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+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929, in powers and duties of the Department of Public Welfare and its"
+description: "An Act amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929, in powers and duties of the Department of Public Welfare and its"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
+legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
+session: "2025-2026"
+identifier: "HB 640"
+citation: "Pennsylvania HB 640 (2025-2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Dan Williams"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 28
+vote_count: 13
+first_action: "2025-02-20T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/85d245ed-20e8-4bdc-a58c-c034d379e3b4"
+source_url: "https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=56&rollcallid=87&sessYr=2025&sessInd=0"
+source_hash: "2cc70fe73b560cfa67d3c1b7be3bc2d5fb6435d8b27a9d3385a2fb6042f3a43a"
+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 640 (2025-2026) — An Act amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929, in powers and duties of the Department of Public Welfare and its
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Printer's No. PN0650** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2025/0/HB0640/PN0650)
+2. **Printer's No. PN2037** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2025/0/HB0640/PN2037)
+3. **Printer's No. PN2052** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2025/0/HB0640/PN2052)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-Reported as Committed — **22–0** (pass) · upper
+- Committee vote (Rules & Executive Nominations): Re-Reported as Committed — **17–0** (pass) · upper
+- RE-REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS — **50–0** (pass) · upper
+- Committee vote (Health & Human Services): Reported as Committed — **12–0** (pass) · upper
+- CONCURRENCE — **183–20** (pass) · lower
+- FINAL PASSAGE — **50–0** (pass) · upper
+- Committee vote (Human Services): Report Bill As Committed — **26–0** (pass) · lower
+- Committee vote (Rules): Re-report Bill As Amended — **33–0** (pass) · lower
+- MOTION TO CONSIDER BILL ON SECOND CONSIDERATION — **50–0** (pass) · upper
+- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Committed — **37–0** (pass) · lower
+- Committee vote (Rules): Adopt Amendment — **33–0** (pass) · lower
+- FINAL PASSAGE — **203–0** (pass) · lower
+- CONCUR IN HOUSE AMENDMENTS TO SENATE AMENDMENTS — **46–4** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Dan Williams — primary (person)
+- Benjamin Sanchez — cosponsor (person)
+- Carol Hill-Evans — cosponsor (person)
+- Daniel Deasy — cosponsor (person)
+- Doyle Heffley — cosponsor (person)
+- Joe Webster — cosponsor (person)
+- Jose Giral — cosponsor (person)
+- Keith Harris — cosponsor (person)
+- Malcolm Kenyatta — cosponsor (person)
+- Maureen Madden — cosponsor (person)
+- Melissa Cerrato — cosponsor (person)
+- Nancy Guenst — cosponsor (person)
+- Robert Freeman — cosponsor (person)
+- Steven Malagari — cosponsor (person)
+- Tina Davis — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Human Services `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2025-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
+- **2025-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
+- **2025-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
+- **2025-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
+- **2025-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2025-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-11T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2025-06-11T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
+- **2025-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations *opening vote* `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2025-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Amended on third consideration `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Amended in House Committee on Rules
+- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as amended `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
+- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments
+- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules & Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House amendments to Senate amendments
+- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
+- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
+- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Act No. 14 of 2025
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/85d245ed-20e8-4bdc-a58c-c034d379e3b4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).
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