---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act providing for the capital budget for the fiscal year 2021-2022."
description: "An Act providing for the capital budget for the fiscal year 2021-2022."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "SB 291"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 291 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hughes"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 21
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2021-03-02T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-05-26T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8d71b732-a358-4f6b-aed7-13eae24e672c"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2021&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=291"
source_hash: "1fc93dd314b05f13fd673599356e90fc030888b7636adc39ff07c7e2735450dd"
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 291 (2021-2022) — An Act providing for the capital budget for the fiscal year 2021-2022.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. 0294** (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=0291&pn=0294)
2. **Printer's No. 1273** (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=0291&pn=1273)

## Votes

- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Reported as Committed — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 291 PN 1273, Final Passage — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 291 PN 1273, REV PRIOR PN 294, FIEDLER — **87–113** (fail) · lower
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Adopt Amendment A01150 — **19–5** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **203–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 291 PN 1273, 2021 A3270 — **88–112** (fail) · lower
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Amended — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 291 PN 1273, 2021 A3577 — **87–113** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hughes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** PN 0294 Referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-08T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2021-06-08T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2021-06-09T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2021-06-09T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2021-12-13T05:00:00+00:00** PN 1273 Re-reported as amended `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2021-12-15T05:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-12-20T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2022-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2022-01-26T05:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2022-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2022-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2022-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2022-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2022-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-26T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-26T04:00:00+00:00** Act No. 21 of 2022

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8d71b732-a358-4f6b-aed7-13eae24e672c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).