, added May 8, 2024 (P.L.50,
8 No.14), is amended to read:
9 § 15102. Contract procedures, terms and bonds and advertising
10 for bids.
11 * * *
12 (h) Exceptions.--Contracts or purchases made by the county
13 commissioners for the following may not require advertising,
14 bidding or price quotations:
15 * * *
16 (10) The purchase of milk [for counties of the second
17 class A].
18 * * *
1 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
20250HB0661PN0669 - 2 -Connected on the graph
Outbound (2)
| date | type | to | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania House Rules Committee | — | pa-leg | |
| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania House Local Government Committee | — | pa-leg |
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Committees
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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 | Andrea Verobish (R, state_lower PA-79) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Brad Roae (R, state_lower PA-6) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | David H. Rowe (R, state_lower PA-85) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | David H. Zimmerman (R, state_lower PA-99) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Ed Neilson (D, state_lower PA-174) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Joe Hamm (R, state_lower PA-84) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | R. Lee James (R, state_lower PA-64) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Tina Pickett (R, state_lower PA-110) | 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
Activity
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- 2026-05-20 · was referred to Pennsylvania House Rules Committee · pa-leg
- 2026-05-20 · was referred to Pennsylvania House Local Government Committee · pa-leg