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type: "Bill"
title: "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."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 298"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 298 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Baker"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-02-14T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-07-02T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a14eb1d6-78dc-42a4-b7eb-4a71f8b9cf41"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=298"
source_hash: "ec9e754f343d1960d2a2a97e38fac0942e7662db26d7c42dff27d74fe9621790"
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 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](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0298&pn=0260)
## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a14eb1d6-78dc-42a4-b7eb-4a71f8b9cf41`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).