House Bill 453
2025-2026 Regular Session
An Act amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in general provisions, further providing for definitions; in Commonwealth services, further providing for definitions relating to intrastate mutual aid; and, in emergency responder mental wellness and stress management, further providing for definitions.
Co-Sponsorship Memo
Prime Sponsor
Representative Jessica Benham
D House District 36
Co-Sponsors
Rep. Dan Miller
D House District 42
Rep. Carol Hill-Evans
D House District 95
Rep. Patrick Harkins
D House District 1
Rep. Liz Hanbidge
D House District 61
Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta
D House District 181
Rep. Tarik Khan
D House District 194
Rep. Arvind Venkat
D House District 30
Rep. Daniel Deasy
D House District 27
Rep. Michael Schlossberg
D House District 132
Rep. Jose Giral
D House District 180
Rep. Tarah Probst
D House District 189
Rep. Lisa Borowski
D House District 168
Rep. Danielle Friel Otten
D House District 155
Rep. La'Tasha Mayes
D House District 24
Rep. Melissa Cerrato
D House District 151
Rep. Benjamin Sanchez
D House District 153
Rep. Kyle Donahue
D House District 113
Rep. Joseph Hohenstein
D House District 177
Rep. Nathan Davidson
D House District 103
Rep. Gina Curry
D House District 164
Rep. G. Roni Green
D House District 190
Rep. Heather Boyd
D House District 163
Rep. Brenda Pugh
R House District 120
Rep. Jacklyn Rusnock
D House District 126
Rep. Keith Harris
D House District 195
Rep. Joe Webster
D House District 150
Rep. Tina Davis
D House District 141
Bill Status & History
Last Action: Referred to Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness, April 9, 2025
Senate
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| 0435 | Referred to Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness, Feb. 3, 2025 |
| Reported as committed, March 17, 2025 | |
| First consideration, March 17, 2025 | |
| Laid on the table, March 17, 2025 | |
| Removed from table, March 26, 2025 | |
| Second consideration, April 7, 2025 | |
| Re-committed to Appropriations, April 7, 2025 | |
| Re-reported as committed, April 8, 2025 | |
| Third consideration and final passage, April 8, 2025 (203-0) | |
| (Remarks see House Journal Page ), April 8, 2025 | |
| In the Senate | |
| Referred to Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness, April 9, 2025 |
Printers Numbers
Votes
Tuesday, April 8, 2025
House APPROPRIATIONS Committee Vote
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Wednesday, February 26, 2025 - House VETERANS AFFAIRS & EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS Committee Vote
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Committee Meetings
Voting meeting on and any other business that may come before the committee.
Voting meeting on and any other business that may come before the committee.
Voting meeting on HB 430, HB 453, SB 129 and any other business that may come before the committee.
Voting meeting on HB 430, HB 453, SB 129 and any other business that may come before the committee.
Statute References
There are no statute references for this bill.
House Bill 453
2025-2026 Regular Session
Sponsors
BENHAM, D. MILLER, HILL-EVANS, HARKINS, HANBIDGE, KENYATTA, KHAN, VENKAT, DEASY, SCHLOSSBERG, GIRAL, PROBST, BOROWSKI, OTTEN, MAYES, CERRATO, SANCHEZ, DONAHUE, HOHENSTEIN, DAVIDSON, CURRY, GREEN, BOYD, PUGH, RUSNOCK, K.HARRIS, WEBSTER, T. DAVIS
Short Title
An Act amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in general provisions, further providing for definitions; in Commonwealth services, further providing for definitions relating to intrastate mutual aid; and, in emergency responder mental wellness and stress management, further providing for definitions.
Memo Subject
Defining Dispatchers as First Responders
Actions
| 0435 | Referred to VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, Feb. 3, 2025 |
| Reported as committed, March 17, 2025 | |
| First consideration, March 17, 2025 | |
| Laid on the table, March 17, 2025 | |
| Removed from table, March 26, 2025 | |
| Second consideration, April 7, 2025 | |
| Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS, April 7, 2025 | |
| Re-reported as committed, April 8, 2025 | |
| Third consideration and final passage, April 8, 2025 (203-0) | |
| (Remarks see House Journal Page ), April 8, 2025 | |
| In the Senate | |
| Referred to VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, April 9, 2025 |
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