HB 937 Pennsylvania House · 2025-2026 Regular Session

An Act amending Title 16 (Counties) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in coroner, further providing for fees for reports.

HB 937 amends Pennsylvania's county statutes to establish specific fee amounts that coroners may charge for death investigation reports. It directly affects county coroners and individuals or entities requiring these official reports, such as families or legal representatives. The bill sets new, fixed fee schedules for coroner reports under Title 16 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, replacing prior unspecified or variable fee structures. This change provides clarity on billing for a routine administrative service within county government operations.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

May 2025

House Passage

May 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Mar 17, 2025 Last action May 22, 2025

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What changed between versions

Printer's No. PN1003 → Printer's No. PN1687 · 4 edits

MODERATE

The bill was updated to reflect its status as amended on second consideration, adding new sponsors and a new amendment date. The most significant policy change allows coroners to charge fees for autopsy, toxicology, and inquisition reports that include attachments, while simultaneously prohibiting them from charging extra fees specifically for photographs or addenda to these reports. This creates a clearer fee structure that permits charges for the full scope of a report but prevents double-charging for visual evidence included within it.

Scope change

The bill's scope regarding fee collection was modified to explicitly include attachments for specific reports while restricting additional charges for photographs.

TIMELINE

Added a new line indicating the bill was amended on second consideration in the House of Representatives on May 12, 2025.

ELIGIBILITY

Added 'GREEN' to the list of bill sponsors.

FISCAL

Clarified that fees of $500, $100, and $100 now apply to autopsy, toxicology, and inquisition reports that include their attachments.

REQUIREMENT

Added a new requirement prohibiting coroners from charging any additional fees for photographs, attachments, or addenda to autopsy, toxicology, or coroner's reports.

Floor votes · House May 14, 2025

How they voted

103–100

Passed

Total votes 203

May 14, 2025

D Democratic102

101 Yea 1 Nay

99% Yea

R Republican101

2 Yea 99 Nay

98% Nay

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

May 22, 2025

Committee

Referred to Local Government

upper

May 14, 2025

Lower · Passed

Third consideration and final passage

lower

May 14, 2025

Lower · Passed

Re-reported as committed

lower

May 12, 2025

Committee

Re-committed to Appropriations

lower

Apr 9, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported as committed

lower

Mar 17, 2025

Committee

Referred to Local Government

lower

1 primary · 15 co-sponsors