---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Title 24 (Education) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for suicide prevention in institutions of higher education."
description: "An Act amending Title 24 (Education) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for suicide prevention in institutions of higher education."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1822"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 1822 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Schlossberg"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-09-26T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-10-24T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4b5b84e5-c1b7-4083-b8b0-66f91afd9a09"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=1822"
source_hash: "cbef86d20ac700e82ab17def79d89d136c583f07430987d76a34f647be59028f"
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 1822 (2017-2018) — An Act amending Title 24 (Education) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for suicide prevention in institutions of higher education.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. 2479** (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=1822&pn=2479)
2. **Printer's No. 4045** (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=1822&pn=4045)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **191–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (EDUCATION): Reported as Committed — **12–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Schlossberg — primary (person)
- Briggs — cosponsor (person)
- Caltagirone — cosponsor (person)
- D. Costa — cosponsor (person)
- Davidson — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Dean — cosponsor (person)
- Deasy — cosponsor (person)
- Deluca — cosponsor (person)
- Driscoll — cosponsor (person)
- Freeman — cosponsor (person)
- J. Mcneill — cosponsor (person)
- Kortz — cosponsor (person)
- M. Quinn — cosponsor (person)
- Miccarelli — cosponsor (person)
- Murt — cosponsor (person)
- O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
- Pashinski — cosponsor (person)
- Roebuck — cosponsor (person)
- Rothman — cosponsor (person)
- Rozzi — cosponsor (person)
- Samuelson — cosponsor (person)
- Schweyer — cosponsor (person)
- Sims — cosponsor (person)
- Snyder — cosponsor (person)
- Solomon — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Vazquez — cosponsor (person)
- Warren — cosponsor (person)
- Watson — cosponsor (person)
- Wheatley — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-09-26T04:00:00+00:00** PN 2479 Referred to EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2018-09-24T04:00:00+00:00** PN 4045 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2018-09-24T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2018-09-24T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2018-09-25T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2018-10-01T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2018-10-01T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2018-10-09T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-10-09T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-10-12T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2018-10-15T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-10-15T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2018-10-16T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2018-10-16T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2018-10-16T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2018-10-18T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-10-24T04:00:00+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/4b5b84e5-c1b7-4083-b8b0-66f91afd9a09`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).