HB 1162

Pennsylvania House bill in Session 2025-2026.

Status: in_committee. Latest action: April 7, 2025.

An Act amending the act of June 3, 1937 (P.L.1333, No.320), known as the Pennsylvania Election Code, in preliminary provisions, further providing for definitions; in county boards of elections, further providing for powers and duties of county boards; in preparation for and conduct of primaries and elections, further providing for manner of applying to vote, persons entitled to vote, voter's certificates, entries to be made in district register, numbered lists of voters and challenges and for ballots to be issued by election officers only, ballots not to be removed and official ballots only to be deposited or counted; in voting by qualified absentee electors, further providing for applications for official absentee ballots, for date of application for absentee ballot, for official absentee voters ballots, for voting by absentee electors and for canvassing of official absentee absentee ballots and mail-in ballots; in voting by qualified mail-in electors, further providing for applications for official mail-in ballots, for official mail-in elector ballots and for voting by mail-in electors.

Bill ID PA-2025-2026-HB-1162

Session 2025-2026

Status in_committee

Committee STATE GOVERNMENT

House in_committee 2025-04-07

Elections / Voting

Summary

Sponsor

FINK

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Actions Timeline

Date	Event	Detail
2025-04-07	Introduced	Bill introduced
2025-04-07	Status	in_committee
2025-04-07	Latest Action	Referred to STATE GOVERNMENT, April 7, 2025

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