republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2021-2022/hb-178.md

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Bill	An Act amending the act of December 5, 1936 (2nd Sp.Sess., 1937 P.L.2897, No.1), known as the Unemployment Compensation Law, in administration of act, further providing for records of and reports by employers; in compensation, further providing for qualifications required to secure compensation and for rate and amount of compensation; in determination of compensation, appeals, reviews and procedure, further providing for determination of compensation appeals and for decision of referee and further appeals and reviews; and, in shared-work program, further providing for participating employer responsibilities.	An Act amending the act of December 5, 1936 (2nd Sp.Sess., 1937 P.L.2897, No.1), known as the Unemployment Compensation Law, in administration of act, further providing for records of and reports by employers; in compensation, further providing for qualifications required to secure compensation and for rate and amount of compensation; in determination of compensation, appeals, reviews and procedure, further providing for determination of compensation appeals and for decision of referee and further appeals and reviews; and, in shared-work program, further providing for participating employer responsibilities.	us/states/pa	Pennsylvania General Assembly	2021-2022	HB 178	Pennsylvania HB 178 (2021-2022)	bill		enacted	James	2	24	5	2021-01-15T05:00:00+00:00	2021-06-30T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/3a3af6c5-e0a6-4b7f-ab4d-8cbb556fa05a	http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2021&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=178	92d17753159ec69335e5e550d3c6c491c7c018ee90c7dac5f35dc2b4ba88fbcc	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-pa

Pennsylvania HB 178 (2021-2022) — An Act amending the act of December 5, 1936 (2nd Sp.Sess., 1937 P.L.2897, No.1), known as the Unemployment Compensation Law, in administration of act, further providing for records of and reports by employers; in compensation, further providing for qualifications required to secure compensation and for rate and amount of compensation; in determination of compensation, appeals, reviews and procedure, further providing for determination of compensation appeals and for decision of referee and further appeals and reviews; and, in shared-work program, further providing for participating employer responsibilities.

Version chain

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

1. Printer's No. 0146 (committee substitute) — source
2. Printer's No. 1370 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — 24–0 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (LABOR AND INDUSTRY): Reported as Amended — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• HB 178 PN 1370, CONCUR — 201–0 (pass) · lower
• HB 178 PN 1370, Final Passage — 50–0 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE — 202–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• James — primary (person)
• Causer — cosponsor (person)
• Ciresi — cosponsor (person)
• D. Williams — cosponsor (person)
• Gillen — cosponsor (person)
• Hill-Evans — cosponsor (person)
• Jozwiak — cosponsor (person)
• Kauffman — cosponsor (person)
• Mizgorski — cosponsor (person)
• Neilson — cosponsor (person)
• Owlett — cosponsor (person)
• Pisciottano — cosponsor (person)
• Rothman — cosponsor (person)
• Ryan — cosponsor (person)
• Sanchez — cosponsor (person)
• Thomas — cosponsor (person)
• Webster — cosponsor (person)
• Wheeland — cosponsor (person)
• Zimmerman — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-15T05:00:00+00:00 PN 0146 Referred to LABOR AND INDUSTRY referral-committee
• 2021-01-27T05:00:00+00:00 Reported as committed committee-passage
• 2021-01-27T05:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2021-01-27T05:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table
• 2021-01-28T05:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 2021-02-03T05:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2021-02-03T05:00:00+00:00 Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2021-02-04T05:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2021-02-04T05:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2021-02-11T05:00:00+00:00 Referred to LABOR AND INDUSTRY referral-committee
• 2021-04-27T04:00:00+00:00 PN 1370 Reported as amended amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2021-04-27T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2021-04-28T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2021-04-28T04:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2021-06-23T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2021-06-24T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2021-06-24T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to RULES referral-committee
• 2021-06-25T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported on concurrence, as committed committee-passage
• 2021-06-25T04:00:00+00:00 House concurred in Senate amendments
• 2021-06-25T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in House
• 2021-06-25T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in Senate
• 2021-06-28T04:00:00+00:00 Presented to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-06-30T04:00:00+00:00 Approved by the Governor executive-signature
• 2021-06-30T04:00:00+00:00 Act No. 30 of 2021

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3a3af6c5-e0a6-4b7f-ab4d-8cbb556fa05a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).