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type: "Bill"
title: "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."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 299"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 299 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alloway"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 21
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2018-04-09T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-10-24T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b3d5f239-d07e-4093-8666-51e0c3b3c41b"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=299"
source_hash: "9b19958bf1c28559585fe2a4cbec135400d0fc04a8b00293ef21988435ab2fee"
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 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](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0299&pn=1636)
2. **Printer's No. 1849** (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=0299&pn=1849)
## Votes
- SB 299 PN 1849, MOT CONST, ROAE — **12074** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **490** (pass) · upper
- SB 299 PN 1849, 2017 A10037, SUSP RULES, DIAMOND — **76115** (fail) · lower
- SB 299 PN 1849, 2017 A10036, SUSP RULES, DIAMOND — **71120** (fail) · lower
- Committee vote (STATE GOVERNMENT): Reported as Committed — **120** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **12865** (pass) · lower
- SB 299 PN 1636, A7503, TARTAGLIONE AMENDMENT NO. A-7503 — **463** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **242** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b3d5f239-d07e-4093-8666-51e0c3b3c41b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).