Pennsylvania legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Pennsylvania HR379: A Resolution designating January 23, 2026, as "Maternal Health Awareness Day" in Pennsylvania to recognize all the women who die from complications of pregnancy or childbirth.
Status: Passed both chambers, February 3, 2026
What the bill says
A resolution Designating January 23, 2026, as "Maternal Health Awareness Day" in Pennsylvania to recognize all the women who die from complications of pregnancy or childbirth.
From the introduced text, December 10, 2025:
A RESOLUTION Designating January 23, 2026, as "Maternal Health Awareness Day" in Pennsylvania to recognize all the women who die from complications of pregnancy or childbirth. WHEREAS, Women who die during pregnancy, or within one year after giving birth, from any cause related to or aggravated by the pregnancy are considered to have died a pregnancy-related death; and WHEREAS, The number of pregnancy-related deaths in the United States has continued to rise, despite recent advances in medical science and technology; and WHEREAS, In 1986, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention implemented a Pregnancy Mortality Surveillance System, a national surveillance system, to obtain information about the frequency and causes of pregnancy-related death in the United States; and WHEREAS, Despite declines in the maternal mortality rate in other parts of the world, the data collected under the Pregnancy Mortality Surveillance System has shown a steady increase in the maternal mortality rate in the United States, from a low of 7.2 deaths per 100,000 live births in 1987 to 15.9, 17.3 and 18 deaths per 100,000 in 2012, 2013 and 2014, respectively; and WHEREAS, There was a sharp increase in the maternal mortality rate attributed to the pandemic, with the rates rising to 24.9 and 33.2 per 100,000 live births in 2020 and 2021, respectively; and WHEREAS, While rates lowered to 21.5 …
Sponsors
- Gina Curry (D, 164) · primary sponsor
- Morgan Cephas (D, 192)
- La'Tasha Mayes (D, 24)
- Arvind Venkat (D, 30)
- D. Miller (R, 42)
- Robert FREEMAN (D, 136)
- Benjamin Waxman (D, 182)
- Carol Hill-Evans (D, 95)
- Jeanne McNeill (D, 133)
- Tarah Probst (D, 189)
- Kyle Donahue (D, 113)
- Stephen Samuelson (D, 135)
Latest actions
- : (Remarks see House Journal Page 62-64), Feb. 3, 2026
- : Adopted, Feb. 3, 2026 (168-29)
- : Reported as committed, Dec. 17, 2025
- : Referred to HEALTH, Dec. 10, 2025
Votes
- Adopted, Feb. 3, 2026 (168-29) (February 3, 2026): 168 yea, 29 nay, passed
- House Health: Report Bill As Committed (December 17, 2025): 26 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: HEALTH
Common questions
- What is HR379?
- HR379 is a bill in the Pennsylvania Legislature (2025-2026 Regular Session): A Resolution designating January 23, 2026, as "Maternal Health Awareness Day" in Pennsylvania to recognize all the women who die from complications of pregnancy or childbirth.
- What does HR379 do?
- In its own words: A resolution Designating January 23, 2026, as "Maternal Health Awareness Day" in Pennsylvania to recognize all the women who die from complications of pregnancy or childbirth.
- What is the status of HR379?
- Passed both chambers as of February 3, 2026. Latest action: (Remarks see House Journal Page 62-64), Feb. 3, 2026 (February 3, 2026).
- Who sponsored HR379?
- Gina Curry (D, 164), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HR379?
- On the Pennsylvania Legislature website: https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/2025/hr379
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