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+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act amending the act of July 2, 1993 (P.L.345, No.48), entitled \"An act empowering the General Counsel or his designee to issue subpoenas for certain licensing board activities; providing for hearing examiners in the Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs; providing additional powers to the Commissioner of Professional and Occupational Affairs; and further providing for civil penalties and license suspension,\" providing for licensure by endorsement."
+description: "An Act amending the act of July 2, 1993 (P.L.345, No.48), entitled \"An act empowering the General Counsel or his designee to issue subpoenas for certain licensing board activities; providing for hearing examiners in the Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs; providing additional powers to the Commissioner of Professional and Occupational Affairs; and further providing for civil penalties and license suspension,\" providing for licensure by endorsement."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
+legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
+session: "2019-2020"
+identifier: "HB 1172"
+citation: "Pennsylvania HB 1172 (2019-2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Hickernell"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 23
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2019-04-10T04:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2019-07-01T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c4b87517-0549-4d09-817c-502b225ff42e"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=1172"
+source_hash: "9f4cfa660b9de5ade1c89492f1894048eab8ddf3ac80c2bb1b5e2b5288c19b21"
+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 HB 1172 (2019-2020) — An Act amending the act of July 2, 1993 (P.L.345, No.48), entitled "An act empowering the General Counsel or his designee to issue subpoenas for certain licensing board activities; providing for hearing examiners in the Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs; providing additional powers to the Commissioner of Professional and Occupational Affairs; and further providing for civil penalties and license suspension," providing for licensure by endorsement.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **House Amendment A00870** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/HA/Public/HaCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sYear=2019&sInd=0&body=H&type=B&bn=1172&pn=1358&aYear=2019&an=00870)
+2. **Printer's No. 1358** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=1172&pn=1358)
+3. **Printer's No. 1781** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=1172&pn=1781)
+4. **Printer's No. 1989** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=1172&pn=1989)
+5. **Senate Amendment A01471** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/HA/Public/HaCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sYear=2019&sInd=0&body=H&type=B&bn=1172&pn=1781&aYear=2019&an=01471)
+6. **Senate Amendment A02101** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/HA/Public/HaCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sYear=2019&sInd=0&body=H&type=B&bn=1172&pn=1989&aYear=2019&an=02101)
+
+## Votes
+
+- FINAL PASSAGE — **188–0** (pass) · lower
+- FINAL PASSAGE — **49–0** (pass) · upper
+- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **23–0** (pass) · upper
+- Committee vote (CONSUMER PROTECTION AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE): Reported as Amended — **14–0** (pass) · upper
+- HB 1172 PN 1989, CONCUR — **201–0** (pass) · lower
+- HB 1172 PN 1989, A2101, MUTH AMENDMENT NO. A-2101 — **23–26** (fail) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Hickernell — primary (person)
+- B. Miller — cosponsor (person)
+- Barrar — cosponsor (person)
+- Brown — cosponsor (person)
+- Burgos — cosponsor (person)
+- Causer — cosponsor (person)
+- Ciresi — cosponsor (person)
+- Deluca — cosponsor (person)
+- Gillen — cosponsor (person)
+- Hill-Evans — cosponsor (person)
+- Jones — cosponsor (person)
+- Keefer — cosponsor (person)
+- Kortz — cosponsor (person)
+- Marshall — cosponsor (person)
+- Mcneill — cosponsor (person)
+- Mentzer — cosponsor (person)
+- Mihalek — cosponsor (person)
+- Millard — cosponsor (person)
+- Pickett — cosponsor (person)
+- Ravenstahl — cosponsor (person)
+- Readshaw — cosponsor (person)
+- Rothman — cosponsor (person)
+- Sainato — cosponsor (person)
+- Schlegel Culver — cosponsor (person)
+- Schlossberg — cosponsor (person)
+- T. Davis — cosponsor (person)
+- Webster — cosponsor (person)
+- Zimmerman — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-04-10T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1358 Referred to PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE `referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1781 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
+- **2019-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
+- **2019-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
+- **2019-05-13T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
+- **2019-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
+- **2019-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
+- **2019-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to CONSUMER PROTECTION AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE `referral-committee`
+- **2019-06-04T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1989 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
+- **2019-06-04T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
+- **2019-06-10T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
+- **2019-06-10T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
+- **2019-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2019-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
+- **2019-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to RULES `referral-committee`
+- **2019-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2019-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments
+- **2019-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
+- **2019-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
+- **2019-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-07-01T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c4b87517-0549-4d09-817c-502b225ff42e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).
+