PRINTER'S NO. 515 THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA SENATE BILL No.531 Session of 2025 INTRODUCED BY BROOKS, MASTRIANO, HUTCHINSON, VOGEL AND GEBHARD, APRIL 2, 2025 REFERRED TO VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, APRIL 2, 2025 AN ACT Amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in grants to fire companies and emergency medical services companies, further providing for award of grants. The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby enacts as follows: Section 1. Section 7823 of Title 35 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a subsection to read: ยง 7823. Award of grants. * * * (d) 2024-2025 grant cycle.--The State Fire Commissioner shall award a grant under this section during the 2024-2025 grant cycle to a fire company or an emergency medical services company if, after receiving notice from the Office of the State Fire Commissioner that the company was eligible, received a second notice that the company was deemed ineligible. This section shall only apply to the 2024-2025 grant cycle. Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18