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Votes at a glance: House passes diversion, child-prevention, retrocession and other bills
Summary
In a single floor session the House passed a mix of policy bills including juvenile diversion standards, a child-abuse prevention education law (Jenna's Law), retrocession procedures for federal land, and worker-safety, energy and press-protection measures. Several resolutions recognizing observances were also adopted.
The Pennsylvania House completed floor action on a broad set of bills and formal resolutions. Major roll-call outcomes and short descriptions follow:
- HB 144 (diversion programs): Final passage, yeas 153, nays 45. Creates statewide standards for referring eligible youth to diversion programs, designed to expand alternatives to formal adjudication for low-level youth offenses.
- HB 460 (child abuse awareness and prevention education, ‘Jenna’s Law’): Final passage, yeas 105, nays 93. Requires school entities to develop age-appropriate, evidence-based child-abuse awareness and prevention education for…
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