---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in emergency management services, providing for counterterrorism planning, preparedness and response; in Emergency Management Assistance Compact, providing for construction; and making repeals."
description: "An Act amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in emergency management services, providing for counterterrorism planning, preparedness and response; in Emergency Management Assistance Compact, providing for construction; and making repeals."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 843"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 843 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dan Miller"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2023-04-28T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-10-29T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ef4b3a05-ca57-41d2-b6d8-5ae7b1bd52f9"
source_url: "https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=42&rollcallid=1264&sessYr=2023&sessInd=0"
source_hash: "b81e113deffaa1ef8b437eedf5b74c0d7a6cbdd7fabfb93647bc65204478ac07"
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 843 (2023-2024) — An Act amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in emergency management services, providing for counterterrorism planning, preparedness and response; in Emergency Management Assistance Compact, providing for construction; and making repeals.

## Version chain

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

1. **House Amendment A03613** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/amendments/text/2023/0/A03613)
2. **Printer's No. PN1046** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/HB0843/PN1046)
3. **Printer's No. PN2449** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/HB0843/PN2449)
4. **Printer's No. PN2748** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/HB0843/PN2748)

## Votes

- Committee vote (Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness): Adopt Amendment — **25–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-Reported as Committed — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness): Adopt Amendment — **25–0** (pass) · lower
- A3613 — **201–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **201–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Committed — **37–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness): Reported as Committed — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness): Report Bill As Amended — **25–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dan Miller — primary (person)
- Abigail Salisbury — cosponsor (person)
- Anita Kulik — cosponsor (person)
- Arvind Venkat — cosponsor (person)
- Benjamin Sanchez — cosponsor (person)
- Brandon Markosek — cosponsor (person)
- Carol Hill-Evans — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel Deasy — cosponsor (person)
- Danielle Friel Otten — cosponsor (person)
- Emily Kinkead — cosponsor (person)
- G. Roni Green — cosponsor (person)
- James Struzzi — cosponsor (person)
- Jessica Benham — cosponsor (person)
- Jim Marshall — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Mcandrew — cosponsor (person)
- Joshua Kail — cosponsor (person)
- Justin Fleming — cosponsor (person)
- La'Tasha Mayes — cosponsor (person)
- Malcolm Kenyatta — cosponsor (person)
- Marci Mustello — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Gillen — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew Gergely — cosponsor (person)
- Nancy Guenst — cosponsor (person)
- Natalie Mihalek — cosponsor (person)
- Nick Pisciottano — cosponsor (person)
- Parke Wentling — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Takac — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Matzie — cosponsor (person)
- Robert W. Mercuri — cosponsor (person)
- Sara Innamorato — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen Kinsey — cosponsor (person)
- Stephenie Scialabba — cosponsor (person)
- Valerie Gaydos — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-28T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness `referral-committee`
- **2023-12-13T05:00:00+00:00** Reported as amended `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2023-12-13T05:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2023-12-13T05:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2024-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2024-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration, with amendments `reading-2`
- **2024-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness `referral-committee`
- **2024-10-08T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2024-10-08T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2024-10-09T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2024-10-09T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-10-09T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2024-10-22T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-10-23T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2024-10-23T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2024-10-23T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-10-29T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-10-29T04:00:00+00:00** Act No. 113 of 2024

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ef4b3a05-ca57-41d2-b6d8-5ae7b1bd52f9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).