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type: "Bill"
title: "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."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 649"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 649 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rapp"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-02-24T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-07-01T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6424c145-4b19-4d2d-8dfa-121256b72ff3"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2021&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=649"
source_hash: "0569b797b116832d807d89c5f5ef94b228f30163eda1f82fd1161bae141356f8"
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 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](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2021&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=0649&pn=0605)
2. **Printer's No. 0961** (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=0649&pn=0961)
3. **Printer's No. 1026** (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=0649&pn=1026)
## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6424c145-4b19-4d2d-8dfa-121256b72ff3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).