---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for the National Guard Youth Challenge Program."
description: "An Act amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for the National Guard Youth Challenge Program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 824"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 824 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Saylor"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 24
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-03-10T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-06-28T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0f61edb9-5f68-4255-9a5d-1265b9919fef"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=824"
source_hash: "6d2a51d42b048846f9aad8f0d2e1a15cf412a003033b0f5c7e8a2dcbf5c8e137"
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 824 (2017-2018) — An Act amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for the National Guard Youth Challenge Program.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. 0902** (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=0824&pn=0902)
2. **Printer's No. 3661** (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=0824&pn=3661)

## Votes

- HB 824 PN 3661, CONCUR — **196–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS): Reported as Committed — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **190–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Saylor — primary (person)
- Baker — cosponsor (person)
- Barbin — cosponsor (person)
- Barrar — cosponsor (person)
- Boback — cosponsor (person)
- Bullock — cosponsor (person)
- Caltagirone — cosponsor (person)
- D. Costa — cosponsor (person)
- Ellis — cosponsor (person)
- Everett — cosponsor (person)
- Farry — cosponsor (person)
- Grove — cosponsor (person)
- Heffley — cosponsor (person)
- Helm — cosponsor (person)
- James — cosponsor (person)
- Klunk — cosponsor (person)
- Kortz — cosponsor (person)
- Mackenzie — cosponsor (person)
- Maloney — cosponsor (person)
- Mcneill — cosponsor (person)
- Miccarelli — cosponsor (person)
- Millard — cosponsor (person)
- Murt — cosponsor (person)
- Neilson — cosponsor (person)
- Phillips-Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Rozzi — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan — cosponsor (person)
- Sainato — cosponsor (person)
- Santora — cosponsor (person)
- Schlossberg — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
- Solomon — cosponsor (person)
- Staats — cosponsor (person)
- Toepel — cosponsor (person)
- V. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Watson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** PN 0902 Referred to VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-10T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-05-10T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2017-05-10T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2017-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2017-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2017-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS `referral-committee`
- **2017-07-08T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-07-08T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2017-07-17T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2017-07-17T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-06-11T04:00:00+00:00** PN 3661 Amended on third consideration
- **2018-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to RULES `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments
- **2018-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2018-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2018-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-06-28T04:00:00+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/0f61edb9-5f68-4255-9a5d-1265b9919fef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).