HB 722 — An Act amending Title 1 (General Provisions) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in rules of construction, further providing for definitions.
Congress · introduced 2025-02-25
Latest action: — Referred to ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY, Oct. 3, 2025
Sponsors
- Mary Jo Daley (D, PA-148) — sponsor · 2025-02-25
- Christopher M. Rabb (D, PA-200) — cosponsor · 2025-02-25
- Abby Major (R, PA-60) — cosponsor · 2025-02-25
- Benjamin V. Sanchez (D, PA-153) — cosponsor · 2025-02-25
- Malcolm Kenyatta (D, PA-181) — cosponsor · 2025-02-25
- Nikki Rivera (D, PA-96) — cosponsor · 2025-02-25
- Johanny Cepeda-Freytiz (D, PA-129) — cosponsor · 2025-02-25
- Tarik Khan (D, PA-194) — cosponsor · 2025-02-25
- Danielle Friel Otten (D, PA-155) — cosponsor · 2025-02-25
- Jim Haddock (D, PA-118) — cosponsor · 2025-02-25
- R. Lee James (R, PA-64) — cosponsor · 2025-02-25
- Steven R. Malagari (D, PA-53) — cosponsor · 2025-02-25
- Melissa Cerrato (D, PA-151) — cosponsor · 2025-02-25
- Greg Scott (D, PA-54) — cosponsor · 2025-02-25
- G. Roni Green (D, PA-190) — cosponsor · 2025-02-25
Action timeline
- · house — Referred to COMMERCE, Feb. 25, 2025
- · house — Reported as committed, April 8, 2025
- · house — First consideration, April 8, 2025
- · house — Laid on the table, April 8, 2025
- · house — Removed from table, Aug. 8, 2025
- · house — Second consideration, Sept. 30, 2025
- · house — Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS, Sept. 30, 2025
- · house — Re-reported as committed, Oct. 1, 2025
- · house — Third consideration and final passage, Oct. 1, 2025 (152-51)
- · senate — In the Senate
- · senate — Referred to ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY, Oct. 3, 2025
Text versions
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Bill text
Printer's No. 0743 · 1,645 characters · source document
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PRINTER'S NO. 743
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 722
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY DALEY, RABB, MAJOR, SANCHEZ, KENYATTA, RIVERA,
CEPEDA-FREYTIZ, KHAN, OTTEN, HADDOCK, JAMES, MALAGARI AND
CERRATO, FEBRUARY 25, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, FEBRUARY 25, 2025
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 1 (General Provisions) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, in rules of construction, further
3 providing for definitions.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 1991 of Title 1 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a definition to read:
8 § 1991. Definitions.
9 The following words and phrases, when used in any statute
10 finally enacted on or after September 1, 1937, unless the
11 context clearly indicates otherwise, shall have the meanings
12 given to them in this section:
13 * * *
14 "Cremation." The technical process, using mechanical or
15 thermal process, including alkaline hydrolysis, that reduces
16 human remains to bone fragments. The term includes the
17 processing and pulverization of bone fragments and the placement
18 of the processed remains in a cremated remains container.
1 * * *
2 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
20250HB0722PN0743 - 2 -Connected on the graph
Outbound (3)
| date | type | to | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania Senate Environmental Resources And Energy Committee | — | pa-leg | |
| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania House Appropriations Committee | — | pa-leg | |
| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania House Commerce Committee | — | pa-leg |
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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 | Mary Jo Daley (D, state_lower PA-148) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Abby Major (R, state_lower PA-60) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Benjamin V. Sanchez (D, state_lower PA-153) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Christopher M. Rabb (D, state_lower PA-200) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Danielle Friel Otten (D, state_lower PA-155) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | G. Roni Green (D, state_lower PA-190) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Greg Scott (D, state_lower PA-54) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Jim Haddock (D, state_lower PA-118) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Johanny Cepeda-Freytiz (D, state_lower PA-129) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Malcolm Kenyatta (D, state_lower PA-181) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 11 | Melissa Cerrato (D, state_lower PA-151) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 12 | Nikki Rivera (D, state_lower PA-96) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 13 | R. Lee James (R, state_lower PA-64) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 14 | Steven R. Malagari (D, state_lower PA-53) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 15 | Tarik Khan (D, state_lower PA-194) | 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
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- 2026-05-20 · was referred to Pennsylvania Senate Environmental Resources And Energy Committee · pa-leg
- 2026-05-20 · was referred to Pennsylvania House Appropriations Committee · pa-leg
- 2026-05-20 · was referred to Pennsylvania House Commerce Committee · pa-leg