---
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 high schools, providing for assessment of civic knowledge."
description: "An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, in high schools, providing for assessment of civic knowledge."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 564"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 564 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Boback"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-02-21T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-06-19T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ef1ac20d-6d49-4ff3-a1e9-951ac62a130a"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=564"
source_hash: "ef6603f58fd7c0d58f0a82e0a95cdb395588a6113d7314d310c23d42d2195f91"
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 564 (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 high schools, providing for assessment of civic knowledge.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. 0589** (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=0564&pn=0589)
2. **Printer's No. 3298** (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=0564&pn=3298)
3. **Printer's No. 3547** (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=0564&pn=3547)

## Votes

- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- HB 564 PN 3547, CONCUR — **167–27** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (EDUCATION): Reported as Amended — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **191–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Boback — primary (person)
- Barbin — cosponsor (person)
- Barrar — cosponsor (person)
- Benninghoff — cosponsor (person)
- Bizzarro — cosponsor (person)
- Burns — cosponsor (person)
- C. Quinn — cosponsor (person)
- Cox — cosponsor (person)
- Cutler — cosponsor (person)
- D. Costa — cosponsor (person)
- Daley — cosponsor (person)
- Delissio — cosponsor (person)
- Diamond — cosponsor (person)
- Donatucci — cosponsor (person)
- Dush — cosponsor (person)
- Ellis — cosponsor (person)
- English — cosponsor (person)
- Everett — cosponsor (person)
- Fabrizio — cosponsor (person)
- Freeman — cosponsor (person)
- Gabler — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Hahn — cosponsor (person)
- Harkins — cosponsor (person)
- Helm — cosponsor (person)
- James — cosponsor (person)
- Kauffman — cosponsor (person)
- Kim — cosponsor (person)
- Kortz — cosponsor (person)
- Longietti — cosponsor (person)
- Mackenzie — cosponsor (person)
- Mcneill — cosponsor (person)
- Metcalfe — cosponsor (person)
- Miccarelli — cosponsor (person)
- Millard — cosponsor (person)
- Murt — cosponsor (person)
- Neilson — cosponsor (person)
- Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
- Pashinski — cosponsor (person)
- Pickett — cosponsor (person)
- Pyle — cosponsor (person)
- R. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Rader — cosponsor (person)
- Rapp — cosponsor (person)
- Ravenstahl — cosponsor (person)
- Readshaw — cosponsor (person)
- Roe — cosponsor (person)
- Roebuck — cosponsor (person)
- Rothman — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan — cosponsor (person)
- Saccone — cosponsor (person)
- Sainato — cosponsor (person)
- Schlegel Culver — cosponsor (person)
- Solomon — cosponsor (person)
- Staats — cosponsor (person)
- Stephens — cosponsor (person)
- Sturla — cosponsor (person)
- Toohil — cosponsor (person)
- V. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Watson — cosponsor (person)
- Youngblood — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** PN 0589 Referred to EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** PN 3298 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2018-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2018-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2018-04-10T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2018-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2018-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** PN 3547 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2018-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2018-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2018-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-04T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-06-05T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to RULES `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments
- **2018-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2018-06-11T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2018-06-11T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-06-19T04:00:00+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/ef1ac20d-6d49-4ff3-a1e9-951ac62a130a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).