STRENGTHENING PA

Act 22 of 2025 / Senate Bill 255 (Baker) closes a legal loophole to require sports officials and nonprofit volunteers and employees convicted of sexual assault to register as sexual offenders. More

Act 23 of 2025 / Senate Bill 302 (Baker) improves the enforcement of Protection from Abuse petitions and orders and ensures law enforcement agencies are properly reimbursed. More

Act 25 of 2025 / Senate Bill 466 (Brooks) addresses Pennsylvania’s volunteer firefighter shortage and fixes issues with emergency services grant funding. More

Senate Bill 90 (Mastriano) makes it less cumbersome for firefighters to obtain their Firefighter I certification by permitting testing after each training module. More

Senate Bill 92 (Mastriano) imposes a mandatory minimum 25-year sentence on drug dealers convicted of selling fentanyl resulting in a fatal overdose. More

Senate Bill 210 (Picozzi) strengthens penalties for individuals who harm public transit operators. More

Senate Bill 327 (Gebhard) allows Fort Indiantown Gap police officers to be Act 120 certified under the Municipal Police Officers’ Education and Training Commission. More

Senate Bill 347 prohibits the establishment of designated drug injections sites in Pennsylvania to help battle the commonwealth opioid and overdose epidemic.

Senate Bill 375 (Brown) helps schools prevent tragic deaths from sudden cardiac arrest among student athletes by ensuring access to automated external defibrillators (AEDs). More

Senate Bill 490 (Robinson) prohibits non-monetary bail for the most dangerous individuals, including those who possess 10 grams or more of fentanyl, have a history of violent crime or assault a law enforcement officer. More

Senate Bill 520 (Baker) authorizes the use of body cameras by special agents with the Office of Attorney General, rangers with the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, and officers and deputies with the Pennsylvania Game and the Fish and Boat commissions. More

Senate Bill 635 (Langerholc) increases penalties for certain drug-related offenses committed within 1,000 feet of a drug and alcohol recovery house. More

Senate Bill 649 (Pennycuick) targets the rise of “deepfakes” and other forms of digital impersonation by treating them as forgeries punishable by law. More

Senate Bill 739 (Pennycuick) cracks down on thieves using new technology to steal vehicles by spoofing key fobs. More

Senate Resolution 94 (Langerholc) creates a task force to examine the challenges in filling vacancies for law enforcement officers, corrections officers and prosecutors across Pennsylvania. More

Act 2 of 2025 / Senate Bill 184 (Picozzi) exempts international team doctors from needing to obtain a Pennsylvania medical license to care for their athletes, enabling them to treat their players at 2025 and 2026 World Cup soccer events. More

Act 18 of 2025 / Senate Bill 89 (Mastriano) incorporates real-time reporting by EMS providers into the statewide overdose mapping system, enabling frontline personnel to save more lives. More

Act 24 of 2025 / Senate Bill 411 (Vogel) establishes a statewide stroke registry delivering vital information to EMS providers and hospitals, ensuring the best treatment possible. More

Senate Bill 88 (Farry) strengthens Pennsylvania’s no-cost breast cancer screening law by ensuring diagnostic imaging is fully covered, removing financial barriers for patients. More

Senate Bill 95 (Phillips-Hill) helps address Pennsylvania’s opioid crisis by giving EMS personnel permanent authority to leave behind a dose of naloxone at overdose scenes, placing this lifesaving medication in the hands of a caregiver or loved one. More

Senate Bill 115 (Argall) addresses the long-term care workforce crisis by allowing individuals without a high school diploma or GED to take a skills competency examination to receive their long-term care employee certification. More

Senate Bill 715 (J. Ward) extends the sunset provision for the Pennsylvania Rare Disease Advisory Council to 2028, helping the estimated 1.2 million Pennsylvanians living with rare diseases. More

Senate Bill 731 (Farry) preserves prescription drug coverage for more than 10,000 seniors by extending the exclusion of Social Security cost-of-living adjustments when calculating income eligibility for PACE and PACENET. More

Act 20 of 2025 / Senate Bill 129 (Mastriano) improves oversight of Pennsylvania’s six state Veterans Homes. More

Act 21 of 2025 / Senate Bill 232 (Pennycuick) removes the annual fishing license fee and application for veterans with 100% disability. More

Senate Bill 130 (Mastriano) requires funeral directors, funeral entities or cemetery companies to notify the county veterans affairs director of a deceased serviceperson to connect families with available burial benefits. More

Senate Bill 146 (Baker) creates the Veterans Trust Fund Grant Evaluation Committee to better identify underserved regions of our commonwealth while increasing awareness of veterans’ resources.

Senate Bill 173 (Pennycuick) ensures Korean Americans who served in the Vietnam War with the Korean Armed Forces receive the same state veterans benefits as their U.S. counterparts. More

Senate Bill 511 (Mastriano) designates July 27 as Korean War Veterans Armistice Day in Pennsylvania. More

Senate Bill 186 (Yaw) prevents a new electricity tax by repealing Pennsylvania’s participation in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. More

Senate Bill 187 (Yaw) establishes a Pennsylvania Independent Energy Office to streamline the approach to responsible energy policy and ensure a more cohesive strategy for managing energy resources. More

Senate Bill 349 (Yaw) establishes decommissioning and financial requirements for solar generation projects, encouraging responsible solar development and offering better protections for landowners. More

Senate Bill 403 (Yaw) improves flood prevention by allowing local government organizations to apply for a permit for continuing stream maintenance. More

Senate Bill 404 (Yaw) allows counties to opt in to address flood hazards within their streams by allowing for emergency maintenance permits in consultation with their county conservation district. More

Senate Bill 153 (Brooks) clarifies the Unemployment Compensation Law to deny benefits to claimants who take actions to discourage their own hiring.

Senate Bill 155 (Argall) prevents dead people from receiving benefits by requiring the Department of Human Services to check death certificates at the Bureau of Vital Statistics against recipients of public assistance. More

Senate Bill 156 (Argall) requires the Department of Human Services to compare wage records held by employers and the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue with public assistance recipients quarterly to prevent fraud. More

Senate Bill 157 (Argall) updates the Public Assistance Integrity Act to require the Department of Human Services to issue a yearly report on their efforts to ensure lottery winners are not receiving cash benefits. More

Senate Bill 333 (Keefer), the REINS Act, strengthens the review process for costly regulations (impact of $1M+). More

Senate Bill 367 (Coleman) enables the legally required audits of local tax transfers in the Allentown Neighborhood Improvement Zone to improve transparency and strengthen oversight. More

Senate Bill 376 (Phillips-Hill) prohibits TikTok on state-owned devices and networks due to national security risks, bringing Pennsylvania in line with federal guidelines and at least 39 other states. More

Senate Bill 377 (Phillips-Hill) protects taxpayer-funded systems and reduces the risk of data breaches by requiring all state IT contracts to meet National Institute of Standards and Technology cybersecurity standards. More

Senate Bill 444 (Brooks) requires automatic review of economically significant regulations after three years to ensure they remain effective, efficient and in the public interest. More

Senate Bill 472 (Phillips-Hill) ensures acting secretaries of state agencies will not be allowed to remain indefinitely without Senate review and cannot serve longer than 90 days. More

Senate Bill 9 (J. Ward) ensures athletic teams designated for girls and women are reserved for biological females in Pennsylvania’s K–12 and collegiate sports. More

Senate Bill 96 (Brooks) establishes new felony penalties for individuals who make hoax emergency reports involving educational institutions. More

Senate Bill 226, Senate Bill 227 (Phillips-Hill) makes the Pennsylvania School Boards Association subject to the state’s Right-to-Know law. More

Senate Bill 246 (Coleman) requires school districts to inform parents or guardians about incidents when a weapon is brought onto school grounds or related activities. More

Senate Bill 310 (Martin) requires high school seniors to complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), or opt out on a form provided to parents or guardians, ensuring they better understand higher education funding options. More

Senate Bill 315 (Culver) gives career and technical schools more budget predictability by informing them of grant allocations prior to the school year, rather than near the end of the school year.

Senate Bill 35 (Langerholc) removes Blair, Cambria, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Lycoming, Mercer and Westmoreland counties from Vehicle Emissions Inspection and Maintenance program mandates. More

Senate Bill 149 (Langerholc) exempts the five most recent model year vehicles from emissions testing requirements. More

Senate Bill 205 (Rothman) gives counties flexibility to fund local bridge projects with state dollars. More

Act 27 of 2025 / Senate Bill 719 (Hutchinson) addresses the commonwealth’s certified public accountant (CPA) shortage by establishing an alternative pathway to certification, simplifying the process for out-of-state CPAs to practice in Pennsylvania. More

Senate Bill 101 (Bartolotta) improves analysis of workforce development programs by improving data-sharing with Pennsylvania’s 22 local workforce development boards. More

Senate Bill 468 (Langerholc) positions Pennsylvania to be a national leader in the emerging field of drone research and deployment. More

Senate Bill 527 (Farry) protects Philadelphia’s suburban communities from unfair tax burdens and ensures local tax dollars stay where they belong. More

Senate Bill 840 (Laughlin) modernizes Pennsylvania’s gaming laws and provides much-needed flexibility for regional casinos. More

Senate Bill 481 (J. Ward) allows licensed milk haulers to operate during weather-related commercial vehicle travel bans and emergency declarations, ensuring the uninterrupted transportation of this perishable product. More

Act 7 of 2025 / Senate Bill 202 (Gebhard) protects users of virtual currency by requiring its transmission to be treated similarly to money transmission under the Money Transmitter Act. More

Act 26 of 2025 / Senate Bill 518 (Rothman) amends state law to ensure sportsmen’s Fifth Amendment constitutional rights are protected when questioned by a representative of the Pennsylvania Game Commission. More

Senate Bill 800 (Rothman) ensures more efficient operations from the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission. More

House Bill 1431 ends Pennsylvania’s longstanding restrictions on Sunday hunting. More

Senate Bill 471 (Laughlin) requires prosecutors to notify U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement when a criminal defendant is identified as unlawfully present in the United States and prohibits sanctuary policies that obstruct communication between local law enforcement and federal agencies. More

Senate Bill 225 (Dush) protects the rights of and ensures financial compensation for property owners targeted by eminent domain. More