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type: "Bill"
title: "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."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 797"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 797 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jessica Benham"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-03-03T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-05-06T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/41c616da-dc28-4bfa-a398-a5052919b832"
source_url: "https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=30&rollcallid=189&sessYr=2025&sessInd=0"
source_hash: "fab9dc9f40483d6c7533ec11a3d7edebdafbeac0d3e7b133339c5e6cc8af2b51"
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 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](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2025/0/HB0797/PN0821)
## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/41c616da-dc28-4bfa-a398-a5052919b832`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).