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Bill	An Act amending Titles 24 (Education) and 71 (State Government) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes as follows: In Title 24: for retirement for school employees, in preliminary provisions, further providing for definitions; in membership, contributions and benefits, further providing for payments by employers and providing for nonparticipating employer withdrawal liability and further providing for actuarial cost method; in School Employees' Defined Contribution Plan, further providing for vesting; in administration and miscellaneous provisions, further providing for Public School Employees Retirement Board; in administration and miscellaneous provisions, providing for the establishment of the Public Markets Emerging Investment Manager Program; and, in preliminary provisions, further providing for definitions. In Title 71: for retirement for State employees and officers, in preliminary provisions relating to retirement for State employees and officers, further providing for definitions; in membership, credited service, classes of service and eligibility for benefits regarding administration of the State Employees' Retirement Fund, further providing for election to become a Class A-6 member or solely a participant in the plan and for eligibility for death benefits; and, in benefits, further providing for maximum single life annuity.	An Act amending Titles 24 (Education) and 71 (State Government) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes as follows: In Title 24: for retirement for school employees, in preliminary provisions, further providing for definitions; in membership, contributions and benefits, further providing for payments by employers and providing for nonparticipating employer withdrawal liability and further providing for actuarial cost method; in School Employees' Defined Contribution Plan, further providing for vesting; in administration and miscellaneous provisions, further providing for Public School Employees Retirement Board; in administration and miscellaneous provisions, providing for the establishment of the Public Markets Emerging Investment Manager Program; and, in preliminary provisions, further providing for definitions. In Title 71: for retirement for State employees and officers, in preliminary provisions relating to retirement for State employees and officers, further providing for definitions; in membership, credited service, classes of service and eligibility for benefits regarding administration of the State Employees' Retirement Fund, further providing for election to become a Class A-6 member or solely a participant in the plan and for eligibility for death benefits; and, in benefits, further providing for maximum single life annuity.	us/states/pa	Pennsylvania General Assembly	2019-2020	SB 724	Pennsylvania SB 724 (2019-2020)	bill		enacted	Corman	5	24	6	2019-06-06T04:00:00+00:00	2019-07-02T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/59fa5b9e-b320-4441-b200-c37afa62c14b	http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=724	f25ccbd42a1ed22e349b253506e1c98de28ad22b178c73e9e3cd7f8c5f1254ff	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-pa

Pennsylvania SB 724 (2019-2020) — An Act amending Titles 24 (Education) and 71 (State Government) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes as follows: In Title 24: for retirement for school employees, in preliminary provisions, further providing for definitions; in membership, contributions and benefits, further providing for payments by employers and providing for nonparticipating employer withdrawal liability and further providing for actuarial cost method; in School Employees' Defined Contribution Plan, further providing for vesting; in administration and miscellaneous provisions, further providing for Public School Employees Retirement Board; in administration and miscellaneous provisions, providing for the establishment of the Public Markets Emerging Investment Manager Program; and, in preliminary provisions, further providing for definitions. In Title 71: for retirement for State employees and officers, in preliminary provisions relating to retirement for State employees and officers, further providing for definitions; in membership, credited service, classes of service and eligibility for benefits regarding administration of the State Employees' Retirement Fund, further providing for election to become a Class A-6 member or solely a participant in the plan and for eligibility for death benefits; and, in benefits, further providing for maximum single life annuity.

Version chain

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

1. House Amendment A02165 (committee substitute) — source
2. Printer's No. 0894 (committee substitute) — source
3. Printer's No. 0999 (committee substitute) — source
4. Printer's No. 1046 (committee substitute) — source
5. Senate Amendment A02115 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Committee vote (FINANCE): Reported as Committed — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — 24–0 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — 17–0 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE — 50–0 (pass) · upper
• CONCUR IN HOUSE AMENDMENTS — 50–0 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE — 201–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Corman — primary (person)
• Browne — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-06-06T04:00:00+00:00 PN 0894 Referred to FINANCE referral-committee
• 2019-06-10T04:00:00+00:00 Reported as committed committee-passage
• 2019-06-10T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2019-06-11T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2019-06-11T04:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2019-06-11T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2019-06-17T04:00:00+00:00 PN 0999 Amended on third consideration
• 2019-06-18T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2019-06-19T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to STATE GOVERNMENT referral-committee
• 2019-06-20T04:00:00+00:00 PN 1046 Reported as amended committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2019-06-20T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2019-06-20T04:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table
• 2019-06-24T04:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 2019-06-25T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2019-06-25T04:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2019-06-26T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2019-06-26T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2019-06-26T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS referral-committee
• 2019-06-26T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported on concurrence, as committed committee-passage
• 2019-06-27T04:00:00+00:00 Senate concurred in House amendments
• 2019-06-27T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in Senate
• 2019-06-27T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in House
• 2019-06-27T04:00:00+00:00 Presented to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2019-07-02T04:00:00+00:00 Approved by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/59fa5b9e-b320-4441-b200-c37afa62c14b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).