---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act designating a portion of Pennsylvania Route 31 from Strikertown Road to Renaissance Lane in South Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland County, as the John Michael Beyrand Memorial Highway."
description: "An Act designating a portion of Pennsylvania Route 31 from Strikertown Road to Renaissance Lane in South Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland County, as the John Michael Beyrand Memorial Highway."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 1479"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 1479 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Davanzo"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-05-25T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-02-03T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aa2b9abe-16b7-4c66-86f7-9f8c7fc52a6f"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2021&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=1479"
source_hash: "4090ec8568eff954de7990c1bac12b6fd6dcd1301511eb6e95a9fe5da5270739"
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 1479 (2021-2022) — An Act designating a portion of Pennsylvania Route 31 from Strikertown Road to Renaissance Lane in South Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland County, as the John Michael Beyrand Memorial Highway.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. 1598** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2021&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=1479&pn=1598)

## Votes

- HB 1479 PN 1598, Final Passage — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **201–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (TRANSPORTATION): Reported as Committed — **14–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Davanzo — primary (person)
- Burns — cosponsor (person)
- Cox — cosponsor (person)
- Gillen — cosponsor (person)
- Heffley — cosponsor (person)
- Hill-Evans — cosponsor (person)
- Kinsey — cosponsor (person)
- Longietti — cosponsor (person)
- Millard — cosponsor (person)
- Rozzi — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan — cosponsor (person)
- Schmitt — cosponsor (person)
- Sonney — cosponsor (person)
- Struzzi — cosponsor (person)
- Warner — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1598 Referred to TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-08T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2021-06-08T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2021-06-08T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2021-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2021-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed 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`
- **2021-07-07T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-19T05:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-19T05:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2022-01-24T05:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2022-01-26T05:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-01-26T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2022-01-26T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2022-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Act No. 7 of 2022

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aa2b9abe-16b7-4c66-86f7-9f8c7fc52a6f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).