---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Title 71 (State Government) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in membership, credited service, classes of service and eligibility for benefits, providing for election to purchase nonintervening military service; and, in administration, funds, accounts and general provisions, further providing for construction of part."
description: "An Act amending Title 71 (State Government) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in membership, credited service, classes of service and eligibility for benefits, providing for election to purchase nonintervening military service; and, in administration, funds, accounts and general provisions, further providing for construction of part."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 997"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 997 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stefano"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-01-24T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-07-01T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c3cdfb17-1d20-4c9d-a066-6b5ce6413395"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=997"
source_hash: "6ff93cf0e2eff7f43d0af1553751c8f94620c240c5981cdd64f72dc0f6ba06d0"
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 997 (2019-2020) — An Act amending Title 71 (State Government) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in membership, credited service, classes of service and eligibility for benefits, providing for election to purchase nonintervening military service; and, in administration, funds, accounts and general provisions, further providing for construction of part.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. 1465** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0997&pn=1465)

## Votes

- Committee vote (FINANCE): Reported as Committed — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **201–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **24–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Stefano — primary (person)
- Baker — cosponsor (person)
- Brewster — cosponsor (person)
- Browne — cosponsor (person)
- Costa — cosponsor (person)
- K. Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Killion — cosponsor (person)
- Mastriano — cosponsor (person)
- Mensch — cosponsor (person)
- Pittman — cosponsor (person)
- Yudichak — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-24T05:00:00+00:00** PN 1465 Referred to FINANCE `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2020-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2020-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2020-04-21T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2020-04-21T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-04-21T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to STATE GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-09T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2020-06-09T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2020-06-09T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2020-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2020-06-23T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2020-06-23T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2020-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2020-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2020-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-07-01T04:00:00+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/c3cdfb17-1d20-4c9d-a066-6b5ce6413395`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).