Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Appropriations Committee on September 24, 2018. The 2017–2018 session has ended.
2017–2018 Regular Session
House Bill 980
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.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the House of Representatives
Sponsor
31 co-sponsors
NEAL P. GOODMAN, STEPHEN E. BARRAR, TINA M. DAVIS, Judy Ward, Mark Rozzi, THOMAS P. MURT, THOMAS R. CALTAGIRONE, JOSEPH A. PETRARCA, Michael H. Schlossberg, GERALD J. MULLERY, Michael J. Driscoll, HARRY A. READSHAW III, C. ADAM HARRIS, VANESSA L. LOWERY BROWN, MICHAEL B. CARROLL, DANIEL J. DEASY JR., CHRISTOPHER SAINATO, ROBERT FREEMAN, MARK M. GILLEN, KURT A. MASSER, Kristin Phillips-Hill, WILLIAM C. KORTZ II, GARTH D. EVERETT, JOHN J. TAYLOR, KATE M. HARPER, SUSAN C. HELM, Jared G. Solomon, KATHARINE M. WATSON, BRYAN E. BARBIN, MARK A. LONGIETTI, Parke Wentling
Its course
March 27, 2017 to September 24, 2018, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action18 actions on 8 days
In the House of RepresentativesMar 27 to Sep 12169 days
Veterans Affairs & Emergency PreparednessMar 27 to Jun 2691 days
RulesJun 26 to Sep 874 days
AppropriationsSep 11 to Sep 121 day
In the SenateSep 12 to Sep 24 · stopped377 days
Veterans Affairs & Emergency PreparednessSep 15 to Jun 19277 days
AppropriationsSep 24 to Sep 24 · stopped0 days
Votes
Yeas to nays, as the General Assembly recorded them. Committee votes are set in.
House of Representatives, third reading191–0
Passed · Sep 12
Amendments
Each amendment offered, and what became of it.
House of Representatives committee amendmentAdopted
Adopted Jun 26
Text
Each version as the General Assembly printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the General Assembly published it is below.
In the House of Representatives Mar 27 – Sep 12
- Mar 27Sent to VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
- Jun 26VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS recommended it as amended
- Sent to RULES
- Sep 8RULES recommended it
- Sep 11Read a second time
- Sent to APPROPRIATIONS
- Sep 12APPROPRIATIONS recommended it
- Passed the House of Representatives, 191 to 0
In the Senate Sep 15 – Sep 24, 2018
- Sep 15Arrived in the Senate
- Sent to VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
- Jun 19, 2018VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS recommended it
- Sep 24, 2018Read a second time
- Sent to APPROPRIATIONS
All 18 actions, as published
- Mar 27Referred to VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, March 27, 2017 [House]House of Representatives
- Jun 26Reported as amended, June 26, 2017 [House]House of Representatives
- Jun 26First consideration, June 26, 2017 [House]House of Representatives
- Jun 26Re-committed to RULES, June 26, 2017 [House]House of Representatives
- Sep 8Re-reported as committed, Sept. 8, 2017 [House]House of Representatives
- Sep 8Laid on the table, Sept. 8, 2017 [House]House of Representatives
- Sep 8Removed from table, Sept. 8, 2017 [House]House of Representatives
- Sep 11Second consideration, Sept. 11, 2017 [House]House of Representatives
- Sep 11Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS, Sept. 11, 2017 [House]House of Representatives
- Sep 12Re-reported as committed, Sept. 12, 2017 [House]House of Representatives
- Sep 12Third consideration and final passage, Sept. 12, 2017 (191-0) [House]House of Representatives
- Sep 12(Remarks see House Journal Page 1431-1432), Sept. 12, 2017 [House]House of Representatives
- Sep 15In the Senate [Senate]Senate
- Sep 15Referred to VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, Sept. 15, 2017 [Senate]Senate
- Jun 19, 2018Reported as committed, June 19, 2018 [Senate]Senate
- Jun 19, 2018First consideration, June 19, 2018 [Senate]Senate
- Sep 24, 2018Second consideration, Sept. 24, 2018 [Senate]Senate
- Sep 24, 2018Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS, Sept. 24, 2018 [Senate]Senate