---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in Department of Military Affairs, establishing the PA VETConnect Program."
description: "An Act amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in Department of Military Affairs, establishing the PA VETConnect Program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 447"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 447 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Doug Mastriano"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2023-02-24T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-07-17T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/61c6f9a3-21c6-4a5a-bd17-d747f5dd0f9b"
source_url: "https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=42&rollcallid=1053&sessYr=2023&sessInd=0"
source_hash: "25dc18d1bc51e5d8f964c0e34ba19118303ef58127c45a222524b903d0643bb6"
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 447 (2023-2024) — An Act amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in Department of Military Affairs, establishing the PA VETConnect Program.

## Version chain

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

1. **House Amendment A02823** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/amendments/text/2023/0/A02823)
2. **Printer's No. PN0370** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/SB0447/PN0370)
3. **Printer's No. PN1799** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/SB0447/PN1799)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **201–1** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Committed — **37–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness): Report Bill As Committed — **25–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Rules & Executive Nominations): Re-Reported as Committed — **17–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-Reported as Committed — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR IN HOUSE AMENDMENTS — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- A2823 — **202–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness): Reported as Committed — **11–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Doug Mastriano — primary (person)
- Camera Bartolotta — cosponsor (person)
- Cris Dush — cosponsor (person)
- Judith Schwank — cosponsor (person)
- Judy Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Katie Muth — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa Baker — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2023-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2023-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-24T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-10T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness `referral-committee`
- **2023-10-31T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2023-10-31T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2023-10-31T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2024-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2024-07-01T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration, with amendments `reading-2`
- **2024-07-01T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-07-02T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2024-07-09T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-07-09T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules & Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2024-07-10T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
- **2024-07-10T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House amendments
- **2024-07-10T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2024-07-10T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2024-07-10T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-07-17T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-07-17T04:00:00+00:00** Act No. 70 of 2024

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/61c6f9a3-21c6-4a5a-bd17-d747f5dd0f9b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).