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+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in 911 emergency communication services, further providing for telecommunications management and providing for Nonprofit Security Grant Fund."
+description: "An Act amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in 911 emergency communication services, further providing for telecommunications management and providing for Nonprofit Security Grant Fund."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
+legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
+session: "2019-2020"
+identifier: "HB 859"
+citation: "Pennsylvania HB 859 (2019-2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Barrar"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 24
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2019-03-18T04:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2019-11-07T05:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1419a808-0965-4eaa-8750-0bca98cc4d7f"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=859"
+source_hash: "b6abbb863c43a310a4446bc41ecaed7af1069b9c9a198d2499eaf41438d28dcc"
+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 859 (2019-2020) — An Act amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in 911 emergency communication services, further providing for telecommunications management and providing for Nonprofit Security Grant Fund.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Printer's No. 0973** (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=0859&pn=0973)
+2. **Printer's No. 2086** (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=0859&pn=2086)
+3. **Printer's No. 2766** (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=0859&pn=2766)
+4. **Senate Amendment A01507** (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=0859&pn=0973&aYear=2019&an=01507)
+5. **Senate Amendment A03330** (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=0859&pn=2086&aYear=2019&an=03330)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Committee vote (VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS): Reported as Amended — **11–0** (pass) · upper
+- FINAL PASSAGE — **48–0** (pass) · upper
+- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **23–0** (pass) · upper
+- HB 859 PN 2766, CONCUR — **192–4** (pass) · lower
+- FINAL PASSAGE — **198–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Barrar — primary (person)
+- Boyle — cosponsor (person)
+- Delloso — cosponsor (person)
+- Deluca — cosponsor (person)
+- Farry — cosponsor (person)
+- Gillen — cosponsor (person)
+- Hill-Evans — cosponsor (person)
+- James — cosponsor (person)
+- Kortz — cosponsor (person)
+- Millard — cosponsor (person)
+- Neilson — cosponsor (person)
+- Pickett — cosponsor (person)
+- Quinn — cosponsor (person)
+- Rapp — cosponsor (person)
+- Readshaw — cosponsor (person)
+- Ryan — cosponsor (person)
+- Sainato — cosponsor (person)
+- Saylor — cosponsor (person)
+- T. Davis — cosponsor (person)
+- Wheeland — cosponsor (person)
+- Zimmerman — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** PN 0973 Referred to VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2019-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
+- **2019-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
+- **2019-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
+- **2019-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
+- **2019-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2019-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
+- **2019-04-22T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS `referral-committee`
+- **2019-06-11T04:00:00+00:00** PN 2086 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
+- **2019-06-11T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
+- **2019-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
+- **2019-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
+- **2019-10-21T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2019-10-22T04:00:00+00:00** PN 2766 Amended on third consideration
+- **2019-10-23T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
+- **2019-10-28T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to RULES `referral-committee`
+- **2019-10-28T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2019-10-28T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments
+- **2019-10-28T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
+- **2019-10-29T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
+- **2019-10-29T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-11-07T05:00:00+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/1419a808-0965-4eaa-8750-0bca98cc4d7f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).
+