republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2025-2026/hb-865.md

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Bill	An Act amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in Educational Assistance Program, further providing for definitions, for eligibility and for recoupment of grant payments; and, in Military Family Education Program, further providing for definitions, for eligibility, for limitations and for recoupment of Military Family Education Program grant payments.	An Act amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in Educational Assistance Program, further providing for definitions, for eligibility and for recoupment of grant payments; and, in Military Family Education Program, further providing for definitions, for eligibility, for limitations and for recoupment of Military Family Education Program grant payments.	us/states/pa	Pennsylvania General Assembly	2025-2026	HB 865	Pennsylvania HB 865 (2025-2026)	bill		enacted	Arvind Venkat	3	24	10	2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00	2025-07-07T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/96a1a73f-36e9-44a6-bc9c-67a633e3d993	https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=42&rollcallid=173&sessYr=2025&sessInd=0	0671cc5a74698a0683e14d37eaec6fabdf8baea67e3dd0f6312f5412007d192f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-pa

Pennsylvania HB 865 (2025-2026) — An Act amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in Educational Assistance Program, further providing for definitions, for eligibility and for recoupment of grant payments; and, in Military Family Education Program, further providing for definitions, for eligibility, for limitations and for recoupment of Military Family Education Program grant payments.

Version chain

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

1. Printer's No. PN0890 (committee substitute) — source
2. Printer's No. PN1705 (committee substitute) — source
3. Printer's No. PN2010 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• CONCURRENCE — 203–0 (pass) · lower
• Committee vote (Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness): Reported as Amended — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness): Adopt Amendment — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE — 203–0 (pass) · lower
• A215 — 203–0 (pass) · lower
• Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-Reported as Committed — 22–0 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (Rules): Re-report Bill As Committed — 33–0 (pass) · lower
• FINAL PASSAGE — 50–0 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness): Report Bill As Committed — 26–0 (pass) · lower
• Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Committed — 37–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Arvind Venkat — primary (person)
• Abigail Salisbury — cosponsor (person)
• Benjamin Sanchez — cosponsor (person)
• Carol Hill-Evans — cosponsor (person)
• Carol Kazeem — cosponsor (person)
• Chris Pielli — cosponsor (person)
• Craig Williams — cosponsor (person)
• Donna Scheuren — cosponsor (person)
• G. Roni Green — cosponsor (person)
• Gina Curry — cosponsor (person)
• Jacklyn Rusnock — cosponsor (person)
• Joanne Stehr — cosponsor (person)
• Joe Webster — cosponsor (person)
• Johanny Cepeda-Freytiz — cosponsor (person)
• John Inglis Iii — cosponsor (person)
• Joseph Hohenstein — cosponsor (person)
• Keith Harris — cosponsor (person)
• Kristin Marcell — cosponsor (person)
• Kristine Howard — cosponsor (person)
• Lisa Borowski — cosponsor (person)
• Liz Hanbidge — cosponsor (person)
• Malcolm Kenyatta — cosponsor (person)
• Mandy Steele — cosponsor (person)
• Mark Gillen — cosponsor (person)
• Maureen Madden — cosponsor (person)
• Melissa Cerrato — cosponsor (person)
• Melissa Shusterman — cosponsor (person)
• Nancy Guenst — cosponsor (person)
• Nikki Rivera — cosponsor (person)
• Robert Freeman — cosponsor (person)
• Sean Dougherty — cosponsor (person)
• Steve Samuelson — cosponsor (person)
• Tarah Probst — cosponsor (person)
• Tarik Khan — cosponsor (person)
• Tina Davis — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness 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
• 2025-05-12T04:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 2025-05-13T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration, with amendments reading-2
• 2025-05-13T04:00:00+00:00 Re-committed to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2025-05-14T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2025-05-14T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2025-05-22T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness referral-committee
• 2025-06-24T04:00:00+00:00 Reported as amended amendment-passage, 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
• 2025-06-26T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2025-06-26T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported on concurrence, as committed committee-passage
• 2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00 House concurred in Senate amendments
• 2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in House
• 2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in Senate
• 2025-07-01T04:00:00+00:00 Presented to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2025-07-07T04:00:00+00:00 Approved by the Governor executive-signature
• 2025-07-07T04:00:00+00:00 Act No. 32 of 2025

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/96a1a73f-36e9-44a6-bc9c-67a633e3d993. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).