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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act amending Title 68 (Real and Personal Property) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for broadband services."
+description: "An Act amending Title 68 (Real and Personal Property) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for broadband services."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
+legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
+session: "2019-2020"
+identifier: "HB 2438"
+citation: "Pennsylvania HB 2438 (2019-2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Owlett"]
+version_count: 7
+action_count: 27
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2020-04-27T04:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2020-10-29T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/13367322-72ba-4d70-8813-6b4cddaf5263"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=2438"
+source_hash: "55025990249321b3e45d301f2aa821c4d51e464dab078710c75906e81f299032"
+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 2438 (2019-2020) — An Act amending Title 68 (Real and Personal Property) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for broadband services.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **House Amendment A05840** (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=2438&pn=3620&aYear=2019&an=05840)
+2. **Printer's No. 3620** (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=2438&pn=3620)
+3. **Printer's No. 3848** (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=2438&pn=3848)
+4. **Printer's No. 4404** (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=2438&pn=4404)
+5. **Printer's No. 4545** (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=2438&pn=4545)
+6. **Senate Amendment A07198** (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=2438&pn=3848&aYear=2019&an=07198)
+7. **Senate Amendment A07524** (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=2438&pn=4404&aYear=2019&an=07524)
+
+## Votes
+
+- HB 2438 PN 4545, CONCUR — **201–0** (pass) · lower
+- FINAL PASSAGE — **49–0** (pass) · upper
+- Committee vote (COMMUNICATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY): Reported as Committed — **11–0** (pass) · upper
+- HB 2438 PN 3848, A7198, PITTMAN AMENDMENT NO. A-7198 — **31–18** (pass) · upper
+- FINAL PASSAGE — **202–0** (pass) · lower
+- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **24–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Owlett — primary (person)
+- Bernstine — cosponsor (person)
+- Boback — cosponsor (person)
+- Burgos — cosponsor (person)
+- Causer — cosponsor (person)
+- Conklin — cosponsor (person)
+- Davanzo — cosponsor (person)
+- Delozier — cosponsor (person)
+- Donatucci — cosponsor (person)
+- Dush — cosponsor (person)
+- Gleim — cosponsor (person)
+- Helm — cosponsor (person)
+- Hershey — cosponsor (person)
+- Irvin — cosponsor (person)
+- James — cosponsor (person)
+- Kaufer — cosponsor (person)
+- Kauffman — cosponsor (person)
+- Keefer — cosponsor (person)
+- Kortz — cosponsor (person)
+- Kulik — cosponsor (person)
+- Longietti — cosponsor (person)
+- Millard — cosponsor (person)
+- Neilson — cosponsor (person)
+- Pashinski — cosponsor (person)
+- Pickett — cosponsor (person)
+- Pyle — cosponsor (person)
+- Readshaw — cosponsor (person)
+- Roae — cosponsor (person)
+- Ryan — cosponsor (person)
+- Schlegel Culver — cosponsor (person)
+- Schweyer — cosponsor (person)
+- Struzzi — cosponsor (person)
+- Wheeland — cosponsor (person)
+- Zimmerman — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** PN 3620 Referred to CONSUMER AFFAIRS `referral-committee`
+- **2020-05-26T04:00:00+00:00** PN 3848 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
+- **2020-05-26T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
+- **2020-05-26T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
+- **2020-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
+- **2020-06-09T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
+- **2020-06-09T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
+- **2020-06-10T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2020-06-10T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
+- **2020-06-17T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to COMMUNICATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY `referral-committee`
+- **2020-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2020-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
+- **2020-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
+- **2020-09-09T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table (Pursuant to Senate Rule 9)
+- **2020-09-21T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
+- **2020-09-22T04:00:00+00:00** PN 4404 Amended on third consideration
+- **2020-09-22T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
+- **2020-10-05T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2020-10-19T04:00:00+00:00** PN 4545 Amended on third consideration
+- **2020-10-21T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
+- **2020-10-21T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to RULES `referral-committee`
+- **2020-10-21T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2020-10-21T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments
+- **2020-10-21T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
+- **2020-10-21T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
+- **2020-10-22T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2020-10-29T04:00:00+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/13367322-72ba-4d70-8813-6b4cddaf5263`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).
+