SB 595 — An Act amending Title 5 (Athletics and Sports) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in wrestling, further providing for physician to be in attendance.
Congress · introduced 2025-04-21
Latest action: — Referred to CONSUMER PROTECTION AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE, April 21, 2025
Sponsors
- Judith L. Schwank (D, PA-11) — sponsor · 2025-04-21
- Jay Costa (D, PA-43) — cosponsor · 2025-04-21
- Wayne D. Fontana (D, PA-42) — cosponsor · 2025-04-21
- Elder A. Vogel (R, PA-47) — cosponsor · 2025-04-21
Action timeline
- · senate — Referred to CONSUMER PROTECTION AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE, April 21, 2025
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Bill text
Printer's No. 0653 · 2,017 characters · source document
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PRINTER'S NO. 653
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. 595
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY SCHWANK, COSTA, FONTANA AND VOGEL, APRIL 21, 2025
REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE,
APRIL 21, 2025
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 5 (Athletics and Sports) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, in wrestling, further providing for
3 physician to be in attendance.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 2104 of Title 5 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
8 § 2104. Physician or certified registered nurse practitioner to
9 be in attendance.
10 Before any professional wrestling contest or exhibition shall
11 take place, the promoter and the operator of the arena or
12 facility shall employ a physician or certified registered nurse
13 practitioner to be present at every wrestling contest or
14 exhibition. The physician or certified registered nurse
15 practitioner shall observe the physical condition of the
16 participants throughout the contest or exhibition and shall be
17 authorized to terminate the contest or exhibition when, in his
18 judgment, severe injury would result if the contest or
1 exhibition were to continue. A certified registered nurse
2 practitioner employed by the promoter shall practice in
3 accordance with sections 8.2, 8.3 and 8.7 of the act of May 22,
4 1951 (P.L.317, No.69), known as The Professional Nursing Law.
5 The [physician's] fee for the physician or certified registered
6 nurse practitioner shall be paid by the promoter.
7 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 Senate Consumer Protection And Professional Licensure Committee | — | pa-leg |
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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 | Judith L. Schwank (D, state_upper PA-11) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Elder A. Vogel (R, state_upper PA-47) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Jay Costa (D, state_upper PA-43) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Wayne D. Fontana (D, state_upper PA-42) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
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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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