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Pennsylvania · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 1261: An Act amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in Commonwealth services, further providing for assistance to fire companies and EMS companies; and, in grants to fire companies and emergency medical services companies, further providing for definitions, for publication and notice, for award of grants, for consolidation incentive, for publication and notice and for award of grants, repealing provisions relating to COVID-19 Crisis Fire Company and Emergency Medical Services Grant Program, to Emergency Medical Services COVID-19 Recovery Grant Program, to expiration of authority relating to COVID-19 Crisis Fire Company and Emergency Medical Services Grant Program and to expiration of authority relating to Emergency Medical Services COVID-19 Recovery Grant Program and further providing for annual reports.

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

SB 1261 is a bill introduced in the Pennsylvania Senate on April 1, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: An Act amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in Commonwealth services, further providing for assistance to fire companies and EMS companies; and, in grants to fire companies and emergency medical services companies, further providing for definitions, for publication and notice, for award of grants, for consolidation incentive, for publication and notice and for award of grants, repealing provisions relating to COVID-19 Crisis Fire Company and Emergency Medical Services Grant Program, to Emergency Medical Services COVID-19 Recovery Grant Program, to expiration of authority relating to COVID-19 Crisis Fire Company and Emergency Medical Services Grant Program and to expiration of authority relating to Emergency Medical Services COVID-19 Recovery Grant Program and further providing for annual reports. Primary sponsor: Doug Mastriano (Republican). It lists 5 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (June 30, 2026): Laid on the table.

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): Republican 6

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Doug MastrianoPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate33
Camera BartolottaCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate46
Michele BrooksCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate50
Tracy PennycuickCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate24
Elder VogelCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate47
Judy WardCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate30

“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. Laid on the table
  2. First consideration
  3. Reported as committed
  4. Referred to Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness
  5. Third consideration and final passage
  6. Re-reported as committed
  7. Re-referred to Appropriations
  8. Second consideration
  9. First consideration
  10. Reported as amended
  11. Referred to Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness

Sources

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