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PA HB1845

Bill

Status

Introduced

9/9/2025

Primary Sponsor

Marla Gallo Brown

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Origin

House of Representatives

2025-2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Amends the Pennsylvania Safe Drinking Water Act to add a definition of "abortion drug" as any medicine or substance used to terminate a pregnancy or kill an unborn baby, excluding contraceptives

  • Prohibits any person from causing abortion drugs to enter wastewater, public water supplies, public water systems, or Pennsylvania waters

  • Requires abortion drug manufacturers to ensure proper disposal of discarded drugs and to mitigate/remediate environmental effects, including endocrine-disrupting chemical byproducts from at-home abortion waste

  • Imposes strict, absolute, joint and several liability on manufacturers for cleanup and remediation costs if endocrine-disrupting chemicals from abortion drugs are found in water systems

  • When a specific manufacturer cannot be identified, liability is apportioned among all abortion drug manufacturers based on their share of national production; takes effect in 60 days

Legislative Description

Further providing for definitions and for public nuisances.

Last Action

Referred to Health

9/9/2025

Committee Referrals

Health9/9/2025

Full Bill Text

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