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+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act amending Title 71 (State Government) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in retirement for State employees and officers, further defining \"enforcement officer\"; and providing for installment payments."
+description: "An Act amending Title 71 (State Government) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in retirement for State employees and officers, further defining \"enforcement officer\"; and providing for installment payments."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
+legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
+session: "2019-2020"
+identifier: "HB 615"
+citation: "Pennsylvania HB 615 (2019-2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Gillespie"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 20
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2019-02-28T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2019-07-02T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8f9e3753-4849-4b67-ac86-49db6e1f57cf"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=615"
+source_hash: "17cbe0479ae50f333e57aebfadef5d1517c70cd608d40c696f2217baf7612708"
+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 615 (2019-2020) — An Act amending Title 71 (State Government) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in retirement for State employees and officers, further defining "enforcement officer"; and providing for installment payments.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **House Amendment A01232** (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=0615&pn=0610&aYear=2019&an=01232)
+2. **Printer's No. 0610** (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=0615&pn=0610)
+3. **Printer's No. 1784** (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=0615&pn=1784)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **24–0** (pass) · upper
+- Committee vote (FINANCE): Reported as Committed — **11–0** (pass) · upper
+- FINAL PASSAGE — **50–0** (pass) · upper
+- FINAL PASSAGE — **196–3** (pass) · lower
+- HB 615 PN 610, 2019 A1232, TOBASH — **198–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Gillespie — primary (person)
+- Bernstine — cosponsor (person)
+- Dowling — cosponsor (person)
+- Gaydos — cosponsor (person)
+- Gillen — cosponsor (person)
+- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
+- Jozwiak — cosponsor (person)
+- Kortz — cosponsor (person)
+- Kulik — cosponsor (person)
+- Metzgar — cosponsor (person)
+- Mullery — cosponsor (person)
+- Murt — cosponsor (person)
+- Neilson — cosponsor (person)
+- Owlett — cosponsor (person)
+- Sainato — cosponsor (person)
+- Saylor — cosponsor (person)
+- Warner — cosponsor (person)
+- Wheeland — cosponsor (person)
+- Zimmerman — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** PN 0610 Referred to GAME AND FISHERIES `referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-01T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2019-05-01T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
+- **2019-05-01T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
+- **2019-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
+- **2019-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1784 Second consideration, with amendments `reading-2`
+- **2019-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-13T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2019-05-13T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
+- **2019-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to FINANCE `referral-committee`
+- **2019-06-10T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2019-06-10T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
+- **2019-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
+- **2019-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
+- **2019-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2019-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
+- **2019-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
+- **2019-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
+- **2019-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-07-02T04:00:00+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/8f9e3753-4849-4b67-ac86-49db6e1f57cf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).
+