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type: "Bill"
title: "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."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "SB 478"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 478 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dush"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 23
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-03-31T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-19T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6fbd38cd-1c4c-468a-9844-ef137a3ef267"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2021&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=478"
source_hash: "5eb624259a9fb6b9c70c917c4cbd19ecc53c137937611293dc68e0765acce143"
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 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](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2021&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0478&pn=0503)
## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6fbd38cd-1c4c-468a-9844-ef137a3ef267`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).