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PennsylvaniaHB 4532025-2026 Regular SessionHouseWALLET
An Act amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in 911 emergency communication services, further providing for definitions, for telecommunications management, f . . .or counties, for Pennsylvania State Police, for addressing authorities, for next generation 911 call delivery, for fund, for payment, collection and remittance of surcharge by sellers of prepaid wireless telecommunications service, for telephone records, for penalty, for immunity, for ALI database maintenance, for industry standards, for MLTS signaling and for limitation of liability; in general provisions, relating to emergency management services further providing for definitions; in Commonwealth services, further providing for definitions relating to intrastate mutual aid; in emergency responder mental wellness and stress management, further providing for definitions; providing for law enforcement officer benefits for surviving family members; in emergency medical services system, further providing for basic life support ambulances; and making editorial changes.
Sponsored By: Jessica Benham (Democratic)
Signed by Governor
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11 provisions identified: 4 benefits, 3 costs, 4 mixed.
Health coverage for officer survivors
A surviving spouse of a qualifying full-time municipal or regional police officer who dies in the line of duty gets lifetime health coverage. Coverage may end if the spouse remarries or gets equivalent employer coverage. Eligible dependents can stay covered until age 26 if they are not eligible for another employer health plan. Medicare is primary when it applies, and the municipality or department provides or reimburses supplemental coverage for the spouse. The law covers qualifying deaths before, on, or after its effective date, but does not require payment for health costs from before that date.
More support and training for 911 staff
Qualifying public safety answering point employees who handle public-safety calls as a primary duty count as emergency responders under the law’s mutual-aid and mental wellness rules. The Pennsylvania State Police must also provide training and certification for communications operators, following state standards where they apply to State Police work.
Longer exception for basic life ambulances
The law extends an existing exception for basic life support ambulances from April 29, 2027, to April 29, 2032. The supplied text does not explain what the exception allows or how it affects ambulance services.
Stricter privacy rules for 911 records
People may use or share 911 location data only for listed emergency response, support, data-synchronization, or notification purposes. Using or sharing covered location data for an unallowed purpose is a third-degree misdemeanor. People who access call processing records also commit a third-degree misdemeanor if they use or disclose them outside normal work duties or as otherwise identified by law.
Prepaid wireless buyers pay 911 surcharge
Sellers collect Pennsylvania’s 911 surcharge for each covered prepaid wireless service or device in a purchase. A buyer who purchases more than one covered item in a transaction may pay the surcharge more than once. The rule applies to qualifying purchases in person, by phone, or online. The law does not state the surcharge amount.
Less frequent audits of 911 fund use
The state must audit each public safety answering point’s use of 911 fund payments every three years instead of every two years. Audits include eligible money held in operating or capital reserves. The law does not state how the less frequent audits affect services or household costs.
911 suppliers need reimbursement agreements
A telephone service supplier can receive reimbursement for providing and maintaining 911 information only when it has a mutual agreement with the 911 authority. The law does not create a new payment for households.
Better address data for 911 calls
Counties must maintain and share address maps and location data that meet state and other applicable standards. Counties and addressing authorities can agree to let the county assign addresses when the authority cannot provide them on time. When a building gets a new address, it must follow the state’s emergency mapping model and applicable standards. Providers must check customer 911 information against emergency address data, resolve mismatches in a timely manner, and make wireless location data available for call routing. These duties add work for counties and providers while helping responders locate callers.
Liability limits for 911 and crisis calls
Next generation 911 providers and related workers receive liability protection for covered acts or failures, except for willful or wanton misconduct. Counties, emergency call centers, telecommunicators, and crisis services also receive protection for transferring or connecting certain suicide-prevention and behavioral or mental health crisis calls. Those protections do not cover failures to use reasonable care or intentional acts.
New 911 rules for office phone systems
Multi-line telephone system operators must keep dispatchable location and call-back details in the 911 database and check them at least once a year. This duty ends when the originating provider meets the stated federal Phase 2 requirements. Systems must also use a standard signaling method that displays caller information to 911 call takers. Some systems installed before February 16, 2020, are exempt when their operators qualify.
Stronger rules for 911 call delivery
Next generation 911 providers and telephone carriers must follow accepted industry standards for secure systems and connecting calls. The State Police commissioner or a designee can request 911 location information for calls in a State Police facility’s coverage area; both the state agency and State Police must approve access. State Police pays for needed access equipment and services. Providers using a backup call route must coordinate with emergency call centers and report the cause within 15 days after a call uses that route.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Jessica Benham
Democratic • House
Cosponsors
Arvind Venkat
Democratic • House
Benjamin V. Sanchez
Democratic • House
Brenda M. Pugh
Republican • House
Carol Hill-Evans
Democratic • House
Dan Goughnour
Democratic • House
Dan Miller
Affiliation unavailable
Daniel J. Deasy
Democratic • House
Danielle Friel Otten
Democratic • House
Dave Madsen
Democratic • House
Emily Kinkead
Democratic • House
G. Roni Green
Democratic • House
Gina H. Curry
Democratic • House
Heather Boyd
Democratic • House
Jacklyn Rusnock
Democratic • House
Jennifer O'Mara
Democratic • House
Joe Webster
Democratic • House
John C. Inglis III
Democratic • House
Jose Giral
Democratic • House
Joseph C. Hohenstein
Democratic • House
Keith S. Harris
Democratic • House
Kristine C. Howard
Democratic • House
Kyle Donahue
Democratic • House
La'Tasha D. Mayes
Democratic • House
Lisa A. Borowski
Democratic • House
Liz Hanbidge
Democratic • House
Malcolm Kenyatta
Democratic • House
Martin T. Causer
Republican • House
Melissa Cerrato
Democratic • House
Michael H. Schlossberg
Democratic • House
Nathan Davidson
Democratic • House
Patrick J. Harkins
Democratic • House
Tarah Probst
Democratic • House
Tarik Khan
Democratic • House
Tina M. Davis
Democratic • House
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 10/20/2026
House Bill 453 PN4080, Final Passage
Yes: 50 • No: 0
committee vote • 10/19/2026
22 0
Yes: 22 • No: 0
Senate vote • 10/19/2026
House Bill 453 PN0435 A04675, LAUGHLIN Amendment No. A-4675
Yes: 50 • No: 0
committee vote • 4/21/2026
10 0
Yes: 10 • No: 0
committee vote • 4/8/2025
37 0
Yes: 37 • No: 0
House vote • 4/8/2025
House Bill 453 PN0435, FINAL PASSAGE
Yes: 203 • No: 0
committee vote • 2/26/2025
26 0
Yes: 26 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Act No. 66 of 2026
10/22/2026GovernorApproved by the Governor
10/22/2026GovernorPresented to the Governor
10/22/2026HouseSigned in Senate
10/22/2026HouseSigned in House
10/21/2026HouseHouse concurred in Senate amendments (203-0)
10/21/2026HouseRe-reported on concurrence, as committed
10/21/2026HouseReferred to Rules
10/21/2026HouseThird consideration and final passage (50-0)
10/20/2026SenateAmended on third consideration
10/20/2026SenateSecond consideration, with amendments (50-0)
10/19/2026SenateRe-reported as committed
10/19/2026SenateRe-referred to Appropriations
10/19/2026SenateRemoved from table
10/19/2026SenateLaid on the table (Pursuant to Senate Rule 9)
6/10/2026SenateFirst consideration
4/21/2026SenateReported as committed
4/21/2026SenateReferred to Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness
4/9/2025SenateThird consideration and final passage (203-0)
4/8/2025HouseRe-reported as committed
4/8/2025HouseRe-committed to Appropriations
4/7/2025HouseSecond consideration
4/7/2025HouseRemoved from table
3/26/2025HouseLaid on the table
3/17/2025HouseFirst consideration
3/17/2025House
Bill Text
PN 4080
10/20/2026
PN 4075
10/19/2026
PN 435
2/3/2025
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