---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Title 63 (Professions and Occupations (State Licensed)) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in powers and duties, further providing for definitions and providing for virtual operation."
description: "An Act amending Title 63 (Professions and Occupations (State Licensed)) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in powers and duties, further providing for definitions and providing for virtual operation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "SB 869"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 869 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tomlinson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 21
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-09-17T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-12-22T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6d567638-0d13-4bb8-b340-e00ec3299b5a"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2021&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=869"
source_hash: "6fac609d81fd18081228fad4d178b450883f42a14505b943754b9865d685d881"
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 869 (2021-2022) — An Act amending Title 63 (Professions and Occupations (State Licensed)) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in powers and duties, further providing for definitions and providing for virtual operation.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. 1074** (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=0869&pn=1074)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE — **202–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 869 PN 1074, Final Passage — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (CONSUMER PROTECTION AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE): Reported as Committed — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **22–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Tomlinson — primary (person)
- Baker — cosponsor (person)
- Boscola — cosponsor (person)
- Brooks — cosponsor (person)
- Comitta — cosponsor (person)
- Fontana — cosponsor (person)
- Gordner — cosponsor (person)
- J. Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Martin — cosponsor (person)
- Mensch — cosponsor (person)
- Stefano — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-09-17T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1074 Referred to CONSUMER PROTECTION AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE `referral-committee`
- **2021-09-21T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2021-09-21T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2021-09-22T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2021-09-22T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2021-09-29T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2021-09-29T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-09-29T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE `referral-committee`
- **2021-11-15T05:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2021-11-15T05:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2021-11-15T05:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2021-11-16T05:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2021-11-17T05:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2021-11-17T05:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2021-12-13T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2021-12-13T05:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-12-14T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2021-12-14T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2021-12-15T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-12-22T05:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-12-22T05:00:00+00:00** Act No. 100 of 2021

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6d567638-0d13-4bb8-b340-e00ec3299b5a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).