republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2021-2022/hb-1868.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Title 63 (Professions and Occupations (State Licensed)) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for military and veterans' licensure."
description: "An Act amending Title 63 (Professions and Occupations (State Licensed)) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for military and veterans' licensure."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 1868"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 1868 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mako"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-09-15T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-07-07T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1cd7fcb7-33b6-4f62-9f7d-b6209e97b7b5"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2021&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=1868"
source_hash: "478dfb2b696a34820aa05962f143a672fb030b1365344349ff6ec2c59602a01d"
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 1868 (2021-2022) — An Act amending Title 63 (Professions and Occupations (State Licensed)) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for military and veterans' licensure.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. 2113** (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=1868&pn=2113)
2. **Printer's No. 2228** (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=1868&pn=2228)
3. **Printer's No. 2652** (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=1868&pn=2652)

## Votes

- Committee vote (CONSUMER PROTECTION AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE): Reported as Amended A03525 — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- HB 1868 PN 2652, Final Passage — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- HB 1868 PN 2652, CONCUR — **200–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **23–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **200–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (CONSUMER PROTECTION AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE): Reported as Amended — **12–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mako — primary (person)
- Bernstine — cosponsor (person)
- Boback — cosponsor (person)
- Ciresi — cosponsor (person)
- Delloso — cosponsor (person)
- Fitzgerald — cosponsor (person)
- Guzman — cosponsor (person)
- Hamm — cosponsor (person)
- Hanbidge — cosponsor (person)
- Heffley — cosponsor (person)
- Hennessey — cosponsor (person)
- Hickernell — cosponsor (person)
- Hill-Evans — cosponsor (person)
- Hohenstein — cosponsor (person)
- Howard — cosponsor (person)
- James — cosponsor (person)
- Kerwin — cosponsor (person)
- Kinsey — cosponsor (person)
- Mcneill — cosponsor (person)
- Mentzer — cosponsor (person)
- Millard — cosponsor (person)
- Moul — cosponsor (person)
- N. Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Neilson — cosponsor (person)
- Pisciottano — cosponsor (person)
- Polinchock — cosponsor (person)
- R. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Rigby — cosponsor (person)
- Sainato — cosponsor (person)
- Schlegel Culver — cosponsor (person)
- Schmitt — cosponsor (person)
- Solomon — cosponsor (person)
- T. Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Webster — cosponsor (person)
- Wheatley — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-09-15T04:00:00+00:00** PN 2113 Referred to PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE `referral-committee`
- **2021-10-04T04:00:00+00:00** PN 2228 Reported as amended `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2021-10-04T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2021-10-04T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2021-10-06T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2021-10-25T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2021-10-25T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2021-11-10T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2021-11-10T05:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-11-18T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to CONSUMER PROTECTION AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** PN 2652 Reported as amended `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2022-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2022-01-26T05:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2022-01-26T05:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-14T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2022-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to RULES `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
- **2022-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments
- **2022-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2022-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2022-07-01T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-07-07T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-07-07T04:00:00+00:00** Act No. 35 of 2022

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1cd7fcb7-33b6-4f62-9f7d-b6209e97b7b5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).