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type: "Bill"
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title: "An Act amending Title 71 (State Government) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in State Employees' Defined Contribution Plan, further providing for individual investment accounts, for participant contributions, for employer defined contributions, for vesting, for powers and duties of board, for investments based on participant's investment allocation choices and for expenses; in administration, funds, accounts and general provisions, further providing for administrative duties of the board and for taxation, attachment and assignment of funds; and making a related repeal."
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description: "An Act amending Title 71 (State Government) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in State Employees' Defined Contribution Plan, further providing for individual investment accounts, for participant contributions, for employer defined contributions, for vesting, for powers and duties of board, for investments based on participant's investment allocation choices and for expenses; in administration, funds, accounts and general provisions, further providing for administrative duties of the board and for taxation, attachment and assignment of funds; and making a related repeal."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
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legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
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session: "2019-2020"
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identifier: "HB 1961"
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citation: "Pennsylvania HB 1961 (2019-2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Schmitt"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 23
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2019-10-18T04:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2020-10-29T04:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/914a19e7-55a9-483f-a36c-5c13d40ddb95"
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source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=1961"
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source_hash: "274555de11226553109f4d7d6d265a221100b3e043f58773efe84e7816f75877"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-pa"]
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---
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# Pennsylvania HB 1961 (2019-2020) — An Act amending Title 71 (State Government) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in State Employees' Defined Contribution Plan, further providing for individual investment accounts, for participant contributions, for employer defined contributions, for vesting, for powers and duties of board, for investments based on participant's investment allocation choices and for expenses; in administration, funds, accounts and general provisions, further providing for administrative duties of the board and for taxation, attachment and assignment of funds; and making a related repeal.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Printer's No. 2703** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=1961&pn=2703)
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2. **Printer's No. 4478** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=1961&pn=4478)
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3. **Senate Amendment A07564** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/HA/Public/HaCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sYear=2019&sInd=0&body=H&type=B&bn=1961&pn=2703&aYear=2019&an=07564)
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## Votes
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- FINAL PASSAGE — **48–0** (pass) · upper
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- FINAL PASSAGE — **202–0** (pass) · lower
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- Committee vote (FINANCE): Reported as Amended — **11–0** (pass) · upper
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- HB 1961 PN 4478, CONCUR — **201–0** (pass) · lower
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- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **23–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Schmitt — primary (person)
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- B. Miller — cosponsor (person)
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- Bernstine — cosponsor (person)
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- Brooks — cosponsor (person)
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- Dush — cosponsor (person)
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- Everett — cosponsor (person)
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- Gillen — cosponsor (person)
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- Gleim — cosponsor (person)
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- Greiner — cosponsor (person)
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- Jones — cosponsor (person)
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- Keefer — cosponsor (person)
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- Kortz — cosponsor (person)
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- Millard — cosponsor (person)
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- Moul — cosponsor (person)
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- Owlett — cosponsor (person)
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- Rader — cosponsor (person)
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- Ryan — cosponsor (person)
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- Tobash — cosponsor (person)
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- Toohil — cosponsor (person)
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- Zimmerman — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-10-18T04:00:00+00:00** PN 2703 Referred to STATE GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
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- **2019-10-22T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
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- **2019-10-22T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
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- **2019-10-22T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
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- **2019-10-28T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
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- **2019-11-18T05:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
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- **2019-11-18T05:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
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- **2020-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
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- **2020-09-15T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
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- **2020-09-29T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to FINANCE `referral-committee`
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- **2020-10-06T04:00:00+00:00** PN 4478 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
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- **2020-10-06T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
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- **2020-10-19T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
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- **2020-10-19T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
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- **2020-10-20T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
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- **2020-10-20T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
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- **2020-10-20T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to RULES `referral-committee`
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- **2020-10-21T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
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- **2020-10-21T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments
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- **2020-10-21T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
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- **2020-10-21T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
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- **2020-10-22T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2020-10-29T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/914a19e7-55a9-483f-a36c-5c13d40ddb95`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).
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