HB 135 Pennsylvania House · 2025-2026 Regular Session

An Act amending Title 15 (Corporations and Unincorporated Associations) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in workers' cooperative corporations, further providing for corporations, for articles of incorporation and for directors and officers.

HB 135 amends Pennsylvania's corporate law to update rules for worker cooperatives, which are businesses owned and managed by their employees. It revises the legal requirements for forming a worker cooperative (including the "articles of incorporation") and clarifies governance rules for directors and officers. This directly affects worker-owned businesses in Pennsylvania by changing how they establish their legal structure and manage leadership roles. The bill proposes concrete changes to state statutes but has not yet been enacted.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Aug 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2026
House Passage
Dec 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Aug 21, 2025 Last action Apr 20, 2026
Floor votes · House Dec 16, 2025

How they voted

1949
Passed
Total votes 203
Dec 16, 2025
D Democratic102
102 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican101
92 Yea 9 Nay
91% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
14
Key actions
4
Committee
7
Apr 20, 2026
Committee
Re-referred to Appropriations
upper
Mar 18, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported as committed
upper
Dec 29, 2025
Committee
Referred to Labor & Industry
upper
Dec 16, 2025
Lower · Passed
Third consideration and final passage
lower
Dec 16, 2025
Lower · Passed
Re-reported as committed
lower
Nov 19, 2025
Committee
Re-committed to Appropriations
lower
Oct 28, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported as committed
lower
Aug 21, 2025
Committee
Referred to Labor & Industry
lower
1 primary · 15 co-sponsors

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