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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "An Act amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in Nonprofit Security Grant Fund, further providing for Nonprofit Security Grant Fund and for expiration; in Commonwealth services, further providing for State Fire Commissioner and for curriculum and training and providing for capital grants for municipal fire departments, for capital grants for emergency service training centers, for money for online training for firefighters and for money for reimbursement to Pennsylvania bomb squads; in volunteer firefighters, further providing for fire relief formula study; in grants to fire companies and emergency medical services companies, further providing for award of grants for volunteer fire companies and for award of grants for emergency medical services companies; in incentives for municipal volunteers of fire companies and nonprofit emergency medical services agencies, further providing for rejection and appeal; in emergency medical services, providing for tuition and loan assistance for active volunteers and establishing the Active Volunteer Tuition and Loan Assistance Program and the Active Volunteer Tuition and Loan Assistance Program Fund; in emergency medical services system, providing for scholarships for recruitment, training and retention; and establishing the EMS Training Fund."
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description: "An Act amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in Nonprofit Security Grant Fund, further providing for Nonprofit Security Grant Fund and for expiration; in Commonwealth services, further providing for State Fire Commissioner and for curriculum and training and providing for capital grants for municipal fire departments, for capital grants for emergency service training centers, for money for online training for firefighters and for money for reimbursement to Pennsylvania bomb squads; in volunteer firefighters, further providing for fire relief formula study; in grants to fire companies and emergency medical services companies, further providing for award of grants for volunteer fire companies and for award of grants for emergency medical services companies; in incentives for municipal volunteers of fire companies and nonprofit emergency medical services agencies, further providing for rejection and appeal; in emergency medical services, providing for tuition and loan assistance for active volunteers and establishing the Active Volunteer Tuition and Loan Assistance Program and the Active Volunteer Tuition and Loan Assistance Program Fund; in emergency medical services system, providing for scholarships for recruitment, training and retention; and establishing the EMS Training Fund."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
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legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
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session: "2021-2022"
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identifier: "HB 397"
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citation: "Pennsylvania HB 397 (2021-2022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Owlett"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 27
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2021-02-04T05:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2022-11-03T04:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/058d49a5-29c1-471f-8ac6-67e7a7e2d95e"
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source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2021&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=397"
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source_hash: "4d928df08a2046f3b34b1977ee8c272d292307e5d3abb5def86eb52087872e8b"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-pa"]
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---
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# Pennsylvania HB 397 (2021-2022) — An Act amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in Nonprofit Security Grant Fund, further providing for Nonprofit Security Grant Fund and for expiration; in Commonwealth services, further providing for State Fire Commissioner and for curriculum and training and providing for capital grants for municipal fire departments, for capital grants for emergency service training centers, for money for online training for firefighters and for money for reimbursement to Pennsylvania bomb squads; in volunteer firefighters, further providing for fire relief formula study; in grants to fire companies and emergency medical services companies, further providing for award of grants for volunteer fire companies and for award of grants for emergency medical services companies; in incentives for municipal volunteers of fire companies and nonprofit emergency medical services agencies, further providing for rejection and appeal; in emergency medical services, providing for tuition and loan assistance for active volunteers and establishing the Active Volunteer Tuition and Loan Assistance Program and the Active Volunteer Tuition and Loan Assistance Program Fund; in emergency medical services system, providing for scholarships for recruitment, training and retention; and establishing the EMS Training Fund.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Printer's No. 0371** (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=0397&pn=0371)
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2. **Printer's No. 3603** (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=0397&pn=3603)
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## Votes
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- HB 397 PN 3603, CONCURRENCE — **198–0** (pass) · lower
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- FINAL PASSAGE — **199–0** (pass) · lower
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- Committee vote (VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS): Reported as Committed — **11–0** (pass) · upper
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- HB 397 PN 3603, Final Passage — **49–0** (pass) · upper
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- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **24–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Owlett — primary (person)
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- Armanini — cosponsor (person)
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- Causer — cosponsor (person)
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- Ciresi — cosponsor (person)
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- Deluca — cosponsor (person)
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- Dunbar — cosponsor (person)
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- Ecker — cosponsor (person)
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- Gillen — cosponsor (person)
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- Greiner — cosponsor (person)
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- Hamm — cosponsor (person)
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- Hill-Evans — cosponsor (person)
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- James — cosponsor (person)
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- Kauffman — cosponsor (person)
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- Kenyatta — cosponsor (person)
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- Knowles — cosponsor (person)
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- Lawrence — cosponsor (person)
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- Pisciottano — cosponsor (person)
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- Polinchock — cosponsor (person)
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- Rapp — cosponsor (person)
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- Rigby — cosponsor (person)
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- Roae — cosponsor (person)
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- Rowe — cosponsor (person)
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- Ryan — cosponsor (person)
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- Sainato — cosponsor (person)
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- Sankey — cosponsor (person)
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- Schlegel Culver — cosponsor (person)
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- Schlossberg — cosponsor (person)
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- Staats — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephens — cosponsor (person)
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- Struzzi — cosponsor (person)
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- T. Davis — cosponsor (person)
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- Warner — cosponsor (person)
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- Webster — cosponsor (person)
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- Zabel — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** PN 0371 Referred to VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS `referral-committee`
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- **2021-10-06T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
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- **2021-10-06T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
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- **2021-10-06T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
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- **2021-10-25T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
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- **2021-10-26T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
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- **2021-10-26T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
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- **2021-10-27T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
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- **2021-10-27T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
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- **2021-10-28T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS `referral-committee`
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- **2022-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
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- **2022-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
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- **2022-09-21T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
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- **2022-10-18T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
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- **2022-10-18T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
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- **2022-10-25T04:00:00+00:00** PN 3603 Amended on third consideration
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- **2022-10-26T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
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- **2022-10-26T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
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- **2022-10-26T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
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- **2022-10-26T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to RULES `referral-committee`
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- **2022-10-26T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
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- **2022-10-26T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments
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- **2022-10-26T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
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- **2022-10-26T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
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- **2022-10-27T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2022-11-03T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2022-11-03T04:00:00+00:00** Act No. 104 of 2022
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/058d49a5-29c1-471f-8ac6-67e7a7e2d95e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).
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