SB 534 — An Act amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in veterans' pensions and benefits, further providing for blind veteran's pension and for amputee and paralyzed veteran's pension.

Congress · introduced 2025-03-28

Latest action: — Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS, May 6, 2025

Action timeline

2025-03-28 · senate — Referred to VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, March 28, 2025
2025-04-01 · senate — Reported as committed, April 1, 2025
2025-04-01 · senate — First consideration, April 1, 2025
2025-05-06 · senate — Second consideration, May 6, 2025
2025-05-06 · senate — Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS, May 6, 2025

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Bill text

Printer's No. 0505 · 2,347 characters · source document

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PRINTER'S NO.    505

                     THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                        SENATE BILL
                        No. 534
                                               Session of
                                                 2025

     INTRODUCED BY J. WARD, ROBINSON, BROOKS, TARTAGLIONE, FONTANA,
        KANE, STEFANO, ARGALL, BAKER, SCHWANK, PENNYCUICK AND
        HUTCHINSON, MARCH 28, 2025

     REFERRED TO VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS,
        MARCH 28, 2025


                                    AN ACT
 1   Amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania
 2      Consolidated Statutes, in veterans' pensions and benefits,
 3      further providing for blind veteran's pension and for amputee
 4      and paralyzed veteran's pension.
 5      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 6   hereby enacts as follows:
 7      Section 1.    Sections 7701(b) and 7702(a) of Title 51 of the
 8   Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to read:
 9   § 7701.    Blind veteran's pension.
10      * * *
11      (b)    Amount and eligibility.--In addition to any other
12   assistance provided by the Commonwealth and in addition to any
13   compensation provided by the Federal Government, every blind
14   veteran shall be paid a pension of [$150] $180 per month.
15   Applications for such pensions shall be made to and in the form
16   prescribed by the department. The Adjutant General shall have
17   the power, and it shall be his duty to determine the eligibility
18   of every applicant for a pension, and his decision in the matter
 1   shall be final.
 2   § 7702.    Amputee and paralyzed veteran's pension.
 3      (a)    Amount and eligibility.--In addition to any other
 4   assistance provided by the Commonwealth and in addition to any
 5   compensation provided by the Federal Government, every amputee
 6   and paralyzed veteran shall be paid a pension of [$150] $180 per
 7   month. Applications for the pensions shall be made to and in the
 8   form prescribed by the department. The Adjutant General shall
 9   determine the eligibility of every applicant for a pension, and
10   his decision in the matter shall be final.
11      * * *
12      Section 2.     This act shall take effect immediately.




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Outbound (2)

date	type	to	amount	role	source
—	referred_to_committee	Pennsylvania Senate Appropriations Committee	—		pa-leg
—	referred_to_committee	Pennsylvania Senate Veterans Affairs And Emergency Preparedness Committee	—		pa-leg

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Committees

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Who matters

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	Voted	Score
1	Judy Ward (R, state_upper PA-30)	sponsor	—	5
2	Christine M. Tartaglione (D, state_upper PA-2)	cosponsor	—	1
3	David G. Argall (R, state_upper PA-29)	cosponsor	—	1
4	Devlin J. Robinson (R, state_upper PA-37)	cosponsor	—	1
5	Doug Mastriano (R, state_upper PA-33)	cosponsor	—	1
6	John I. Kane (D, state_upper PA-9)	cosponsor	—	1
7	Judith L. Schwank (D, state_upper PA-11)	cosponsor	—	1
8	Lisa Baker (R, state_upper PA-20)	cosponsor	—	1
9	Michele Brooks (R, state_upper PA-50)	cosponsor	—	1
10	Nick Miller (D, state_upper PA-14)	cosponsor	—	1
11	Patrick J. Stefano (R, state_upper PA-32)	cosponsor	—	1
12	Rosemary M. Brown (R, state_upper PA-40)	cosponsor	—	1
13	Scott Hutchinson (R, state_upper PA-21)	cosponsor	—	1
14	Tracy Pennycuick (R, state_upper PA-24)	cosponsor	—	1
15	Wayne D. Fontana (D, state_upper PA-42)	cosponsor	—	1

Predicted vote

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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

Activity

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2026-05-20 · was referred to Pennsylvania Senate Appropriations Committee · pa-leg
2026-05-20 · was referred to Pennsylvania Senate Veterans Affairs And Emergency Preparedness Committee · pa-leg

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