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type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in veterans' preference, repealing provisions relating to soldier defined, providing for purpose and for definitions, repealing provisions relating to credits in civil service examinations, further providing for additional points in grading civil service examinations, for preference in appointment or promotion, for lack of training, age or physical impairment, for preferential rating provision in public works specifications, for computation of seniority for reduction in force, for preference of spouses and for law exclusive and providing for reporting requirement and for guidelines; and, in voluntary veterans' preference in private employment, further providing for definitions and for eligibility for preference."
description: "An Act amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in veterans' preference, repealing provisions relating to soldier defined, providing for purpose and for definitions, repealing provisions relating to credits in civil service examinations, further providing for additional points in grading civil service examinations, for preference in appointment or promotion, for lack of training, age or physical impairment, for preferential rating provision in public works specifications, for computation of seniority for reduction in force, for preference of spouses and for law exclusive and providing for reporting requirement and for guidelines; and, in voluntary veterans' preference in private employment, further providing for definitions and for eligibility for preference."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 952"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 952 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Regan"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2019-11-12T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-10-29T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/725660f1-282a-41a0-b59c-c087b81f0c3e"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=952"
source_hash: "e209e48a95f3463174e5025c1d5ffbb4d9d7b4a7e6f0ba680117e688c98997bf"
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 952 (2019-2020) — An Act amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in veterans' preference, repealing provisions relating to soldier defined, providing for purpose and for definitions, repealing provisions relating to credits in civil service examinations, further providing for additional points in grading civil service examinations, for preference in appointment or promotion, for lack of training, age or physical impairment, for preferential rating provision in public works specifications, for computation of seniority for reduction in force, for preference of spouses and for law exclusive and providing for reporting requirement and for guidelines; and, in voluntary veterans' preference in private employment, further providing for definitions and for eligibility for preference.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **House Amendment A07110** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/HA/Public/HaCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sYear=2019&sInd=0&body=S&type=B&bn=0952&pn=1757&aYear=2019&an=07110)
2. **House Amendment A07413** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/HA/Public/HaCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sYear=2019&sInd=0&body=S&type=B&bn=0952&pn=1949&aYear=2019&an=07413)
3. **Printer's No. 1370** (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=0952&pn=1370)
4. **Printer's No. 1757** (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=0952&pn=1757)
5. **Printer's No. 1949** (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=0952&pn=1949)
6. **Printer's No. 2043** (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=0952&pn=2043)
7. **Senate Amendment A06047** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/HA/Public/HaCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sYear=2019&sInd=0&body=S&type=B&bn=0952&pn=1370&aYear=2019&an=06047)
## Votes
- FINAL PASSAGE — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **17–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR IN HOUSE AMENDMENTS — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 952 PN 1949, 2019 A7413, BARRAR — **202–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **202–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS): Reported as Committed — **11–0** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Regan — primary (person)
- Aument — cosponsor (person)
- Baker — cosponsor (person)
- Brewster — cosponsor (person)
- Browne — cosponsor (person)
- J. Ward — cosponsor (person)
- K. Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Mastriano — cosponsor (person)
- Mensch — cosponsor (person)
- Pittman — cosponsor (person)
- Sabatina — cosponsor (person)
- Yudichak — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-11-12T05:00:00+00:00** PN 1370 Referred to VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS `referral-committee`
- **2019-11-20T05:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-11-20T05:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2020-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2020-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2020-04-28T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2020-06-08T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1757 Amended on third consideration
- **2020-06-09T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-06-15T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS `referral-committee`
- **2020-09-16T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1949 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2020-09-16T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2020-09-16T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2020-09-17T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2020-09-30T04:00:00+00:00** PN 2043 Second consideration, with amendments `reading-2`
- **2020-09-30T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2020-10-19T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2020-10-19T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-10-20T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2020-10-20T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
- **2020-10-20T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House amendments
- **2020-10-20T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2020-10-20T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2020-10-21T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-10-29T04:00:00+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/725660f1-282a-41a0-b59c-c087b81f0c3e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).