---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act providing for competitive integrated employment in State and county agencies and any entity providing publicly funded education, training, employment and related services and long-term services and supports for working-age Pennsylvanians with a disability; establishing Employment First, the Governor's Cabinet for People with Disabilities and the Employment First Oversight Commission and providing for their powers and duties; and conferring powers and imposing duties on the Governor and the Office of the Governor."
description: "An Act providing for competitive integrated employment in State and county agencies and any entity providing publicly funded education, training, employment and related services and long-term services and supports for working-age Pennsylvanians with a disability; establishing Employment First, the Governor's Cabinet for People with Disabilities and the Employment First Oversight Commission and providing for their powers and duties; and conferring powers and imposing duties on the Governor and the Office of the Governor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1641"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 1641 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cutler"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-06-29T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-06-19T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cefb45e9-9522-43b0-a55b-7cdaace2039c"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=1641"
source_hash: "09b070901403f9ad5fcf95016ac1d8509101e4d8c25a60bc42d8177f6e7c3001"
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 1641 (2017-2018) — An Act providing for competitive integrated employment in State and county agencies and any entity providing publicly funded education, training, employment and related services and long-term services and supports for working-age Pennsylvanians with a disability; establishing Employment First, the Governor's Cabinet for People with Disabilities and the Employment First Oversight Commission and providing for their powers and duties; and conferring powers and imposing duties on the Governor and the Office of the Governor.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. 2192** (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=1641&pn=2192)
2. **Printer's No. 2734** (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=1641&pn=2734)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (LABOR AND INDUSTRY): Reported as Committed — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **191–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **26–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cutler — primary (person)
- A. Davis — cosponsor (person)
- A. Harris — cosponsor (person)
- B. Miller — cosponsor (person)
- B. O'Neill — cosponsor (person)
- Barbin — cosponsor (person)
- Barrar — cosponsor (person)
- Bernstine — cosponsor (person)
- Caltagirone — cosponsor (person)
- Comitta — cosponsor (person)
- Cox — cosponsor (person)
- D. Costa — cosponsor (person)
- D. Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Dean — cosponsor (person)
- Deasy — cosponsor (person)
- Donatucci — cosponsor (person)
- Farry — cosponsor (person)
- Fee — cosponsor (person)
- Frankel — cosponsor (person)
- Freeman — cosponsor (person)
- Galloway — cosponsor (person)
- Grove — cosponsor (person)
- Kinsey — cosponsor (person)
- Klunk — cosponsor (person)
- Kortz — cosponsor (person)
- Matzie — cosponsor (person)
- Mcginnis — cosponsor (person)
- Mcneill — cosponsor (person)
- Miccarelli — cosponsor (person)
- Millard — cosponsor (person)
- Murt — cosponsor (person)
- Mustio — cosponsor (person)
- Neilson — cosponsor (person)
- Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Ortitay — cosponsor (person)
- Pashinski — cosponsor (person)
- Phillips-Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Pickett — cosponsor (person)
- Rader — cosponsor (person)
- Rapp — cosponsor (person)
- Ravenstahl — cosponsor (person)
- Readshaw — cosponsor (person)
- Rothman — cosponsor (person)
- Rozzi — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan — cosponsor (person)
- Schlossberg — cosponsor (person)
- Solomon — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Watson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** PN 2192 Referred to LABOR AND INDUSTRY `referral-committee`
- **2017-11-20T05:00:00+00:00** PN 2734 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2017-11-20T05:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2017-11-20T05:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2017-12-05T05:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2017-12-06T05:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2017-12-06T05:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2017-12-11T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-12-11T05:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-01-02T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to LABOR AND INDUSTRY `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-05T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-06-05T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2018-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2018-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-11T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-06-13T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2018-06-13T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2018-06-13T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-06-19T04:00:00+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/cefb45e9-9522-43b0-a55b-7cdaace2039c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).