Pennsylvania HB2385: An Act amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in miscellaneous provisions relating to emergency management services, providing for minors serving in volunteer emergency service organizations; making a repeal; and making an editorial change.

What the bill says

Amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in miscellaneous provisions relating to emergency management services, providing for minors serving in volunteer emergency service organizations; making a repeal; and making an editorial change.

From the introduced text, April 15, 2026:

Amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in miscellaneous provisions relating to emergency management services, providing for minors serving in volunteer emergency service organizations; making a repeal; and making an editorial change. The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby enacts as follows: Section 1. Title 35 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a section to read: § 7715. Minors serving in volunteer emergency service organizations. (a) Limitations of minors.-- (1) An individual who is 14 years of age or older who is a member of a volunteer emergency service organization may participate in training and emergency service activities except as follows: (i) A minor may not operate a truck, ambulance or other official fire vehicle. (ii) A minor may not operate an aerial ladder, aerial platform or hydraulic jack. (iii) A minor may not use rubber electrical gloves, insulated wire gloves, insulated wire cutters, life nets or acetylene cutting units. (iv) A minor may not operate the pump of a fire vehicle while at the scene of a fire. (v) A minor may not enter a burning structure under any circumstance except when engaged in a training session for an interior firefighting module with live burns and all of the following apply: (A) The minor is 17 years of age or …

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Sponsors

• Michael Stender (R, 108) · primary sponsor