---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, providing for Purple Star School Program."
description: "An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, providing for Purple Star School Program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 1867"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 1867 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Boback"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-09-15T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-07-11T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d1b86316-17e1-47e9-96b4-8fa9819bdee6"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2021&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=1867"
source_hash: "32b13141875fb4978b2fbfd79010df6e1e718755a63324e60a0281dea31cfd82"
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 1867 (2021-2022) — An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, providing for Purple Star School Program.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. 2112** (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=1867&pn=2112)
2. **Printer's No. 3278** (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=1867&pn=3278)
3. **Printer's No. 3325** (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=1867&pn=3325)

## Votes

- Committee vote (VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS): Reported as Amended — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- HB 1867 PN 3325, CONCUR — **199–1** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **200–0** (pass) · lower
- HB 1867 PN 3325, Final Passage — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS): Adopt Amendment A03953 — **11–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Boback — primary (person)
- Ciresi — cosponsor (person)
- Helm — cosponsor (person)
- M. Mackenzie — cosponsor (person)
- Pennycuick — cosponsor (person)
- Polinchock — cosponsor (person)
- R. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Rapp — cosponsor (person)
- Rothman — cosponsor (person)
- Welby — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-09-15T04:00:00+00:00** PN 2112 Referred to VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-24T05:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-24T05:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2022-01-24T05:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2022-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2022-01-26T05:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2022-01-26T05:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** PN 3278 Reported as amended `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2022-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2022-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2022-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** PN 3325 Amended on third consideration
- **2022-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2022-07-06T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-07-07T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to RULES `referral-committee`
- **2022-07-07T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
- **2022-07-07T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments
- **2022-07-07T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2022-07-07T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2022-07-08T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-07-11T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-07-11T04:00:00+00:00** Act No. 69 of 2022

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d1b86316-17e1-47e9-96b4-8fa9819bdee6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).