republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2021-2022/hb-854.md

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Bill	An Act amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929, providing for COVID-19 record retention and for temporary regulatory flexibility authority.	An Act amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929, providing for COVID-19 record retention and for temporary regulatory flexibility authority.	us/states/pa	Pennsylvania General Assembly	2021-2022	HB 854	Pennsylvania HB 854 (2021-2022)	bill		enacted	Ecker	3	24	8	2021-03-10T05:00:00+00:00	2021-06-11T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/1e57443f-7343-46ab-a6fa-114276b5c946	http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2021&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=854	2341d7da284186c36a3a4a37919d6a70bef8cf13b211efee422541397256d185	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-pa

Pennsylvania HB 854 (2021-2022) — An Act amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929, providing for COVID-19 record retention and for temporary regulatory flexibility authority.

Version chain

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

1. Printer's No. 0838 (committee substitute) — source
2. Printer's No. 1155 (committee substitute) — source
3. Printer's No. 1752 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Committee vote (STATE GOVERNMENT): Reported as Committed — 8–3 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE — 111–90 (pass) · lower
• HB 854 PN 838, 2021 A647, T. DAVIS — 90–111 (fail) · lower
• HB 854 PN 1155, 2021 A1582, WARD, K. Amendment No. A-1582 — 49–0 (pass) · upper
• HB 854 PN 838, 2021 A641, MERCURI — 201–0 (pass) · lower
• Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — 24–0 (pass) · upper
• HB 854 PN 1752, Final Passage — 50–0 (pass) · upper
• HB 854 PN 1752, CONCUR — 202–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Ecker — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-03-10T05:00:00+00:00 PN 0838 Referred to STATE GOVERNMENT referral-committee
• 2021-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 Reported as committed committee-passage
• 2021-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2021-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table
• 2021-04-05T04:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 2021-04-06T04:00:00+00:00 PN 1155 Second consideration, with amendments reading-2
• 2021-04-06T04:00:00+00:00 Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2021-04-07T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2021-04-07T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2021-04-09T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to STATE GOVERNMENT referral-committee
• 2021-05-11T04:00:00+00:00 Reported as committed committee-passage
• 2021-05-11T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2021-06-09T04:00:00+00:00 PN 1752 Second consideration, with amendments 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
• 2021-06-10T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2021-06-10T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to RULES referral-committee
• 2021-06-10T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported on concurrence, as committed committee-passage
• 2021-06-10T04:00:00+00:00 House concurred in Senate amendments
• 2021-06-10T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in House
• 2021-06-10T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in Senate
• 2021-06-10T04:00:00+00:00 Presented to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-06-11T04:00:00+00:00 Approved by the Governor executive-signature
• 2021-06-11T04:00:00+00:00 Act No. 21 of 2021

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1e57443f-7343-46ab-a6fa-114276b5c946. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).