---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in Commonwealth services, further providing for definitions and for assistance to fire companies and EMS companies; in grants to fire companies and emergency medical services companies, establishing the Emergency Medical Services COVID-19 Recovery Grant Program and providing for expiration of authority relating to Emergency Medical Services COVID-19 Recovery Grant Program; and making editorial changes."
description: "An Act amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in Commonwealth services, further providing for definitions and for assistance to fire companies and EMS companies; in grants to fire companies and emergency medical services companies, establishing the Emergency Medical Services COVID-19 Recovery Grant Program and providing for expiration of authority relating to Emergency Medical Services COVID-19 Recovery Grant Program; and making editorial changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "SB 739"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 739 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stefano"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 26
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-06-06T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-02-10T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7a098645-c36e-4997-bfca-76570dcc88d3"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2021&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=739"
source_hash: "9224dfc081a264bf174e9abfa19458f8e6941c274786658007bd93818964a4a5"
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 739 (2021-2022) — An Act amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in Commonwealth services, further providing for definitions and for assistance to fire companies and EMS companies; in grants to fire companies and emergency medical services companies, establishing the Emergency Medical Services COVID-19 Recovery Grant Program and providing for expiration of authority relating to Emergency Medical Services COVID-19 Recovery Grant Program; and making editorial changes.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. 0846** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2021&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0739&pn=0846)
2. **Printer's No. 0874** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2021&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0739&pn=0874)
3. **Printer's No. 1089** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2021&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0739&pn=1089)
4. **Printer's No. 1378** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2021&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0739&pn=1378)

## Votes

- Committee vote (VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS): Reported as Amended — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **17–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 739 PN 1089, Final Passage — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **200–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 739 PN 1378, Concur in House Amendments — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **23–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Stefano — primary (person)
- Baker — cosponsor (person)
- Disanto — cosponsor (person)
- Fontana — cosponsor (person)
- Hutchinson — cosponsor (person)
- Martin — cosponsor (person)
- Pittman — cosponsor (person)
- Scavello — cosponsor (person)
- Yudichak — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** PN 0846 Referred to VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-08T04:00:00+00:00** PN 0874 Reported as amended `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2021-06-08T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2021-06-09T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2021-06-09T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2021-09-21T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2021-09-21T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1089 Amended on third consideration
- **2021-09-22T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-09-23T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-24T05:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-24T05:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2022-01-24T05:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2022-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2022-01-26T05:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2022-01-26T05:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** PN 1378 Amended in House Committee on APPROPRIATIONS
- **2022-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as amended `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2022-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House amendments
- **2022-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2022-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2022-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Act No. 10 of 2022

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7a098645-c36e-4997-bfca-76570dcc88d3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).