---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending the act of April 27, 1927 (P.L.465, No.299), referred to as the Fire and Panic Act, further providing for standards for Class VI buildings."
description: "An Act amending the act of April 27, 1927 (P.L.465, No.299), referred to as the Fire and Panic Act, further providing for standards for Class VI buildings."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 226"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 226 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Devlin Robinson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-31T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-06-21T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ec6ee59-5e33-4d99-8fcb-c978076d8a8e"
source_url: "https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=26&rollcallid=294&sessYr=2023&sessInd=0"
source_hash: "c4020bcfd3feb2068e4f2fc5540bad0afc0483549b9d2bc319fb03a0829b4155"
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 226 (2023-2024) — An Act amending the act of April 27, 1927 (P.L.465, No.299), referred to as the Fire and Panic Act, further providing for standards for Class VI buildings.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. PN0195** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/SB0226/PN0195)

## Votes

- Committee vote (Labor & Industry): Reported as Committed — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Committed — **37–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **203–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Labor & Industry): Report Bill As Committed — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Devlin Robinson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-31T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Labor & Industry `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2023-04-24T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2023-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-28T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Labor & Industry `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2023-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2023-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2023-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2023-06-13T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2023-06-13T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-14T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2023-06-14T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2023-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2023-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Act No. 3 of 2023

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8ec6ee59-5e33-4d99-8fcb-c978076d8a8e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).