---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending the act of June 30, 1987 (P.L.163, No.16), known as the Rural Pennsylvania Revitalization Act, in Center for Rural Pennsylvania, further providing for board of directors; establishing the Rural Population Revitalization Commission and providing for duties of the commission; and making a repeal."
description: "An Act amending the act of June 30, 1987 (P.L.163, No.16), known as the Rural Pennsylvania Revitalization Act, in Center for Rural Pennsylvania, further providing for board of directors; establishing the Rural Population Revitalization Commission and providing for duties of the commission; and making a repeal."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 277"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 277 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gene Yaw"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2023-01-31T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-06-10T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2755b013-2b8f-4374-992e-1cb45e91a703"
source_url: "https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=2&rollcallid=483&sessYr=2023&sessInd=0"
source_hash: "ad0204f95ce86be97596416908f18c633c670745045400985f0badee16e02ffe"
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 277 (2023-2024) — An Act amending the act of June 30, 1987 (P.L.163, No.16), known as the Rural Pennsylvania Revitalization Act, in Center for Rural Pennsylvania, further providing for board of directors; establishing the Rural Population Revitalization Commission and providing for duties of the commission; and making a repeal.

## Version chain

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

1. **House Amendment A04260** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/amendments/text/2023/0/A04260)
2. **Printer's No. PN0241** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/SB0277/PN0241)
3. **Printer's No. PN1589** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/SB0277/PN1589)

## Votes

- Committee vote (Agriculture & Rural Affairs): Reported as Committed — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **162–38** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Agriculture & Rural Affairs): Report Bill As Committed — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Committed — **37–0** (pass) · lower
- A4260 — **156–45** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Rules & Executive Nominations): Re-Reported as Committed — **17–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR IN HOUSE AMENDMENTS — **49–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gene Yaw — primary (person)
- Elder Vogel — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa Baker — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick Stefano — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-31T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Agriculture & Rural Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2023-05-10T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2023-06-05T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Agriculture & Rural Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2023-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2023-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2024-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2024-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration, with amendments `reading-2`
- **2024-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2024-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-06-03T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules & Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-03T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
- **2024-06-03T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House amendments
- **2024-06-03T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2024-06-04T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2024-06-04T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-10T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-06-10T04:00:00+00:00** Act No. 21 of 2024

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2755b013-2b8f-4374-992e-1cb45e91a703`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).