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type: "Bill"
title: "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."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 178"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 178 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 24
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-01-15T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-06-30T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3a3af6c5-e0a6-4b7f-ab4d-8cbb556fa05a"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2021&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=178"
source_hash: "92d17753159ec69335e5e550d3c6c491c7c018ee90c7dac5f35dc2b4ba88fbcc"
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 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](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2021&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=0178&pn=0146)
2. **Printer's No. 1370** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2021&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=0178&pn=1370)
## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3a3af6c5-e0a6-4b7f-ab4d-8cbb556fa05a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).