---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act making the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania a party to the Recognition Of Emergency Medical Services Personnel Licensure Interstate Compact; and providing for the form of the compact."
description: "An Act making the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania a party to the Recognition Of Emergency Medical Services Personnel Licensure Interstate Compact; and providing for the form of the compact."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "SB 861"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 861 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stefano"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 21
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-09-14T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-07-07T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9abcb22f-8428-43ec-a353-5804693d5caf"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2021&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=861"
source_hash: "a27c7c52ad391e3539129692ccfdf91dc5e8ad1b47d311a693409d08e99f1c23"
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 861 (2021-2022) — An Act making the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania a party to the Recognition Of Emergency Medical Services Personnel Licensure Interstate Compact; and providing for the form of the compact.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. 1072** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2021&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0861&pn=1072)

## Votes

- SB 861 PN 1072, Final Passage — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS): Reported as Committed — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **172–28** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **24–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Stefano — primary (person)
- Baker — cosponsor (person)
- Bartolotta — cosponsor (person)
- J. Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Martin — cosponsor (person)
- Mastriano — cosponsor (person)
- Mensch — cosponsor (person)
- Pittman — cosponsor (person)
- Vogel — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-09-14T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1072 Referred to VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS `referral-committee`
- **2021-11-09T05:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2021-11-09T05:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2021-12-15T05:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2021-12-15T05:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-18T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-18T05:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-01-24T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-15T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2022-06-15T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2022-06-15T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2022-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2022-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2022-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2022-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2022-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2022-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-07-07T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-07-07T04:00:00+00:00** Act No. 45 of 2022

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9abcb22f-8428-43ec-a353-5804693d5caf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).