---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Titles 51 (Military Affairs) and 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in Department of Military Affairs, further providing for Pennsylvania Veterans' Memorial Trust Fund; in State Veterans' Commission and Deputy Adjutant General for Veterans' Affairs, further providing for Veterans' Trust Fund; in Pennsylvania Veterans' Memorial Commission, repealing provisions relating to the Pennsylvania Veterans' Memorial Trust Fund and to expiration; and, in registration of vehicles, further providing for Pennsylvania monument registration plate."
description: "An Act amending Titles 51 (Military Affairs) and 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in Department of Military Affairs, further providing for Pennsylvania Veterans' Memorial Trust Fund; in State Veterans' Commission and Deputy Adjutant General for Veterans' Affairs, further providing for Veterans' Trust Fund; in Pennsylvania Veterans' Memorial Commission, repealing provisions relating to the Pennsylvania Veterans' Memorial Trust Fund and to expiration; and, in registration of vehicles, further providing for Pennsylvania monument registration plate."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 552"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 552 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aument"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-03-24T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-06-28T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1001cf77-a7f1-43cf-aa25-34e06b9069b8"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=552"
source_hash: "6c513401e118c4576f365e3e0bbcb49f87fb55b40768963d64d7af0a824457e6"
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 552 (2017-2018) — An Act amending Titles 51 (Military Affairs) and 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in Department of Military Affairs, further providing for Pennsylvania Veterans' Memorial Trust Fund; in State Veterans' Commission and Deputy Adjutant General for Veterans' Affairs, further providing for Veterans' Trust Fund; in Pennsylvania Veterans' Memorial Commission, repealing provisions relating to the Pennsylvania Veterans' Memorial Trust Fund and to expiration; and, in registration of vehicles, further providing for Pennsylvania monument registration plate.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. 0589** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0552&pn=0589)

## Votes

- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **23–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **193–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS): Reported as Committed — **12–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Aument — primary (person)
- Baker — cosponsor (person)
- Bartolotta — cosponsor (person)
- Brewster — cosponsor (person)
- Eichelberger — cosponsor (person)
- Folmer — cosponsor (person)
- Gordner — cosponsor (person)
- Martin — cosponsor (person)
- Rafferty — cosponsor (person)
- Reschenthaler — cosponsor (person)
- Sabatina — cosponsor (person)
- Vogel — cosponsor (person)
- Vulakovich — cosponsor (person)
- Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Yudichak — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** PN 0589 Referred to VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2017-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2017-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2017-09-18T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-10-16T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2018-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2018-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2018-04-10T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2018-04-10T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2018-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2018-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1001cf77-a7f1-43cf-aa25-34e06b9069b8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).