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Pennsylvania · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 1491: An Act amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in emergency medical services system, further providing for declaration of policy, for definitions, for emergency medical services system programs and for duties of department; establishing the State EMS Advisory Board; and further providing for emergency medical services patient care reports, for funding, for notification of trauma center closure, for State Advisory Board, for regional emergency medical services councils, for comprehensive plan, for contracts and grants and for scholarships for recruitment, training and retention.

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 1491 is a bill introduced in the Pennsylvania House on May 21, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: An Act amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in emergency medical services system, further providing for declaration of policy, for definitions, for emergency medical services system programs and for duties of department; establishing the State EMS Advisory Board; and further providing for emergency medical services patient care reports, for funding, for notification of trauma center closure, for State Advisory Board, for regional emergency medical services councils, for comprehensive plan, for contracts and grants and for scholarships for recruitment, training and retention. Primary sponsor: Marty Causer (Republican). It lists 19 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (May 21, 2025): Referred to Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness.

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Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1 · Republican 19

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Marty CauserPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse67
Mike ArmaniniCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse75
Jamie BartonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse124
Josh BashlineCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse63
Kerry BenninghoffCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse171
Scott ConklinCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse77
Bud CookCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse50
Jill CooperCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse55
Joe EmrickCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse137
Jamie FlickCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse83
Mark GillenCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse128
Lee JamesCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse64
Charity KrupaCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse51
Andrew KuzmaCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse39
Milou MackenzieCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse131
Abby MajorCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse60
Tina PickettCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse110
Kathy RappCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse65
Brian SmithCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse66
Michael StenderCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse108

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Referred to Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source