---
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 preliminary provisions, further providing for definitions; and, in Dyslexia and Early Literacy Intervention Pilot Program, further providing for definitions and for establishment of program."
description: "An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, in preliminary provisions, further providing for definitions; and, in Dyslexia and Early Literacy Intervention Pilot Program, further providing for definitions and for establishment of program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 776"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 776 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tomlinson"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-06-16T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-06-19T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d9f16c6e-fefb-4bbe-add6-66d2d4c2b57f"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=776"
source_hash: "9327b5d1463c188c32d8bb4bb714a5e46352eb002c6bee277d25fa9afb2739e5"
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 776 (2017-2018) — An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, in preliminary provisions, further providing for definitions; and, in Dyslexia and Early Literacy Intervention Pilot Program, further providing for definitions and for establishment of program.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. 0973** (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=0776&pn=0973)
2. **Printer's No. 1442** (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=0776&pn=1442)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (EDUCATION): Reported as Amended — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **196–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **25–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Tomlinson — primary (person)
- Bartolotta — cosponsor (person)
- Blake — cosponsor (person)
- Brewster — cosponsor (person)
- Browne — cosponsor (person)
- Costa — cosponsor (person)
- Farnese — cosponsor (person)
- Greenleaf — cosponsor (person)
- Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Killion — cosponsor (person)
- Mensch — cosponsor (person)
- Sabatina — cosponsor (person)
- Vulakovich — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-06-16T04:00:00+00:00** PN 0973 Referred to EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-29T05:00:00+00:00** PN 1442 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2018-01-29T05:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2018-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2018-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-04T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-06-04T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2018-06-04T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2018-06-05T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2018-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2018-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-11T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2018-06-13T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2018-06-13T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-06-19T04:00:00+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/d9f16c6e-fefb-4bbe-add6-66d2d4c2b57f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).