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+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in professional and occupational licenses, further providing for retention of licenses and certifications of persons entering military service."
+description: "An Act amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in professional and occupational licenses, further providing for retention of licenses and certifications of persons entering military service."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
+legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
+session: "2023-2024"
+identifier: "HB 404"
+citation: "Pennsylvania HB 404 (2023-2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Dane Watro"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 21
+vote_count: 7
+first_action: "2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2023-10-23T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/72bc633c-2e26-4838-b995-98f9c3c82674"
+source_url: "https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=42&rollcallid=225&sessYr=2023&sessInd=0"
+source_hash: "67d4d403145531c9f15a88d338613e2e4015d75fb83815491539f94580a5affc"
+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 404 (2023-2024) — An Act amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in professional and occupational licenses, further providing for retention of licenses and certifications of persons entering military service.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **House Amendment A00536** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/amendments/text/2023/0/A00536)
+2. **Printer's No. PN0372** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/HB0404/PN0372)
+3. **Printer's No. PN1301** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/HB0404/PN1301)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Committee vote (Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness): Reported as Committed — **11–0** (pass) · upper
+- FINAL PASSAGE — **203–0** (pass) · lower
+- FINAL PASSAGE — **48–0** (pass) · upper
+- Committee vote (Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness): Report Bill As Amended — **21–0** (pass) · lower
+- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Committed — **37–0** (pass) · lower
+- Committee vote (Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness): Adopt Amendment — **21–0** (pass) · lower
+- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-Reported as Committed — **22–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Dane Watro — primary (person)
+- Barbara Gleim — cosponsor (person)
+- Barry Jozwiak — cosponsor (person)
+- Clint Owlett — cosponsor (person)
+- David Zimmerman — cosponsor (person)
+- Dawn Keefer — cosponsor (person)
+- Doyle Heffley — cosponsor (person)
+- Eric Nelson — cosponsor (person)
+- James Struzzi — cosponsor (person)
+- Jamie Flick — cosponsor (person)
+- Jill Cooper — cosponsor (person)
+- Joe Ciresi — cosponsor (person)
+- Joe Hamm — cosponsor (person)
+- Joe Webster — cosponsor (person)
+- Malcolm Kenyatta — cosponsor (person)
+- Mark Gillen — cosponsor (person)
+- Nancy Guenst — cosponsor (person)
+- Perry A. Stambaugh — cosponsor (person)
+- Rob Kauffman — cosponsor (person)
+- Robert Leadbeter — cosponsor (person)
+- Ryan Mackenzie — cosponsor (person)
+- Scott Conklin — cosponsor (person)
+- Tim Twardzik — cosponsor (person)
+- Tina Davis — cosponsor (person)
+- Tina Pickett — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness `referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as amended `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
+- **2023-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
+- **2023-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
+- **2023-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
+- **2023-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
+- **2023-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2023-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2023-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness `referral-committee`
+- **2023-10-03T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2023-10-03T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
+- **2023-10-04T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
+- **2023-10-04T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2023-10-16T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2023-10-18T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-10-18T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
+- **2023-10-18T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
+- **2023-10-19T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-10-23T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2023-10-23T04:00:00+00:00** Act No. 13 of 2023
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/72bc633c-2e26-4838-b995-98f9c3c82674`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).
+