HB 2508 — An Act amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in miscellaneous provisions relating to emergency management services, providing for exemption of records from access.
Congress · introduced 2026-05-13
Latest action: — Referred to INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS AND OPERATIONS, May 13, 2026
Sponsors
- R. Lee James (R, PA-64) — sponsor · 2026-05-13
- Perry A. Stambaugh (R, PA-86) — cosponsor · 2026-05-13
- Andrew Kuzma (R, PA-39) — cosponsor · 2026-05-13
- Tina Pickett (R, PA-110) — cosponsor · 2026-05-13
- Jacob D. Banta (R, PA-4) — cosponsor · 2026-05-13
- David H. Zimmerman (R, PA-99) — cosponsor · 2026-05-13
- Joe Ciresi (D, PA-146) — cosponsor · 2026-05-13
Action timeline
- · house — Referred to INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS AND OPERATIONS, May 13, 2026
Text versions
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Bill text
Printer's No. 3395 · 2,556 characters · source document
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PRINTER'S NO. 3395
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 2508
Session of
2026
INTRODUCED BY JAMES, STAMBAUGH, KUZMA, PICKETT, BANTA, ZIMMERMAN
AND CIRESI, MAY 12, 2026
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS AND
OPERATIONS, MAY 13, 2026
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, in miscellaneous provisions relating
3 to emergency management services, providing for exemption of
4 records from access.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. Title 35 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
8 Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
9 § 7715. Exemption of records from access.
10 (a) Right-to-Know Law.--
11 (1) Except as provided under paragraph (2), records of a
12 volunteer EMS company, volunteer fire company or volunteer
13 rescue company shall be exempt from access under the
14 provisions of the act of February 14, 2008 (P.L.6, No.3),
15 known as the Right-to-Know Law.
16 (2) Records or parts of records that are directly
17 associated with funding or resources provided by a local
18 municipality under the following shall be subject to access
1 under the Right-to-Know Law:
2 (i) Section 1553 of the act of May 1, 1933 (P.L.103,
3 No.69), known as The Second Class Township Code.
4 (ii) 8 Pa.C.S. § 1202(56) (relating to specific
5 powers).
6 (iii) 11 Pa.C.S. § 12446 (relating to emergency
7 services).
8 (iv) 73 Pa.C.S. § 4359 (relating to emergency
9 services).
10 (b) Definitions.--As used in this section, the following
11 words and phrases shall have the meanings given to them in this
12 subsection unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
13 "Volunteer EMS company." As defined in section 7802
14 (relating to definitions).
15 "Volunteer fire company." As defined in section 7802.
16 "Volunteer rescue company." As defined in section 7802.
17 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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| date | type | to | amount | role | source |
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| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania House Intergovernmental Affairs And Operations Committee | — | pa-leg |
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Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | R. Lee James (R, state_lower PA-64) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Andrew Kuzma (R, state_lower PA-39) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | David H. Zimmerman (R, state_lower PA-99) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Jacob D. Banta (R, state_lower PA-4) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Joe Ciresi (D, state_lower PA-146) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Perry A. Stambaugh (R, state_lower PA-86) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Tina Pickett (R, state_lower PA-110) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
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0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
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