---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Title 12 (Commerce and Trade) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in Pennsylvania Military Community Enhancement Commission, further providing for establishment and membership."
description: "An Act amending Title 12 (Commerce and Trade) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in Pennsylvania Military Community Enhancement Commission, further providing for establishment and membership."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 798"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 798 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alloway"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-07-07T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-10-24T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/30e96b5f-36c6-4f22-9eb7-e110eaa06f4f"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=798"
source_hash: "3ebd00088f0e8ff1f3c02582dc9fcc4825b310b04588a9225afcefeb7f7f82b4"
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 798 (2017-2018) — An Act amending Title 12 (Commerce and Trade) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in Pennsylvania Military Community Enhancement Commission, further providing for establishment and membership.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. 1078** (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=0798&pn=1078)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE — **189–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS): Reported as Committed — **12–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Alloway — primary (person)
- Baker — cosponsor (person)
- Blake — cosponsor (person)
- Brewster — cosponsor (person)
- Costa — cosponsor (person)
- Eichelberger — cosponsor (person)
- Folmer — cosponsor (person)
- Rafferty — cosponsor (person)
- Reschenthaler — cosponsor (person)
- Sabatina — cosponsor (person)
- Tartaglione — cosponsor (person)
- White — cosponsor (person)
- Yudichak — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-07-07T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1078 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`
- **2017-11-15T05:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2017-12-11T05:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-12-13T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2018-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2018-10-01T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2018-10-01T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2018-10-11T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2018-10-15T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2018-10-15T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2018-10-16T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-10-16T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-10-16T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-10-24T04:00:00+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/30e96b5f-36c6-4f22-9eb7-e110eaa06f4f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).