republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2025-2026/hb-797.md

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Bill	An Act amending the act of May 25, 1933 (P.L.1050, No.242), referred to as the Second Class City Firemen Relief Law, further providing for requirements of membership, for married persons and pensions to surviving spouses and for eligibility of surviving spouses.	An Act amending the act of May 25, 1933 (P.L.1050, No.242), referred to as the Second Class City Firemen Relief Law, further providing for requirements of membership, for married persons and pensions to surviving spouses and for eligibility of surviving spouses.	us/states/pa	Pennsylvania General Assembly	2025-2026	HB 797	Pennsylvania HB 797 (2025-2026)	bill		enacted	Jessica Benham	1	21	6	2025-03-03T05:00:00+00:00	2026-05-06T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/41c616da-dc28-4bfa-a398-a5052919b832	https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=30&rollcallid=189&sessYr=2025&sessInd=0	fab9dc9f40483d6c7533ec11a3d7edebdafbeac0d3e7b133339c5e6cc8af2b51	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-pa

Pennsylvania HB 797 (2025-2026) — An Act amending the act of May 25, 1933 (P.L.1050, No.242), referred to as the Second Class City Firemen Relief Law, further providing for requirements of membership, for married persons and pensions to surviving spouses and for eligibility of surviving spouses.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Printer's No. PN0821 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FINAL PASSAGE — 203–0 (pass) · lower
• Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-Reported as Committed — 19–0 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (Local Government): Report Bill As Committed — 26–0 (pass) · lower
• FINAL PASSAGE — 48–0 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness): Reported as Committed — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Committed — 37–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Jessica Benham — primary (person)
• Abigail Salisbury — cosponsor (person)
• Aerion Abney — cosponsor (person)
• Benjamin Sanchez — cosponsor (person)
• Brenda Pugh — cosponsor (person)
• Carol Hill-Evans — cosponsor (person)
• Chris Pielli — cosponsor (person)
• Dan Frankel — cosponsor (person)
• Daniel Deasy — cosponsor (person)
• Danielle Friel Otten — cosponsor (person)
• Dave Madsen — cosponsor (person)
• Emily Kinkead — cosponsor (person)
• G. Roni Green — cosponsor (person)
• Jeanne Mcneill — cosponsor (person)
• Jeremy Shaffer — cosponsor (person)
• Joe Webster — cosponsor (person)
• Jose Giral — cosponsor (person)
• Keith Harris — cosponsor (person)
• La'Tasha Mayes — cosponsor (person)
• Lisa Borowski — cosponsor (person)
• Malcolm Kenyatta — cosponsor (person)
• Mandy Steele — cosponsor (person)
• Melissa Cerrato — cosponsor (person)
• Patrick Harkins — cosponsor (person)
• Tarik Khan — cosponsor (person)
• Tina Davis — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2025-03-03T05:00:00+00:00 Referred to Local Government referral-committee
• 2025-03-19T04:00:00+00:00 Reported as committed committee-passage
• 2025-03-19T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2025-03-19T04:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table
• 2025-04-08T04:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 2025-04-09T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2025-04-09T04:00:00+00:00 Re-committed to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2025-04-22T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2025-04-22T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2025-04-28T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness referral-committee
• 2025-06-24T04:00:00+00:00 Reported as committed committee-passage
• 2025-06-24T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2025-06-25T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2025-06-25T04:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2026-04-20T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2026-04-21T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2026-04-27T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in House
• 2026-05-04T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in Senate
• 2026-05-05T04:00:00+00:00 Presented to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2026-05-06T04:00:00+00:00 Approved by the Governor executive-signature
• 2026-05-06T04:00:00+00:00 Act No. 11 of 2026

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/41c616da-dc28-4bfa-a398-a5052919b832. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).