HB 39 — An Act amending Title 16 (Counties) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in special powers and duties of counties, providing for other powers and duties of county humane officers.
Congress · introduced 2025-01-10
Latest action: — Referred to AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS, Jan. 10, 2025
Sponsors
- Scott Conklin (D, PA-77) — sponsor · 2025-01-10
- Tarik Khan (D, PA-194) — cosponsor · 2025-01-10
- Benjamin V. Sanchez (D, PA-153) — cosponsor · 2025-01-10
- Carol Hill-Evans (D, PA-95) — cosponsor · 2025-01-10
- Joe Ciresi (D, PA-146) — cosponsor · 2025-01-10
- Michael H. Schlossberg (D, PA-132) — cosponsor · 2025-01-10
- Patrick J. Harkins (D, PA-1) — cosponsor · 2025-01-10
- Robert Freeman (D, PA-136) — cosponsor · 2025-01-10
- G. Roni Green (D, PA-190) — cosponsor · 2025-01-10
- Mary Jo Daley (D, PA-148) — cosponsor · 2025-01-10
Action timeline
- · house — Referred to AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS, Jan. 10, 2025
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Bill text
Printer's No. 0018 · 1,857 characters · source document
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PRINTER'S NO. 18
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 39
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY CONKLIN, KHAN, SANCHEZ, HILL-EVANS, CIRESI,
SCHLOSSBERG, HARKINS AND FREEMAN, JANUARY 10, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS,
JANUARY 10, 2025
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 16 (Counties) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, in special powers and duties of counties, providing
3 for other powers and duties of county humane officers.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Chapter 153 of Title 16 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a subchapter to read:
8 SUBCHAPTER Z.6
9 OTHER POWERS AND DUTIES
10 Sec.
11 15399n. County humane officers.
12 § 15399n. County humane officers.
13 The county commissioners may employ a county humane officer
14 who shall be authorized to enforce dog control as defined in
15 section 102 of the act of December 7, 1982 (P.L.784, No.225),
16 known as the Dog Law, and animal cruelty laws of this
17 Commonwealth as contained in 18 Pa.C.S. Ch. 55 Subch. B
18 (relating to cruelty to animals). In order to be eligible for
1 employment as a county humane officer, an individual must meet
2 the training requirements contained in 22 Pa.C.S. §§ 3712
3 (relating to training program) and 3713 (relating to continuing
4 education program).
5 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 Agriculture And Rural Affairs 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 | Scott Conklin (D, state_lower PA-77) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Benjamin V. Sanchez (D, state_lower PA-153) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Carol Hill-Evans (D, state_lower PA-95) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | G. Roni Green (D, state_lower PA-190) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Joe Ciresi (D, state_lower PA-146) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Mary Jo Daley (D, state_lower PA-148) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Michael H. Schlossberg (D, state_lower PA-132) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Patrick J. Harkins (D, state_lower PA-1) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Robert Freeman (D, state_lower PA-136) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Tarik Khan (D, state_lower PA-194) | 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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