---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, in pupils and attendance, providing for assisting students experiencing education instability."
description: "An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, in pupils and attendance, providing for assisting students experiencing education instability."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "SB 324"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 324 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Langerholc"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 21
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-03-10T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-01-26T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/31f871b4-39ba-4971-bae8-42a76b935ab3"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2021&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=324"
source_hash: "309879fa3cdb9ae58ccbf6094893a5d4f283ded4d8fad27ee36eeececbb564af"
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 324 (2021-2022) — An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, in pupils and attendance, providing for assisting students experiencing education instability.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. 0331** (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=0324&pn=0331)
2. **Printer's No. 0850** (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=0324&pn=0850)

## Votes

- Committee vote (EDUCATION): Reported as Amended — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 324 PN 850, Final Passage — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **201–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Langerholc — primary (person)
- Aument — cosponsor (person)
- Baker — cosponsor (person)
- Bartolotta — cosponsor (person)
- Boscola — cosponsor (person)
- Browne — cosponsor (person)
- Fontana — cosponsor (person)
- J. Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Martin — cosponsor (person)
- Mensch — cosponsor (person)
- Santarsiero — cosponsor (person)
- Scavello — cosponsor (person)
- Stefano — cosponsor (person)
- Yudichak — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** PN 0331 Referred to EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-07T04:00:00+00:00** PN 0850 Reported as amended `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2021-06-07T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2021-06-08T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2021-06-08T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-14T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2021-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2021-11-15T05:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2021-11-15T05:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2021-11-15T05:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2021-12-14T05:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2021-12-15T05:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2021-12-15T05:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-01-18T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2022-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2022-01-18T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-01-26T05:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-01-26T05:00:00+00:00** Act No. 1 of 2022

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/31f871b4-39ba-4971-bae8-42a76b935ab3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).