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type: "Bill"
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title: "An Act amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in Department of Military Affairs, establishing the PA VETConnect Program."
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description: "An Act amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in Department of Military Affairs, establishing the PA VETConnect Program."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
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legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
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session: "2023-2024"
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identifier: "SB 447"
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citation: "Pennsylvania SB 447 (2023-2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Doug Mastriano"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 24
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vote_count: 9
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first_action: "2023-02-24T05:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2024-07-17T04:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/61c6f9a3-21c6-4a5a-bd17-d747f5dd0f9b"
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source_url: "https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=42&rollcallid=1053&sessYr=2023&sessInd=0"
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source_hash: "25dc18d1bc51e5d8f964c0e34ba19118303ef58127c45a222524b903d0643bb6"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-pa"]
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---
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# Pennsylvania SB 447 (2023-2024) — An Act amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in Department of Military Affairs, establishing the PA VETConnect Program.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **House Amendment A02823** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/amendments/text/2023/0/A02823)
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2. **Printer's No. PN0370** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/SB0447/PN0370)
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3. **Printer's No. PN1799** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/SB0447/PN1799)
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## Votes
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- FINAL PASSAGE — **50–0** (pass) · upper
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- FINAL PASSAGE — **201–1** (pass) · lower
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- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Committed — **37–0** (pass) · lower
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- Committee vote (Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness): Report Bill As Committed — **25–0** (pass) · lower
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- Committee vote (Rules & Executive Nominations): Re-Reported as Committed — **17–0** (pass) · upper
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- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-Reported as Committed — **24–0** (pass) · upper
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- CONCUR IN HOUSE AMENDMENTS — **49–0** (pass) · upper
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- A2823 — **202–0** (pass) · lower
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- Committee vote (Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness): Reported as Committed — **11–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Doug Mastriano — primary (person)
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- Camera Bartolotta — cosponsor (person)
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- Cris Dush — cosponsor (person)
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- Judith Schwank — cosponsor (person)
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- Judy Ward — cosponsor (person)
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- Katie Muth — cosponsor (person)
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- Lisa Baker — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
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- **2023-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
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- **2023-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
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- **2023-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-24T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
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- **2023-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
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- **2023-05-10T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness `referral-committee`
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- **2023-10-31T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
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- **2023-10-31T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
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- **2023-10-31T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
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- **2024-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
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- **2024-07-01T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration, with amendments `reading-2`
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- **2024-07-01T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2024-07-02T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
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- **2024-07-09T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
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- **2024-07-09T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules & Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
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- **2024-07-10T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
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- **2024-07-10T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House amendments
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- **2024-07-10T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
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- **2024-07-10T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
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- **2024-07-10T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-07-17T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2024-07-17T04:00:00+00:00** Act No. 70 of 2024
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/61c6f9a3-21c6-4a5a-bd17-d747f5dd0f9b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).
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