HB 2049 Pennsylvania House · 2025-2026 Regular Session

An Act amending the act of June 2, 1915 (P.L.736, No.338), known as the Workers' Compensation Act, in liability and compensation, further providing for computation of benefits.

HB 2049 amends the state's Workers' Compensation Act to change how benefits for injured workers are calculated. The bill specifically addresses the computation of benefits and liability, directly affecting workers who suffer job-related injuries and their employers. Key provisions would adjust the formulas or methods used to determine compensation amounts. The bill was referred to the Labor & Industry committee on November 18, 2025, for further review.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Nov 2025
Committee Review
Jun 2026
House Passage
Jun 2026
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Nov 18, 2025 Last action Jun 18, 2026
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Printer's No. PN2624 Printer's No. PN3572 · 5 edits
MODERATE
The bill was amended to add new procedures for handling excess burial benefit refunds, requiring employers to notify undertakers and undertakers to provide itemized accounting and notarized acknowledgments. It also establishes a dispute resolution process with penalties for violations and mandates a five-year review of the burial benefit program to assess inflation and costs. Additionally, new sponsors and a Senate committee chair were added to the bill's introduction.
Scope change
The bill now applies to the administrative process of refunding excess burial benefits, introducing specific duties for employers and undertakers, and creating a formal review mechanism for the benefit program.
REQUIREMENT

Employers or insurers must provide written notice to undertakers regarding the responsibility to refund excess money and the order of succession for dependents.

Undertakers must provide an itemized accounting of burial expenses and obtain a notarized acknowledgment from the recipient before issuing refunds.

ENFORCEMENT

A dispute resolution process was added allowing petitions to a Workers' Compensation Judge after 60 days, with authority to impose penalties for violations.

TIMELINE

The Workers' Compensation Advisory Council must review the burial benefit every five years and report findings to the General Assembly by July 1, 2031, and subsequent five-year intervals.

ELIGIBILITY

The list of bill sponsors was updated to include new representatives and added the Senate Labor and Industry Committee chairperson as a recipient of the periodic review reports.

Floor votes · House Jun 9, 2026

How they voted

2010
Passed
Total votes 201
Jun 9, 2026
D Democratic102
102 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican99
99 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
11
Key actions
4
Committee
5
Jun 18, 2026
Committee
Referred to Labor & Industry
upper
Jun 10, 2026
Lower · Passed
Third consideration and final passage
lower
Jun 10, 2026
Lower · Passed
Re-reported as committed
lower
Jun 9, 2026
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (201-0)
house
Jun 9, 2026
Committee
Re-committed to Appropriations
lower
Apr 13, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported as committed
lower
Nov 18, 2025
Committee
Referred to Labor & Industry
lower
1 primary · 23 co-sponsors

Sponsors