HB 685 — An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, in duties and powers of boards of school directors, providing for admission fees for school-sponsored activities.
Congress · introduced 2025-02-20
Latest action: — Laid on the table, March 18, 2025
Sponsors
- Dan Moul (R, PA-91) — sponsor · 2025-02-20
- Scott Conklin (D, PA-77) — cosponsor · 2025-02-20
- Brian Smith (R, PA-66) — cosponsor · 2025-02-20
- Bud Cook (R, PA-50) — cosponsor · 2025-02-20
- Chad G. Reichard (R, PA-90) — cosponsor · 2025-02-20
- Patrick J. Harkins (D, PA-1) — cosponsor · 2025-02-20
- Arvind Venkat (D, PA-30) — cosponsor · 2025-02-20
- David H. Zimmerman (R, PA-99) — cosponsor · 2025-02-20
- R. Lee James (R, PA-64) — cosponsor · 2025-02-20
- Martin T. Causer (R, PA-67) — cosponsor · 2025-02-20
- Steven C. Mentzer (R, PA-97) — cosponsor · 2025-02-20
- Craig T. Staats (R, PA-145) — cosponsor · 2025-02-20
- Tina Pickett (R, PA-110) — cosponsor · 2025-02-20
- Jacob D. Banta (R, PA-4) — cosponsor · 2025-02-20
- David H. Rowe (R, PA-85) — cosponsor · 2025-02-20
- Brad Roae (R, PA-6) — cosponsor · 2025-02-20
- Ed Neilson (D, PA-174) — cosponsor · 2025-02-20
- Charity GRIMM Krupa (R, PA-51) — cosponsor · 2025-02-20
- Nikki Rivera (D, PA-96) — cosponsor · 2025-02-20
- Martina A. White (R, PA-170) — cosponsor · 2025-02-20
- Andrea Verobish (R, PA-79) — cosponsor · 2025-02-20
- Tim Twardzik (R, PA-123) — cosponsor · 2025-02-20
- Eric R. Nelson (R, PA-57) — cosponsor · 2025-02-20
- Zachary Mako (R, PA-183) — cosponsor · 2025-02-20
- Ann Flood (R, PA-138) — cosponsor · 2025-02-20
- Jack Rader (R, PA-176) — cosponsor · 2025-02-20
- Timothy R. Bonner (R, PA-17) — cosponsor · 2025-02-20
- Perry A. Stambaugh (R, PA-86) — cosponsor · 2025-02-20
- Milou Mackenzie (R, PA-131) — cosponsor · 2025-02-20
- Joe Emrick (R, PA-137) — cosponsor · 2025-02-20
- Jamie L. Flick (R, PA-83) — cosponsor · 2025-02-20
- Michael Stender (R, PA-108) — cosponsor · 2025-02-20
- Andrew Kuzma (R, PA-39) — cosponsor · 2025-02-20
- Valerie S. Gaydos (R, PA-44) — cosponsor · 2025-02-20
- Eric Davanzo (R, PA-58) — cosponsor · 2025-02-20
- Keith J. Greiner (R, PA-43) — cosponsor · 2025-02-20
- Carl WALKER Metzgar (R, PA-69) — cosponsor · 2025-02-20
- Aaron Bernstine (R, PA-8) — cosponsor · 2025-02-20
- Rich Irvin (R, PA-81) — cosponsor · 2025-02-20
- Bryan Cutler (R, PA-100) — cosponsor · 2025-02-20
- Catherine Wallen (R, PA-193) — cosponsor · 2025-02-20
- Tom Jones (R, PA-98) — cosponsor · 2025-02-20
- Joe Hamm (R, PA-84) — cosponsor · 2025-02-20
- Paul Friel (D, PA-26) — cosponsor · 2025-02-20
- Kate A. Klunk (R, PA-169) — cosponsor · 2025-02-20
- Marci Mustello (R, PA-11) — cosponsor · 2025-02-20
- Mark M. Gillen (R, PA-128) — cosponsor · 2025-02-20
- Josh Bashline (R, PA-63) — cosponsor · 2025-02-20
- Keith S. Harris (D, PA-195) — cosponsor · 2025-02-20
- Tarik Khan (D, PA-194) — cosponsor · 2025-02-20
Action timeline
- · house — Referred to COMMERCE, Feb. 20, 2025
- · house — Reported as amended, March 18, 2025
- · house — First consideration, March 18, 2025
- · house — Laid on the table, March 18, 2025
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Bill text
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PRINTER'S NO. 701
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 685
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY MOUL, CONKLIN, SMITH, COOK, REICHARD, HARKINS,
VENKAT, ZIMMERMAN, JAMES, CAUSER, MENTZER, STAATS, PICKETT,
BANTA, ROWE, ROAE, NEILSON, KRUPA, RIVERA, WHITE, SCHMITT,
TWARDZIK, E. NELSON, MAKO, FLOOD, RADER, BONNER, STAMBAUGH,
M. MACKENZIE, EMRICK, FLICK, STENDER, KUZMA, GAYDOS, DAVANZO,
GREINER, METZGAR, BERNSTINE, IRVIN, CUTLER, ECKER, T. JONES,
HAMM, FRIEL, KLUNK, MUSTELLO, GILLEN AND BASHLINE,
FEBRUARY 20, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, FEBRUARY 20, 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 duties and powers of boards of
6 school directors, providing for admission fees for school-
7 sponsored activities.
8 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
9 hereby enacts as follows:
10 Section 1. The act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known
11 as the Public School Code of 1949, is amended by adding a
12 section to read:
13 Section 511.1. Admission Fees for School-Sponsored
14 Activities.--(a) When a fee is charged for admission to a
15 school-sponsored activity, United States currency shall be
16 accepted as a form of payment for admission on the date of the
17 activity.
1 (b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit a
2 school-sponsored activity from accepting alternative payment
3 methods in addition to United States currency for admission to
4 the school-sponsored activity.
5 (c) As used in this section, the following words and phrases
6 shall have the meanings given to them in this subsection unless
7 the context clearly indicates otherwise:
8 "Interscholastic athletic activity" shall mean an athletic
9 contest or competitions conducted between or among school
10 entities or nonpublic school entities in this Commonwealth.
11 "School entity" shall mean a school district, intermediate
12 unit, area career and technical school, charter school, cyber
13 charter school or regional charter school.
14 "School-sponsored activity" shall mean an assembly, field
15 trip, class trip, graduation ceremony, interscholastic athletic
16 activity, extracurricular activity, club, group, team or any
17 activity sponsored, held or approved by a school entity within
18 its buildings, grounds or other location not owned or operated
19 by the school entity.
20 "United States currency" shall mean the coin and paper money
21 of the United States.
22 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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Inbound (50)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-02-20 | Martina A. White | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-20 | Jacob D. Banta | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-20 | Josh Bashline | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-20 | Aaron Bernstine | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-20 | Timothy R. Bonner | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-20 | Martin T. Causer | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-20 | Scott Conklin | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-20 | Bud Cook | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-20 | Bryan Cutler | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-20 | Eric Davanzo | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-20 | Joe Emrick | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-20 | Jamie L. Flick | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-20 | Ann Flood | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-20 | Paul Friel | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-20 | Valerie S. Gaydos | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-20 | Mark M. Gillen | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-20 | Keith J. Greiner | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-20 | Joe Hamm | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-20 | Patrick J. Harkins | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-20 | Keith S. Harris | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-20 | Rich Irvin | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-20 | R. Lee James | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-20 | Tom Jones | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-20 | Tarik Khan | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-20 | Kate A. Klunk | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-20 | Charity GRIMM Krupa | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-20 | Andrew Kuzma | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-20 | Milou Mackenzie | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-20 | Zachary Mako | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-20 | Steven C. Mentzer | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-20 | Carl WALKER Metzgar | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-20 | Marci Mustello | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-20 | Ed Neilson | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-20 | Eric R. Nelson | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-20 | Tina Pickett | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-20 | Jack Rader | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-20 | Chad G. Reichard | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-20 | Nikki Rivera | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-20 | Brad Roae | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-20 | David H. Rowe | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-20 | Brian Smith | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-20 | Craig T. Staats | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-20 | Perry A. Stambaugh | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-20 | Michael Stender | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-20 | Tim Twardzik | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-20 | Arvind Venkat | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-20 | Andrea Verobish | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-20 | Catherine Wallen | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-20 | David H. Zimmerman | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-20 | Dan Moul | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
Outbound (1)
| date | type | to | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania House Commerce Committee | — | pa-leg |
The full graph
Every typed relationship touching this entity — 51 edges across 2 categories. Grouped by what the connection is; the heaviest few are shown, with a link to the full list.
Committees
→ Referred to committee 1 edge
Legislation
← Cosponsored bill 49 edges
- David H. Zimmerman · cosponsor · 2025-02-20
- Martina A. White · cosponsor · 2025-02-20
- Jacob D. Banta · cosponsor · 2025-02-20
- Josh Bashline · cosponsor · 2025-02-20
- Aaron Bernstine · cosponsor · 2025-02-20
- Timothy R. Bonner · cosponsor · 2025-02-20
- Martin T. Causer · cosponsor · 2025-02-20
- Scott Conklin · cosponsor · 2025-02-20
← Sponsored bill 1 edge
- Dan Moul · sponsor · 2025-02-20
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 | Dan Moul (R, state_lower PA-91) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Aaron Bernstine (R, state_lower PA-8) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Andrea Verobish (R, state_lower PA-79) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Andrew Kuzma (R, state_lower PA-39) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Ann Flood (R, state_lower PA-138) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Arvind Venkat (D, state_lower PA-30) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Brad Roae (R, state_lower PA-6) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Brian Smith (R, state_lower PA-66) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Bryan Cutler (R, state_lower PA-100) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Bud Cook (R, state_lower PA-50) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 11 | Carl WALKER Metzgar (R, state_lower PA-69) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 12 | Catherine Wallen (R, state_lower PA-193) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 13 | Chad G. Reichard (R, state_lower PA-90) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 14 | Charity GRIMM Krupa (R, state_lower PA-51) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 15 | Craig T. Staats (R, state_lower PA-145) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 16 | David H. Rowe (R, state_lower PA-85) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 17 | David H. Zimmerman (R, state_lower PA-99) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 18 | Ed Neilson (D, state_lower PA-174) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 19 | Eric Davanzo (R, state_lower PA-58) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 20 | Eric R. Nelson (R, state_lower PA-57) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 21 | Jack Rader (R, state_lower PA-176) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 22 | Jacob D. Banta (R, state_lower PA-4) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 23 | Jamie L. Flick (R, state_lower PA-83) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 24 | Joe Emrick (R, state_lower PA-137) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 25 | Joe Hamm (R, state_lower PA-84) | 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 Commerce Committee · pa-leg
- 2025-02-20 · cosponsored by Keith S. Harris (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-20 · cosponsored by Milou Mackenzie (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-20 · cosponsored by Bryan Cutler (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-20 · cosponsored by Timothy R. Bonner (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-20 · cosponsored by Eric Davanzo (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-20 · cosponsored by Joe Emrick (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-20 · cosponsored by Marci Mustello (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-20 · cosponsored by Paul Friel (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-20 · cosponsored by Jack Rader (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-20 · cosponsored by Michael Stender (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-20 · cosponsored by R. Lee James (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-20 · cosponsored by Craig T. Staats (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-20 · cosponsored by Tarik Khan (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-20 · cosponsored by Andrew Kuzma (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-20 · cosponsored by Patrick J. Harkins (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-20 · cosponsored by Charity GRIMM Krupa (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-20 · cosponsored by Zachary Mako (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-20 · cosponsored by David H. Zimmerman (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-20 · cosponsored by Aaron Bernstine (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-20 · cosponsored by Joe Hamm (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-20 · cosponsored by Rich Irvin (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-20 · cosponsored by Ann Flood (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-20 · cosponsored by Jamie L. Flick (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-20 · cosponsored by Tom Jones (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-20 · sponsored by Dan Moul (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-20 · cosponsored by Brad Roae (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-20 · cosponsored by Andrea Verobish (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-20 · cosponsored by Arvind Venkat (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-20 · cosponsored by Martina A. White (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-20 · cosponsored by Bud Cook (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-20 · cosponsored by Catherine Wallen (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-20 · cosponsored by Valerie S. Gaydos (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-20 · cosponsored by Carl WALKER Metzgar (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-20 · cosponsored by Perry A. Stambaugh (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-20 · cosponsored by Steven C. Mentzer (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-20 · cosponsored by Nikki Rivera (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-20 · cosponsored by Tim Twardzik (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-20 · cosponsored by Ed Neilson (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-20 · cosponsored by Brian Smith (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-20 · cosponsored by Eric R. Nelson (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-20 · cosponsored by Keith J. Greiner (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-20 · cosponsored by Martin T. Causer (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-20 · cosponsored by Josh Bashline (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-20 · cosponsored by Chad G. Reichard (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-20 · cosponsored by Mark M. Gillen (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-20 · cosponsored by Tina Pickett (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-20 · cosponsored by David H. Rowe (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-20 · cosponsored by Scott Conklin (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-20 · cosponsored by Jacob D. Banta (cosponsor) · sponsorship