HB 427 — An Act amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, providing for burial benefits.
Congress · introduced 2025-01-31
Latest action: — Laid on the table, Feb. 4, 2025
Sponsors
- Craig T. Staats (R, PA-145) — sponsor · 2025-01-31
- Joe Hamm (R, PA-84) — cosponsor · 2025-01-31
- Kristin Marcell (R, PA-178) — cosponsor · 2025-01-31
- Scott Conklin (D, PA-77) — cosponsor · 2025-01-31
- Tina Pickett (R, PA-110) — cosponsor · 2025-01-31
- R. Lee James (R, PA-64) — cosponsor · 2025-01-31
- Joe Ciresi (D, PA-146) — cosponsor · 2025-01-31
- Lindsay Powell (D, PA-21) — cosponsor · 2025-01-31
- Steven C. Mentzer (R, PA-97) — cosponsor · 2025-01-31
- Shelby Labs (R, PA-143) — cosponsor · 2025-01-31
- David H. Rowe (R, PA-85) — cosponsor · 2025-01-31
- Jared G. Solomon (D, PA-202) — cosponsor · 2025-01-31
- Mark M. Gillen (R, PA-128) — cosponsor · 2025-01-31
Action timeline
- · house — Referred to VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, Jan. 31, 2025
- · house — Reported as committed, Feb. 4, 2025
- · house — First consideration, Feb. 4, 2025
- · house — Laid on the table, Feb. 4, 2025
Text versions
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Bill text
Printer's No. 0402 · 2,528 characters · source document
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PRINTER'S NO. 402
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 427
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY STAATS, HAMM, MARCELL, CONKLIN, PICKETT, JAMES,
CIRESI, POWELL, MENTZER, LABS, ROWE, SOLOMON AND GILLEN,
JANUARY 31, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY
PREPAREDNESS, JANUARY 31, 2025
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, in Department of Military and Veterans
3 Affairs, providing for burial benefits.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Title 51 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
7 Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
8 § 705.1. Burial benefits.
9 (a) Notice of deceased serviceperson to county.--
10 (1) Subject to paragraph (2), a licensed funeral
11 director, funeral entity or cemetery company shall, within 96
12 hours of receipt of the remains of a deceased serviceperson,
13 notify the county director of veterans affairs of a deceased
14 serviceperson having legal residence in the county at the
15 time of death and provide the family of the deceased
16 serviceperson with the contact information for the county
17 director of veterans affairs.
1 (2) Paragraph (1) shall only apply to a cemetery company
2 if the cemetery company provides interment for the cremated
3 remains of a deceased serviceperson for whom a licensed
4 funeral director or funeral entity provided no goods or
5 services.
6 (b) Definitions.--As used in this section, the following
7 words and phrases shall have the meanings given to them in this
8 subsection unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
9 "Cemetery company." As defined in 9 Pa.C.S. § 101 (relating
10 to definitions).
11 "Deceased serviceperson." As defined in 16 Pa.C.S. § 15508
12 (relating to definitions).
13 "Funeral entity." As defined in 49 Pa. Code § 13.1 (relating
14 to definitions).
15 "Licensed funeral director." As defined in 49 Pa. Code §
16 13.1.
17 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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Outbound (1)
| 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 | Craig T. Staats (R, state_lower PA-145) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | David H. Rowe (R, state_lower PA-85) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Jared G. Solomon (D, state_lower PA-202) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Joe Ciresi (D, state_lower PA-146) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Joe Hamm (R, state_lower PA-84) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Kristin Marcell (R, state_lower PA-178) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Lindsay Powell (D, state_lower PA-21) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Mark M. Gillen (R, state_lower PA-128) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | R. Lee James (R, state_lower PA-64) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Scott Conklin (D, state_lower PA-77) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 11 | Shelby Labs (R, state_lower PA-143) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 12 | Steven C. Mentzer (R, state_lower PA-97) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 13 | 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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