SB 531 — An Act amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in grants to fire companies and emergency medical services companies, further providing for award of grants.
Congress · introduced 2025-04-02
Latest action: — Referred to VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, April 2, 2025
Sponsors
- Michele Brooks (R, PA-50) — sponsor · 2025-04-02
- Doug Mastriano (R, PA-33) — cosponsor · 2025-04-02
- Scott Hutchinson (R, PA-21) — cosponsor · 2025-04-02
- Elder A. Vogel (R, PA-47) — cosponsor · 2025-04-02
- Chris Gebhard (R, PA-48) — cosponsor · 2025-04-02
Action timeline
- · senate — Referred to VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, April 2, 2025
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Bill text
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PRINTER'S NO. 515
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. 531
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY BROOKS, MASTRIANO, HUTCHINSON, VOGEL AND GEBHARD,
APRIL 2, 2025
REFERRED TO VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS,
APRIL 2, 2025
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, in grants to fire companies and
3 emergency medical services companies, further providing for
4 award of grants.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. Section 7823 of Title 35 of the Pennsylvania
8 Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a subsection to read:
9 § 7823. Award of grants.
10 * * *
11 (d) 2024-2025 grant cycle.--The State Fire Commissioner
12 shall award a grant under this section during the 2024-2025
13 grant cycle to a fire company or an emergency medical services
14 company if, after receiving notice from the Office of the State
15 Fire Commissioner that the company was eligible, received a
16 second notice that the company was deemed ineligible. This
17 section shall only apply to the 2024-2025 grant cycle.
18 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.Connected on the graph
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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 | Michele Brooks (R, state_upper PA-50) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Chris Gebhard (R, state_upper PA-48) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Doug Mastriano (R, state_upper PA-33) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Elder A. Vogel (R, state_upper PA-47) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | 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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- 2026-05-20 · was referred to Pennsylvania Senate Veterans Affairs And Emergency Preparedness Committee · pa-leg