---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for awards to first responders."
description: "An Act amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for awards to first responders."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 358"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 358 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ryan Mackenzie"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-05-08T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d1e490de-f093-4076-ba41-99d88c25cc67"
source_url: "https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=42&rollcallid=108&sessYr=2023&sessInd=0"
source_hash: "2e39313229d57edf8d49ae1516c39a7c6a4c6bc10b9880f11ab68a5acaabedf4"
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 358 (2023-2024) — An Act amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for awards to first responders.

## Version chain

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

1. **House Amendment A01075** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/amendments/text/2023/0/A01075)
2. **Printer's No. PN0325** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/HB0358/PN0325)
3. **Printer's No. PN1798** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/HB0358/PN1798)

## Votes

- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Committed — **37–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-Reported as Committed — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- A1075 — **203–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **203–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness): Reported as Committed — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness): Report Bill As Committed — **21–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ryan Mackenzie — primary (person)
- David Rowe — cosponsor (person)
- David Zimmerman — cosponsor (person)
- Ed Neilson — cosponsor (person)
- Jamie Barton — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Hamm — cosponsor (person)
- Joshua Siegel — cosponsor (person)
- Kathy Rapp — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Gillen — cosponsor (person)
- Marla Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Milou Mackenzie — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Takac — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Conklin — cosponsor (person)
- Tarik Khan — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-01T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-01T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2023-05-01T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2023-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2023-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration, with amendments `reading-2`
- **2023-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-07-06T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2023-07-06T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-07-27T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2024-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2024-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2024-05-01T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-05-01T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2024-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2024-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Act No. 11 of 2024

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d1e490de-f093-4076-ba41-99d88c25cc67`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).