---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending the act of June 2, 1915 (P.L.736, No.338), known as the Workers' Compensation Act, in health and safety, further providing for certification of safety committee."
description: "An Act amending the act of June 2, 1915 (P.L.736, No.338), known as the Workers' Compensation Act, in health and safety, further providing for certification of safety committee."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "SB 147"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 147 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Langerholc"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-01-29T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-06-30T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8cfbb072-7a34-4875-8efc-715cd4157302"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2021&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=147"
source_hash: "a239aad8027248d423f311ede36b5e4d62cf9f2ebd15094a86041e12e9e806f3"
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 147 (2021-2022) — An Act amending the act of June 2, 1915 (P.L.736, No.338), known as the Workers' Compensation Act, in health and safety, further providing for certification of safety committee.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. 0126** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2021&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0147&pn=0126)
2. **Printer's No. 0252** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2021&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0147&pn=0252)
3. **Printer's No. 0685** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2021&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0147&pn=0685)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE — **201–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 147 PN 252, Motion to Agree to the Bill on Second Consideration — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 147 PN 685, Final Passage — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Amended — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (LABOR AND INDUSTRY): Reported as Amended — **10–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Langerholc — primary (person)
- Baker — cosponsor (person)
- J. Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Mensch — cosponsor (person)
- Stefano — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-29T05:00:00+00:00** PN 0126 Referred to LABOR AND INDUSTRY `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** PN 0252 Reported as amended `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2021-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** PN 0685 Re-reported as amended `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2021-05-10T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to LABOR AND INDUSTRY `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2021-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2021-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2021-06-23T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2021-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2021-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2021-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2021-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2021-06-28T04:00:00+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. 57 of 2021

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8cfbb072-7a34-4875-8efc-715cd4157302`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).