SB 998 — An Act providing for the Nurse Education Capacity Expansion Grant Program; and imposing duties on the Department of Community and Economic Development.
Congress · introduced 2025-10-07
Latest action: — Referred to EDUCATION, April 21, 2026
Sponsors
- Rosemary M. Brown (R, PA-40) — sponsor · 2025-10-07
- Maria Collett (D, PA-12) — cosponsor · 2025-10-07
- Tracy Pennycuick (R, PA-24) — cosponsor · 2025-10-07
- Wayne D. Fontana (D, PA-42) — cosponsor · 2025-10-07
- Jay Costa (D, PA-43) — cosponsor · 2025-10-07
- David G. Argall (R, PA-29) — cosponsor · 2025-10-07
- John I. Kane (D, PA-9) — cosponsor · 2025-10-07
- Amanda M. Cappelletti (D, PA-17) — cosponsor · 2025-10-07
- Lisa Baker (R, PA-20) — cosponsor · 2025-10-07
- James ANDREW Malone (D, PA-36) — cosponsor · 2025-10-07
- Judith L. Schwank (D, PA-11) — cosponsor · 2025-10-07
- Lynda Schlegel Culver (R, PA-27) — cosponsor · 2025-10-07
- Nikil Saval (D, PA-1) — cosponsor · 2025-10-07
- Nick Miller (D, PA-14) — cosponsor · 2025-10-07
- Daniel Laughlin (R, PA-49) — cosponsor · 2025-10-07
- Frank A. Farry (R, PA-6) — cosponsor · 2025-10-07
Action timeline
- · senate — Referred to INSTITUTIONAL SUSTAINABILITY AND INNOVATION, Oct. 7, 2025
- · senate — Reported as committed, Oct. 28, 2025
- · senate — First consideration, Oct. 28, 2025
- · senate — Second consideration, Nov. 17, 2025
- · senate — Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS, Nov. 17, 2025
- · senate — Re-reported as committed, April 20, 2026
- · senate — Third consideration and final passage, April 20, 2026 (43-4)
- · senate — (Remarks see Senate Journal Page ....), April 20, 2026
- · house — In the House
- · house — Referred to EDUCATION, April 21, 2026
Text versions
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Connected on the graph
Outbound (3)
| date | type | to | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania House Education Committee | — | pa-leg | |
| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania Senate Appropriations Committee | — | pa-leg | |
| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania Senate Institutional Sustainability And Innovation 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 | Rosemary M. Brown (R, state_upper PA-40) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Amanda M. Cappelletti (D, state_upper PA-17) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Daniel Laughlin (R, state_upper PA-49) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | David G. Argall (R, state_upper PA-29) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Frank A. Farry (R, state_upper PA-6) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | James ANDREW Malone (D, state_upper PA-36) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Jay Costa (D, state_upper PA-43) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | John I. Kane (D, state_upper PA-9) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Judith L. Schwank (D, state_upper PA-11) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Lisa Baker (R, state_upper PA-20) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 11 | Lynda Schlegel Culver (R, state_upper PA-27) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 12 | Maria Collett (D, state_upper PA-12) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 13 | Nick Miller (D, state_upper PA-14) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 14 | Nikil Saval (D, state_upper PA-1) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 15 | Tracy Pennycuick (R, state_upper PA-24) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 16 | Wayne D. Fontana (D, state_upper PA-42) | 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 Education Committee · pa-leg
- 2026-05-20 · was referred to Pennsylvania Senate Appropriations Committee · pa-leg
- 2026-05-20 · was referred to Pennsylvania Senate Institutional Sustainability And Innovation Committee · pa-leg