---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Title 71 (State Government) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, consolidating the Civil Service Act; providing for civil service reform in the areas of merit-based hiring, civil service applications, certification, examinations and promotions; and making related repeals."
description: "An Act amending Title 71 (State Government) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, consolidating the Civil Service Act; providing for civil service reform in the areas of merit-based hiring, civil service applications, certification, examinations and promotions; and making related repeals."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 1037"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 1037 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Folmer"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-02-09T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-06-28T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/623f9ef6-64e0-4485-9b6d-9f6df114826f"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=1037"
source_hash: "fd8a7a409f5b8cd487303ee5e99ba993f763db9ddb34961e52e97c60fcbc086e"
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 SB 1037 (2017-2018) — An Act amending Title 71 (State Government) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, consolidating the Civil Service Act; providing for civil service reform in the areas of merit-based hiring, civil service applications, certification, examinations and promotions; and making related repeals.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. 1473** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=1037&pn=1473)
2. **Printer's No. 1781** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=1037&pn=1781)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE — **195–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (STATE GOVERNMENT): Reported as Amended — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Folmer — primary (person)
- Alloway — cosponsor (person)
- Argall — cosponsor (person)
- Aument — cosponsor (person)
- Baker — cosponsor (person)
- Bartolotta — cosponsor (person)
- Blake — cosponsor (person)
- Boscola — cosponsor (person)
- Dinniman — cosponsor (person)
- Eichelberger — cosponsor (person)
- Fontana — cosponsor (person)
- Killion — cosponsor (person)
- Langerholc — cosponsor (person)
- Laughlin — cosponsor (person)
- Leach — cosponsor (person)
- Martin — cosponsor (person)
- Mensch — cosponsor (person)
- Rafferty — cosponsor (person)
- Reschenthaler — cosponsor (person)
- Scarnati — cosponsor (person)
- Schwank — cosponsor (person)
- Stefano — cosponsor (person)
- Street — cosponsor (person)
- Tartaglione — cosponsor (person)
- Vulakovich — cosponsor (person)
- Ward — cosponsor (person)
- White — cosponsor (person)
- Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Yaw — cosponsor (person)
- Yudichak — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** PN 1473 Referred to STATE GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1781 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2018-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2018-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2018-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-04T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-06-05T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-06-08T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to STATE GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2018-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2018-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2018-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2018-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2018-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2018-06-22T04:00:00+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/623f9ef6-64e0-4485-9b6d-9f6df114826f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).