republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2017-2018/hb-1641.md

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Bill	An Act providing for competitive integrated employment in State and county agencies and any entity providing publicly funded education, training, employment and related services and long-term services and supports for working-age Pennsylvanians with a disability; establishing Employment First, the Governor's Cabinet for People with Disabilities and the Employment First Oversight Commission and providing for their powers and duties; and conferring powers and imposing duties on the Governor and the Office of the Governor.	An Act providing for competitive integrated employment in State and county agencies and any entity providing publicly funded education, training, employment and related services and long-term services and supports for working-age Pennsylvanians with a disability; establishing Employment First, the Governor's Cabinet for People with Disabilities and the Employment First Oversight Commission and providing for their powers and duties; and conferring powers and imposing duties on the Governor and the Office of the Governor.	us/states/pa	Pennsylvania General Assembly	2017-2018	HB 1641	Pennsylvania HB 1641 (2017-2018)	bill		enacted	Cutler	2	20	4	2017-06-29T04:00:00+00:00	2018-06-19T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/cefb45e9-9522-43b0-a55b-7cdaace2039c	http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=1641	09b070901403f9ad5fcf95016ac1d8509101e4d8c25a60bc42d8177f6e7c3001	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-pa

Pennsylvania HB 1641 (2017-2018) — An Act providing for competitive integrated employment in State and county agencies and any entity providing publicly funded education, training, employment and related services and long-term services and supports for working-age Pennsylvanians with a disability; establishing Employment First, the Governor's Cabinet for People with Disabilities and the Employment First Oversight Commission and providing for their powers and duties; and conferring powers and imposing duties on the Governor and the Office of the Governor.

Version chain

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

1. Printer's No. 2192 (committee substitute) — source
2. Printer's No. 2734 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FINAL PASSAGE — 49–0 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (LABOR AND INDUSTRY): Reported as Committed — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE — 191–0 (pass) · lower
• Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — 26–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Cutler — primary (person)
• A. Davis — cosponsor (person)
• A. Harris — cosponsor (person)
• B. Miller — cosponsor (person)
• B. O'Neill — cosponsor (person)
• Barbin — cosponsor (person)
• Barrar — cosponsor (person)
• Bernstine — cosponsor (person)
• Caltagirone — cosponsor (person)
• Comitta — cosponsor (person)
• Cox — cosponsor (person)
• D. Costa — cosponsor (person)
• D. Miller — cosponsor (person)
• Dean — cosponsor (person)
• Deasy — cosponsor (person)
• Donatucci — cosponsor (person)
• Farry — cosponsor (person)
• Fee — cosponsor (person)
• Frankel — cosponsor (person)
• Freeman — cosponsor (person)
• Galloway — cosponsor (person)
• Grove — cosponsor (person)
• Kinsey — cosponsor (person)
• Klunk — cosponsor (person)
• Kortz — cosponsor (person)
• Matzie — cosponsor (person)
• Mcginnis — cosponsor (person)
• Mcneill — cosponsor (person)
• Miccarelli — cosponsor (person)
• Millard — cosponsor (person)
• Murt — cosponsor (person)
• Mustio — cosponsor (person)
• Neilson — cosponsor (person)
• Nelson — cosponsor (person)
• Ortitay — cosponsor (person)
• Pashinski — cosponsor (person)
• Phillips-Hill — cosponsor (person)
• Pickett — cosponsor (person)
• Rader — cosponsor (person)
• Rapp — cosponsor (person)
• Ravenstahl — cosponsor (person)
• Readshaw — cosponsor (person)
• Rothman — cosponsor (person)
• Rozzi — cosponsor (person)
• Ryan — cosponsor (person)
• Schlossberg — cosponsor (person)
• Solomon — cosponsor (person)
• Thomas — cosponsor (person)
• Ward — cosponsor (person)
• Watson — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-06-29T04:00:00+00:00 PN 2192 Referred to LABOR AND INDUSTRY referral-committee
• 2017-11-20T05:00:00+00:00 PN 2734 Reported as amended committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2017-11-20T05:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2017-11-20T05:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table
• 2017-12-05T05:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 2017-12-06T05:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2017-12-06T05:00:00+00:00 Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2017-12-11T05:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2017-12-11T05:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2018-01-02T05:00:00+00:00 Referred to LABOR AND INDUSTRY referral-committee
• 2018-06-05T04:00:00+00:00 Reported as committed committee-passage
• 2018-06-05T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2018-06-06T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2018-06-06T04:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2018-06-11T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2018-06-12T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2018-06-13T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in House
• 2018-06-13T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in Senate
• 2018-06-13T04:00:00+00:00 Presented to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2018-06-19T04:00:00+00:00 Approved by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cefb45e9-9522-43b0-a55b-7cdaace2039c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).