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+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act amending the act of June 30, 1987 (P.L.163, No.16), known as the Rural Pennsylvania Revitalization Act, in Center for Rural Pennsylvania, further providing for board of directors; establishing the Rural Population Revitalization Commission and providing for duties of the commission; and making a repeal."
+description: "An Act amending the act of June 30, 1987 (P.L.163, No.16), known as the Rural Pennsylvania Revitalization Act, in Center for Rural Pennsylvania, further providing for board of directors; establishing the Rural Population Revitalization Commission and providing for duties of the commission; and making a repeal."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
+legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
+session: "2023-2024"
+identifier: "SB 277"
+citation: "Pennsylvania SB 277 (2023-2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Gene Yaw"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 22
+vote_count: 8
+first_action: "2023-01-31T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2024-06-10T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2755b013-2b8f-4374-992e-1cb45e91a703"
+source_url: "https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=2&rollcallid=483&sessYr=2023&sessInd=0"
+source_hash: "ad0204f95ce86be97596416908f18c633c670745045400985f0badee16e02ffe"
+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 277 (2023-2024) — An Act amending the act of June 30, 1987 (P.L.163, No.16), known as the Rural Pennsylvania Revitalization Act, in Center for Rural Pennsylvania, further providing for board of directors; establishing the Rural Population Revitalization Commission and providing for duties of the commission; and making a repeal.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **House Amendment A04260** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/amendments/text/2023/0/A04260)
+2. **Printer's No. PN0241** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/SB0277/PN0241)
+3. **Printer's No. PN1589** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/SB0277/PN1589)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Committee vote (Agriculture & Rural Affairs): Reported as Committed — **11–0** (pass) · upper
+- FINAL PASSAGE — **162–38** (pass) · lower
+- Committee vote (Agriculture & Rural Affairs): Report Bill As Committed — **20–0** (pass) · lower
+- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Committed — **37–0** (pass) · lower
+- A4260 — **156–45** (pass) · lower
+- FINAL PASSAGE — **49–0** (pass) · upper
+- Committee vote (Rules & Executive Nominations): Re-Reported as Committed — **17–0** (pass) · upper
+- CONCUR IN HOUSE AMENDMENTS — **49–1** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Gene Yaw — primary (person)
+- Elder Vogel — cosponsor (person)
+- Lisa Baker — cosponsor (person)
+- Patrick Stefano — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-31T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Agriculture & Rural Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2023-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
+- **2023-05-10T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
+- **2023-06-05T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Agriculture & Rural Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2023-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2023-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
+- **2023-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
+- **2024-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
+- **2024-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration, with amendments `reading-2`
+- **2024-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2024-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2024-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
+- **2024-06-03T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules & Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
+- **2024-06-03T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2024-06-03T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House amendments
+- **2024-06-03T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
+- **2024-06-04T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
+- **2024-06-04T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-06-10T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2024-06-10T04:00:00+00:00** Act No. 21 of 2024
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2755b013-2b8f-4374-992e-1cb45e91a703`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).
+