HB 886 — An Act amending Title 61 (Prisons and Parole) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in general administration relating to correctional institutions, providing for prerelease briefings on veterans benefits.
Congress · introduced 2025-03-13
Latest action: — Referred to JUDICIARY, Feb. 13, 2026
Sponsors
- Joe Webster (D, PA-150) — sponsor · 2025-03-13
- Benjamin V. Sanchez (D, PA-153) — cosponsor · 2025-03-13
- Maureen E. Madden (D, PA-115) — cosponsor · 2025-03-13
- Chris Pielli (D, PA-156) — cosponsor · 2025-03-13
- Jose Giral (D, PA-180) — cosponsor · 2025-03-13
- Jeanne McNeill (D, PA-133) — cosponsor · 2025-03-13
- Tarik Khan (D, PA-194) — cosponsor · 2025-03-13
- Carol Hill-Evans (D, PA-95) — cosponsor · 2025-03-13
- Steven R. Malagari (D, PA-53) — cosponsor · 2025-03-13
- Joe Ciresi (D, PA-146) — cosponsor · 2025-03-13
- Daniel J. Deasy (D, PA-27) — cosponsor · 2025-03-13
- G. Roni Green (D, PA-190) — cosponsor · 2025-03-13
- Scott Conklin (D, PA-77) — cosponsor · 2025-03-13
- Keith S. Harris (D, PA-195) — cosponsor · 2025-03-13
Action timeline
- · house — Referred to JUDICIARY, March 13, 2025
- · house — Reported as committed, Nov. 17, 2025
- · house — First consideration, Nov. 17, 2025
- · house — Laid on the table, Nov. 17, 2025
- · house — Removed from table, Jan. 28, 2026
- · house — Second consideration, Feb. 2, 2026
- · house — Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS, Feb. 2, 2026
- · house — Re-reported as committed, Feb. 3, 2026
- · house — Third consideration and final passage, Feb. 3, 2026 (197-0)
- · house — (Remarks see House Journal Page ), Feb. 3, 2026
- · senate — In the Senate
- · senate — Referred to JUDICIARY, Feb. 13, 2026
Text versions
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Bill text
Printer's No. 0927 · 1,388 characters · source document
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PRINTER'S NO. 927
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 886
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY WEBSTER, SANCHEZ, MADDEN, PIELLI, GIRAL, McNEILL,
KHAN, HILL-EVANS, MALAGARI AND CIRESI, MARCH 13, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MARCH 13, 2025
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 61 (Prisons and Parole) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, in general administration relating to
3 correctional institutions, providing for prerelease briefings
4 on veterans benefits.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. Title 61 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
8 Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
9 § 1107. Prerelease briefings on veterans benefits.
10 Prior to the release from a State correctional institution of
11 an inmate who is a veteran, the department shall conduct a
12 briefing with the inmate to explain and share information
13 relating to Federal and State benefits available to veterans and
14 veterans' families and how to apply for the benefits.
15 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.Connected on the graph
Outbound (3)
| date | type | to | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania Senate Judiciary Committee | — | pa-leg | |
| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania House Appropriations Committee | — | pa-leg | |
| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania House Judiciary Committee | — | pa-leg |
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Committees
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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 | Joe Webster (D, state_lower PA-150) | 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 | Daniel J. Deasy (D, state_lower PA-27) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | G. Roni Green (D, state_lower PA-190) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Jeanne McNeill (D, state_lower PA-133) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Joe Ciresi (D, state_lower PA-146) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Jose Giral (D, state_lower PA-180) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Keith S. Harris (D, state_lower PA-195) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 11 | Maureen E. Madden (D, state_lower PA-115) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 12 | Scott Conklin (D, state_lower PA-77) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 13 | Steven R. Malagari (D, state_lower PA-53) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 14 | Tarik Khan (D, state_lower PA-194) | 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 Judiciary Committee · pa-leg
- 2026-05-20 · was referred to Pennsylvania House Appropriations Committee · pa-leg
- 2026-05-20 · was referred to Pennsylvania House Judiciary Committee · pa-leg