---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Titles 44 (Law and Justice) and 45 (Legal Notices) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for flexibility in emergency publication of the Pennsylvania Bulletin: in Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act, further providing for definitions; and, in codification and publication of documents, further providing for preliminary publication in Pennsylvania Bulletin."
description: "An Act amending Titles 44 (Law and Justice) and 45 (Legal Notices) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for flexibility in emergency publication of the Pennsylvania Bulletin: in Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act, further providing for definitions; and, in codification and publication of documents, further providing for preliminary publication in Pennsylvania Bulletin."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 1452"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 1452 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cutler"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-05-20T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-11-05T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6f9310f5-ae79-4f47-9d83-45629c23429d"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2021&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=1452"
source_hash: "87d0039db0ac9d827166cd8784e9186bc8ebb55aadbb81daa9ae03d80e403ce2"
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 1452 (2021-2022) — An Act amending Titles 44 (Law and Justice) and 45 (Legal Notices) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for flexibility in emergency publication of the Pennsylvania Bulletin: in Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act, further providing for definitions; and, in codification and publication of documents, further providing for preliminary publication in Pennsylvania Bulletin.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. 1573** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2021&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=1452&pn=1573)

## Votes

- HB 1452 PN 1573, Final Passage — **43–6** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (STATE GOVERNMENT): Reported as Committed — **10–1** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **201–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cutler — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-05-20T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1573 Referred to STATE GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-15T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2021-06-15T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2021-06-15T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2021-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2021-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2021-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to STATE GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2021-09-28T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2021-09-28T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2021-09-29T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2021-10-25T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-10-26T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2021-10-26T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2021-10-26T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-11-05T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-11-05T04:00:00+00:00** Act No. 82 of 2021

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6f9310f5-ae79-4f47-9d83-45629c23429d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).