HB 167 — An Act amending Title 20 (Decedents, Estates and Fiduciaries) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in dispositions independent of letters, family exemption, probate of wills and grant of letters, further providing for payments to family and funeral directors.
Congress · introduced 2025-01-16
Latest action: — Laid on the table, March 26, 2025
Sponsors
- Timothy R. Bonner (R, PA-17) — sponsor · 2025-01-16
- Tina Pickett (R, PA-110) — cosponsor · 2025-01-16
- Tarik Khan (D, PA-194) — cosponsor · 2025-01-16
- R. Lee James (R, PA-64) — cosponsor · 2025-01-16
- Rob W. Kauffman (R, PA-89) — cosponsor · 2025-01-16
- Danilo Burgos (D, PA-197) — cosponsor · 2025-01-16
- Joe Ciresi (D, PA-146) — cosponsor · 2025-01-16
- Jill N. Cooper (R, PA-55) — cosponsor · 2025-01-16
- Mark M. Gillen (R, PA-128) — cosponsor · 2025-01-16
- Mike Armanini (R, PA-75) — cosponsor · 2025-01-16
- John A. Schlegel (R, PA-101) — cosponsor · 2025-01-16
- Kathleen C. Tomlinson (R, PA-18) — cosponsor · 2025-01-16
Action timeline
- · house — Referred to JUDICIARY, Jan. 16, 2025
- · house — Reported as committed, March 26, 2025
- · house — First consideration, March 26, 2025
- · house — Laid on the table, March 26, 2025
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Bill text
Printer's No. 0125 · 2,459 characters · source document
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PRINTER'S NO. 125
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 167
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY BONNER, PICKETT, KHAN, JAMES, KAUFFMAN, BURGOS,
CIRESI AND COOPER, JANUARY 16, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, JANUARY 16, 2025
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 20 (Decedents, Estates and Fiduciaries) of the
2 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in dispositions
3 independent of letters, family exemption, probate of wills
4 and grant of letters, further providing for payments to
5 family and funeral directors.
6 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
7 hereby enacts as follows:
8 Section 1. Section 3101(b) of Title 20 of the Pennsylvania
9 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
10 § 3101. Payments to family and funeral directors.
11 * * *
12 (b) Deposit account.--Any bank, savings association, savings
13 and loan association, building and loan association, credit
14 union or other savings organization, at any time after the death
15 of a depositor, member or certificate holder, shall pay the
16 amount on deposit or represented by the certificate, when the
17 total standing to the credit of the decedent in that institution
18 does not exceed [$10,000] $20,000, to the spouse, any child, the
19 father or mother or any sister or brother (preference being
1 given in the order named) of the deceased depositor, member or
2 certificate holder, provided that a receipted funeral bill or an
3 affidavit, executed by a licensed funeral director which sets
4 forth that satisfactory arrangements for payment of funeral
5 services have been made, is presented. Any bank, association,
6 credit union or other savings organization making such a payment
7 shall be released to the same extent as if payment had been made
8 to a duly appointed personal representative of the decedent and
9 it shall not be required to see to the application thereof. Any
10 person to whom payment is made shall be answerable therefor to
11 anyone prejudiced by an improper distribution.
12 * * *
13 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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| date | type | to | amount | role | source |
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| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania House Judiciary 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 | Timothy R. Bonner (R, state_lower PA-17) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Danilo Burgos (D, state_lower PA-197) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Jill N. Cooper (R, state_lower PA-55) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Joe Ciresi (D, state_lower PA-146) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | John A. Schlegel (R, state_lower PA-101) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Kathleen C. Tomlinson (R, state_lower PA-18) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Mark M. Gillen (R, state_lower PA-128) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Mike Armanini (R, state_lower PA-75) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | R. Lee James (R, state_lower PA-64) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Rob W. Kauffman (R, state_lower PA-89) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 11 | Tarik Khan (D, state_lower PA-194) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 12 | 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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