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+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in decorations, medals, badges and awards, further providing for authorized decorations, medals, badges and awards and for specifications."
+description: "An Act amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in decorations, medals, badges and awards, further providing for authorized decorations, medals, badges and awards and for specifications."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
+legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
+session: "2017-2018"
+identifier: "HB 165"
+citation: "Pennsylvania HB 165 (2017-2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Saccone"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 22
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2017-01-23T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2017-11-29T05:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9e10ff43-a71e-4d8c-9bcd-bfbd6396c4f5"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=165"
+source_hash: "f23c291f9f1e74ceb6d3d9172a1ab032154c5c4dcc84215a29ac0a63f6d7f96c"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-pa"]
+---
+
+# Pennsylvania HB 165 (2017-2018) — An Act amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in decorations, medals, badges and awards, further providing for authorized decorations, medals, badges and awards and for specifications.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Printer's No. 0129** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/WU01/LI/BI/FN/2017/0/HB0165P0129.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Committee vote (VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS): Reported as Committed — **12–0** (pass) · upper
+- FINAL PASSAGE — **185–12** (pass) · lower
+- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **25–0** (pass) · upper
+- FINAL PASSAGE — **49–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Saccone — primary (person)
+- B. Miller — cosponsor (person)
+- Baker — cosponsor (person)
+- Barbin — cosponsor (person)
+- Barrar — cosponsor (person)
+- D. Costa — cosponsor (person)
+- D. Miller — cosponsor (person)
+- Donatucci — cosponsor (person)
+- Farry — cosponsor (person)
+- Kortz — cosponsor (person)
+- Maloney — cosponsor (person)
+- Marsico — cosponsor (person)
+- Millard — cosponsor (person)
+- Ortitay — cosponsor (person)
+- Phillips-Hill — cosponsor (person)
+- Readshaw — cosponsor (person)
+- Ryan — cosponsor (person)
+- Sainato — cosponsor (person)
+- Ward — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-01-23T05:00:00+00:00** PN 0129 Referred to VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2017-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
+- **2017-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
+- **2017-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
+- **2017-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
+- **2017-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
+- **2017-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2017-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS `referral-committee`
+- **2017-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2017-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
+- **2017-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table (Pursuant to Senate Rule 9)
+- **2017-10-16T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
+- **2017-10-16T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
+- **2017-10-16T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2017-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
+- **2017-11-14T05:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-11-15T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
+- **2017-11-20T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
+- **2017-11-20T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2017-11-29T05:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9e10ff43-a71e-4d8c-9bcd-bfbd6396c4f5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).
+