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Pennsylvania · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 870: An Act amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in Educational Assistance Program, further providing for definitions, for eligibility and for recoupment of grant payments; and, in Military Family Education Program, further providing for definitions, for eligibility, for limitations and for recoupment of Military Family Education Program grant payments.

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

SB 870 is a bill introduced in the Pennsylvania Senate on June 18, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: An Act amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in Educational Assistance Program, further providing for definitions, for eligibility and for recoupment of grant payments; and, in Military Family Education Program, further providing for definitions, for eligibility, for limitations and for recoupment of Military Family Education Program grant payments. Primary sponsor: Tracy Pennycuick (Republican). It lists 11 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (June 18, 2025): Referred to Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness.

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Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 6 · Republican 6

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Tracy PennycuickPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate24
Amanda CappellettiCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate17
Cris DushCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate25
Wayne FontanaCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate42
John KaneCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate9
Nick MillerCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate14
Devlin RobinsonCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate37
Pat StefanoCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate32
Tina TartaglioneCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate2
Elder VogelCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate47
Judy WardCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate30
Lindsey WilliamsCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate38

“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