l9n/ Pennsylvania

2025–2026 Regular Session

House Bill 2535

An Act providing for the public safety regulation of large load users; requiring the submission of emergency operations plans and generalized infrastructure inventories as a condition of occupancy; protecting confidential security information; and providing for enforcement and penalties.

In the Senate's Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness Committee since October 13, 2026.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the House of Representatives

22 co-sponsors

Ben Waxman, Jim Prokopiak, Carol Hill-Evans, Tarah Probst, Joe Webster, La'Tasha D. Mayes, Lisa A. Borowski, Melissa L. Shusterman, Benjamin V. Sanchez, Kyle Donahue, Johanny Cepeda-Freytiz, Heather Boyd, Mandy Steele, Greg Scott, Dave Madsen, Charity Grimm Krupa, Chris Pielli, Emily Kinkead, Brenda M. Pugh, Justin C. Fleming, Tarik Khan, Liz Hanbidge

Its course

May 27 to October 13, 2026, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action15 actions on 7 days

In the House of RepresentativesMay 27 to Sep 30126 days

Veterans Affairs & Emergency PreparednessMay 27 to Jun 3034 days

RulesJun 30 to Sep 870 days

AppropriationsSep 29 to Sep 301 day

In the SenateFrom Sep 30

Veterans Affairs & Emergency PreparednessFrom Oct 13

Votes

Yeas to nays, as the General Assembly recorded them. Committee votes are set in.

  • House of Representatives, third reading187–16

    Passed · Sep 30

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • House of Representatives floor amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Sep 29

Text

Each version as the General Assembly printed it.

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What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the General Assembly published it is below.

In the House of Representatives May 27 – Sep 30

  1. May 27Sent to VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
  2. Jun 30VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS recommended it
  3. Sent to RULES
  4. Sep 8RULES recommended it
  5. Sep 29Amended and read a second time
  6. Sent to APPROPRIATIONS
  7. Sep 30APPROPRIATIONS recommended it
  8. Passed the House of Representatives, 187 to 16

In the Senate Oct 13

  1. Oct 13Arrived in the Senate
  2. Sent to VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
All 15 actions, as published
  1. May 27Referred to VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, May 27, 2026House of Representatives
  2. Jun 30Reported as committed, June 30, 2026House of Representatives
  3. Jun 30First consideration, June 30, 2026House of Representatives
  4. Jun 30Re-committed to RULES, June 30, 2026House of Representatives
  5. Sep 8Re-reported as committed, Sept. 8, 2026House of Representatives
  6. Sep 8Laid on the table, Sept. 8, 2026House of Representatives
  7. Sep 28Removed from table, Sept. 28, 2026House of Representatives
  8. Sep 29Second consideration, with amendments, Sept. 29, 2026House of Representatives
  9. Sep 29Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS, Sept. 29, 2026House of Representatives
  10. Sep 29(Remarks see House Journal Page ), Sept. 29, 2026House of Representatives
  11. Sep 30Re-reported as committed, Sept. 30, 2026House of Representatives
  12. Sep 30Third consideration and final passage, Sept. 30, 2026 (187-16)House of Representatives
  13. Sep 30(Remarks see House Journal Page ), Sept. 30, 2026House of Representatives
  14. Oct 13In the SenateSenate
  15. Oct 13Referred to VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, Oct. 13, 2026Senate