---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in professional and occupational licenses, further providing for retention of licenses and certifications of persons entering military service."
description: "An Act amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in professional and occupational licenses, further providing for retention of licenses and certifications of persons entering military service."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 404"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 404 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dane Watro"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-10-23T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/72bc633c-2e26-4838-b995-98f9c3c82674"
source_url: "https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=42&rollcallid=225&sessYr=2023&sessInd=0"
source_hash: "67d4d403145531c9f15a88d338613e2e4015d75fb83815491539f94580a5affc"
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 404 (2023-2024) — An Act amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in professional and occupational licenses, further providing for retention of licenses and certifications of persons entering military service.

## Version chain

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

1. **House Amendment A00536** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/amendments/text/2023/0/A00536)
2. **Printer's No. PN0372** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/HB0404/PN0372)
3. **Printer's No. PN1301** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/HB0404/PN1301)

## Votes

- Committee vote (Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness): Reported as Committed — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **203–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness): Report Bill As Amended — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Committed — **37–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness): Adopt Amendment — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-Reported as Committed — **22–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dane Watro — primary (person)
- Barbara Gleim — cosponsor (person)
- Barry Jozwiak — cosponsor (person)
- Clint Owlett — cosponsor (person)
- David Zimmerman — cosponsor (person)
- Dawn Keefer — cosponsor (person)
- Doyle Heffley — cosponsor (person)
- Eric Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- James Struzzi — cosponsor (person)
- Jamie Flick — cosponsor (person)
- Jill Cooper — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Ciresi — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Hamm — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Webster — cosponsor (person)
- Malcolm Kenyatta — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Gillen — cosponsor (person)
- Nancy Guenst — cosponsor (person)
- Perry A. Stambaugh — cosponsor (person)
- Rob Kauffman — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Leadbeter — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan Mackenzie — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Conklin — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Twardzik — cosponsor (person)
- Tina Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Tina Pickett — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as amended `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2023-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2023-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2023-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2023-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2023-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2023-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness `referral-committee`
- **2023-10-03T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2023-10-03T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2023-10-04T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2023-10-04T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-10-16T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2023-10-18T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-10-18T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2023-10-18T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2023-10-19T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-10-23T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-10-23T04:00:00+00:00** Act No. 13 of 2023

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/72bc633c-2e26-4838-b995-98f9c3c82674`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).