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+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act amending Titles 24 (Education) and 71 (State Government) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes as follows: In Title 24: for retirement for school employees, in preliminary provisions, further providing for definitions; in membership, contributions and benefits, further providing for payments by employers and providing for nonparticipating employer withdrawal liability and further providing for actuarial cost method; in School Employees' Defined Contribution Plan, further providing for vesting; in administration and miscellaneous provisions, further providing for Public School Employees Retirement Board; in administration and miscellaneous provisions, providing for the establishment of the Public Markets Emerging Investment Manager Program; and, in preliminary provisions, further providing for definitions. In Title 71: for retirement for State employees and officers, in preliminary provisions relating to retirement for State employees and officers, further providing for definitions; in membership, credited service, classes of service and eligibility for benefits regarding administration of the State Employees' Retirement Fund, further providing for election to become a Class A-6 member or solely a participant in the plan and for eligibility for death benefits; and, in benefits, further providing for maximum single life annuity."
+description: "An Act amending Titles 24 (Education) and 71 (State Government) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes as follows: In Title 24: for retirement for school employees, in preliminary provisions, further providing for definitions; in membership, contributions and benefits, further providing for payments by employers and providing for nonparticipating employer withdrawal liability and further providing for actuarial cost method; in School Employees' Defined Contribution Plan, further providing for vesting; in administration and miscellaneous provisions, further providing for Public School Employees Retirement Board; in administration and miscellaneous provisions, providing for the establishment of the Public Markets Emerging Investment Manager Program; and, in preliminary provisions, further providing for definitions. In Title 71: for retirement for State employees and officers, in preliminary provisions relating to retirement for State employees and officers, further providing for definitions; in membership, credited service, classes of service and eligibility for benefits regarding administration of the State Employees' Retirement Fund, further providing for election to become a Class A-6 member or solely a participant in the plan and for eligibility for death benefits; and, in benefits, further providing for maximum single life annuity."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
+legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
+session: "2019-2020"
+identifier: "SB 724"
+citation: "Pennsylvania SB 724 (2019-2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Corman"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 24
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2019-06-06T04:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2019-07-02T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/59fa5b9e-b320-4441-b200-c37afa62c14b"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=724"
+source_hash: "f25ccbd42a1ed22e349b253506e1c98de28ad22b178c73e9e3cd7f8c5f1254ff"
+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 724 (2019-2020) — An Act amending Titles 24 (Education) and 71 (State Government) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes as follows: In Title 24: for retirement for school employees, in preliminary provisions, further providing for definitions; in membership, contributions and benefits, further providing for payments by employers and providing for nonparticipating employer withdrawal liability and further providing for actuarial cost method; in School Employees' Defined Contribution Plan, further providing for vesting; in administration and miscellaneous provisions, further providing for Public School Employees Retirement Board; in administration and miscellaneous provisions, providing for the establishment of the Public Markets Emerging Investment Manager Program; and, in preliminary provisions, further providing for definitions. In Title 71: for retirement for State employees and officers, in preliminary provisions relating to retirement for State employees and officers, further providing for definitions; in membership, credited service, classes of service and eligibility for benefits regarding administration of the State Employees' Retirement Fund, further providing for election to become a Class A-6 member or solely a participant in the plan and for eligibility for death benefits; and, in benefits, further providing for maximum single life annuity.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **House Amendment A02165** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/HA/Public/HaCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sYear=2019&sInd=0&body=S&type=B&bn=0724&pn=0999&aYear=2019&an=02165)
+2. **Printer's No. 0894** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0724&pn=0894)
+3. **Printer's No. 0999** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0724&pn=0999)
+4. **Printer's No. 1046** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0724&pn=1046)
+5. **Senate Amendment A02115** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/HA/Public/HaCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sYear=2019&sInd=0&body=S&type=B&bn=0724&pn=0894&aYear=2019&an=02115)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Committee vote (FINANCE): Reported as Committed — **11–0** (pass) · upper
+- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **24–0** (pass) · upper
+- Committee vote (RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **17–0** (pass) · upper
+- FINAL PASSAGE — **50–0** (pass) · upper
+- CONCUR IN HOUSE AMENDMENTS — **50–0** (pass) · upper
+- FINAL PASSAGE — **201–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Corman — primary (person)
+- Browne — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** PN 0894 Referred to FINANCE `referral-committee`
+- **2019-06-10T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2019-06-10T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
+- **2019-06-11T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
+- **2019-06-11T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
+- **2019-06-11T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2019-06-17T04:00:00+00:00** PN 0999 Amended on third consideration
+- **2019-06-18T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
+- **2019-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to STATE GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
+- **2019-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1046 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
+- **2019-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
+- **2019-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
+- **2019-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
+- **2019-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
+- **2019-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
+- **2019-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2019-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
+- **2019-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS `referral-committee`
+- **2019-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2019-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House amendments
+- **2019-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
+- **2019-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
+- **2019-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-07-02T04:00:00+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/59fa5b9e-b320-4441-b200-c37afa62c14b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).
+