---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Title 67 (Public Welfare) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for resource families; making editorial changes; and making related repeals."
description: "An Act amending Title 67 (Public Welfare) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for resource families; making editorial changes; and making related repeals."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 2426"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 2426 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hickernell"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-03-16T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-11-03T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ce56616-b339-4692-9daf-71be6e330e04"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2021&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=2426"
source_hash: "0ee18c4309b986bdd8c6b57460068525d0cd8b525978810f701961127f4c8a01"
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 2426 (2021-2022) — An Act amending Title 67 (Public Welfare) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for resource families; making editorial changes; and making related repeals.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. 2836** (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=2426&pn=2836)
2. **Printer's No. 3507** (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=2426&pn=3507)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE — **198–0** (pass) · lower
- HB 2426 PN 3507, CONCURRENCE — **200–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (AGING AND YOUTH): Reported as Committed — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- HB 2426 PN 3507, Final Passage — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- HB 2426 PN 2836, 2021 A5142, WARD, J. Amendment No. A-5142 — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hickernell — primary (person)
- Bernstine — cosponsor (person)
- Delozier — cosponsor (person)
- Fee — cosponsor (person)
- Hennessey — cosponsor (person)
- Mentzer — cosponsor (person)
- Millard — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** PN 2836 Referred to CHILDREN AND YOUTH `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2022-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2022-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2022-04-26T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2022-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2022-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-07T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2022-06-08T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-06-10T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to AGING AND YOUTH `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-14T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2022-06-14T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2022-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2022-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2022-07-07T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2022-09-21T04:00:00+00:00** PN 3507 Amended on third consideration
- **2022-09-21T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-10-24T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to RULES `referral-committee`
- **2022-10-24T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
- **2022-10-24T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments
- **2022-10-24T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2022-10-26T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2022-10-26T04:00:00+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. 131 of 2022

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8ce56616-b339-4692-9daf-71be6e330e04`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).