republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2021-2022/hb-284.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Title 37 (Historical and Museums) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in general provisions, further providing for definitions; in powers and duties of Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, further providing for specific powers and duties, for personal property and for documents and providing for Commonwealth archival records, for local government archival records and for access to older public records; and, in historic properties, further providing for title to historic property and for powers over certain historic property."
description: "An Act amending Title 37 (Historical and Museums) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in general provisions, further providing for definitions; in powers and duties of Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, further providing for specific powers and duties, for personal property and for documents and providing for Commonwealth archival records, for local government archival records and for access to older public records; and, in historic properties, further providing for title to historic property and for powers over certain historic property."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 284"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 284 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Metcalfe"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 25
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-01-25T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-11-03T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c0e9e4e6-1374-4188-9cb7-6a6e8f200845"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2021&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=284"
source_hash: "129aac589b875d48f64c40cd39be6ed04c5e2a4a9d8937d846357d38e07921a4"
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 284 (2021-2022) — An Act amending Title 37 (Historical and Museums) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in general provisions, further providing for definitions; in powers and duties of Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, further providing for specific powers and duties, for personal property and for documents and providing for Commonwealth archival records, for local government archival records and for access to older public records; and, in historic properties, further providing for title to historic property and for powers over certain historic property.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. 0219** (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=0284&pn=0219)
2. **Printer's No. 0282** (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=0284&pn=0282)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE — **202–0** (pass) · lower
- HB 284 PN 282, Final Passage — **48–1** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (STATE GOVERNMENT): Reported as Committed — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Remove the Following Bills from the Table, SB 718; SB 956; HB 284 — **36–11** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Metcalfe — primary (person)
- Gaydos — cosponsor (person)
- Gillen — cosponsor (person)
- Helm — cosponsor (person)
- James — cosponsor (person)
- Millard — cosponsor (person)
- Zimmerman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** PN 0219 Referred to STATE GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** PN 0282 Reported as amended `amendment-passage, 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 STATE GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2021-05-11T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table (Pursuant to Senate Rule 9)
- **2022-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2022-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** Vote by which this bill was removed from table, reconsidered
- **2022-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2022-06-07T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2022-06-07T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2022-10-26T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2022-10-26T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-10-26T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2022-10-26T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2022-10-27T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-11-03T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-11-03T04:00:00+00:00** Act No. 102 of 2022

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c0e9e4e6-1374-4188-9cb7-6a6e8f200845`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).