---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929, providing for COVID-19 record retention and for temporary regulatory flexibility authority."
description: "An Act amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929, providing for COVID-19 record retention and for temporary regulatory flexibility authority."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 854"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 854 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ecker"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2021-03-10T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-06-11T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1e57443f-7343-46ab-a6fa-114276b5c946"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2021&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=854"
source_hash: "2341d7da284186c36a3a4a37919d6a70bef8cf13b211efee422541397256d185"
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 854 (2021-2022) — An Act amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929, providing for COVID-19 record retention and for temporary regulatory flexibility authority.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. 0838** (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=0854&pn=0838)
2. **Printer's No. 1155** (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=0854&pn=1155)
3. **Printer's No. 1752** (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=0854&pn=1752)

## Votes

- Committee vote (STATE GOVERNMENT): Reported as Committed — **8–3** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **111–90** (pass) · lower
- HB 854 PN 838, 2021 A647, T. DAVIS — **90–111** (fail) · lower
- HB 854 PN 1155, 2021 A1582, WARD, K. Amendment No. A-1582 — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- HB 854 PN 838, 2021 A641, MERCURI — **201–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- HB 854 PN 1752, Final Passage — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- HB 854 PN 1752, CONCUR — **202–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ecker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** PN 0838 Referred to STATE GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2021-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2021-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2021-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1155 Second consideration, with amendments `reading-2`
- **2021-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to STATE GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-11T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-11T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2021-06-09T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1752 Second consideration, with amendments `reading-2`
- **2021-06-09T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-10T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2021-06-10T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-10T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-10T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
- **2021-06-10T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments
- **2021-06-10T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2021-06-10T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2021-06-10T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-11T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-11T04:00:00+00:00** Act No. 21 of 2021

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1e57443f-7343-46ab-a6fa-114276b5c946`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).