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type: "Bill"
title: "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."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 126"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 126 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Doug Mastriano"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 24
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2023-01-09T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-06-17T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/150da470-aa70-498c-b16d-b188d2d50853"
source_url: "https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=16&rollcallid=1751&sessYr=2023&sessInd=0"
source_hash: "fb551f8986aa65ae0f330bccc5c5a827885a098c552ad71eed8fcc0d2763a210"
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 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](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/amendments/text/2023/0/A04528)
2. **House Amendment A04630** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/amendments/text/2023/0/A04630)
3. **Printer's No. PN0016** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/SB0126/PN0016)
4. **Printer's No. PN1681** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/SB0126/PN1681)
## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/150da470-aa70-498c-b16d-b188d2d50853`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).