republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2019-2020/sb-298.md

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Bill	An Act amending Titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses) and 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in proprietary and official rights, further providing for the offense of wearing of uniforms and insignia and misrepresentation of military service or honors; and, in State Veterans' Commission and Deputy Adjutant General for Veterans' Affairs, further providing for Veterans' Trust Fund.	An Act amending Titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses) and 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in proprietary and official rights, further providing for the offense of wearing of uniforms and insignia and misrepresentation of military service or honors; and, in State Veterans' Commission and Deputy Adjutant General for Veterans' Affairs, further providing for Veterans' Trust Fund.	us/states/pa	Pennsylvania General Assembly	2019-2020	SB 298	Pennsylvania SB 298 (2019-2020)	bill		enacted	Baker	1	20	4	2019-02-14T05:00:00+00:00	2019-07-02T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/a14eb1d6-78dc-42a4-b7eb-4a71f8b9cf41	http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=298	ec9e754f343d1960d2a2a97e38fac0942e7662db26d7c42dff27d74fe9621790	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-pa

Pennsylvania SB 298 (2019-2020) — An Act amending Titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses) and 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in proprietary and official rights, further providing for the offense of wearing of uniforms and insignia and misrepresentation of military service or honors; and, in State Veterans' Commission and Deputy Adjutant General for Veterans' Affairs, further providing for Veterans' Trust Fund.

Version chain

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

1. Printer's No. 0260 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — 22–0 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE — 45–0 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE — 201–0 (pass) · lower
• Committee vote (VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS): Reported as Committed — 11–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Baker — primary (person)
• Argall — cosponsor (person)
• Brewster — cosponsor (person)
• Browne — cosponsor (person)
• Costa — cosponsor (person)
• Fontana — cosponsor (person)
• J. Ward — cosponsor (person)
• K. Ward — cosponsor (person)
• Killion — cosponsor (person)
• Leach — cosponsor (person)
• Regan — cosponsor (person)
• Scavello — cosponsor (person)
• Schwank — cosponsor (person)
• Stefano — cosponsor (person)
• Tartaglione — cosponsor (person)
• Yudichak — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-14T05:00:00+00:00 PN 0260 Referred to VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS referral-committee
• 2019-03-19T04:00:00+00:00 Reported as committed committee-passage
• 2019-03-19T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2019-03-20T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2019-03-20T04:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2019-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2019-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2019-04-02T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS referral-committee
• 2019-06-12T04:00:00+00:00 Reported as committed committee-passage
• 2019-06-12T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2019-06-12T04:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table
• 2019-06-19T04:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 2019-06-20T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2019-06-20T04:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2019-06-26T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2019-06-26T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2019-06-26T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in Senate
• 2019-06-26T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in House
• 2019-06-27T04:00:00+00:00 Presented to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2019-07-02T04:00:00+00:00 Approved by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a14eb1d6-78dc-42a4-b7eb-4a71f8b9cf41. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).