---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Title 37 (Historical and Museums) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in historic properties, further providing for powers over certain historic property and providing for Washington Crossing Historic Park."
description: "An Act amending Title 37 (Historical and Museums) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in historic properties, further providing for powers over certain historic property and providing for Washington Crossing Historic Park."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 1823"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 1823 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thomas"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-08-31T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-11-03T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7fb852d7-3d8d-40b2-8699-f9d9ff95d09c"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2021&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=1823"
source_hash: "103240f9c294aa842dec9cf55c0d27af523b043e316a5ce67fe25c77747ed2f4"
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 1823 (2021-2022) — An Act amending Title 37 (Historical and Museums) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in historic properties, further providing for powers over certain historic property and providing for Washington Crossing Historic Park.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. 2067** (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=1823&pn=2067)
2. **Printer's No. 2370** (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=1823&pn=2370)

## Votes

- Committee vote (STATE GOVERNMENT): Reported as Committed — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- HB 1823 PN 2370, Final Passage — **48–1** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **200–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Thomas — primary (person)
- T. Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Warren — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-08-31T04:00:00+00:00** PN 2067 Referred to STATE GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2021-11-08T05:00:00+00:00** PN 2370 Reported as amended `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2021-11-08T05:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2021-11-08T05:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2021-11-15T05:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2021-11-16T05:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2021-11-16T05:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2021-11-17T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2021-11-17T05:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-11-22T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to STATE GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2021-12-14T05:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2021-12-14T05:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2021-12-15T05:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table (Pursuant to Senate Rule 9)
- **2022-09-20T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2022-09-21T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-10-24T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2022-10-24T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2022-10-25T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-11-03T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-11-03T04:00:00+00:00** Act No. 116 of 2022

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7fb852d7-3d8d-40b2-8699-f9d9ff95d09c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).