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2025–2026 Regular Session

Senate Bill 1261

An Act amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in Commonwealth services, further providing for assistance to fire companies and EMS companies; and, in grants to fire companies and emergency medical services companies, further providing for definitions, for publication and notice, for award of grants, for consolidation incentive, for publication and notice and for award of grants, repealing provisions relating to COVID-19 Crisis Fire Company and Emergency Medical Services Grant Program, to Emergency Medical Services COVID-19 Recovery Grant Program, to expiration of authority relating to COVID-19 Crisis Fire Company and Emergency Medical Services Grant Program and to expiration of authority relating to Emergency Medical Services COVID-19 Recovery Grant Program and further providing for annual reports.

In the House of Representatives since June 10, 2026.

Sponsors

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

In the Senate

5 co-sponsors

Camera Bartolotta, Tracy Pennycuick, Elder A. Vogel Jr., Judy Ward, Michele Brooks

Its course

April 1 to June 30, 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 action13 actions on 7 days

In the SenateApr 1 to Jun 1070 days

Veterans Affairs & Emergency PreparednessApr 1 to Apr 2120 days

AppropriationsJun 1 to Jun 87 days

In the House of RepresentativesFrom Jun 10

Veterans Affairs & Emergency PreparednessJun 12 to Jun 3018 days

Votes

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

  • Senate, third reading50–0

    Passed · Jun 10

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • Senate committee amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Apr 21

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 Senate Apr 1 – Jun 10

  1. Apr 1Sent to VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
  2. Apr 21VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS recommended it as amended
  3. Jun 1Read a second time
  4. Sent to APPROPRIATIONS
  5. Jun 8APPROPRIATIONS recommended it
  6. Jun 10Passed the Senate, 50 to 0

In the House of Representatives Jun 12 – Jun 30

  1. Jun 12Arrived in the House of Representatives
  2. Sent to VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
  3. Jun 30VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS recommended it
All 13 actions, as published
  1. Apr 1Referred to VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, April 1, 2026Senate
  2. Apr 21Reported as amended, April 21, 2026Senate
  3. Apr 21First consideration, April 21, 2026Senate
  4. Jun 1Second consideration, June 1, 2026Senate
  5. Jun 1Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS, June 1, 2026Senate
  6. Jun 8Re-reported as committed, June 8, 2026Senate
  7. Jun 10Third consideration and final passage, June 10, 2026 (50-0)Senate
  8. Jun 10(Remarks see Senate Journal Page 426-427), June 10, 2026Senate
  9. Jun 12In the HouseHouse of Representatives
  10. Jun 12Referred to VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, June 12, 2026House of Representatives
  11. Jun 30Reported as committed, June 30, 2026House of Representatives
  12. Jun 30First consideration, June 30, 2026House of Representatives
  13. Jun 30Laid on the table, June 30, 2026House of Representatives