---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, providing for veterans registry."
description: "An Act amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, providing for veterans registry."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1231"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 1231 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Solomon"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 20
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-04-17T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-12-22T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1c61c9eb-752e-48ec-a0c3-f867f07d3d03"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=1231"
source_hash: "4f1a60a23ad9c2777e183d54e1c9b02ea80a938580923bc45de63b069bc9480c"
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 1231 (2017-2018) — An Act amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, providing for veterans registry.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Printer's No. 1458** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=1231&pn=1458)
2. **Printer's No. 2158** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/WU01/LI/BI/SFN/2017/0/HB1231P2158.pdf)

## Votes

- Committee vote (VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS): Reported as Committed — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- HB 1231 PN 1458, 2017 A1734, SOLOMON — **197–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- HB 1231 PN 1458, 2017 A2251, BARRAR — **197–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **198–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **25–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Solomon — primary (person)
- Barbin — cosponsor (person)
- Barrar — cosponsor (person)
- Boback — cosponsor (person)
- Bullock — cosponsor (person)
- Caltagirone — cosponsor (person)
- Cephas — cosponsor (person)
- Charlton — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Deasy — cosponsor (person)
- Donatucci — cosponsor (person)
- Dowling — cosponsor (person)
- Driscoll — cosponsor (person)
- Gabler — cosponsor (person)
- Gillen — cosponsor (person)
- Irvin — cosponsor (person)
- James — cosponsor (person)
- Kortz — cosponsor (person)
- Matzie — cosponsor (person)
- Mccarter — cosponsor (person)
- Mcneill — cosponsor (person)
- Miccarelli — cosponsor (person)
- Millard — cosponsor (person)
- Milne — cosponsor (person)
- Murt — cosponsor (person)
- R. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Rothman — cosponsor (person)
- Rozzi — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan — cosponsor (person)
- Saccone — cosponsor (person)
- Sims — cosponsor (person)
- Staats — cosponsor (person)
- V. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Wheatley — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-04-17T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1458 Referred to VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2017-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to RULES `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** PN 2158 Second consideration, with amendments `reading-2`
- **2017-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-07-06T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS `referral-committee`
- **2017-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2017-10-23T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2017-10-23T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2017-12-11T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-12-13T05:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-12-13T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2017-12-13T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2017-12-13T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-12-22T05:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1c61c9eb-752e-48ec-a0c3-f867f07d3d03`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).