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type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, in preliminary provisions, further providing for Special Education Funding Commission, for Basic Education Funding Commission and for Commission on Education and Economic Competitiveness and providing for public job posting database, for instructional vacancy data and for data transparency; providing for Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact; in drug and alcohol recovery high school program, further providing for scope of program and selection of students, providing for enrollment of students and further providing for academic programs; in terms and courses of study, further providing for Economic Education and Personal Financial Literacy Programs; in early learning programs, providing for quarterly reporting; in high schools, further providing for attendance in other districts; in educational tax credits, further providing for definitions; in credit card marketing, further providing for regulation of on-campus credit card marketing; in reimbursements by Commonwealth and between school districts, further providing for assistance to school districts declared to be in financial recovery status or identified for financial watch status; and abrogating regulations."
description: "An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, in preliminary provisions, further providing for Special Education Funding Commission, for Basic Education Funding Commission and for Commission on Education and Economic Competitiveness and providing for public job posting database, for instructional vacancy data and for data transparency; providing for Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact; in drug and alcohol recovery high school program, further providing for scope of program and selection of students, providing for enrollment of students and further providing for academic programs; in terms and courses of study, further providing for Economic Education and Personal Financial Literacy Programs; in early learning programs, providing for quarterly reporting; in high schools, further providing for attendance in other districts; in educational tax credits, further providing for definitions; in credit card marketing, further providing for regulation of on-campus credit card marketing; in reimbursements by Commonwealth and between school districts, further providing for assistance to school districts declared to be in financial recovery status or identified for financial watch status; and abrogating regulations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 843"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 843 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Argall"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 28
vote_count: 13
first_action: "2023-06-26T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-12-13T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/35e71321-54e8-4a8b-ab04-3d3172a58e7b"
source_url: "https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=12&rollcallid=1099&sessYr=2023&sessInd=0"
source_hash: "ad3b3fd69857bc42074b3211e3ef7b8d38d8273aa0d63e37a7bf74d9db75d9ea"
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 843 (2023-2024) — An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, in preliminary provisions, further providing for Special Education Funding Commission, for Basic Education Funding Commission and for Commission on Education and Economic Competitiveness and providing for public job posting database, for instructional vacancy data and for data transparency; providing for Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact; in drug and alcohol recovery high school program, further providing for scope of program and selection of students, providing for enrollment of students and further providing for academic programs; in terms and courses of study, further providing for Economic Education and Personal Financial Literacy Programs; in early learning programs, providing for quarterly reporting; in high schools, further providing for attendance in other districts; in educational tax credits, further providing for definitions; in credit card marketing, further providing for regulation of on-campus credit card marketing; in reimbursements by Commonwealth and between school districts, further providing for assistance to school districts declared to be in financial recovery status or identified for financial watch status; and abrogating regulations.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **House Amendment A02942** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/amendments/text/2023/0/A02942)
2. **House Amendment A03012** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/amendments/text/2023/0/A03012)
3. **Printer's No. PN0963** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/SB0843/PN0963)
4. **Printer's No. PN1230** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/SB0843/PN1230)
5. **Printer's No. PN1239** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/SB0843/PN1239)
6. **Printer's No. PN1290** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/SB0843/PN1290)
7. **Senate Amendment A03343** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/amendments/text/2023/0/A03343)
## Votes
- Committee vote (Rules & Executive Nominations): Adopt Amendment — **17–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- A2942 — **203–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **114–89** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Education): Reported as Committed — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCURRENCE IN HOUSE AMENDMENTS AS AMENDED — **45–5** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-Reported as Committed — **22–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Education): Report Bill As Committed — **25–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Rules): Re-report Bill As Committed — **33–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Adopt Amendment — **37–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Amended — **37–0** (pass) · lower
- CONCURRENCE — **188–15** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Rules & Executive Nominations): Re-Reported as Amended — **17–0** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- David Argall — primary (person)
- Daniel Laughlin — cosponsor (person)
- Gene Yaw — cosponsor (person)
- Greg Rothman — cosponsor (person)
- Jarrett Coleman — cosponsor (person)
- Judith Schwank — cosponsor (person)
- Kristin Phillips-Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Michele Brooks — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan Aument — cosponsor (person)
- Tracy Pennycuick — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2023-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2023-08-30T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2023-08-30T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-09-18T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2023-09-19T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-09-21T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-11-13T05:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2023-11-13T05:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2023-11-13T05:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2023-11-13T05:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2023-11-14T05:00:00+00:00** Second consideration, with amendments `reading-2`
- **2023-11-14T05:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-11-15T05:00:00+00:00** Amended in House Committee on Appropriations
- **2023-11-15T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as amended `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2023-11-15T05:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-12-11T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules & Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2023-12-13T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as amended `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2023-12-13T05:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House amendments, as amended by the Senate `amendment-passage`
- **2023-12-13T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-12-13T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
- **2023-12-13T05:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments to House amendments
- **2023-12-13T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2023-12-13T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2023-12-13T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-12-13T05:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-12-13T05:00:00+00:00** Act No. 35 of 2023
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/35e71321-54e8-4a8b-ab04-3d3172a58e7b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).