HB 749 — An Act amending the act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), entitled "An act to consolidate, editorially revise, and codify the public welfare laws of the Commonwealth," in public assistance, further providing for uniformity in administration of assistance and regulations as to assistance and for copayments for subsidized child care, providing for report on transition to chip-enabled access cards, further providing for reports to General Assembly, for persons eligible for medical assistance and for nonemergency medical transportation services and providing for abrogation of regulatory requirements for payment for outpatient behavioral health services within physical confines of behavioral health clinic facilities and for SNAP benefit reporting; and making a repeal.
Congress · introduced 2025-02-26
Latest action: — Act No. 46 of 2025, Nov. 12, 2025
Sponsors
- Dave Madsen (D, PA-104) — sponsor · 2025-02-26
- Jose Giral (D, PA-180) — cosponsor · 2025-02-26
- Benjamin V. Sanchez (D, PA-153) — cosponsor · 2025-02-26
- Tarik Khan (D, PA-194) — cosponsor · 2025-02-26
- Maureen E. Madden (D, PA-115) — cosponsor · 2025-02-26
- Gina H. Curry (D, PA-164) — cosponsor · 2025-02-26
- Kristine C. Howard (D, PA-167) — cosponsor · 2025-02-26
- La'Tasha D. Mayes (D, PA-24) — cosponsor · 2025-02-26
- Melissa Cerrato (D, PA-151) — cosponsor · 2025-02-26
- Justin C. Fleming (D, PA-105) — cosponsor · 2025-02-26
- Lisa A. Borowski (D, PA-168) — cosponsor · 2025-02-26
- Nathan Davidson (D, PA-103) — cosponsor · 2025-02-26
- G. Roni Green (D, PA-190) — cosponsor · 2025-02-26
- Keith S. Harris (D, PA-195) — cosponsor · 2025-02-26
- Tina M. Davis (D, PA-141) — cosponsor · 2025-02-26
- Joe Webster (D, PA-150) — cosponsor · 2025-02-26
- Brenda M. Pugh (R, PA-120) — cosponsor · 2025-02-26
- Abigail Salisbury (D, PA-34) — cosponsor · 2025-02-26
- Nikki Rivera (D, PA-96) — cosponsor · 2025-02-26
Action timeline
- · house — Referred to HUMAN SERVICES, Feb. 26, 2025
- · house — Reported as committed, March 17, 2025
- · house — First consideration, March 17, 2025
- · house — Laid on the table, March 17, 2025
- · house — Removed from table, April 8, 2025
- · house — Second consideration, with amendments, April 9, 2025
- · house — Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS, April 9, 2025
- · house — Re-reported as committed, April 22, 2025
- · house — Third consideration and final passage, April 22, 2025 (203-0)
- · senate — In the Senate
- · senate — Referred to HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, April 28, 2025
- · senate — Reported as committed, June 26, 2025
- · senate — First consideration, June 26, 2025
- · senate — Second consideration, June 30, 2025
- · senate — Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS, June 30, 2025
- · senate — Re-reported as amended, Nov. 11, 2025
- · senate — Third consideration and final passage, Nov. 12, 2025 (46-3)
- · house — In the House
- · house — Referred to RULES, Nov. 12, 2025
- · house — Re-reported on concurrence, as committed, Nov. 12, 2025
- · house — House concurred in Senate amendments, Nov. 12, 2025 (199-4)
- · house — (Remarks see House Journal Page ), Nov. 12, 2025
- · house — Signed in House, Nov. 12, 2025
- · senate — Signed in Senate, Nov. 12, 2025
- — Presented to the Governor, Nov. 12, 2025
- — Approved by the Governor, Nov. 12, 2025
- — Act No. 46 of 2025, Nov. 12, 2025
- · house — (Remarks see House Journal Page 371-372), April 9, 2025
- · house — (Remarks see House Journal Page 410-411), April 22, 2025
Text versions
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Bill text
Printer's No. 0765 · 1,846 characters · source document
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PRINTER'S NO. 765
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 749
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY MADSEN, GIRAL, SANCHEZ, KHAN, MADDEN, CURRY,
HOWARD, MAYES AND CERRATO, FEBRUARY 26, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES, FEBRUARY 26, 2025
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), entitled "An
2 act to consolidate, editorially revise, and codify the public
3 welfare laws of the Commonwealth," in public assistance,
4 providing for distribution of SNAP benefits.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. The act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), known
8 as the Human Services Code, is amended by adding a section to
9 read:
10 Section 476. Distribution of SNAP Benefits.--Within twelve
11 months of the effective date of this section and every five
12 years thereafter, the department shall analyze SNAP payment
13 distribution schedules based on caseloads and census data,
14 including data from other states and models that utilize more
15 than ten payment issuance days, to determine if changes are
16 needed to the payment distribution schedule. If changes are
17 needed, the department shall develop and implement updates to
18 the payment distribution schedule based on the analysis under
19 this section after consultation with an advisory committee,
1 which provides recommendations to the department on SNAP
2 policies and procedures.
3 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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Outbound (5)
| date | type | to | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania House Rules Committee | — | pa-leg | |
| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania Senate Appropriations Committee | — | pa-leg | |
| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania Senate Health And Human Services Committee | — | pa-leg | |
| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania House Appropriations Committee | — | pa-leg | |
| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania House Human Services Committee | — | pa-leg |
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Every typed relationship touching this entity — 5 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 | Dave Madsen (D, state_lower PA-104) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Abigail Salisbury (D, state_lower PA-34) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Benjamin V. Sanchez (D, state_lower PA-153) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Brenda M. Pugh (R, state_lower PA-120) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | G. Roni Green (D, state_lower PA-190) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Gina H. Curry (D, state_lower PA-164) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Joe Webster (D, state_lower PA-150) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Jose Giral (D, state_lower PA-180) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Justin C. Fleming (D, state_lower PA-105) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Keith S. Harris (D, state_lower PA-195) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 11 | Kristine C. Howard (D, state_lower PA-167) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 12 | La'Tasha D. Mayes (D, state_lower PA-24) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 13 | Lisa A. Borowski (D, state_lower PA-168) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 14 | Maureen E. Madden (D, state_lower PA-115) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 15 | Melissa Cerrato (D, state_lower PA-151) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 16 | Nathan Davidson (D, state_lower PA-103) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 17 | Nikki Rivera (D, state_lower PA-96) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 18 | Tarik Khan (D, state_lower PA-194) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 19 | Tina M. Davis (D, state_lower PA-141) | 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 House Rules Committee · pa-leg
- 2026-05-20 · was referred to Pennsylvania Senate Appropriations Committee · pa-leg
- 2026-05-20 · was referred to Pennsylvania Senate Health And Human Services Committee · pa-leg
- 2026-05-20 · was referred to Pennsylvania House Appropriations Committee · pa-leg
- 2026-05-20 · was referred to Pennsylvania House Human Services Committee · pa-leg