HB 2024 — An Act amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in State Veterans' Commission and Deputy Adjutant General for Veterans' Affairs, further providing for accreditation.
Congress · introduced 2025-11-12
Latest action: — Referred to VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, March 30, 2026
Sponsors
- Melissa L. Shusterman (D, PA-157) — sponsor · 2025-11-12
- Donna Scheuren (R, PA-147) — cosponsor · 2025-11-12
- Nancy Guenst (D, PA-152) — cosponsor · 2025-11-12
- Carol Hill-Evans (D, PA-95) — cosponsor · 2025-11-12
- Andrew Kuzma (R, PA-39) — cosponsor · 2025-11-12
- Joe Webster (D, PA-150) — cosponsor · 2025-11-12
- Tarah Probst (D, PA-189) — cosponsor · 2025-11-12
- Chris Pielli (D, PA-156) — cosponsor · 2025-11-12
- Nikki Rivera (D, PA-96) — cosponsor · 2025-11-12
- Benjamin V. Sanchez (D, PA-153) — cosponsor · 2025-11-12
- Kristine C. Howard (D, PA-167) — cosponsor · 2025-11-12
- Kristin Marcell (R, PA-178) — cosponsor · 2025-11-12
- Eric R. Nelson (R, PA-57) — cosponsor · 2025-11-12
- Johanny Cepeda-Freytiz (D, PA-129) — cosponsor · 2025-11-12
- Zachary Mako (R, PA-183) — cosponsor · 2025-11-12
- Martina A. White (R, PA-170) — cosponsor · 2025-11-12
- Abby Major (R, PA-60) — cosponsor · 2025-11-12
- Natalie Mihalek (R, PA-40) — cosponsor · 2025-11-12
- Timothy J. O'Neal (R, PA-48) — cosponsor · 2025-11-12
- Ed Neilson (D, PA-174) — cosponsor · 2025-11-12
- Dan K. Williams (D, PA-74) — cosponsor · 2025-11-12
- Lindsay Powell (D, PA-21) — cosponsor · 2025-11-12
- III John C. Inglis (D, PA-38) — cosponsor · 2025-11-12
- Anthony A. Bellmon (D, PA-203) — cosponsor · 2025-11-12
- Lisa A. Borowski (D, PA-168) — cosponsor · 2025-11-12
- Gina H. Curry (D, PA-164) — cosponsor · 2025-11-12
- G. Roni Green (D, PA-190) — cosponsor · 2025-11-12
- Ana Tiburcio (D, PA-22) — cosponsor · 2025-11-12
Action timeline
- · house — Referred to VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, Nov. 12, 2025
- · house — Reported as committed, Dec. 16, 2025
- · house — First consideration, Dec. 16, 2025
- · house — Laid on the table, Dec. 16, 2025
- · house — Removed from table, Feb. 4, 2026
- · house — Second consideration, March 23, 2026
- · house — Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS, March 23, 2026
- · house — Re-reported as committed, March 24, 2026
- · house — Third consideration and final passage, March 24, 2026 (199-0)
- · house — (Remarks see House Journal Page ), March 24, 2026
- · senate — In the Senate
- · senate — Referred to VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, March 30, 2026
Text versions
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Bill text
Printer's No. 2583 · 1,906 characters · source document
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PRINTER'S NO. 2583
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 2024
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY SHUSTERMAN, SCHEUREN, GUENST, HILL-EVANS, KUZMA,
WEBSTER, PROBST, PIELLI, RIVERA, SANCHEZ, HOWARD, MARCELL,
E. NELSON, CEPEDA-FREYTIZ, MAKO, WHITE, MAJOR, MIHALEK,
O'NEAL, NEILSON, D. WILLIAMS, POWELL, INGLIS, BELLMON AND
BOROWSKI, NOVEMBER 10, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY
PREPAREDNESS, NOVEMBER 12, 2025
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, in State Veterans' Commission and
3 Deputy Adjutant General for Veterans' Affairs, further
4 providing for accreditation.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. Section 1731(d) of Title 51 of the Pennsylvania
8 Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a paragraph to read:
9 § 1731. Accreditation.
10 * * *
11 (d) Office duties.--The Office of the Deputy Adjutant
12 General for Veterans' Affairs shall establish a county director
13 of veterans affairs training program, agreed upon with the State
14 Association of County Directors of Veterans Affairs, which shall
15 include the following:
16 * * *
17 (5) Training on a wide range of veteran-related topics,
1 including trauma-informed care, military sexual trauma, post-
2 traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injury and other
3 forms of trauma-informed care.
4 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 180 days.
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Outbound (3)
| date | type | to | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania Senate Veterans Affairs And Emergency Preparedness Committee | — | pa-leg | |
| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania House Appropriations Committee | — | pa-leg | |
| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania House Veterans Affairs And Emergency Preparedness Committee | — | pa-leg |
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Every typed relationship touching this entity — 3 edges across 1 category. Grouped by what the connection is; the heaviest few are shown, with a link to the full list.
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 | Melissa L. Shusterman (D, state_lower PA-157) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Abby Major (R, state_lower PA-60) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Ana Tiburcio (D, state_lower PA-22) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Andrew Kuzma (R, state_lower PA-39) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Anthony A. Bellmon (D, state_lower PA-203) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Benjamin V. Sanchez (D, state_lower PA-153) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Carol Hill-Evans (D, state_lower PA-95) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Chris Pielli (D, state_lower PA-156) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Dan K. Williams (D, state_lower PA-74) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Donna Scheuren (R, state_lower PA-147) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 11 | Ed Neilson (D, state_lower PA-174) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 12 | Eric R. Nelson (R, state_lower PA-57) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 13 | G. Roni Green (D, state_lower PA-190) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 14 | Gina H. Curry (D, state_lower PA-164) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 15 | III John C. Inglis (D, state_lower PA-38) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 16 | Joe Webster (D, state_lower PA-150) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 17 | Johanny Cepeda-Freytiz (D, state_lower PA-129) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 18 | Kristin Marcell (R, state_lower PA-178) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 19 | Kristine C. Howard (D, state_lower PA-167) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 20 | Lindsay Powell (D, state_lower PA-21) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 21 | Lisa A. Borowski (D, state_lower PA-168) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 22 | Martina A. White (R, state_lower PA-170) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 23 | Nancy Guenst (D, state_lower PA-152) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 24 | Natalie Mihalek (R, state_lower PA-40) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 25 | Nikki Rivera (D, state_lower PA-96) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
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
Activity
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- 2026-05-20 · was referred to Pennsylvania Senate Veterans Affairs And Emergency Preparedness Committee · pa-leg
- 2026-05-20 · was referred to Pennsylvania House Appropriations Committee · pa-leg
- 2026-05-20 · was referred to Pennsylvania House Veterans Affairs And Emergency Preparedness Committee · pa-leg