republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2017-2018/sb-1.md

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Bill	An Act amending Titles 24 (Education), 51 (Military Affairs) and 71 (State Government) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, extensively revising pension provisions as follows: In Title 24: for retirement for school employees, in the areas of preliminary provisions, of membership, contributions and benefits, of school employees' defined contribution plan and of administration and miscellaneous provisions; and for health insurance for retired school employees, in the area of preliminary provisions. In Title 51: for employment preferences and pensions, in the area of military leave of absence. In Title 71: for boards and offices, in the area of Independent Fiscal Office; and for retirement for State employees and officers, in the areas of preliminary provisions, of membership, credited service, classes of service and eligibility for benefits, of contributions, of benefits, of State employees' defined contribution plan and of administration, funds, accounts, general provisions. Providing, as to the revisions: for construction and administration, for applicability, for liability, for member statements and for suspension of provisions of the Public Employee Retirement Study Commission Act.	An Act amending Titles 24 (Education), 51 (Military Affairs) and 71 (State Government) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, extensively revising pension provisions as follows: In Title 24: for retirement for school employees, in the areas of preliminary provisions, of membership, contributions and benefits, of school employees' defined contribution plan and of administration and miscellaneous provisions; and for health insurance for retired school employees, in the area of preliminary provisions. In Title 51: for employment preferences and pensions, in the area of military leave of absence. In Title 71: for boards and offices, in the area of Independent Fiscal Office; and for retirement for State employees and officers, in the areas of preliminary provisions, of membership, credited service, classes of service and eligibility for benefits, of contributions, of benefits, of State employees' defined contribution plan and of administration, funds, accounts, general provisions. Providing, as to the revisions: for construction and administration, for applicability, for liability, for member statements and for suspension of provisions of the Public Employee Retirement Study Commission Act.	us/states/pa	Pennsylvania General Assembly	2017-2018	SB 1	Pennsylvania SB 1 (2017-2018)	bill		enacted	Corman	2	20	4	2017-05-18T04:00:00+00:00	2017-06-12T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/1ecf0e53-44d5-4637-86cc-bef962470351	http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=1	4f48e74d8ad9138e30c21421d5348aef9d90ae52714c94eb3345493a6f38d1fe	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-pa

Pennsylvania SB 1 (2017-2018) — An Act amending Titles 24 (Education), 51 (Military Affairs) and 71 (State Government) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, extensively revising pension provisions as follows: In Title 24: for retirement for school employees, in the areas of preliminary provisions, of membership, contributions and benefits, of school employees' defined contribution plan and of administration and miscellaneous provisions; and for health insurance for retired school employees, in the area of preliminary provisions. In Title 51: for employment preferences and pensions, in the area of military leave of absence. In Title 71: for boards and offices, in the area of Independent Fiscal Office; and for retirement for State employees and officers, in the areas of preliminary provisions, of membership, credited service, classes of service and eligibility for benefits, of contributions, of benefits, of State employees' defined contribution plan and of administration, funds, accounts, general provisions. Providing, as to the revisions: for construction and administration, for applicability, for liability, for member statements and for suspension of provisions of the Public Employee Retirement Study Commission Act.

Version chain

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

1. Printer's No. 0853 (committee substitute) — source
2. Printer's No. 0902 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FINAL PASSAGE — 40–9 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Amended — 18–8 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (FINANCE): Reported as Committed — 8–4 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE — 143–53 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Corman — primary (person)
• Argall — cosponsor (person)
• Aument — cosponsor (person)
• Baker — cosponsor (person)
• Bartolotta — cosponsor (person)
• Browne — cosponsor (person)
• Folmer — cosponsor (person)
• Gordner — cosponsor (person)
• Killion — cosponsor (person)
• Langerholc — cosponsor (person)
• Laughlin — cosponsor (person)
• Martin — cosponsor (person)
• Mcgarrigle — cosponsor (person)
• Mcilhinney — cosponsor (person)
• Mensch — cosponsor (person)
• Regan — cosponsor (person)
• Reschenthaler — cosponsor (person)
• Scarnati — cosponsor (person)
• Scavello — cosponsor (person)
• Stefano — cosponsor (person)
• Vogel — cosponsor (person)
• Vulakovich — cosponsor (person)
• Ward — cosponsor (person)
• White — cosponsor (person)
• Yaw — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-05-18T04:00:00+00:00 PN 0853 Referred to FINANCE referral-committee
• 2017-05-23T04:00:00+00:00 Reported as committed committee-passage
• 2017-05-23T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2017-05-24T04:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2017-06-04T04:00:00+00:00 PN 0902 Re-reported as amended committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2017-06-04T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2017-06-05T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2017-06-05T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to STATE GOVERNMENT referral-committee
• 2017-06-06T04:00:00+00:00 Reported as committed committee-passage
• 2017-06-06T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2017-06-06T04:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table
• 2017-06-06T04:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 2017-06-07T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2017-06-07T04:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2017-06-07T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2017-06-08T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2017-06-12T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in Senate
• 2017-06-08T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in House
• 2017-06-12T04:00:00+00:00 Presented to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2017-06-12T04:00:00+00:00 Approved by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1ecf0e53-44d5-4637-86cc-bef962470351. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).