republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2021-2022/sb-563.md

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Bill	An Act amending the act of April 27, 1927 (P.L.465, No.299), referred to as the Fire and Panic Act, further providing for standards for Class VI buildings.	An Act amending the act of April 27, 1927 (P.L.465, No.299), referred to as the Fire and Panic Act, further providing for standards for Class VI buildings.	us/states/pa	Pennsylvania General Assembly	2021-2022	SB 563	Pennsylvania SB 563 (2021-2022)	bill		enacted	Laughlin	2	24	6	2021-04-16T04:00:00+00:00	2022-07-07T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/f1f33de2-16db-4a10-8eb1-1304c6cb5003	http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2021&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=563	6b05b6e7d12a0d5f5622d413cf96c59eb15a4a03091d9bfe629b594bcaea7ab1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-pa

Pennsylvania SB 563 (2021-2022) — An Act amending the act of April 27, 1927 (P.L.465, No.299), referred to as the Fire and Panic Act, further providing for standards for Class VI buildings.

Version chain

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

1. Printer's No. 0609 (committee substitute) — source
2. Printer's No. 1588 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — 24–0 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (LABOR AND INDUSTRY): Reported as Committed — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE — 199–0 (pass) · lower
• SB 563 PN 1588, Concur in House Amendments — 49–0 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — 16–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 563 PN 609, Final Passage — 50–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Laughlin — primary (person)
• Argall — cosponsor (person)
• Cappelletti — cosponsor (person)
• Fontana — cosponsor (person)
• Regan — cosponsor (person)
• Schwank — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-04-16T04:00:00+00:00 PN 0609 Referred to LABOR AND INDUSTRY referral-committee
• 2021-04-27T04:00:00+00:00 Reported as committed committee-passage
• 2021-04-27T04:00:00+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
• 2021-06-07T04:00:00+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 LABOR AND INDUSTRY referral-committee
• 2022-04-12T04:00:00+00:00 PN 1588 Reported as amended amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2022-04-12T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2022-04-12T04:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table
• 2022-06-20T04:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 2022-06-21T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2022-06-21T04:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2022-06-22T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2022-06-22T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2022-06-28T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS referral-committee
• 2022-06-28T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported on concurrence, as committed committee-passage
• 2022-06-28T04:00:00+00:00 Senate concurred in House amendments
• 2022-06-28T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in Senate
• 2022-06-29T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in House
• 2022-06-29T04:00:00+00:00 Presented to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2022-07-07T04:00:00+00:00 Approved by the Governor executive-signature
• 2022-07-07T04:00:00+00:00 Act No. 42 of 2022

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f1f33de2-16db-4a10-8eb1-1304c6cb5003. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).