republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2021-2022/sb-156.md

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Bill	An Act amending the act of June 26, 2001 (P.L.755, No.77), known as the Tobacco Settlement Act, in medical assistance for workers with disabilities, further providing for definitions and for medical assistance benefits for workers with disabilities and workers with medically improved disabilities.	An Act amending the act of June 26, 2001 (P.L.755, No.77), known as the Tobacco Settlement Act, in medical assistance for workers with disabilities, further providing for definitions and for medical assistance benefits for workers with disabilities and workers with medically improved disabilities.	us/states/pa	Pennsylvania General Assembly	2021-2022	SB 156	Pennsylvania SB 156 (2021-2022)	bill		enacted	Mensch	2	22	4	2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00	2021-07-01T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/d0bbb605-31f9-415a-9c1b-be74fa1ba237	http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2021&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=156	5cbf8b7ff5884c5e2baf275b84d4e29d1fcd403cc0f7d22f92884baf5fcd0bdf	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-pa

Pennsylvania SB 156 (2021-2022) — An Act amending the act of June 26, 2001 (P.L.755, No.77), known as the Tobacco Settlement Act, in medical assistance for workers with disabilities, further providing for definitions and for medical assistance benefits for workers with disabilities and workers with medically improved disabilities.

Version chain

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

1. Printer's No. 0135 (committee substitute) — source
2. Printer's No. 0734 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SB 156 PN 734, Final Passage — 48–0 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — 24–0 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE — 201–0 (pass) · lower
• Committee vote (HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES): Reported as Committed — 11–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Mensch — primary (person)
• Argall — cosponsor (person)
• Baker — cosponsor (person)
• Bartolotta — cosponsor (person)
• Blake — cosponsor (person)
• Boscola — cosponsor (person)
• Brewster — cosponsor (person)
• Brooks — cosponsor (person)
• Collett — cosponsor (person)
• Comitta — cosponsor (person)
• Costa — cosponsor (person)
• Disanto — cosponsor (person)
• Gordner — cosponsor (person)
• Haywood — cosponsor (person)
• Hughes — cosponsor (person)
• J. Ward — cosponsor (person)
• K. Ward — cosponsor (person)
• Kane — cosponsor (person)
• Muth — cosponsor (person)
• Pittman — cosponsor (person)
• Sabatina — cosponsor (person)
• Santarsiero — cosponsor (person)
• Schwank — cosponsor (person)
• Stefano — cosponsor (person)
• Tartaglione — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00 PN 0135 Referred to HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES referral-committee
• 2021-03-23T04:00:00+00:00 Reported as committed committee-passage
• 2021-03-23T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2021-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2021-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2021-04-27T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2021-05-10T04:00:00+00:00 PN 0734 Amended on third consideration
• 2021-05-11T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to HEALTH referral-committee
• 2021-06-09T04:00:00+00:00 Reported as committed committee-passage
• 2021-06-09T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2021-06-09T04:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table
• 2021-06-14T04:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 2021-06-15T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2021-06-15T04:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2021-06-25T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2021-06-25T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2021-06-25T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in Senate
• 2021-06-25T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in House
• 2021-06-28T04:00:00+00:00 Presented to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-07-01T04:00:00+00:00 Approved by the Governor executive-signature
• 2021-07-01T04:00:00+00:00 Act No. 69 of 2021

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d0bbb605-31f9-415a-9c1b-be74fa1ba237. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).