republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2021-2022/sb-478.md

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Bill	An Act amending the act of October 27, 1979 (P.L.241, No.78), entitled "An act authorizing political subdivisions, municipality authorities and transportation authorities to enter into contracts for the purchase of goods and the sale of real and personal property where no bids are received," further providing for title of the act; adding a short title; and providing for contracts for services.	An Act amending the act of October 27, 1979 (P.L.241, No.78), entitled "An act authorizing political subdivisions, municipality authorities and transportation authorities to enter into contracts for the purchase of goods and the sale of real and personal property where no bids are received," further providing for title of the act; adding a short title; and providing for contracts for services.	us/states/pa	Pennsylvania General Assembly	2021-2022	SB 478	Pennsylvania SB 478 (2021-2022)	bill		enacted	Dush	1	23	4	2021-03-31T04:00:00+00:00	2022-04-19T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/6fbd38cd-1c4c-468a-9844-ef137a3ef267	http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2021&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=478	5eb624259a9fb6b9c70c917c4cbd19ecc53c137937611293dc68e0765acce143	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-pa

Pennsylvania SB 478 (2021-2022) — An Act amending the act of October 27, 1979 (P.L.241, No.78), entitled "An act authorizing political subdivisions, municipality authorities and transportation authorities to enter into contracts for the purchase of goods and the sale of real and personal property where no bids are received," further providing for title of the act; adding a short title; and providing for contracts for services.

Version chain

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

1. Printer's No. 0503 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SB 478 PN 503, Final Passage — 50–0 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE — 197–1 (pass) · lower
• Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — 24–0 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (LOCAL GOVERNMENT): Reported as Committed — 11–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Dush — primary (person)
• Hutchinson — cosponsor (person)
• J. Ward — cosponsor (person)
• Kearney — cosponsor (person)
• Schwank — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 PN 0503 Referred to LOCAL GOVERNMENT referral-committee
• 2021-04-28T04:00:00+00:00 Reported as committed committee-passage
• 2021-04-28T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2021-05-10T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2021-05-10T04:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2021-06-14T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2021-06-15T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2021-06-16T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to LOCAL GOVERNMENT referral-committee
• 2021-09-29T04:00:00+00:00 Reported as committed committee-passage
• 2021-09-29T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2021-09-29T04:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table
• 2021-12-15T05:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 2021-12-15T05:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table
• 2022-01-25T05:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 2022-01-26T05:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2022-01-26T05:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2022-02-07T05:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in Senate
• 2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in House
• 2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00 Presented to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2022-04-19T04:00:00+00:00 Approved by the Governor executive-signature
• 2022-04-19T04:00:00+00:00 Act No. 18 of 2022

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6fbd38cd-1c4c-468a-9844-ef137a3ef267. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).