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+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act amending the act of April 27, 1927 (P.L.465, No.299), referred to as the Fire and Panic Act, further providing for standards for Class VI buildings."
+description: "An Act amending the act of April 27, 1927 (P.L.465, No.299), referred to as the Fire and Panic Act, further providing for standards for Class VI buildings."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
+legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
+session: "2021-2022"
+identifier: "SB 563"
+citation: "Pennsylvania SB 563 (2021-2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Laughlin"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 24
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2021-04-16T04:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2022-07-07T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f1f33de2-16db-4a10-8eb1-1304c6cb5003"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2021&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=563"
+source_hash: "6b05b6e7d12a0d5f5622d413cf96c59eb15a4a03091d9bfe629b594bcaea7ab1"
+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 563 (2021-2022) — An Act amending the act of April 27, 1927 (P.L.465, No.299), referred to as the Fire and Panic Act, further providing for standards for Class VI buildings.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Printer's No. 0609** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2021&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0563&pn=0609)
+2. **Printer's No. 1588** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2021&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0563&pn=1588)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **24–0** (pass) · upper
+- Committee vote (LABOR AND INDUSTRY): Reported as Committed — **11–0** (pass) · upper
+- FINAL PASSAGE — **199–0** (pass) · lower
+- SB 563 PN 1588, Concur in House Amendments — **49–0** (pass) · upper
+- Committee vote (RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **16–0** (pass) · upper
+- SB 563 PN 609, Final Passage — **50–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Laughlin — primary (person)
+- Argall — cosponsor (person)
+- Cappelletti — cosponsor (person)
+- Fontana — cosponsor (person)
+- Regan — cosponsor (person)
+- Schwank — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** PN 0609 Referred to LABOR AND INDUSTRY `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2021-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
+- **2021-05-10T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
+- **2021-05-10T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
+- **2021-06-07T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2021-06-15T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-06-16T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to LABOR AND INDUSTRY `referral-committee`
+- **2022-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1588 Reported as amended `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
+- **2022-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
+- **2022-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
+- **2022-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
+- **2022-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
+- **2022-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
+- **2022-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2022-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
+- **2022-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS `referral-committee`
+- **2022-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2022-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House amendments
+- **2022-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
+- **2022-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
+- **2022-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2022-07-07T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2022-07-07T04:00:00+00:00** Act No. 42 of 2022
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f1f33de2-16db-4a10-8eb1-1304c6cb5003`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).
+