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PA SB362

PA SB362
In public assistance, further providing for false statements, investigations and penalty.


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Introduced
02/28/2025
In Committee
06/10/2026
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead

Introduced Session

2025-2026 Regular Session

Bill Summary

Amending the act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), entitled "An act to consolidate, editorially revise, and codify the public welfare laws of the Commonwealth," in public assistance, further providing for false statements, investigations and penalty.

AI Summary

This bill amends the Human Services Code to strengthen penalties and expand the scope of offenses related to public assistance fraud. Specifically, it introduces new criminal offenses for individuals who knowingly and with intent to defraud use scanning devices or reencoders to access, copy, or replicate a recipient's access device information, such as payment card details, or who possess or use such replicated information. The bill also clarifies the grading of these offenses, making a first offense a felony of the third degree and subsequent offenses a felony of the second degree, and defines what constitutes a prior offense for sentencing purposes. Furthermore, it extends the statute of limitations for these crimes from four to five years and mandates permanent ineligibility for cash assistance for individuals convicted of offenses under the new provisions, while also outlining specific periods of ineligibility for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) for repeat offenders.

Committee Categories

Budget and Finance, Health and Social Services

Sponsors (9)

Last Action

Re-referred to Appropriations (on 06/10/2026)

Taxonomy

Law, Crime, and Family Issues
  • ‐ Criminal and Juvenile Delinquent Prosecution, Procedure, and Sentencing
  • ‐ White Collar Crime and Organized Crime
Social Welfare
  • ‐ Poverty and Assistance for Low-Income Families

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