HB 1578 — An Act amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in disabled veterans' real estate tax exemption, further providing for duty of commission.
Congress · introduced 2025-06-09
Latest action: — Referred to VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, June 9, 2025
Sponsors
- Roman Kozak (R, PA-14) — sponsor · 2025-06-09
- Tina Pickett (R, PA-110) — cosponsor · 2025-06-09
- Chad G. Reichard (R, PA-90) — cosponsor · 2025-06-09
- Tarah Probst (D, PA-189) — cosponsor · 2025-06-09
- Keith S. Harris (D, PA-195) — cosponsor · 2025-06-09
- Clint Owlett (R, PA-68) — cosponsor · 2025-06-09
- Jamie Walsh (R, PA-117) — cosponsor · 2025-06-09
- Aaron Bernstine (R, PA-8) — cosponsor · 2025-06-09
- Marc S. Anderson (R, PA-92) — cosponsor · 2025-06-09
- Steven C. Mentzer (R, PA-97) — cosponsor · 2025-06-09
- David H. Rowe (R, PA-85) — cosponsor · 2025-06-09
- Brenda M. Pugh (R, PA-120) — cosponsor · 2025-06-09
- Joshua D. Kail (R, PA-15) — cosponsor · 2025-06-09
- Charity GRIMM Krupa (R, PA-51) — cosponsor · 2025-06-09
- Jeremy Shaffer (R, PA-28) — cosponsor · 2025-06-09
- Mark M. Gillen (R, PA-128) — cosponsor · 2025-06-09
Action timeline
- · house — Referred to VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, June 9, 2025
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Bill text
Printer's No. 1865 · 1,977 characters · source document
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PRINTER'S NO. 1865
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 1578
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY KOZAK, PICKETT, REICHARD, PROBST, K.HARRIS,
OWLETT, WALSH, BERNSTINE, ANDERSON, MENTZER, ROWE, PUGH,
KAIL, KRUPA, SHAFFER AND GILLEN, JUNE 6, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY
PREPAREDNESS, JUNE 9, 2025
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, in disabled veterans' real estate tax
3 exemption, further providing for duty of commission.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 8904 of Title 51 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a paragraph to read:
8 § 8904. Duty of commission.
9 The commission shall:
10 * * *
11 (5) Develop a process for preapproval of an applicant
12 for the exemption from payment of real estate taxes,
13 including when:
14 (i) An applicant is waiting to receive the final
15 determination from the United States Veterans Affairs
16 Administration certifying the applicant as being a total
17 or 100% permanent disability as required under section
1 8902(a)(2) (relating to exemption).
2 (ii) An applicant shows evidence satisfactory to the
3 commission that the applicant will meet the requirement
4 under section 8902(a)(3) when in the process of
5 purchasing and taking possession of a new dwelling.
6 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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| date | type | to | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania House Veterans Affairs And Emergency Preparedness Committee | — | pa-leg |
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Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Roman Kozak (R, state_lower PA-14) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Aaron Bernstine (R, state_lower PA-8) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Brenda M. Pugh (R, state_lower PA-120) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Chad G. Reichard (R, state_lower PA-90) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Charity GRIMM Krupa (R, state_lower PA-51) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Clint Owlett (R, state_lower PA-68) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | David H. Rowe (R, state_lower PA-85) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Jamie Walsh (R, state_lower PA-117) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Jeremy Shaffer (R, state_lower PA-28) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Joshua D. Kail (R, state_lower PA-15) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 11 | Keith S. Harris (D, state_lower PA-195) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 12 | Marc S. Anderson (R, state_lower PA-92) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 13 | Mark M. Gillen (R, state_lower PA-128) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 14 | Steven C. Mentzer (R, state_lower PA-97) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 15 | Tarah Probst (D, state_lower PA-189) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 16 | Tina Pickett (R, state_lower PA-110) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
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0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
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