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+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in Department of Military Affairs, establishing the PA VETConnect Program."
+description: "An Act amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in Department of Military Affairs, establishing the PA VETConnect Program."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
+legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
+session: "2023-2024"
+identifier: "SB 447"
+citation: "Pennsylvania SB 447 (2023-2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Doug Mastriano"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 24
+vote_count: 9
+first_action: "2023-02-24T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2024-07-17T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/61c6f9a3-21c6-4a5a-bd17-d747f5dd0f9b"
+source_url: "https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=42&rollcallid=1053&sessYr=2023&sessInd=0"
+source_hash: "25dc18d1bc51e5d8f964c0e34ba19118303ef58127c45a222524b903d0643bb6"
+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 447 (2023-2024) — An Act amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in Department of Military Affairs, establishing the PA VETConnect Program.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **House Amendment A02823** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/amendments/text/2023/0/A02823)
+2. **Printer's No. PN0370** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/SB0447/PN0370)
+3. **Printer's No. PN1799** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/SB0447/PN1799)
+
+## Votes
+
+- FINAL PASSAGE — **50–0** (pass) · upper
+- FINAL PASSAGE — **201–1** (pass) · lower
+- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Committed — **37–0** (pass) · lower
+- Committee vote (Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness): Report Bill As Committed — **25–0** (pass) · lower
+- Committee vote (Rules & Executive Nominations): Re-Reported as Committed — **17–0** (pass) · upper
+- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-Reported as Committed — **24–0** (pass) · upper
+- CONCUR IN HOUSE AMENDMENTS — **49–0** (pass) · upper
+- A2823 — **202–0** (pass) · lower
+- Committee vote (Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness): Reported as Committed — **11–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Doug Mastriano — primary (person)
+- Camera Bartolotta — cosponsor (person)
+- Cris Dush — cosponsor (person)
+- Judith Schwank — cosponsor (person)
+- Judy Ward — cosponsor (person)
+- Katie Muth — cosponsor (person)
+- Lisa Baker — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2023-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
+- **2023-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
+- **2023-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-24T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2023-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-05-10T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness `referral-committee`
+- **2023-10-31T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2023-10-31T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
+- **2023-10-31T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
+- **2024-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
+- **2024-07-01T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration, with amendments `reading-2`
+- **2024-07-01T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2024-07-02T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2024-07-09T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
+- **2024-07-09T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules & Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
+- **2024-07-10T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2024-07-10T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House amendments
+- **2024-07-10T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
+- **2024-07-10T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
+- **2024-07-10T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-07-17T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2024-07-17T04:00:00+00:00** Act No. 70 of 2024
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/61c6f9a3-21c6-4a5a-bd17-d747f5dd0f9b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).
+