---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in military leave of absence, further providing for employment discrimination for military membership or duty."
description: "An Act amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in military leave of absence, further providing for employment discrimination for military membership or duty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 196"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 196 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Day"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-21T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-06-30T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fa6dc7df-c955-4d18-b0fd-ebef08a314e7"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2021&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=196"
source_hash: "33d696cd05a6ea619a52d547ceb3a1760e0358ec0e6071472ab3c0783bb5d5ff"
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 196 (2021-2022) — An Act amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in military leave of absence, further providing for employment discrimination for military membership or duty.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. 0162** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2021&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=0196&pn=0162)

## Votes

- HB 196 PN 162, Final Passage — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS): Reported as Committed — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **201–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Day — primary (person)
- Ciresi — cosponsor (person)
- Delloso — cosponsor (person)
- Freeman — cosponsor (person)
- Gillen — cosponsor (person)
- Hill-Evans — cosponsor (person)
- James — cosponsor (person)
- Kauffman — cosponsor (person)
- Kerwin — cosponsor (person)
- Kulik — cosponsor (person)
- Mentzer — cosponsor (person)
- Millard — cosponsor (person)
- R. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Sainato — cosponsor (person)
- Webster — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-21T05:00:00+00:00** PN 0162 Referred to VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2021-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2021-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2021-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2021-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2021-06-23T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2021-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2021-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Act No. 31 of 2021

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fa6dc7df-c955-4d18-b0fd-ebef08a314e7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).