---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Title 65 (Public Officers) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in open meetings, further providing for public notice and providing for notification of agency business required and exceptions."
description: "An Act amending Title 65 (Public Officers) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in open meetings, further providing for public notice and providing for notification of agency business required and exceptions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "SB 554"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 554 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stefano"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 22
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-04-13T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-06-30T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e4a5bdd9-2a1b-4f64-bfce-5c4adc0ac819"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2021&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=554"
source_hash: "b8b4c29a9abad80fec2eb4e3ae19ce9781e7a3554c1df4f57a83ee6eb445120c"
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 554 (2021-2022) — An Act amending Title 65 (Public Officers) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in open meetings, further providing for public notice and providing for notification of agency business required and exceptions.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. 0581** (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=0554&pn=0581)
2. **Printer's No. 0875** (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=0554&pn=0875)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE — **201–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **23–1** (pass) · upper
- SB 554 PN 875, Final Passage — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (STATE GOVERNMENT): Reported as Committed — **11–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Stefano — primary (person)
- A. Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Aument — cosponsor (person)
- Browne — cosponsor (person)
- Martin — cosponsor (person)
- Mastriano — cosponsor (person)
- Schwank — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** PN 0581 Referred to STATE GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2021-05-11T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2021-05-11T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-07T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2021-06-08T04:00:00+00:00** PN 0875 Amended on third consideration
- **2021-06-09T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-10T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to STATE GOVERNMENT `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. 65 of 2021

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e4a5bdd9-2a1b-4f64-bfce-5c4adc0ac819`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).