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Pennsylvania · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 274: An Act amending the act of December 5, 1936 (2nd Sp.Sess., 1937 P.L.2897, No.1), known as the Unemployment Compensation Law, in compensation, further providing for qualifications required to secure compensation and for ineligibility for compensation, providing for eligibility related to domestic violence and further providing for rate and amount of compensation.

Enacted 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 274 is a bill introduced in the Pennsylvania House on January 22, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: An Act amending the act of December 5, 1936 (2nd Sp.Sess., 1937 P.L.2897, No.1), known as the Unemployment Compensation Law, in compensation, further providing for qualifications required to secure compensation and for ineligibility for compensation, providing for eligibility related to domestic violence and further providing for rate and amount of compensation. Primary sponsor: Jason Dawkins (Democratic). It lists 27 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (December 22, 2025): Act No. 55 of 2025.

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 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Jason DawkinsPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse179
Heather BoydCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse163
Andre CarrollCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse201
Missy CerratoCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse151
Dan DeasyCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse27
Bob FreemanCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse136
José GiralCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse180
Roni GreenCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse190
Seth GroveCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Pat HarkinsCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse1
Keith HarrisCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse195
Carol Hill-EvansCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse95
Joe HohensteinCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse177
Kristine HowardCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse167
Carol KazeemCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse159
Malcolm KenyattaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse181
Tarik KhanCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse194
Dave MadsenCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse104
Kristin MarcellCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse178
La'Tasha MayesCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse24
Jeanne McNeillCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse133
Lindsay PowellCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse21
Abigail SalisburyCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse34
Ben SanchezCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse153
Mike SchlossbergCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse132
Melissa ShustermanCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse157
Arvind VenkatCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse30
Perry WarrenCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse31

“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. Act No. 55 of 2025
  2. Approved by the Governor
  3. Presented to the Governor
  4. Signed in Senate
  5. Signed in House
  6. House concurred in Senate amendments
  7. Re-reported on concurrence, as committed
  8. Referred to Rules
  9. Third consideration and final passage
  10. Amended on third consideration
  11. Re-reported as committed
  12. Re-referred to Appropriations

Showing 12 most recent of 31 actions. Full history

Sources

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