---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, in preliminary provisions, further providing for Keystone Exams."
description: "An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, in preliminary provisions, further providing for Keystone Exams."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 202"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 202 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Turzai"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-01-24T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-06-21T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/87ab52fc-b6a1-4d0c-b072-a7b40c98efab"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=202"
source_hash: "647e033068b41f37313a68dba0a0d3eff1684f80f572c794f3d9a19fe3d62ff7"
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 202 (2017-2018) — An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, in preliminary provisions, further providing for Keystone Exams.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. 0161** (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=0202&pn=0161)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE — **187–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (EDUCATION): Reported as Committed — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Turzai — primary (person)
- B. Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Baker — cosponsor (person)
- Barbin — cosponsor (person)
- Benninghoff — cosponsor (person)
- Bloom — cosponsor (person)
- Boback — cosponsor (person)
- Carroll — cosponsor (person)
- Causer — cosponsor (person)
- Charlton — cosponsor (person)
- Corbin — cosponsor (person)
- Cox — cosponsor (person)
- Cutler — cosponsor (person)
- D. Costa — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Deluca — cosponsor (person)
- Diamond — cosponsor (person)
- Dowling — cosponsor (person)
- Dunbar — cosponsor (person)
- Dush — cosponsor (person)
- English — cosponsor (person)
- Everett — cosponsor (person)
- F. Keller — cosponsor (person)
- Farry — cosponsor (person)
- Fee — cosponsor (person)
- Frankel — cosponsor (person)
- Freeman — cosponsor (person)
- Gabler — cosponsor (person)
- Gillen — cosponsor (person)
- Godshall — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Greiner — cosponsor (person)
- Grove — cosponsor (person)
- Hahn — cosponsor (person)
- Harkins — cosponsor (person)
- Heffley — cosponsor (person)
- Helm — cosponsor (person)
- Hickernell — cosponsor (person)
- Irvin — cosponsor (person)
- James — cosponsor (person)
- Jozwiak — cosponsor (person)
- Kampf — cosponsor (person)
- Kaufer — cosponsor (person)
- Kauffman — cosponsor (person)
- Keefer — cosponsor (person)
- Klunk — cosponsor (person)
- Kortz — cosponsor (person)
- Lawrence — cosponsor (person)
- Lewis — cosponsor (person)
- Longietti — cosponsor (person)
- M. K. Keller — cosponsor (person)
- M. Quinn — cosponsor (person)
- Mackenzie — cosponsor (person)
- Maloney — cosponsor (person)
- Marshall — cosponsor (person)
- Masser — cosponsor (person)
- Mcginnis — cosponsor (person)
- Miccarelli — cosponsor (person)
- Millard — cosponsor (person)
- Mullery — cosponsor (person)
- Neilson — cosponsor (person)
- Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Oberlander — cosponsor (person)
- Ortitay — cosponsor (person)
- Phillips-Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Pickett — cosponsor (person)
- Pyle — cosponsor (person)
- Quigley — cosponsor (person)
- R. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Rapp — cosponsor (person)
- Readshaw — cosponsor (person)
- Roe — cosponsor (person)
- Roebuck — cosponsor (person)
- Rothman — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan — cosponsor (person)
- Saccone — cosponsor (person)
- Sankey — cosponsor (person)
- Santora — cosponsor (person)
- Saylor — cosponsor (person)
- Schemel — cosponsor (person)
- Schlegel Culver — cosponsor (person)
- Schlossberg — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
- Staats — cosponsor (person)
- Stephens — cosponsor (person)
- Tobash — cosponsor (person)
- Toepel — cosponsor (person)
- Toohil — cosponsor (person)
- Topper — cosponsor (person)
- Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Warner — cosponsor (person)
- Wheatley — cosponsor (person)
- Wheeland — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-24T05:00:00+00:00** PN 0161 Referred to EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2017-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2017-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2017-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2017-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2017-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2017-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-05T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-07T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2017-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2017-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-06-21T04:00:00+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/87ab52fc-b6a1-4d0c-b072-a7b40c98efab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).