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+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act amending Title 71 (State Government) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, consolidating the Civil Service Act; providing for civil service reform in the areas of merit-based hiring, civil service applications, certification, examinations and promotions; and making related repeals."
+description: "An Act amending Title 71 (State Government) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, consolidating the Civil Service Act; providing for civil service reform in the areas of merit-based hiring, civil service applications, certification, examinations and promotions; and making related repeals."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
+legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
+session: "2017-2018"
+identifier: "SB 1037"
+citation: "Pennsylvania SB 1037 (2017-2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Folmer"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 20
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2018-02-09T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2018-06-28T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/623f9ef6-64e0-4485-9b6d-9f6df114826f"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=1037"
+source_hash: "fd8a7a409f5b8cd487303ee5e99ba993f763db9ddb34961e52e97c60fcbc086e"
+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 SB 1037 (2017-2018) — An Act amending Title 71 (State Government) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, consolidating the Civil Service Act; providing for civil service reform in the areas of merit-based hiring, civil service applications, certification, examinations and promotions; and making related repeals.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Printer's No. 1473** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=1037&pn=1473)
+2. **Printer's No. 1781** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=1037&pn=1781)
+
+## Votes
+
+- FINAL PASSAGE — **195–0** (pass) · lower
+- Committee vote (STATE GOVERNMENT): Reported as Amended — **11–0** (pass) · upper
+- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **26–0** (pass) · upper
+- FINAL PASSAGE — **49–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Folmer — primary (person)
+- Alloway — cosponsor (person)
+- Argall — cosponsor (person)
+- Aument — cosponsor (person)
+- Baker — cosponsor (person)
+- Bartolotta — cosponsor (person)
+- Blake — cosponsor (person)
+- Boscola — cosponsor (person)
+- Dinniman — cosponsor (person)
+- Eichelberger — cosponsor (person)
+- Fontana — cosponsor (person)
+- Killion — cosponsor (person)
+- Langerholc — cosponsor (person)
+- Laughlin — cosponsor (person)
+- Leach — cosponsor (person)
+- Martin — cosponsor (person)
+- Mensch — cosponsor (person)
+- Rafferty — cosponsor (person)
+- Reschenthaler — cosponsor (person)
+- Scarnati — cosponsor (person)
+- Schwank — cosponsor (person)
+- Stefano — cosponsor (person)
+- Street — cosponsor (person)
+- Tartaglione — cosponsor (person)
+- Vulakovich — cosponsor (person)
+- Ward — cosponsor (person)
+- White — cosponsor (person)
+- Williams — cosponsor (person)
+- Yaw — cosponsor (person)
+- Yudichak — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** PN 1473 Referred to STATE GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
+- **2018-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1781 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
+- **2018-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
+- **2018-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
+- **2018-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
+- **2018-06-04T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2018-06-05T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
+- **2018-06-08T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to STATE GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
+- **2018-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2018-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
+- **2018-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
+- **2018-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
+- **2018-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
+- **2018-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
+- **2018-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2018-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
+- **2018-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
+- **2018-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
+- **2018-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2018-06-28T04:00:00+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/623f9ef6-64e0-4485-9b6d-9f6df114826f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).
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