republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2023-2024/sb-126.md

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Bill	An Act amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for the exclusion of veterans' benefit payments from income for Commonwealth programs.	An Act amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for the exclusion of veterans' benefit payments from income for Commonwealth programs.	us/states/pa	Pennsylvania General Assembly	2023-2024	SB 126	Pennsylvania SB 126 (2023-2024)	bill		enacted	Doug Mastriano	4	24	10	2023-01-09T05:00:00+00:00	2024-06-17T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/150da470-aa70-498c-b16d-b188d2d50853	https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=16&rollcallid=1751&sessYr=2023&sessInd=0	fb551f8986aa65ae0f330bccc5c5a827885a098c552ad71eed8fcc0d2763a210	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-pa

Pennsylvania SB 126 (2023-2024) — An Act amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for the exclusion of veterans' benefit payments from income for Commonwealth programs.

Version chain

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

1. House Amendment A04528 (committee substitute) — source
2. House Amendment A04630 (committee substitute) — source
3. Printer's No. PN0016 (committee substitute) — source
4. Printer's No. PN1681 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Committee vote (Finance): Re-report Bill As Committed — 25–0 (pass) · lower
• A4528 — 202–0 (pass) · lower
• FINAL PASSAGE — 201–1 (pass) · lower
• MOTION TO APPEAL RULING OF THE CHAIR — 102–100 (pass) · lower
• Committee vote (Rules & Executive Nominations): Re-Reported as Committed — 17–0 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE — 49–0 (pass) · upper
• CONCUR IN HOUSE AMENDMENTS — 49–0 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-Reported as Committed — 24–0 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness): Reported as Committed — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Committed — 37–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Doug Mastriano — primary (person)
• Cris Dush — cosponsor (person)
• Devlin Robinson — cosponsor (person)
• Katie Muth — cosponsor (person)
• Lisa Baker — cosponsor (person)
• Patrick Stefano — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-01-09T05:00:00+00:00 Referred to Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness referral-committee
• 2023-01-10T05:00:00+00:00 Reported as committed committee-passage
• 2023-01-10T05:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2023-01-17T05:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2023-01-17T05:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2023-03-08T05:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2023-03-08T05:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2023-03-08T05:00:00+00:00 Referred to Finance referral-committee
• 2024-05-21T04:00:00+00:00 Reported as committed committee-passage
• 2024-05-21T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2024-05-21T04:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table
• 2024-06-03T04:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 2024-06-04T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration, with amendments reading-2
• 2024-06-04T04:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2024-06-05T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2024-06-05T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2024-06-10T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to Rules & Executive Nominations referral-committee
• 2024-06-10T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported on concurrence, as committed committee-passage
• 2024-06-11T04:00:00+00:00 Senate concurred in House amendments
• 2024-06-11T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in Senate
• 2024-06-12T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in House
• 2024-06-12T04:00:00+00:00 Presented to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-06-17T04:00:00+00:00 Approved by the Governor executive-signature
• 2024-06-17T04:00:00+00:00 Act No. 27 of 2024

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/150da470-aa70-498c-b16d-b188d2d50853. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).