---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), known as The Fiscal Code, in emergency COVID-19 response, further providing for money in account; and providing for opioid abuse child impact task force and for ARPA health care workforce supports."
description: "An Act amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), known as The Fiscal Code, in emergency COVID-19 response, further providing for money in account; and providing for opioid abuse child impact task force and for ARPA health care workforce supports."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 253"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 253 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Owlett"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 24
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-01-26T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-01-26T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ef30535d-f17f-4557-a26b-7ac41be316b5"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2021&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=253"
source_hash: "f168eaf0eea9b017d5acd72938af534c4e2173aac910ab078c29ef93d77360b6"
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 253 (2021-2022) — An Act amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), known as The Fiscal Code, in emergency COVID-19 response, further providing for money in account; and providing for opioid abuse child impact task force and for ARPA health care workforce supports.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. 0224** (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=0253&pn=0224)
2. **Printer's No. 1415** (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=0253&pn=1415)
3. **Printer's No. 1633** (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=0253&pn=1633)
4. **Printer's No. 2653** (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=0253&pn=2653)

## Votes

- HB 253 PN 2653, Final Passage — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Reported as Amended — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Adopt Amendment A03550 — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (AGING AND YOUTH): Reported as Committed — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- HB 253 PN 1415, 2021 A1046, DELISSIO — **201–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **202–0** (pass) · lower
- HB 253 PN 2653, CONCUR — **201–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Owlett — primary (person)
- Boback — cosponsor (person)
- C. Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Ciresi — cosponsor (person)
- Cox — cosponsor (person)
- Delloso — cosponsor (person)
- E. Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Gleim — cosponsor (person)
- Guzman — cosponsor (person)
- Hill-Evans — cosponsor (person)
- Hohenstein — cosponsor (person)
- Kauffman — cosponsor (person)
- Mcneill — cosponsor (person)
- Mizgorski — cosponsor (person)
- Pashinski — cosponsor (person)
- Pickett — cosponsor (person)
- Polinchock — cosponsor (person)
- Quinn — cosponsor (person)
- R. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Rothman — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan — cosponsor (person)
- Schlossberg — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Stephens — cosponsor (person)
- Struzzi — cosponsor (person)
- T. Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Toohil — cosponsor (person)
- Warren — cosponsor (person)
- Welby — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-26T05:00:00+00:00** PN 0224 Referred to CHILDREN AND YOUTH `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1415 Reported as amended `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2021-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2021-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2021-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2021-05-26T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1633 Second consideration, with amendments `reading-2`
- **2021-05-26T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-07T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2021-06-07T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-07T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to AGING AND YOUTH `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-15T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2021-06-15T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2021-06-16T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2021-06-16T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** PN 2653 Re-reported as amended `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2022-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-01-26T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to RULES `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-26T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-26T05:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments
- **2022-01-26T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2022-01-26T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2022-01-26T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-01-26T05:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-01-26T05:00:00+00:00** Act No. 2 of 2022

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ef30535d-f17f-4557-a26b-7ac41be316b5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).