SB 582 — 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 2025-04-09
Latest action: — Referred to VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, April 9, 2025
Sponsors
- Michele Brooks (R, PA-50) — sponsor · 2025-04-09
- Frank A. Farry (R, PA-6) — cosponsor · 2025-04-09
- Cris Dush (R, PA-25) — cosponsor · 2025-04-09
- Rosemary M. Brown (R, PA-40) — cosponsor · 2025-04-09
- Wayne D. Fontana (D, PA-42) — cosponsor · 2025-04-09
- Scott Hutchinson (R, PA-21) — cosponsor · 2025-04-09
- Patrick J. Stefano (R, PA-32) — cosponsor · 2025-04-09
Action timeline
- · senate — Referred to VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, April 9, 2025
Text versions
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Bill text
Printer's No. 0589 · 3,925 characters · source document
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PRINTER'S NO. 589
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. 582
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY BROOKS, FARRY, DUSH, BROWN, FONTANA, HUTCHINSON
AND STEFANO, APRIL 9, 2025
REFERRED TO VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS,
APRIL 9, 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. Sections 7813(c)(2) and 7823(c)(2) of Title 35 of
8 the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to read:
9 § 7813. Award of grants.
10 * * *
11 (c) Time for filing application and department action.--
12 * * *
13 (2) (i) Fire companies seeking grants under this
14 chapter shall submit completed applications to the
15 commissioner and the municipalities where the fire
16 companies are located.
17 (ii) Except as provided under subparagraph (iii):
18 (A) The application period shall remain open for
1 45 days each year.
2 (B) The agency shall act to approve or
3 disapprove applications within 60 days of the
4 application submission deadline each year.
5 (C) Applications which have not been approved or
6 disapproved by the commissioner within 60 days after
7 the close of the application period each year shall
8 be deemed approved.
9 (iii) Upon request by a fire company, the
10 commissioner shall extend the period to submit required
11 reports for 15 additional days. The fire company does not
12 have to have demonstrated a hardship or undue burden. A
13 fire company may only make a request under this
14 subparagraph once every three years.
15 * * *
16 § 7823. Award of grants.
17 * * *
18 (c) Time for filing application and department action.--
19 * * *
20 (2) (i) EMS companies seeking grants under this chapter
21 shall submit completed applications to the commissioner.
22 [The]
23 (ii) Except as provided under subparagraph (iii):
24 (A) The application period shall remain open for
25 45 days each year.
26 (B) The commissioner shall act to approve or
27 disapprove applications within 60 days of the
28 application submission deadline each year.
29 (C) Applications which have not been approved or
30 disapproved by the commissioner within 60 days after
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1 the close of the application period each year shall
2 be deemed approved.
3 (iii) Upon request by an EMS company, the
4 commissioner shall extend the period to submit required
5 reports for 15 additional days. The EMS company does not
6 have to have demonstrated a hardship or undue burden. An
7 EMS company may only make a request under this
8 subparagraph once every three years.
9 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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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 | Cris Dush (R, state_upper PA-25) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Frank A. Farry (R, state_upper PA-6) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Patrick J. Stefano (R, state_upper PA-32) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Rosemary M. Brown (R, state_upper PA-40) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Scott Hutchinson (R, state_upper PA-21) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Wayne D. Fontana (D, state_upper PA-42) | 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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