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+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929, providing for access to public records during disaster declaration."
+description: "An Act amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929, providing for access to public records during disaster declaration."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
+legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
+session: "2019-2020"
+identifier: "HB 2463"
+citation: "Pennsylvania HB 2463 (2019-2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Grove"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2020-04-29T04:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2020-07-27T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/24e9a14a-03ca-4a43-b847-9786685da672"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=2463"
+source_hash: "d402cbf83ff975a153ebdf7e67bbd19db0f3165fe7d74f5c22bfb3e0c177ab68"
+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 2463 (2019-2020) — An Act amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929, providing for access to public records during disaster declaration.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **House Amendment A05379** (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=2463&pn=3662&aYear=2019&an=05379)
+2. **House Amendment A05455** (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=2463&pn=3699&aYear=2019&an=05455)
+3. **Printer's No. 3662** (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=2463&pn=3662)
+4. **Printer's No. 3699** (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=2463&pn=3699)
+5. **Printer's No. 3713** (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=2463&pn=3713)
+6. **Senate Amendment A06688** (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=2463&pn=3713&aYear=2019&an=06688)
+
+## Votes
+
+- HB 2463 PN 3713, A6688, MUTH AMENDMENT NO. A-6688 — **21–29** (fail) · upper
+- Committee vote (STATE GOVERNMENT): Reported as Committed — **11–0** (pass) · upper
+- FINAL PASSAGE — **202–0** (pass) · lower
+- FINAL PASSAGE — **50–0** (pass) · upper
+- HB 2463 PN 3662, 2019 A5379, GROVE — **162–40** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Grove — primary (person)
+- B. Miller — cosponsor (person)
+- Barrar — cosponsor (person)
+- Bernstine — cosponsor (person)
+- Dush — cosponsor (person)
+- Gleim — cosponsor (person)
+- Jozwiak — cosponsor (person)
+- Kauffman — cosponsor (person)
+- Keefer — cosponsor (person)
+- Kortz — cosponsor (person)
+- M. K. Keller — cosponsor (person)
+- Mackenzie — cosponsor (person)
+- Mentzer — cosponsor (person)
+- Moul — cosponsor (person)
+- O'Neal — cosponsor (person)
+- Owlett — cosponsor (person)
+- Pickett — cosponsor (person)
+- Roae — cosponsor (person)
+- Rothman — cosponsor (person)
+- Rowe — cosponsor (person)
+- Ryan — cosponsor (person)
+- Sonney — cosponsor (person)
+- Staats — cosponsor (person)
+- Thomas — cosponsor (person)
+- Tomlinson — cosponsor (person)
+- Zimmerman — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** PN 3662 Referred to STATE GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
+- **2020-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2020-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
+- **2020-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
+- **2020-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
+- **2020-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** PN 3699 Second consideration, with amendments `reading-2`
+- **2020-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
+- **2020-05-05T04:00:00+00:00** PN 3713 Re-reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
+- **2020-05-05T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
+- **2020-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to STATE GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
+- **2020-07-13T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2020-07-13T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
+- **2020-07-14T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
+- **2020-07-15T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
+- **2020-07-15T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
+- **2020-07-15T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
+- **2020-07-16T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2020-07-27T04:00:00+00:00** Became Law without Governor's signature `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/24e9a14a-03ca-4a43-b847-9786685da672`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).
+