SB 193 — An Act amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in Pennsylvania National Guard, providing for vaccine exemption.
Congress · introduced 2025-01-29
Latest action: — Referred to VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, Jan. 29, 2025
Sponsors
- Doug Mastriano (R, PA-33) — sponsor · 2025-01-29
- Cris Dush (R, PA-25) — cosponsor · 2025-01-29
- Camera Bartolotta (R, PA-46) — cosponsor · 2025-01-29
- Michele Brooks (R, PA-50) — cosponsor · 2025-01-29
- Scott Hutchinson (R, PA-21) — cosponsor · 2025-01-29
- Judy Ward (R, PA-30) — cosponsor · 2025-01-29
Action timeline
- · senate — Referred to VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, Jan. 29, 2025
Text versions
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Bill text
Printer's No. 0143 · 2,587 characters · source document
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PRINTER'S NO. 143
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. 193
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY MASTRIANO, DUSH, BARTOLOTTA, BROOKS, HUTCHINSON
AND J. WARD, JANUARY 29, 2025
REFERRED TO VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS,
JANUARY 29, 2025
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, in Pennsylvania National Guard,
3 providing for vaccine exemption.
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 § 2318. Vaccine exemption.
9 (a) Exemption.--In accordance with section 525 of the James
10 M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
11 2023 (Public Law 117-263), no member or employee of the
12 Pennsylvania National Guard or Air National Guard may be
13 required to receive a COVID-19 vaccine. No administrative or
14 legal actions may be taken against a member or employee of the
15 Pennsylvania National Guard or Air National Guard based solely
16 on the member's refusal to receive a COVID-19 vaccine.
17 (b) Restoration.--Any member or employee of the Pennsylvania
18 National Guard or Air National Guard that was dismissed or
1 forced to resign related to the member's or employee's refusal
2 to receive a COVID-19 vaccine shall be permitted to rejoin the
3 Pennsylvania National Guard or Air National Guard with the
4 restoration of any lost benefit and payment in the time between
5 the involuntary separation of the individual and reinstatement.
6 (c) 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 "COVID-19." The novel coronavirus as identified in the
10 Governor's proclamation of disaster emergency issued on March 6,
11 2020, published at 50 Pa.B. 1644 (March 21, 2020).
12 "COVID-19 vaccine." A vaccine for COVID-19 that has received
13 emergency use authorization or approval from the United States
14 Food and Drug Administration.
15 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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| date | type | to | amount | role | source |
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| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania Senate 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 | Doug Mastriano (R, state_upper PA-33) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Camera Bartolotta (R, state_upper PA-46) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Cris Dush (R, state_upper PA-25) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Judy Ward (R, state_upper PA-30) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Michele Brooks (R, state_upper PA-50) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Scott Hutchinson (R, state_upper PA-21) | 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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