HB 17 - Requires Instruction of Cursive Handwriting in Elementary Schools - Pennsylvania Key Vote
Timeline
- Executive Signed
- Feb. 11, 2026
- Senate Bill Passed
- Feb. 3, 2026
- House Bill Passed
- June 24, 2025
- Introduced
- Jan. 8, 2025
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Stage Details
Title: Requires Instruction of Cursive Handwriting in Elementary Schools
Signed by Governor Josh Shapiro
Title: Requires Instruction of Cursive Handwriting in Elementary Schools
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that requires the instruction of cursive handwriting in elementary English classes in Pennsylvania.
Highlights:
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Requires English instruction in all public and private elementary schools to include print, joined italics, and cursive handwriting (Sec. 1).
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Specifies that this Act takes effect 60 days after passage (Sec. 2).
Title: Requires Instruction of Cursive Handwriting in Elementary Schools
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that requires the instruction of cursive handwriting in elementary English classes in Pennsylvania.
Highlights:
-
Requires English instruction in all public and private elementary schools to include print, joined italics, and cursive handwriting (Sec. 1).
-
Specifies that this Act takes effect 60 days after passage (Sec. 2).
Title: Requires Instruction of Cursive Handwriting in Elementary Schools
- Jill Nixon Cooper (PA - R)
- Bryan D. Cutler (PA - R)
- Joseph T. 'Joe' Emrick (PA - R)
- Robert L. Freeman (PA - D)
- Mark M. Gillen (PA - R)
- Joseph D. 'Joe' Hamm (PA - R)
- Doyle M. Heffley (PA - R)
- R. Lee James (PA - R)
- Robert W. 'Rob' Kauffman (PA - R)
- V. Milou Mackenzie (PA - R)
- Edward 'Ed' Neilson (PA - D)
- Kathy L. Rapp (PA - R)
- David Hummer Rowe (PA - R)
- Abigail Salisbury (PA - D)
- Donna Marie Scheuren (PA - R)
- Craig T. Staats (PA - R)
- Timothy F. Twardzik (PA - R)
- David H. 'Dave' Zimmerman (PA - R)