---
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, in certification of teachers, further providing for teacher"
description: "An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, in certification of teachers, further providing for teacher"
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 801"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 801 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ryan Aument"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 25
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2023-06-15T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-10-31T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b976874a-5c67-4aed-99d6-b50371ebeae0"
source_url: "https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=12&rollcallid=2381&sessYr=2023&sessInd=0"
source_hash: "0c32b54a03b9f11026eaa81fc5ff18a460dec40ec3782854e0056e3741f951b3"
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 801 (2023-2024) — An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, in certification of teachers, further providing for teacher

## Version chain

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

1. **House Amendment A05835** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/amendments/text/2023/0/A05835)
2. **Printer's No. PN0898** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/SB0801/PN0898)
3. **Printer's No. PN1359** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/SB0801/PN1359)
4. **Printer's No. PN1710** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/SB0801/PN1710)
5. **Printer's No. PN1939** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/SB0801/PN1939)
6. **Senate Amendment A03457** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/amendments/text/2023/0/A03457)
7. **Senate Amendment A04828** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/amendments/text/2023/0/A04828)

## Votes

- CONCUR IN HOUSE AMENDMENTS — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- A5835 — **106–96** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **48–1** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **201–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Committed — **37–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Education): Report Bill As Committed — **25–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Rules & Executive Nominations): Re-Reported as Committed — **17–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Education): Reported as Amended — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Education): Adopt Amendment — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-Reported as Committed — **24–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ryan Aument — primary (person)
- Anthony Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Art Haywood — cosponsor (person)
- Camera Bartolotta — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel Laughlin — cosponsor (person)
- Elder Vogel — cosponsor (person)
- James Brewster — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Costa — cosponsor (person)
- Judith Schwank — cosponsor (person)
- Nick Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Nikil Saval — cosponsor (person)
- Tracy Pennycuick — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-15T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Education `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** Reported as amended `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2024-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2024-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2024-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-10T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2024-06-10T04:00:00+00:00** Amended on third consideration `amendment-passage`
- **2024-06-11T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Education `referral-committee`
- **2024-09-30T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2024-09-30T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2024-09-30T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2024-10-02T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2024-10-07T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration, with amendments `reading-2`
- **2024-10-07T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-10-08T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2024-10-08T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-10-09T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules & Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2024-10-09T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
- **2024-10-09T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House amendments
- **2024-10-09T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2024-10-21T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2024-10-21T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-10-31T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-10-31T04:00:00+00:00** Act No. 135 of 2024

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b976874a-5c67-4aed-99d6-b50371ebeae0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).