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

---
type: "Bill"
title: "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."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "SB 849"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 849 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stefano"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2021-08-30T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-07-07T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bd96891a-4b70-4e6a-960a-98988e3f7ae7"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2021&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=849"
source_hash: "93b596de577d47bfa6629b342a4bc6646c2f83fcf1b3c679e8f2700734c4d1b6"
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 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](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2021&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0849&pn=1043)
2. **Printer's No. 1807** (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=0849&pn=1807)
3. **Printer's No. 1824** (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=0849&pn=1824)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bd96891a-4b70-4e6a-960a-98988e3f7ae7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).