# Pennsylvania HB 157: An Act providing for grant awards to entities in rural counties and designated medically underserved areas to pay for the education debt of practitioners employed at the entity. Pennsylvania HB 157, An Act providing for grant awards to entities in rural counties and designated medically underserved areas to pay for the education debt of practitioners employed at the entity., is a 2025-2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Kathy L. Rapp (Republican); status passed house, last action 2025-10-29 (Re-referred to Appropriations); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-19). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/PA-HB157-2025-2026 - As of: 2026-10-19 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Pennsylvania HB 157 - State: Pennsylvania - Session: 2025-2026 Regular Session - Title: An Act providing for grant awards to entities in rural counties and designated medically underserved areas to pay for the education debt of practitioners employed at the entity. - Status: passed house - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-01-14 - Last action: 2025-10-29, Re-referred to Appropriations - Sponsor: Kathy L. Rapp (Republican) - Cosponsors: 22 - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 3 (89 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 0 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview No economic impacts identified for this bill. ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Kathy L. Rapp (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Anthony A. Bellmon (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Arvind Venkat (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Benjamin V. Sanchez (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Bryan Cutler (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Carol Hill-Evans (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Dan Frankel (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Dave Madsen (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: David H. Zimmerman (Republican), House - Cosponsor: G. Roni Green (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Joe Webster (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Keith J. Greiner (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Keith S. Harris (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Kristine C. Howard (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Leslie Rossi (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Lisa A. Borowski (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Liz Hanbidge (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Martin T. Causer (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Mike Armanini (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Robert Freeman (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Tarik Khan (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Tim Twardzik (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Tina Pickett (Republican), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-03-19 | committee | 37 0 | pass | 37 | 0 | | | 2025-02-05 | committee | 26 0 | pass | 26 | 0 | | | 2025-02-05 | committee | 26 0 | pass | 26 | 0 | | ## Actions (13) - 2025-10-29: Re-referred to Appropriations (Senate) - 2025-10-28: First consideration (Senate) - 2025-10-28: Reported as committed (Senate) - 2025-04-14: Referred to Institutional Sustainability & Innovation (Senate) - 2025-03-19: Third consideration and final passage (194-8) (House) - 2025-03-19: Re-reported as committed (House) - 2025-03-18: Re-committed to Appropriations (House) - 2025-03-18: Second consideration (House) - 2025-03-17: Removed from table (House) - 2025-02-05: Laid on the table (House) - 2025-02-05: First consideration (House) - 2025-02-05: Reported as amended (House) - 2025-01-14: Referred to Health (House) ## Bill text - PN 475, 2025-02-05: [HTML](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/HTM/2025/0/HB0157/PN0475), [PDF](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/DOC/2025/0/HB0157/PN0475), [PDF](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2025/0/HB0157/PN0475) - PN 99, 2025-01-14: [HTML](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/HTM/2025/0/HB0157/PN0099), [PDF](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/DOC/2025/0/HB0157/PN0099), [PDF](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2025/0/HB0157/PN0099) ## Related bills - HB 2545: An Act providing for insurance coverage for vaginal estrogen for the treatment of menopausal symptoms and urinary tract infections. 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