---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act establishing the Pennsylvania Commission for the United States Semiquincentennial; and providing for its powers and duties."
description: "An Act establishing the Pennsylvania Commission for the United States Semiquincentennial; and providing for its powers and duties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1793"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 1793 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Charlton"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-09-18T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-06-12T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/88aab7d1-3ebc-45f8-82bc-149534578675"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=1793"
source_hash: "4761aecedc5d7c9374635430793dd5d835b17c759c1e64be05aa3e1f90192bff"
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 1793 (2017-2018) — An Act establishing the Pennsylvania Commission for the United States Semiquincentennial; and providing for its powers and duties.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Printer's No. 2435** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=1793&pn=2435)
2. **Printer's No. 2594** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=1793&pn=2594)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE — **38–12** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **193–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (STATE GOVERNMENT): Reported as Committed — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **25–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Charlton — primary (person)
- Boback — cosponsor (person)
- Bradford — cosponsor (person)
- Briggs — cosponsor (person)
- Burns — cosponsor (person)
- C. Quinn — cosponsor (person)
- Caltagirone — cosponsor (person)
- Cook — cosponsor (person)
- Corr — cosponsor (person)
- D. Costa — cosponsor (person)
- D. Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Deasy — cosponsor (person)
- Delozier — cosponsor (person)
- Diamond — cosponsor (person)
- Donatucci — cosponsor (person)
- Driscoll — cosponsor (person)
- Hahn — cosponsor (person)
- Helm — cosponsor (person)
- Kirkland — cosponsor (person)
- Kortz — cosponsor (person)
- Longietti — cosponsor (person)
- Matzie — cosponsor (person)
- Millard — cosponsor (person)
- Murt — cosponsor (person)
- Neilson — cosponsor (person)
- Phillips-Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Rabb — cosponsor (person)
- Rader — cosponsor (person)
- Readshaw — cosponsor (person)
- Roebuck — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan — cosponsor (person)
- Samuelson — cosponsor (person)
- Santora — cosponsor (person)
- Schlossberg — cosponsor (person)
- Sims — cosponsor (person)
- Solomon — cosponsor (person)
- Sturla — cosponsor (person)
- V. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Warren — cosponsor (person)
- Watson — cosponsor (person)
- White — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-09-18T04:00:00+00:00** PN 2435 Referred to TOURISM AND RECREATIONAL DEVELOPMENT `referral-committee`
- **2017-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** PN 2594 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2017-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2017-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2017-10-24T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2017-10-25T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2017-10-25T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2017-11-20T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-11-20T05:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-12-04T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to STATE GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2018-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2018-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-21T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-06-04T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-06-05T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2018-06-05T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2018-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-06-12T04:00:00+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/88aab7d1-3ebc-45f8-82bc-149534578675`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).