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Pennsylvania · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 2540: An Act amending the act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), known as the Human Services Code, in public assistance, providing for transition to chip-enabled access cards.

Passed one chamber 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 2540 is a bill introduced in the Pennsylvania House on May 27, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: An Act amending the act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), known as the Human Services Code, in public assistance, providing for transition to chip-enabled access cards. Primary sponsor: Dan Williams (Democratic). It lists 32 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (June 25, 2026): Re-referred to Appropriations.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 26 · Republican 7

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Dan WilliamsPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse74
Scott BargerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse80
Danilo BurgosCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse197
Joe CiresiCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse146
Gina CurryCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse164
Dave DellosoCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse162
Elizabeth FiedlerCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse184
Justin FlemingCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse105
José GiralCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse180
Roni GreenCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse190
Liz HanbidgeCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse61
Doyle HeffleyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse122
Carol Hill-EvansCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse95
Joe HoganCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse142
Lee JamesCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse64
Rob KauffmanCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse89
Tarik KhanCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse194
La'Tasha MayesCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse24
Jeanne McNeillCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse133
Darisha ParkerCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse198
Eddie PashinskiCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse121
Lindsay PowellCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse21
Tarah ProbstCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse189
Brenda PughCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse120
Nikki RiveraCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse96
Abigail SalisburyCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse34
Steve SamuelsonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse135
Ben SanchezCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse153
Jeremy ShafferCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse28
Melissa ShustermanCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse157
Mandy SteeleCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse33
Arvind VenkatCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse30
Ben WaxmanCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse182

“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. Re-referred to Appropriations
  2. Second consideration
  3. First consideration
  4. Reported as committed
  5. Referred to Health & Human Services
  6. Third consideration and final passage
  7. Re-reported as committed
  8. Re-committed to Appropriations
  9. Second consideration
  10. Re-reported as committed
  11. Re-committed to Rules
  12. First consideration

Showing 12 most recent of 14 actions. Full history

Sources

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