Pennsylvania SB 1037: An Act amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in 911 emergency communication services, further providing for uniform 911 surcharge.

Bill Text

PRINTER'S NO. 1218
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. 1037
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY MUTH, TARTAGLIONE, SCHWANK, KANE, FONTANA,
COMITTA, HUGHES, CAPPELLETTI AND KEARNEY, OCTOBER 7, 2025
REFERRED TO VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS,
OCTOBER 7, 2025
AN ACT
Amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in 911 emergency communication
services, further providing for uniform 911 surcharge.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 5306.2(a) introductory paragraph of Title
35 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended and the
section is amended by adding a subsection to read:
§ 5306.2. Uniform 911 surcharge.
(a) Surcharge imposed.--[Each] Subject to increase and
annual adjustment under subsection (a.1), each subscriber or
consumer shall pay a surcharge of $1.65 for each 911
communications service or prepaid wireless device for which that
subscriber or consumer is billed by a provider or seller as
provided for under this chapter. The surcharge shall be
collected apart from and in addition to a fee levied by the
provider or seller, in whole or in part, for the provision of
911 services. The surcharge shall be subject to the following:
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(a.1) Surcharge increase and annual adjustment.--
(1) Beginning February 1, 2026, the amount of the
surcharge assessed under subsection (a) shall be $2.20.
(2) Not later than January 1, 2027, the agency shall
adjust the amount specified under paragraph (1), and each
year thereafter, the agency shall adjust the amount
calculated under this paragraph, as follows:
(i) The surcharge amount shall be adjusted by a
percentage equal to the upward percentage change in the
Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for
which figures have been officially reported by the United
States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
(ii) The surcharge increase shall be rounded to the
nearest 1¢.
(iii) The percentage change of the surcharge
increase shall be determined by comparison of the figures
for the previous June with the current June figures.
(iv) The surcharge increase shall be applied to the
next successive calendar year. If the percentage change
in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-
U) declines, the amount of the surcharge shall remain
unchanged for the successive calendar year.
(v) The agency shall, not later than 10 days after
determining the surcharge increase, transmit a notice of
the determination to the Legislative Reference Bureau for
publication in the next available issue of the
Pennsylvania Bulletin.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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