HB 1982 — An Act amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in 911 emergency communication services, further providing for uniform 911 surcharge and providing for termination; and making a repeal.
Congress · introduced 2025-10-23
Latest action: — Referred to VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, Oct. 23, 2025
Sponsors
- Brenda M. Pugh (R, PA-120) — sponsor · 2025-10-23
- R. Lee James (R, PA-64) — cosponsor · 2025-10-23
- Jack Rader (R, PA-176) — cosponsor · 2025-10-23
- Nikki Rivera (D, PA-96) — cosponsor · 2025-10-23
- Marc S. Anderson (R, PA-92) — cosponsor · 2025-10-23
- Lisa A. Borowski (D, PA-168) — cosponsor · 2025-10-23
Action timeline
- · house — Referred to VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, Oct. 23, 2025
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Bill text
Printer's No. 2510 · 2,886 characters · source document
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PRINTER'S NO. 2510
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 1982
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY PUGH, JAMES, RADER, RIVERA AND ANDERSON,
OCTOBER 22, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY
PREPAREDNESS, OCTOBER 23, 2025
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, in 911 emergency communication
3 services, further providing for uniform 911 surcharge and
4 providing for termination; and making a repeal.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. Section 5306.2(a) of Title 35 of the Pennsylvania
8 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
9 § 5306.2. Uniform 911 surcharge.
10 (a) Surcharge imposed.--Each subscriber or consumer shall
11 pay a surcharge of [$1.65] $1.95 for each 911 communications
12 service or prepaid wireless device for which that subscriber or
13 consumer is billed by a provider or seller as provided for under
14 this chapter. The surcharge shall be collected apart from and in
15 addition to a fee levied by the provider or seller, in whole or
16 in part, for the provision of 911 services. The surcharge shall
17 be subject to the following:
18 (1) The surcharge shall be uniform, competitively
1 neutral and in an equal amount for subscribers or consumers
2 of all 911 communications services.
3 (2) Except as provided under section 5307.1 (relating to
4 payment, collection and remittance of surcharge by sellers of
5 prepaid wireless telecommunications service), the surcharge
6 shall be paid to the State Treasurer for deposit in the fund.
7 The Treasurer may retain up to 1% of the remitted surcharge
8 to pay expenses directly related to the cost of collection.
9 (3) No subscriber or consumer shall be required to pay
10 more than one surcharge per number or device.
11 * * *
12 Section 2. Title 35 is amended by adding a section to read:
13 § 5398.1. Termination.
14 This chapter shall expire January 31, 2029.
15 Section 3. Repeals are as follows:
16 (1) The General Assembly declares that the repeal under
17 paragraph (2) is necessary to effectuate the amendment or
18 addition of 35 Pa.C.S. §§ 5306.2(a) and 5398.1.
19 (2) Article I-K of the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343,
20 No.176), known as The Fiscal Code, is repealed.
21 Section 4. 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 | Brenda M. Pugh (R, state_lower PA-120) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Jack Rader (R, state_lower PA-176) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Lisa A. Borowski (D, state_lower PA-168) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Marc S. Anderson (R, state_lower PA-92) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Nikki Rivera (D, state_lower PA-96) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | R. Lee James (R, state_lower PA-64) | 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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