{"bill":{"bill_key":"PA-HB987-2025","title":"In miscellaneous provisions relating to institutions of higher education, providing for prohibitions regarding ideological oaths or statements, for prohibition on diversity, equity and inclusion offices and employees, for statements required to be included in mission statement, bylaws, faculty handbook and student handbook, for certain mandatory training prohibited, for revoking tenure for diversity, equity and inclusion violations and for spending restricted; and imposing penalties.","side":"anti","state":"PA","year":2025,"status_cat":"pending","ls_status":"introduced","summary":"In miscellaneous provisions relating to institutions of higher education, providing for prohibitions regarding ideological oaths or statements, for prohibition on diversity, equit…","notes":"SOGI inclusive ban, post-secondary schools","types_str":"DEI Ban: Colleges","sponsor_mix":"R","url":"https://legiscan.com/PA/bill/HB987/2025","url_kind":"legiscan","source":"legiscan","special":0,"bluebook":{"cite":"H.B. 987, 209th Gen. Assemb., Reg. Sess. (Pa. 2025), https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/2025/hb987.","short":"Pa. H.B. 987."}},"same_key":[],"sponsors":[{"name":"Milou Mackenzie","party":"R","state":"PA","district":"HD-131","is_primary":true,"href":"/people/ls-22036"},{"name":"Joe Hamm","party":"R","state":"PA","district":"HD-084","is_primary":false,"href":"/people/ls-22030"},{"name":"Robert Kauffman","party":"R","state":"PA","district":"HD-089","is_primary":false,"href":"/people/ls-342"},{"name":"Stephenie Scialabba","party":"R","state":"PA","district":"HD-012","is_primary":false,"href":"/people/ls-24852"},{"name":"Andrew Kuzma","party":"R","state":"PA","district":"HD-039","is_primary":false,"href":"/people/ls-24735"},{"name":"Jacob Banta","party":"R","state":"PA","district":"HD-004","is_primary":false,"href":"/people/ls-24830"},{"name":"David Zimmerman","party":"R","state":"PA","district":"HD-099","is_primary":false,"href":"/people/ls-16773"}],"citations":[],"text":{"available":true,"credit":"Bill data and text from LegiScan (legiscan.com), licensed CC BY 4.0 and used in modified form. LegiScan does not endorse the Trans Data Initiative.","versions":[{"role":"intro","label":"As introduced","chars":23559,"pdf_href":"/bills/PA-HB987-2025/pdf/0/intro"}]}}