republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2021-2022/hb-649.md

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Bill	An Act providing for access to congregate care facilities for essential caregivers, for additional safety requirements for residents of congregate care facilities, for suspension of access for essential caregivers and for costs associated with safety measures related to essential caregivers.	An Act providing for access to congregate care facilities for essential caregivers, for additional safety requirements for residents of congregate care facilities, for suspension of access for essential caregivers and for costs associated with safety measures related to essential caregivers.	us/states/pa	Pennsylvania General Assembly	2021-2022	HB 649	Pennsylvania HB 649 (2021-2022)	bill		enacted	Rapp	3	23	5	2021-02-24T05:00:00+00:00	2021-07-01T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/6424c145-4b19-4d2d-8dfa-121256b72ff3	http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2021&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=649	0569b797b116832d807d89c5f5ef94b228f30163eda1f82fd1161bae141356f8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-pa

Pennsylvania HB 649 (2021-2022) — An Act providing for access to congregate care facilities for essential caregivers, for additional safety requirements for residents of congregate care facilities, for suspension of access for essential caregivers and for costs associated with safety measures related to essential caregivers.

Version chain

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

1. Printer's No. 0605 (committee substitute) — source
2. Printer's No. 0961 (committee substitute) — source
3. Printer's No. 1026 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FINAL PASSAGE — 201–0 (pass) · lower
• Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — 16–8 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (AGING AND YOUTH): Reported as Committed — 7–4 (pass) · upper
• HB 649 PN 961, 2021 A525, RAPP — 201–0 (pass) · lower
• HB 649 PN 1026, Final Passage — 32–18 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Rapp — primary (person)
• Causer — cosponsor (person)
• Cox — cosponsor (person)
• Freeman — cosponsor (person)
• Gaydos — cosponsor (person)
• Gleim — cosponsor (person)
• Hill-Evans — cosponsor (person)
• Kulik — cosponsor (person)
• Longietti — cosponsor (person)
• Neilson — cosponsor (person)
• Pickett — cosponsor (person)
• Rowe — cosponsor (person)
• Ryan — cosponsor (person)
• Stambaugh — cosponsor (person)
• Thomas — cosponsor (person)
• Toohil — cosponsor (person)
• Zimmerman — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-24T05:00:00+00:00 PN 0605 Referred to AGING AND OLDER ADULT SERVICES referral-committee
• 2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00 Reported with request to re-refer to HEALTH committee-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to HEALTH referral-committee
• 2021-03-17T04:00:00+00:00 PN 0961 Reported as amended amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2021-03-17T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2021-03-17T04:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table
• 2021-03-22T04:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 2021-03-23T04:00:00+00:00 PN 1026 Second consideration, with amendments reading-2
• 2021-03-23T04:00:00+00:00 Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2021-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2021-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2021-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to AGING AND YOUTH referral-committee
• 2021-06-08T04:00:00+00:00 Reported as committed committee-passage
• 2021-06-08T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2021-06-09T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2021-06-09T04:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2021-06-10T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2021-06-16T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2021-06-16T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in House
• 2021-06-21T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in Senate
• 2021-06-22T04:00:00+00:00 Presented to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-07-01T04:00:00+00:00 Approved by the Governor executive-signature
• 2021-07-01T04:00:00+00:00 Act No. 67 of 2021

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6424c145-4b19-4d2d-8dfa-121256b72ff3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).