---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Title 61 (Prisons and Parole) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in county correctional institutions, further providing for establishment."
description: "An Act amending Title 61 (Prisons and Parole) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in county correctional institutions, further providing for establishment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 2143"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 2143 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Miller"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 19
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-12-08T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-02-17T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3b3c1861-0a42-4b68-b320-9c33fa7e2c46"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2021&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=2143"
source_hash: "edfcfaae756c310c19ad7597a5a143cb6a2813e106b5b98e1dd4110fb0092baf"
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 2143 (2021-2022) — An Act amending Title 61 (Prisons and Parole) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in county correctional institutions, further providing for establishment.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. 2495** (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=2143&pn=2495)
2. **Printer's No. 2536** (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=2143&pn=2536)

## Votes

- HB 2143 PN 2536, Final Passage — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- HB 2143 PN 2536, 2021 A3279 — **89–112** (fail) · lower
- HB 2143 PN 2536, 2021 A3365 — **90–111** (fail) · lower
- HB 2143 PN 2536, 2021 A3309 — **90–111** (fail) · lower
- Committee vote (LOCAL GOVERNMENT): Reported as Committed — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **200–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- B. Miller — primary (person)
- Fee — cosponsor (person)
- Greiner — cosponsor (person)
- Hennessey — cosponsor (person)
- Hickernell — cosponsor (person)
- Jozwiak — cosponsor (person)
- Mentzer — cosponsor (person)
- Millard — cosponsor (person)
- Rowe — cosponsor (person)
- Zimmerman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-12-08T05:00:00+00:00** PN 2495 Referred to LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2021-12-15T05:00:00+00:00** PN 2536 Reported as amended `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2021-12-15T05:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2021-12-15T05:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2022-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2022-01-26T05:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2022-01-26T05:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2022-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2022-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2022-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2022-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-02-17T05:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-02-17T05:00:00+00:00** Act No. 13 of 2022

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3b3c1861-0a42-4b68-b320-9c33fa7e2c46`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).