HB 512 — An Act amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in veterans' temporary assistance, further providing for amounts of assistance.
Congress · introduced 2025-02-05
Latest action: — Referred to VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, Feb. 5, 2025
Sponsors
- Carol Kazeem (D, PA-159) — sponsor · 2025-02-05
- Jose Giral (D, PA-180) — cosponsor · 2025-02-05
- Jim Haddock (D, PA-118) — cosponsor · 2025-02-05
- Chris Pielli (D, PA-156) — cosponsor · 2025-02-05
- Benjamin V. Sanchez (D, PA-153) — cosponsor · 2025-02-05
- Jeanne McNeill (D, PA-133) — cosponsor · 2025-02-05
- Tarik Khan (D, PA-194) — cosponsor · 2025-02-05
- Tarah Probst (D, PA-189) — cosponsor · 2025-02-05
- Carol Hill-Evans (D, PA-95) — cosponsor · 2025-02-05
- Robert Freeman (D, PA-136) — cosponsor · 2025-02-05
- Justin C. Fleming (D, PA-105) — cosponsor · 2025-02-05
- Joe Ciresi (D, PA-146) — cosponsor · 2025-02-05
- Kristine C. Howard (D, PA-167) — cosponsor · 2025-02-05
- Melissa Cerrato (D, PA-151) — cosponsor · 2025-02-05
- Johanny Cepeda-Freytiz (D, PA-129) — cosponsor · 2025-02-05
- Joseph C. Hohenstein (D, PA-177) — cosponsor · 2025-02-05
- Malcolm Kenyatta (D, PA-181) — cosponsor · 2025-02-05
- G. Roni Green (D, PA-190) — cosponsor · 2025-02-05
Action timeline
- · house — Referred to VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, Feb. 5, 2025
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Bill text
Printer's No. 0494 · 1,408 characters · source document
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PRINTER'S NO. 494
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 512
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY KAZEEM, GIRAL, HADDOCK, PIELLI, SANCHEZ, McNEILL,
KHAN, PROBST, HILL-EVANS, FREEMAN, FLEMING, CIRESI, HOWARD,
CERRATO, CEPEDA-FREYTIZ, HOHENSTEIN, KENYATTA AND GREEN,
FEBRUARY 5, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY
PREPAREDNESS, FEBRUARY 5, 2025
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, in veterans' temporary assistance,
3 further providing for amounts of assistance.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 8504(a) of Title 51 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
8 § 8504. Amounts of assistance.
9 (a) Maximum amount.--In no event shall veterans' temporary
10 assistance payments exceed [the established maximum assistance
11 or the documented amount of need, whichever is less.] $2,500 or
12 the documented amount of need, whichever is less.
13 * * *
14 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.Connected on the graph
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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 | Carol Kazeem (D, state_lower PA-159) | 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 | Chris Pielli (D, state_lower PA-156) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | G. Roni Green (D, state_lower PA-190) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Jeanne McNeill (D, state_lower PA-133) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Jim Haddock (D, state_lower PA-118) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Joe Ciresi (D, state_lower PA-146) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Johanny Cepeda-Freytiz (D, state_lower PA-129) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Jose Giral (D, state_lower PA-180) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 11 | Joseph C. Hohenstein (D, state_lower PA-177) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 12 | Justin C. Fleming (D, state_lower PA-105) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 13 | Kristine C. Howard (D, state_lower PA-167) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 14 | Malcolm Kenyatta (D, state_lower PA-181) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 15 | Melissa Cerrato (D, state_lower PA-151) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 16 | Robert Freeman (D, state_lower PA-136) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 17 | Tarah Probst (D, state_lower PA-189) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 18 | Tarik Khan (D, state_lower PA-194) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Predicted vote
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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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