HB2439 • 2025

An Act amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in veterans' organizations, further providing for grants to veterans' service officer programs.

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Sponsor: MARKOSEK
Last action: 2026-04-27
Official status: Laid on the table, April 27, 2026
Effective date: Not listed

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An Act amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in veterans' organizations, further providing for grants to veterans' service officer programs.

What This Bill Does

An Act amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in veterans' organizations, further providing for grants to veterans' service officer programs.

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A03042

04/27/26

Plain English: H2439B3245A03042 AJB:JMT 04/24/26 #90 A03042 AMENDMENTS TO HOUSE BILL NO.

H2439B3245A03042 AJB:JMT 04/24/26 #90 A03042 AMENDMENTS TO HOUSE BILL NO.
2439 Sponsor: REPRESENTATIVE SOLOMON Printer's No.
3245 Amend Bill, page 2, line 19, by inserting a bracket before "July" Amend Bill, page 2, line 19, by inserting after "1" ] January 1 Amend Bill, page 2, line 26, by striking out all of said line and inserting Section 2.
The amendment of 51 Pa.C.S.

Bill History

2026-04-27 VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
Reported as amended, April 27, 2026
2026-04-27 H
First consideration, April 27, 2026
2026-04-27 H
Laid on the table, April 27, 2026
2026-04-21 VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
Referred to VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, April 21, 2026

Official Summary Text

An Act amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in veterans' organizations, further providing for grants to veterans' service officer programs.

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PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 3245 PRINTER'S NO. 3282
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 2439
Session of
2026
INTRODUCED BY MARKOSEK, McNEILL, SOLOMON, SANCHEZ, HILL-EVANS,
KHAN, PROBST, NEILSON, MERSKI, BOROWSKI, DOUGHERTY, CEPEDA-
FREYTIZ, KENYATTA, INGLIS AND DELLOSO, APRIL 21, 2026
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY
PREPAREDNESS, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED,
APRIL 27, 2026
AN ACT
Amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in veterans' organizations, further
providing for grants to veterans' service officer programs.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 9304(f) and (h) of Title 51 of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to read:
§ 9304. Grants to veterans' service officer programs.
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(f) Amount of grants.--The department shall determine the
annual allocation to each of the designated veterans' service
organizations based on the spending plan submitted under
subsection (e) for the upcoming [fiscal] calendar year and on
actual recoveries from the previous [fiscal] calendar year. If
the total appropriation totals less than the collective spending
plans, the department shall prorate the allocations among
eligible organizations based on the spending plan and past
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performance.
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(h) Reporting requirements.--On or before [October] March 1
of each year, designated veterans' service organizations
participating in the program established by this section shall
file a written report with the Adjutant General and the Deputy
Adjutant General for Veterans' Affairs and send copies to the
chairman and minority chairman of the Veterans Affairs and
Emergency Preparedness Committee of the Senate and the chairman
and minority chairman of the Veterans Affairs and Emergency
Preparedness Committee of the House of Representatives and State
Veterans' Commission. The report shall contain the following
information:
(1) A description of all veterans' service officer
activities, an accounting of recoveries and a listing of
volunteer hours for the preceding [Commonwealth fiscal]
calendar year.
(2) A proposed budget and spending plan for the
[Commonwealth fiscal] calendar year beginning on [July 1]
JANUARY 1 of the year following the filing of the report.
(3) An accounting of its expenditures from grants
awarded under this program, audited by a certified public
accountant for the preceding [Commonwealth fiscal] calendar
year.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
SECTION 2. THE AMENDMENT OF 51 PA.C.S. § 9304(F) AND (H)
SHALL APPLY BEGINNING WITH GRANTS AWARDED FOR CALENDAR YEAR
2028.
SECTION 3. THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT JANUARY 1, 2027.
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