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type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending the act of December 5, 1936 (2nd Sp.Sess., 1937 P.L.2897, No.1), known as the Unemployment Compensation Law, in compensation, further providing for qualifications required to secure compensation and for ineligibility for compensation, providing for eligibility related to domestic violence and further providing for rate and amount of compensation."
description: "An Act amending the act of December 5, 1936 (2nd Sp.Sess., 1937 P.L.2897, No.1), known as the Unemployment Compensation Law, in compensation, further providing for qualifications required to secure compensation and for ineligibility for compensation, providing for eligibility related to domestic violence and further providing for rate and amount of compensation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 274"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 274 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jason Dawkins"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 31
vote_count: 15
first_action: "2025-01-22T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-12-22T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/38c76bce-3423-4dc0-b524-d59d8cbeba2f"
source_url: "https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=26&rollcallid=20&sessYr=2025&sessInd=0"
source_hash: "27bc6b78aab9513c52bca351cb342f488744c010a6f19416860010710eb14759"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-pa"]
---
# Pennsylvania HB 274 (2025-2026) — An Act amending the act of December 5, 1936 (2nd Sp.Sess., 1937 P.L.2897, No.1), known as the Unemployment Compensation Law, in compensation, further providing for qualifications required to secure compensation and for ineligibility for compensation, providing for eligibility related to domestic violence and further providing for rate and amount of compensation.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Printer's No. PN0218** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2025/0/HB0274/PN0218)
2. **Printer's No. PN0374** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2025/0/HB0274/PN0374)
3. **Printer's No. PN1026** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2025/0/HB0274/PN1026)
4. **Printer's No. PN2541** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2025/0/HB0274/PN2541)
5. **Printer's No. PN2674** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2025/0/HB0274/PN2674)
6. **Printer's No. PN2683** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2025/0/HB0274/PN2683)
## Votes
- Committee vote (Rules & Executive Nominations): Re-Reported as Amended — **11–6** (pass) · upper
- CONCURRENCE — **157–46** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Rules): Re-report Bill As Committed — **33–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-Reported as Committed — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- ROBINSON AMENDMENT NO. A-2245 — **42–5** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **42–5** (pass) · upper
- A50 — **189–13** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Labor & Industry): Adopt Amendment — **26–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Labor & Industry): Report Bill As Amended — **26–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Labor & Industry): Adopt Amendment — **7–4** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Labor & Industry): Reported as Amended — **10–1** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Rules & Executive Nominations): Adopt Amendment — **11–6** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Labor & Industry): Reported as Committed — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **198–4** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Committed — **37–0** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Jason Dawkins — primary (person)
- Abigail Salisbury — cosponsor (person)
- Andre Carroll — cosponsor (person)
- Arvind Venkat — cosponsor (person)
- Benjamin Sanchez — cosponsor (person)
- Carol Hill-Evans — cosponsor (person)
- Carol Kazeem — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel Deasy — cosponsor (person)
- Dave Madsen — cosponsor (person)
- G. Roni Green — cosponsor (person)
- Heather Boyd — cosponsor (person)
- Jeanne Mcneill — cosponsor (person)
- Jose Giral — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Hohenstein — cosponsor (person)
- Keith Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Kristin Marcell — cosponsor (person)
- Kristine Howard — cosponsor (person)
- La'Tasha Mayes — cosponsor (person)
- Lindsay Powell — cosponsor (person)
- Malcolm Kenyatta — cosponsor (person)
- Melissa Cerrato — cosponsor (person)
- Melissa Shusterman — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Schlossberg — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick Harkins — cosponsor (person)
- Perry Warren — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Freeman — cosponsor (person)
- Seth Grove — cosponsor (person)
- Tarik Khan — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-22T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Labor & Industry `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-29T05:00:00+00:00** Reported as amended `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2025-01-29T05:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2025-01-29T05:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2025-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2025-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration, with amendments `reading-2`
- **2025-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Labor & Industry `referral-committee`
- **2025-07-16T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2025-07-16T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2025-07-17T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2025-10-20T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2025-10-20T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2025-10-22T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to Labor & Industry `referral-committee`
- **2025-10-29T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as amended `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2025-12-08T05:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Rules & Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2025-12-08T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as amended `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2025-12-09T05:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2025-12-09T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2025-12-09T05:00:00+00:00** Amended on third consideration `amendment-passage`
- **2025-12-09T05:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-12-15T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2025-12-17T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
- **2025-12-17T05:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments
- **2025-12-17T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2025-12-17T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2025-12-18T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-12-22T05:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-12-22T05:00:00+00:00** Act No. 55 of 2025
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/38c76bce-3423-4dc0-b524-d59d8cbeba2f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).