---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in decorations, medals, badges and awards, further providing for authorized decorations, medals, badges and awards and for specifications."
description: "An Act amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in decorations, medals, badges and awards, further providing for authorized decorations, medals, badges and awards and for specifications."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 165"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 165 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Saccone"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 22
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-01-23T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-11-29T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9e10ff43-a71e-4d8c-9bcd-bfbd6396c4f5"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=165"
source_hash: "f23c291f9f1e74ceb6d3d9172a1ab032154c5c4dcc84215a29ac0a63f6d7f96c"
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 165 (2017-2018) — An Act amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in decorations, medals, badges and awards, further providing for authorized decorations, medals, badges and awards and for specifications.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. 0129** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/WU01/LI/BI/FN/2017/0/HB0165P0129.pdf)

## Votes

- Committee vote (VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS): Reported as Committed — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **185–12** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Saccone — primary (person)
- B. Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Baker — cosponsor (person)
- Barbin — cosponsor (person)
- Barrar — cosponsor (person)
- D. Costa — cosponsor (person)
- D. Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Donatucci — cosponsor (person)
- Farry — cosponsor (person)
- Kortz — cosponsor (person)
- Maloney — cosponsor (person)
- Marsico — cosponsor (person)
- Millard — cosponsor (person)
- Ortitay — cosponsor (person)
- Phillips-Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Readshaw — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan — cosponsor (person)
- Sainato — cosponsor (person)
- Ward — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-23T05:00:00+00:00** PN 0129 Referred to VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2017-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2017-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2017-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2017-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2017-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table (Pursuant to Senate Rule 9)
- **2017-10-16T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2017-10-16T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2017-10-16T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2017-11-14T05:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-11-15T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2017-11-20T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2017-11-20T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-11-29T05:00:00+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/9e10ff43-a71e-4d8c-9bcd-bfbd6396c4f5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).