PA Bill Number: SB381
Title: In public safety, prohibiting certain animal experimentation, sale and testing; and imposing penalties.
Description: In public safety, prohibiting certain animal experimentation, sale and testing; and imposing penalties. ...
Last Action: Referred to JUDICIARY
Last Action Date: Sep 11, 2025
Representative Jessica Benham
District: 36
Party: D
Ratings:
County(s) Served: Allegheny*
FOAC Election: Opposed
Bills Sponsored or Co-sponsored by Benham
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| 2025-2026 Session - (Click HERE to View Full Session Bills) | ||||
| Bill Number | Title | Last Action | Last Action Date | Rating |
| HB1611 | Extensively revising provisions relating to the protection of abused elderly; establishing a uniform Statewide reporting and investigative system for suspected abuse of the elderly; providing for protective services; prohibiting financial exploitation; providing for funding and for regulations; imposing penalties; and making editorial changes. | Referred to AGING AND OLDER ADULT SERVICES | 2025-06-16 |  |
| HB500 | In Pennsylvania Economic Development for a Growing Economy (PA EDGE) Tax Credits, repealing provisions relating to local resource manufacturing, providing for Reliable Energy Investment Tax Credit, repealing provisions relating to Pennsylvania milk processing and providing for Pennsylvania milk processing; in regional clean hydrogen hubs, further providing for definitions, for eligibility, for application and approval of tax credit, for use of tax credits and for applicability; in semiconductor manufacturing and biomedical manufacturing and research, further providing for definitions and for application and approval of tax credit and providing for geothermal energy and for sustainable aviation fuel; and, in application of Prevailing Wage Act, further providing for definitions. | Referred to FINANCE | 2025-05-22 | |
| HB797 | Further providing for requirements of membership, for married persons and pensions to surviving spouses and for eligibility of surviving spouses. | Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS | 2025-06-25 | |
| HB563 | Providing for licensing and regulating the practice of music therapy; and making editorial changes. | Referred to PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE | 2025-02-12 | |
| 2023-2024 Session - (Click HERE to View Full Session Bills) | ||||
| Bill Number | Title | Last Action | Last Action Date | Rating |
| HB2369 | Providing for electronic poll books and for electronic poll books and election infrastructure equipment bonds; in preparation for and conduct of primaries and elections, further providing for manner of applying to vote, persons entitled to vote, voter's certificates, entries to be made in district register, numbered lists of voters and challenges and for deadline for receipt of valid voter registration application; and providing for in-person early voting in elections. Amending Title 25 (Elections) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in registration system, further providing for SURE system; in voter registration, further providing for methods of voter registration, providing for same-day voter registration on election day and for same-day voter registration during early voting and further providing for preparation and distribution of applications and for approval of registration applications; and, in changes in records, repealing provisions relating to removal notices, to transfer of registration and to change of enrollment of political party. | Referred to STATE GOVERNMENT | 2024-06-03 | |
| HB2373 | Further providing for requirements of membership, for married persons and pensions to surviving spouses and for eligibility of surviving spouses. | Laid on the table | 2024-09-23 | |
| HB1993 | Further providing for title of act; in preliminary provisions, further providing for short title, for scope of act and for definitions and providing for regulations; in pharmacy audits, further providing for limitations; in registration, further providing for PBM and auditing entity registration; providing for pharmacy benefits manager contracts; in PBM cost transparency requirements, providing for PBM transparency report required, repealing provisions relating to regulations and providing for PSAO reporting requirements; in enforcements, further providing for scope of enforcement authority; providing for pharmacy services; and making repeals. | Act No. 77 of 2024 | 2024-07-17 | |
| HB2173 | Establishing the Department of Disability Rights, Employment, Accessibility and Mobility; in administrative organization, further providing for executive officers, administrative departments and independent administrative boards and commissions, for departmental administrative boards, commissions, and offices, for department heads and for gubernatorial appointments; and providing for powers and duties of the Department of Disability Rights, Employment, Accessibility and Mobility. | Referred to STATE GOVERNMENT | 2024-04-03 | |
| HB1859 | In firearms and other dangerous articles, further providing for persons not to possess, use, manufacture, control, sell or transfer firearms. | Referred to JUDICIARY | 2023-11-30 | |
| HR256 | Designating the month of November 2023 as "Ukrainian Holodomor-Genocide Remembrance Month" in Pennsylvania. | Laid on the table (Pursuant to House Rule 71) | 2024-04-09 | |
| HB1615 | Providing for minimum energy and water efficiency standards for certain products sold in this Commonwealth; imposing penalties; and making repeals. | Referred to ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY | 2024-05-28 | |
| HB1422 | In preliminary provisions, providing for advertising and sponsorships; in charter schools, further providing for definitions and for funding for charter schools, providing for funding for cyber charter schools, for cyber charter school requirements, for powers and composition of board of trustees and for educational management service providers, further providing for powers and duties of department and for assessment and evaluation, providing for annual reports and public reporting and for fund balance limits, further providing for cyber charter school requirements and prohibitions and for school district and intermediate unit responsibilities, providing for access to other schools' facilities, further providing for establishment of cyber charter school, providing for renewals, for charter amendments and for causes for nonrenewal, revocation or termination, further providing for State Charter School Appeal Board review, for cyber charter school application and for enrollment and notification, providing for enrollment parameters and for enrollee wellness checks and further providing for applicability of other provisions of this act and of other acts and regulations. | Referred to EDUCATION | 2023-07-17 | |
| HB849 | In emergency COVID-19 response, providing for adult mental health program funding; in 2022-2023 budget implementation, repealing provisions relating to Department of Human Services; and making appropriations. | Referred to HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES | 2023-06-14 | |
| HB1210 | In protection from abuse, further providing for relief, for emergency relief by minor judiciary and for arrest for violation of order. | Act No. 146 of 2024 | 2024-11-18 | |
| HB704 | Providing for early in-person voting in elections; in voting by qualified absentee electors, further providing for canvassing of official absentee ballots and mail-in ballots; and, in Election Integrity Grant Program, further providing for funding for elections. | Referred to STATE GOVERNMENT | 2023-03-27 | |
| HB712 | In firearms and other dangerous articles, providing for civil liability of firearm owner for loss or theft. | Referred to JUDICIARY | 2023-03-27 | |
| HB713 | In firearms and other dangerous articles, providing for safe storage of a firearm when residing with a person not to possess a firearm. | Referred to JUDICIARY | 2023-03-27 | |
| HB575 | Prohibiting mental health professionals from engaging in conversion therapy with an individual under 18 years of age. | Referred to HEALTH | 2023-03-20 | |
| HB587 | In sentencing, repealing provisions relating to transfer of inmates in need of medical treatment; in Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole, providing for parole for reasons of age or illness and for medical parole due to public or disaster emergency related to health or contagious disease outbreak; and abrogating regulations. | Laid on the table (Pursuant to House Rule 71) | 2024-04-09 | |
| HB589 | Establishing the Landslide Insurance Program; establishing and providing for the powers and duties of the Landslide Insurance Board; providing for duties of the Auditor General; imposing a penalty; and making appropriations and transfers. | Amended, bill gone over | 2024-10-22 | |
| HB495 | In game or wildlife protection, further providing for regulations. | Referred to GAME AND FISHERIES | 2023-03-17 | |
| HB338 | In firearms and other dangerous articles, providing for report of theft or loss of firearm; and imposing penalties. | Motion to reconsider final passage | 2023-05-22 | |
| HB187 | Providing for reimbursements for physical examinations of firefighters; and establishing the Firefighter Physical Examination Reimbursement Fund. | Referred to VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS | 2023-03-08 | |
| 2021-2022 Session - (Click HERE to View Full Session Bills) | ||||
| Bill Number | Title | Last Action | Last Action Date | Rating |
| HB2914 | Establishing the Coal and Clay Mine Subsidence and Landslide Insurance and Assistance Program within the Department of Environmental Protection; providing for related powers and duties of the Department of Environmental Protection; establishing and providing for the powers and duties of the Coal and Clay Mine Subsidence and Landslide Insurance Board; providing for duties of the Auditor General; establishing the Coal and Clay Mine Subsidence and Landslide Insurance Fund and the Coal and Clay Mine Subsidence and Landslide Assistance Fund; imposing a penalty; making appropriations and transfers; and making a related repeal. | Referred to ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY | 2022-11-02 | |
| HB2847 | In abortion, further providing for definitions, for medical consultation and judgment, for informed consent, for parental consent, for printed information, for determination of gestational age, for prohibited acts, for reporting, for civil penalties and for State Board of Medicine and State Board of Osteopathic Medicine. | Referred to HEALTH | 2022-10-17 | |
| HB2793 | In firearms and other dangerous articles, providing for the offense of carrying firearms while under the influence of alcohol. | Referred to JUDICIARY | 2022-09-01 | |
| HB2758 | In juvenile matters, further providing for definitions, for scope of chapter, for inspection of court files and records, for transfer from criminal proceedings, for place of detention and for conduct of hearings and repealing provisions relating to transfer to criminal proceedings. | Referred to JUDICIARY | 2022-08-04 | |
| HR177 | Condemning the Russian Federation Council's vote to allow Russian President Vladimir Putin to use the Russian army outside the territory of the Russian Federation and condemning Russian President Vladimir Putin for launching an invasion of Ukraine, and expressing support for Ukrainian Americans in Pennsylvania. | Referred to STATE GOVERNMENT | 2022-03-08 | |
| HB1903 | In firearms and other dangerous articles, further providing for persons not to possess, use, manufacture, control, sell or transfer firearms and for abandonment of firearms, weapons or ammunition; in community and municipal courts, further providing for masters; and adding provisions relating to extreme risk protection orders. | Resolution to discharge committee from further consideration of this bill dropped from calendar | 2022-06-13 |  |
| HB1538 | In firearms and other dangerous articles, further providing for limitation on the regulation of firearms and ammunition; and, in general provisions, further providing for limitation on municipal powers. | Resolution to discharge committee from further consideration of this bill dropped from calendar | 2022-06-13 | |
| HB980 | In firearms and other dangerous articles, providing for report of theft or loss of firearm. | Referred to JUDICIARY | 2021-03-19 | |
| HB235 | In firearms and other dangerous articles, repealing provisions relating to firearms not to be carried without a license, providing for license not required, repealing provisions relating to carrying firearms on public streets or public property in Philadelphia, providing for sportsman's firearm permit, further providing for licenses and repealing provisions relating to proof of license and exception. | Amended in House Committee on JUDICIARY | 2022-06-28 | |
| HB770 | In firearms and other dangerous articles, prohibiting certain assault weapons. | Resolution to discharge committee from further consideration of this bill dropped from calendar | 2022-06-13 | |
| HB717 | In firearms and other dangerous articles, repealing provisions relating to firearms not to be carried without a license, providing for license not required, repealing provisions relating to carrying firearms on public streets or public property in Philadelphia, providing for sportsman's firearm permit, further providing for licenses and repealing provisions relating to proof of license and exception. | Resolution to discharge committee from further consideration of this bill dropped from calendar | 2022-06-21 | |
| HB699 | In firearms and other dangerous articles, providing for safe storage of firearm when not in use. | Resolution to discharge committee from further consideration of this bill dropped from calendar | 2022-06-13 | |
Voting Record For Jessica Benham show votes
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