republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2021-2022/sb-849.md

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Bill	An Act amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in veterans' preference, further providing for definitions; and, in voluntary veterans' preference in private employment, further providing for definitions.	An Act amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in veterans' preference, further providing for definitions; and, in voluntary veterans' preference in private employment, further providing for definitions.	us/states/pa	Pennsylvania General Assembly	2021-2022	SB 849	Pennsylvania SB 849 (2021-2022)	bill		enacted	Stefano	3	25	10	2021-08-30T04:00:00+00:00	2022-07-07T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/bd96891a-4b70-4e6a-960a-98988e3f7ae7	http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2021&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=849	93b596de577d47bfa6629b342a4bc6646c2f83fcf1b3c679e8f2700734c4d1b6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-pa

Pennsylvania SB 849 (2021-2022) — An Act amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in veterans' preference, further providing for definitions; and, in voluntary veterans' preference in private employment, further providing for definitions.

Version chain

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

1. Printer's No. 1043 (committee substitute) — source
2. Printer's No. 1807 (committee substitute) — source
3. Printer's No. 1824 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Committee vote (RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — 17–0 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — 23–0 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE — 200–0 (pass) · lower
• SB 849 PN 1807, 2021 A5154 — 200–0 (pass) · lower
• SB 849 PN 1043, 2021 A4958 — 113–86 (pass) · lower
• SB 849 PN 1807, 2021 A5154, SUSP RULES — 197–3 (pass) · lower
• SB 849 PN 1043, 2021 A4988 — 199–0 (pass) · lower
• SB 849 PN 1043, Final Passage — 49–0 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS): Reported as Committed — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 849 PN 1824, Concur in House Amendments — 50–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Stefano — primary (person)
• Baker — cosponsor (person)
• Brewster — cosponsor (person)
• Collett — cosponsor (person)
• Costa — cosponsor (person)
• J. Ward — cosponsor (person)
• Mastriano — cosponsor (person)
• Mensch — cosponsor (person)
• Muth — cosponsor (person)
• Pittman — cosponsor (person)
• Robinson — cosponsor (person)
• Schwank — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-08-30T04:00:00+00:00 PN 1043 Referred to VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS referral-committee
• 2021-09-21T04:00:00+00:00 Reported as committed committee-passage
• 2021-09-21T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2021-09-22T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2021-09-22T04:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2021-10-18T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2021-11-08T05:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2021-11-09T05:00:00+00:00 Referred to VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS referral-committee
• 2022-06-15T04:00:00+00:00 Reported as committed committee-passage
• 2022-06-15T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2022-06-15T04:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table
• 2022-06-21T04:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 2022-06-22T04:00:00+00:00 PN 1807 Second consideration, with amendments reading-2
• 2022-06-22T04:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2022-06-27T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2022-06-27T04:00:00+00:00 PN 1824 Third consideration, with amendments reading-3
• 2022-06-27T04:00:00+00:00 Final passage passage
• 2022-06-28T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS referral-committee
• 2022-06-29T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported on concurrence, as committed committee-passage
• 2022-06-30T04:00:00+00:00 Senate concurred in House amendments
• 2022-06-30T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in Senate
• 2022-06-30T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in House
• 2022-06-30T04:00:00+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. 44 of 2022

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bd96891a-4b70-4e6a-960a-98988e3f7ae7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).