republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2017-2018/sb-776.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, in preliminary provisions, further providing for definitions; and, in Dyslexia and Early Literacy Intervention Pilot Program, further providing for definitions and for establishment of program.	An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, in preliminary provisions, further providing for definitions; and, in Dyslexia and Early Literacy Intervention Pilot Program, further providing for definitions and for establishment of program.	us/states/pa	Pennsylvania General Assembly	2017-2018	SB 776	Pennsylvania SB 776 (2017-2018)	bill		enacted	Tomlinson	2	20	4	2017-06-16T04:00:00+00:00	2018-06-19T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/d9f16c6e-fefb-4bbe-add6-66d2d4c2b57f	http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=776	9327b5d1463c188c32d8bb4bb714a5e46352eb002c6bee277d25fa9afb2739e5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-pa

Pennsylvania SB 776 (2017-2018) — An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, in preliminary provisions, further providing for definitions; and, in Dyslexia and Early Literacy Intervention Pilot Program, further providing for definitions and for establishment of program.

Version chain

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

1. Printer's No. 0973 (committee substitute) — source
2. Printer's No. 1442 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FINAL PASSAGE — 48–0 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (EDUCATION): Reported as Amended — 12–0 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE — 196–0 (pass) · lower
• Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — 25–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Tomlinson — primary (person)
• Bartolotta — cosponsor (person)
• Blake — cosponsor (person)
• Brewster — cosponsor (person)
• Browne — cosponsor (person)
• Costa — cosponsor (person)
• Farnese — cosponsor (person)
• Greenleaf — cosponsor (person)
• Hughes — cosponsor (person)
• Killion — cosponsor (person)
• Mensch — cosponsor (person)
• Sabatina — cosponsor (person)
• Vulakovich — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-06-16T04:00:00+00:00 PN 0973 Referred to EDUCATION referral-committee
• 2018-01-29T05:00:00+00:00 PN 1442 Reported as amended committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2018-01-29T05:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2018-02-06T05:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2018-02-06T05:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2018-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2018-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2018-04-02T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to EDUCATION referral-committee
• 2018-06-04T04:00:00+00:00 Reported as committed committee-passage
• 2018-06-04T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2018-06-04T04:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table
• 2018-06-05T04:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 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
• 2018-06-12T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in Senate
• 2018-06-13T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in House
• 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/d9f16c6e-fefb-4bbe-add6-66d2d4c2b57f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).