HB 1956 — An Act amending the act of October 27, 1955 (P.L.744, No.222), known as the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act, further providing for definitions.
Congress · introduced 2025-10-17
Latest action: — Referred to STATE GOVERNMENT, Oct. 17, 2025
Sponsors
- Jamie Walsh (R, PA-117) — sponsor · 2025-10-17
- Andrew Kuzma (R, PA-39) — cosponsor · 2025-10-17
- Joe Hamm (R, PA-84) — cosponsor · 2025-10-17
- Scott Barger (R, PA-80) — cosponsor · 2025-10-17
- Marc S. Anderson (R, PA-92) — cosponsor · 2025-10-17
- Perry A. Stambaugh (R, PA-86) — cosponsor · 2025-10-17
- Joseph D'Orsie (R, PA-47) — cosponsor · 2025-10-17
- Joanne Stehr (R, PA-107) — cosponsor · 2025-10-17
- Dane Watro (R, PA-116) — cosponsor · 2025-10-17
- Josh Bashline (R, PA-63) — cosponsor · 2025-10-17
- Wendy Fink (R, PA-94) — cosponsor · 2025-10-17
- Milou Mackenzie (R, PA-131) — cosponsor · 2025-10-17
- Kathy L. Rapp (R, PA-65) — cosponsor · 2025-10-17
- Rob W. Kauffman (R, PA-89) — cosponsor · 2025-10-17
- Mark M. Gillen (R, PA-128) — cosponsor · 2025-10-17
- Barbara Gleim (R, PA-199) — cosponsor · 2025-10-17
- Stephanie Borowicz (R, PA-76) — cosponsor · 2025-10-17
- David H. Zimmerman (R, PA-99) — cosponsor · 2025-10-17
- Doyle Heffley (R, PA-122) — cosponsor · 2025-10-17
- Valerie S. Gaydos (R, PA-44) — cosponsor · 2025-10-17
- Aaron Bernstine (R, PA-8) — cosponsor · 2025-10-17
- Ann Flood (R, PA-138) — cosponsor · 2025-10-17
Action timeline
- · house — Referred to STATE GOVERNMENT, Oct. 17, 2025
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Bill text
Printer's No. 2473 · 2,066 characters · source document
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PRINTER'S NO. 2473
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 1956
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY WALSH, KUZMA, HAMM, BARGER, ANDERSON, STAMBAUGH,
D'ORSIE, STEHR, WATRO, BASHLINE, FINK, BERNSTINE,
M. MACKENZIE, RAPP, KAUFFMAN, GILLEN, GLEIM, BOROWICZ,
ZIMMERMAN AND HEFFLEY, OCTOBER 16, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, OCTOBER 17, 2025
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of October 27, 1955 (P.L.744, No.222), entitled
2 "An act prohibiting certain practices of discrimination
3 because of race, color, religious creed, ancestry, age or
4 national origin by employers, employment agencies, labor
5 organizations and others as herein defined; creating the
6 Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission in the Governor's
7 Office; defining its functions, powers and duties; providing
8 for procedure and enforcement; providing for formulation of
9 an educational program to prevent prejudice; providing for
10 judicial review and enforcement and imposing penalties,"
11 further providing for definitions.
12 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
13 hereby enacts as follows:
14 Section 1. Section 4 of the act of October 27, 1955
15 (P.L.744, No.222), known as the Pennsylvania Human Relations
16 Act, is amended by adding a clause to read:
17 Section 4. Definitions.--As used in this act unless a
18 different meaning clearly appears from the context:
19 * * *
20 (bb) The term "sex" means only the sexes of male and female,
21 as determined by an individual's biological sex at birth, and
1 does not include any concept of gender that is distinguishable
2 from biological sex.
3 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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| date | type | to | amount | role | source |
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| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania House State Government 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 | Jamie Walsh (R, state_lower PA-117) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Aaron Bernstine (R, state_lower PA-8) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Andrew Kuzma (R, state_lower PA-39) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Ann Flood (R, state_lower PA-138) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Barbara Gleim (R, state_lower PA-199) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Dane Watro (R, state_lower PA-116) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | David H. Zimmerman (R, state_lower PA-99) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Doyle Heffley (R, state_lower PA-122) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Joanne Stehr (R, state_lower PA-107) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Joe Hamm (R, state_lower PA-84) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 11 | Joseph D'Orsie (R, state_lower PA-47) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 12 | Josh Bashline (R, state_lower PA-63) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 13 | Kathy L. Rapp (R, state_lower PA-65) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 14 | Marc S. Anderson (R, state_lower PA-92) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 15 | Mark M. Gillen (R, state_lower PA-128) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 16 | Milou Mackenzie (R, state_lower PA-131) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 17 | Perry A. Stambaugh (R, state_lower PA-86) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 18 | Rob W. Kauffman (R, state_lower PA-89) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 19 | Scott Barger (R, state_lower PA-80) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 20 | Stephanie Borowicz (R, state_lower PA-76) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 21 | Valerie S. Gaydos (R, state_lower PA-44) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 22 | Wendy Fink (R, state_lower PA-94) | 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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