republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2017-2018/sb-299.md

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Bill	An Act amending the act of June 3, 1937 (P.L.1333, No.320), known as the Pennsylvania Election Code, in nomination of candidates, further providing for number of signers required for nomination petitions of candidates at primaries.	An Act amending the act of June 3, 1937 (P.L.1333, No.320), known as the Pennsylvania Election Code, in nomination of candidates, further providing for number of signers required for nomination petitions of candidates at primaries.	us/states/pa	Pennsylvania General Assembly	2017-2018	SB 299	Pennsylvania SB 299 (2017-2018)	bill		enacted	Alloway	2	21	8	2018-04-09T04:00:00+00:00	2018-10-24T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/b3d5f239-d07e-4093-8666-51e0c3b3c41b	http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=299	9b19958bf1c28559585fe2a4cbec135400d0fc04a8b00293ef21988435ab2fee	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-pa

Pennsylvania SB 299 (2017-2018) — An Act amending the act of June 3, 1937 (P.L.1333, No.320), known as the Pennsylvania Election Code, in nomination of candidates, further providing for number of signers required for nomination petitions of candidates at primaries.

Version chain

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

1. Printer's No. 1636 (committee substitute) — source
2. Printer's No. 1849 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SB 299 PN 1849, MOT CONST, ROAE — 120–74 (pass) · lower
• FINAL PASSAGE — 49–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 299 PN 1849, 2017 A10037, SUSP RULES, DIAMOND — 76–115 (fail) · lower
• SB 299 PN 1849, 2017 A10036, SUSP RULES, DIAMOND — 71–120 (fail) · lower
• Committee vote (STATE GOVERNMENT): Reported as Committed — 12–0 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE — 128–65 (pass) · lower
• SB 299 PN 1636, A7503, TARTAGLIONE AMENDMENT NO. A-7503 — 46–3 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — 24–2 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Alloway — primary (person)
• Argall — cosponsor (person)
• Bartolotta — cosponsor (person)
• Brewster — cosponsor (person)
• Costa — cosponsor (person)
• Dinniman — cosponsor (person)
• Disanto — cosponsor (person)
• Folmer — cosponsor (person)
• Fontana — cosponsor (person)
• Hutchinson — cosponsor (person)
• Killion — cosponsor (person)
• Langerholc — cosponsor (person)
• Leach — cosponsor (person)
• Rafferty — cosponsor (person)
• Regan — cosponsor (person)
• Reschenthaler — cosponsor (person)
• Scavello — cosponsor (person)
• Stefano — cosponsor (person)
• Vulakovich — cosponsor (person)
• Wagner — cosponsor (person)
• Ward — cosponsor (person)
• White — cosponsor (person)
• Yaw — cosponsor (person)
• Yudichak — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-04-09T04:00:00+00:00 PN 1636 Referred to STATE GOVERNMENT referral-committee
• 2018-04-17T04:00:00+00:00 Reported as committed committee-passage
• 2018-04-17T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2018-05-23T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2018-05-23T04:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2018-06-06T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2018-06-11T04:00:00+00:00 PN 1849 Amended on third consideration
• 2018-06-12T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2018-06-14T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to STATE GOVERNMENT referral-committee
• 2018-09-25T04:00:00+00:00 Reported as committed committee-passage
• 2018-09-25T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2018-09-25T04:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table
• 2018-10-02T04:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 2018-10-09T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2018-10-09T04:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2018-10-10T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2018-10-10T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2018-10-12T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in Senate
• 2018-10-15T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in House
• 2018-10-15T04:00:00+00:00 Presented to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2018-10-24T04:00:00+00:00 Approved by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b3d5f239-d07e-4093-8666-51e0c3b3c41b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).