Pennsylvania HB 2444: A Supplement to the act of July 7, 1972 (P.L.743, No.176), entitled "An act providing for the establishment and operation of Lincoln University as an instrumentality of the Commonwealth to serve as a State-related institution in the higher education system of the Commonwealth; providing for change of name; providing for the composition of the board of trustees; terms of trustees, and the power and duties of such trustees; providing for preference to Pennsylvania residents in tuition; authorizing appropriations in amounts to be fixed annually by the General Assembly; providing for the auditing of accounts of expenditures from said appropriations; providing for public support and capital improvements; authorizing the issuance of bonds exempt from taxation within the requiring Commonwealth; the President to make an annual report of the operations of Lincoln University," making an appropriation for carrying the same into effect; providing for a basis for payments of the appropriation; providing for a method of accounting for the funds appropriated; and providing for certain fiscal information disclosure.

Bill Text

PRINTER'S NO. 3254
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 2444
Session of
2026
INTRODUCED BY INGLIS, GOUGHNOUR, PIELLI, McNEILL, BRENNAN,
FRANKEL, STEELE, MERSKI, RIVERA, MALAGARI, BURGOS, FLEMING,
HILL-EVANS, NEILSON, SANCHEZ, CEPEDA-FREYTIZ, GALLAGHER,
DONAHUE, HADDOCK, DELLOSO AND PASHINSKI, APRIL 21, 2026
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY
PREPAREDNESS, APRIL 22, 2026
AN ACT
Amending the act of June 24, 1976 (P.L.424, No.101), entitled
"An act providing for the payment of death benefits to the
surviving spouse or children or parents of firefighters,
ambulance service or rescue squad members, law enforcement
officers or National Guard members who die as a result of the
performance of their duties," further providing for death
benefit eligibility.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 1 of the act of June 24, 1976 (P.L.424,
No.101), referred to as the Emergency and Law Enforcement
Personnel Death Benefits Act, is amended by adding a subsection
to read:
Section 1. * * *
(a.2) A firefighter who has served four or more years in
continuous firefighting, who had direct exposure to a carcinogen
and who, prior to engaging in firefighting duties, passed a
physical examination that failed to reveal any evidence of
cancer is presumed to have died as a result of the performance
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of the firefighter's duties for purposes of this act.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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