SB 146 — An Act amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in State Veterans' Commission and Deputy Adjutant General for Veterans' Affairs, further providing for definitions and for Veterans' Trust Fund; and establishing the Veterans' Trust Fund Board.
Congress · introduced 2025-01-22
Latest action: — Reported as amended, Nov. 19, 2025
Sponsors
- Lisa Baker (R, PA-20) — sponsor · 2025-01-22
- Michele Brooks (R, PA-50) — cosponsor · 2025-01-22
- Camera Bartolotta (R, PA-46) — cosponsor · 2025-01-22
- Wayne D. Fontana (D, PA-42) — cosponsor · 2025-01-22
- Rosemary M. Brown (R, PA-40) — cosponsor · 2025-01-22
- Tracy Pennycuick (R, PA-24) — cosponsor · 2025-01-22
- Jay Costa (D, PA-43) — cosponsor · 2025-01-22
- Patrick J. Stefano (R, PA-32) — cosponsor · 2025-01-22
- Devlin J. Robinson (R, PA-37) — cosponsor · 2025-01-22
Action timeline
- · senate — Referred to VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, Jan. 22, 2025
- · senate — Reported as amended, Jan. 28, 2025
- · senate — First consideration, Jan. 28, 2025
- · senate — Second consideration, Feb. 5, 2025
- · senate — Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS, Feb. 5, 2025
- · senate — Re-reported as committed, March 24, 2025
- · senate — Third consideration and final passage, March 25, 2025 (49-0)
- · house — In the House
- · house — Referred to VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, March 25, 2025
- · house — Reported as amended, Oct. 8, 2025
- · house — First consideration, Oct. 8, 2025
- · house — Laid on the table, Oct. 8, 2025
- · house — Removed from table, Oct. 8, 2025
- · house — First Consideration Rescinded, Oct. 29, 2025
- · house — Reported as amended, Oct. 29, 2025
- · house — First consideration, Oct. 29, 2025
- · house — Laid on the table, Oct. 29, 2025
- · house — Reconsider the Vote by which the House Accepted the Report of the Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness Committee that Contained Senate Bill 146, Oct. 29, 2025 (203-0)
- · house — Removed from table, Nov. 17, 2025
- · house — First Consideration Rescinded, Nov. 17, 2025
- · house — Reconsider the Vote by which the House Accepted the Report of the Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness Committee that Contained Senate Bill 146, Nov. 17, 2025 (202-0)
- · house — Corrective Reprint, Printer's No. 1320, Nov. 18, 2025
- · house — Reported as amended, Nov. 19, 2025
Text versions
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Bill text
Printer's No. 0093 · 2,936 characters · source document
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PRINTER'S NO. 93
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. 146
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY BAKER, BROOKS, BARTOLOTTA, FONTANA, BROWN,
PENNYCUICK, COSTA AND STEFANO, JANUARY 22, 2025
REFERRED TO VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS,
JANUARY 22, 2025
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, in State Veterans' Commission and
3 Deputy Adjutant General for Veterans' Affairs, further
4 providing for Veterans' Trust Fund.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. Section 1721 of Title 51 of the Pennsylvania
8 Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a subsection to read:
9 § 1721. Veterans' Trust Fund.
10 * * *
11 (e.1) Grant Evaluation Committee.--
12 (1) The Grant Evaluation Committee is established within
13 the department.
14 (2) The Grant Evaluation Committee shall consist of the
15 following members:
16 (i) Five members appointed by the Adjutant General,
17 including the chairperson of the Pennsylvania State
18 Veterans Commission or a designee, the chairperson of the
1 Pennsylvania War Veterans Council or a designee and a
2 county director of veterans affairs.
3 (ii) One veteran appointed by the President pro
4 tempore of the Senate.
5 (iii) One veteran appointed by the Minority Leader
6 of the Senate.
7 (iv) One veteran appointed by the Speaker of the
8 House of Representatives.
9 (v) One veteran appointed by the Minority Leader of
10 the House of Representatives.
11 (3) The Grant Evaluation Committee shall:
12 (i) Review and evaluate applications for grants
13 provided under this subchapter.
14 (ii) Provide recommendations on the use of funds
15 under this subchapter to the Adjutant General.
16 (4) The review and evaluation of applications for grants
17 provided under this subchapter and the making of
18 recommendations for the use of funding under this subchapter
19 performed by individuals pursuant to the statement of policy
20 for the maintenance and use of the fund required under
21 subsection (e) prior to the effective date of this subsection
22 shall be performed by the Grant Evaluation Committee as
23 provided under paragraph (3).
24 * * *
25 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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Outbound (3)
| date | type | to | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania House Veterans Affairs And Emergency Preparedness Committee | — | pa-leg | |
| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania Senate Appropriations Committee | — | pa-leg | |
| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania Senate Veterans Affairs And Emergency Preparedness Committee | — | pa-leg |
The full graph
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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 | Lisa Baker (R, state_upper PA-20) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Camera Bartolotta (R, state_upper PA-46) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Devlin J. Robinson (R, state_upper PA-37) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Jay Costa (D, state_upper PA-43) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Michele Brooks (R, state_upper PA-50) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Patrick J. Stefano (R, state_upper PA-32) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Rosemary M. Brown (R, state_upper PA-40) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Tracy Pennycuick (R, state_upper PA-24) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Wayne D. Fontana (D, state_upper PA-42) | 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
Activity
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- 2026-05-20 · was referred to Pennsylvania House Veterans Affairs And Emergency Preparedness Committee · pa-leg
- 2026-05-20 · was referred to Pennsylvania Senate Appropriations Committee · pa-leg
- 2026-05-20 · was referred to Pennsylvania Senate Veterans Affairs And Emergency Preparedness Committee · pa-leg