SB 715 — An Act amending the act of July 7, 2017 (P.L.285, No.14), known as the Rare Disease Advisory Council Act, further providing for expiration.
Congress · introduced 2025-05-02
Latest action: — Laid on the table (Pursuant to House Rule 71), Nov. 17, 2025
Sponsors
- Judy Ward (R, PA-30) — sponsor · 2025-05-02
- Maria Collett (D, PA-12) — cosponsor · 2025-05-02
- Michele Brooks (R, PA-50) — cosponsor · 2025-05-02
- Wayne Langerholc (R, PA-35) — cosponsor · 2025-05-02
- Patty Kim (D, PA-15) — cosponsor · 2025-05-02
- Daniel Laughlin (R, PA-49) — cosponsor · 2025-05-02
- Jay Costa (D, PA-43) — cosponsor · 2025-05-02
- Carolyn T. Comitta (D, PA-19) — cosponsor · 2025-05-02
- Art L Haywood (D, PA-4) — cosponsor · 2025-05-02
- Scott Hutchinson (R, PA-21) — cosponsor · 2025-05-02
- Patrick J. Stefano (R, PA-32) — cosponsor · 2025-05-02
- Lisa Baker (R, PA-20) — cosponsor · 2025-05-02
- Elder A. Vogel (R, PA-47) — cosponsor · 2025-05-02
- Devlin J. Robinson (R, PA-37) — cosponsor · 2025-05-02
- Nick Miller (D, PA-14) — cosponsor · 2025-05-02
Action timeline
- · senate — Referred to HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, May 2, 2025
- · senate — Reported as committed, June 11, 2025
- · senate — First consideration, June 11, 2025
- · senate — Second consideration, June 24, 2025
- · senate — Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS, June 24, 2025
- · senate — Re-reported as committed, June 25, 2025
- · senate — Third consideration and final passage, June 25, 2025 (50-0)
- · house — In the House
- · house — Referred to HEALTH, June 25, 2025
- · house — Reported as committed, July 1, 2025
- · house — First consideration, July 1, 2025
- · house — Laid on the table, July 1, 2025
- · house — Removed from table, Sept. 10, 2025
- · house — Laid on the table (Pursuant to House Rule 71), Nov. 17, 2025
- · senate — (Remarks see Senate Journal Page 637), June 25, 2025
Text versions
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Connected on the graph
Outbound (3)
| date | type | to | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania House Health Committee | — | pa-leg | |
| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania Senate Appropriations Committee | — | pa-leg | |
| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania Senate Health And Human Services Committee | — | pa-leg |
The full graph
Every typed relationship touching this entity — 3 edges across 1 category. Grouped by what the connection is; the heaviest few are shown, with a link to the full list.
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 | Judy Ward (R, state_upper PA-30) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Art L Haywood (D, state_upper PA-4) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Carolyn T. Comitta (D, state_upper PA-19) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Daniel Laughlin (R, state_upper PA-49) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Devlin J. Robinson (R, state_upper PA-37) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Elder A. Vogel (R, state_upper PA-47) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Jay Costa (D, state_upper PA-43) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Lisa Baker (R, state_upper PA-20) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Maria Collett (D, state_upper PA-12) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Michele Brooks (R, state_upper PA-50) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 11 | Nick Miller (D, state_upper PA-14) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 12 | Patrick J. Stefano (R, state_upper PA-32) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 13 | Patty Kim (D, state_upper PA-15) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 14 | Scott Hutchinson (R, state_upper PA-21) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 15 | Wayne Langerholc (R, state_upper PA-35) | 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
Every typed-graph event involving this entity, newest first. Each row is one edge in the influence graph; click the date to jump to its provenance.
- 2026-05-20 · was referred to Pennsylvania House Health Committee · pa-leg
- 2026-05-20 · was referred to Pennsylvania Senate Appropriations Committee · pa-leg
- 2026-05-20 · was referred to Pennsylvania Senate Health And Human Services Committee · pa-leg