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type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending the act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), known as the Human Services Code, in public assistance, further providing for definitions, for resources and for verification system, prohibiting eligibility for individuals convicted of drug distribution, prohibiting eligibility for violators of sexual offender registration, further providing for false statements, investigations and penalty and for prohibited use of public assistance funds, providing for lost access devices and further providing for violation and penalty."
description: "An Act amending the act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), known as the Human Services Code, in public assistance, further providing for definitions, for resources and for verification system, prohibiting eligibility for individuals convicted of drug distribution, prohibiting eligibility for violators of sexual offender registration, further providing for false statements, investigations and penalty and for prohibited use of public assistance funds, providing for lost access devices and further providing for violation and penalty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 6"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 6 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Regan"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-01-25T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-10-24T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/77b9b6f9-148e-4fb4-afd5-ac59bc167078"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=6"
source_hash: "7811bc8c476fb1fc7ea2872b98d4351fd221010471722c425dd940f185a08dbb"
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 6 (2017-2018) — An Act amending the act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), known as the Human Services Code, in public assistance, further providing for definitions, for resources and for verification system, prohibiting eligibility for individuals convicted of drug distribution, prohibiting eligibility for violators of sexual offender registration, further providing for false statements, investigations and penalty and for prohibited use of public assistance funds, providing for lost access devices and further providing for violation and penalty.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Printer's No. 0164** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0006&pn=0164)
2. **Printer's No. 0994** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0006&pn=0994)
3. **Printer's No. 1085** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0006&pn=1085)
4. **Printer's No. 2105** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0006&pn=2105)
## Votes
- FINAL PASSAGE — **12462** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **409** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES): Reported as Amended — **84** (pass) · upper
- SB 6 PN 1085, 2017 A10382, BRIGGS — **1890** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **179** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR IN HOUSE AMENDMENTS — **3712** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Regan — primary (person)
- Argall — cosponsor (person)
- Aument — cosponsor (person)
- Brooks — cosponsor (person)
- Corman — cosponsor (person)
- Disanto — cosponsor (person)
- Eichelberger — cosponsor (person)
- Folmer — cosponsor (person)
- Mcgarrigle — cosponsor (person)
- Rafferty — cosponsor (person)
- Reschenthaler — cosponsor (person)
- Scarnati — cosponsor (person)
- Stefano — cosponsor (person)
- Vogel — cosponsor (person)
- Vulakovich — cosponsor (person)
- Wagner — cosponsor (person)
- White — cosponsor (person)
- Yudichak — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** PN 0164 Referred to HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** PN 0994 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2017-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2017-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2017-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2017-07-08T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-07-09T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1085 Amended on third consideration
- **2017-07-10T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-07-11T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to HEALTH `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
- **2018-10-16T04:00:00+00:00** PN 2105 Second consideration, with amendments `reading-2`
- **2018-10-16T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House amendments
- **2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2018-10-18T04:00:00+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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/77b9b6f9-148e-4fb4-afd5-ac59bc167078`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).