republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2023-2024/hb-71.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act providing for the Gold Star Families Memorial Monument on the grounds of the State Capitol to honor and remember those who have fallen in the line of duty and those left behind."
description: "An Act providing for the Gold Star Families Memorial Monument on the grounds of the State Capitol to honor and remember those who have fallen in the line of duty and those left behind."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 71"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 71 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joe Kerwin"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 27
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-03-07T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-11-18T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/04c4726f-397c-4a7c-96e5-b1df5802d279"
source_url: "https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=36&rollcallid=675&sessYr=2023&sessInd=0"
source_hash: "e3f24075e57224e786abb8d244b52910a6585d210a66d5b614011069eb199fb8"
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 HB 71 (2023-2024) — An Act providing for the Gold Star Families Memorial Monument on the grounds of the State Capitol to honor and remember those who have fallen in the line of duty and those left behind.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. PN0060** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/HB0071/PN0060)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-Reported as Committed — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **201–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (State Government): Reported as Committed — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (State Government): Report Bill As Committed — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Rules): Re-report Bill As Committed — **33–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Committed — **37–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Joe Kerwin — primary (person)
- Barry Jozwiak — cosponsor (person)
- Benjamin Sanchez — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Carol Hill-Evans — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel Deasy — cosponsor (person)
- Dave Madsen — cosponsor (person)
- David Delloso — cosponsor (person)
- David Rowe — cosponsor (person)
- David Zimmerman — cosponsor (person)
- Ed Neilson — cosponsor (person)
- G. Roni Green — cosponsor (person)
- Jamie Barton — cosponsor (person)
- Jamie Flick — cosponsor (person)
- Jeanne Mcneill — cosponsor (person)
- Jim Haddock — cosponsor (person)
- Jim Marshall — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Ciresi — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Hamm — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Webster — cosponsor (person)
- Justin Fleming — cosponsor (person)
- Kathy Rapp — cosponsor (person)
- Kristin Marcell — cosponsor (person)
- Leslie Rossi — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Gillen — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Rozzi — cosponsor (person)
- Martin Causer — cosponsor (person)
- Maureen Madden — cosponsor (person)
- Nancy Guenst — cosponsor (person)
- Napoleon J. Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Patty Kim — cosponsor (person)
- R. Lee James — cosponsor (person)
- Rob Kauffman — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Freeman — cosponsor (person)
- Shelby Labs — cosponsor (person)
- Sheryl Delozier — cosponsor (person)
- Steven Mentzer — cosponsor (person)
- Tarik Khan — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to State Government `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2023-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2023-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-09-22T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2023-09-22T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2023-09-22T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2023-09-22T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-22T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to State Government `referral-committee`
- **2024-10-01T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2024-10-01T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2024-10-07T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2024-10-21T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2024-10-22T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2024-10-22T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-10-22T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2024-11-13T05:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-11-13T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2024-11-13T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2024-11-13T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-11-18T05:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-11-18T05:00:00+00:00** Act No. 145 of 2024

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/04c4726f-397c-4a7c-96e5-b1df5802d279`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).