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type: "Bill"
title: "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."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 865"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 865 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Arvind Venkat"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-07-07T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/96a1a73f-36e9-44a6-bc9c-67a633e3d993"
source_url: "https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=42&rollcallid=173&sessYr=2025&sessInd=0"
source_hash: "0671cc5a74698a0683e14d37eaec6fabdf8baea67e3dd0f6312f5412007d192f"
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 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](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2025/0/HB0865/PN0890)
2. **Printer's No. PN1705** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2025/0/HB0865/PN1705)
3. **Printer's No. PN2010** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2025/0/HB0865/PN2010)
## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/96a1a73f-36e9-44a6-bc9c-67a633e3d993`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).