---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act prohibiting the employment of unauthorized employees; requiring construction industry employers to verify the Social Security numbers of employees; and imposing penalties."
description: "An Act prohibiting the employment of unauthorized employees; requiring construction industry employers to verify the Social Security numbers of employees; and imposing penalties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1170"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 1170 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mackenzie"]
version_count: 28
action_count: 20
vote_count: 26
first_action: "2019-04-09T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-10-07T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/07571b93-0fa5-4639-ba8a-3e1b00b17a18"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=1170"
source_hash: "2eae3a470c60abe6741d3438caeb65cecf3af73b6eb5df0befcef9d5baf35af7"
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 1170 (2019-2020) — An Act prohibiting the employment of unauthorized employees; requiring construction industry employers to verify the Social Security numbers of employees; and imposing penalties.

## Version chain

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

1. **House Amendment A01535** (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=1170&pn=1348&aYear=2019&an=01535)
2. **House Amendment A01602** (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=1170&pn=1348&aYear=2019&an=01602)
3. **House Amendment A01603** (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=1170&pn=1348&aYear=2019&an=01603)
4. **House Amendment A01605** (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=1170&pn=1348&aYear=2019&an=01605)
5. **House Amendment A01843** (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=1170&pn=2009&aYear=2019&an=01843)
6. **House Amendment A01878** (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=1170&pn=2009&aYear=2019&an=01878)
7. **House Amendment A01879** (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=1170&pn=2009&aYear=2019&an=01879)
8. **House Amendment A01880** (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=1170&pn=2009&aYear=2019&an=01880)
9. **House Amendment A01881** (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=1170&pn=2009&aYear=2019&an=01881)
10. **House Amendment A01888** (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=1170&pn=2009&aYear=2019&an=01888)
11. **House Amendment A01891** (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=1170&pn=2009&aYear=2019&an=01891)
12. **House Amendment A01893** (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=1170&pn=2009&aYear=2019&an=01893)
13. **House Amendment A01894** (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=1170&pn=2009&aYear=2019&an=01894)
14. **House Amendment A01895** (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=1170&pn=2009&aYear=2019&an=01895)
15. **House Amendment A01896** (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=1170&pn=2009&aYear=2019&an=01896)
16. **House Amendment A01897** (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=1170&pn=2009&aYear=2019&an=01897)
17. **House Amendment A01900** (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=1170&pn=2009&aYear=2019&an=01900)
18. **House Amendment A01903** (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=1170&pn=2009&aYear=2019&an=01903)
19. **House Amendment A01904** (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=1170&pn=2009&aYear=2019&an=01904)
20. **House Amendment A01905** (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=1170&pn=2009&aYear=2019&an=01905)
21. **House Amendment A01907** (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=1170&pn=2009&aYear=2019&an=01907)
22. **House Amendment A01908** (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=1170&pn=2009&aYear=2019&an=01908)
23. **House Amendment A01910** (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=1170&pn=2009&aYear=2019&an=01910)
24. **House Amendment A01912** (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=1170&pn=2009&aYear=2019&an=01912)
25. **Printer's No. 1348** (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=1170&pn=1348)
26. **Printer's No. 2009** (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=1170&pn=2009)
27. **Printer's No. 2129** (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=1170&pn=2129)
28. **Senate Amendment A02909** (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=1170&pn=2129&aYear=2019&an=02909)

## Votes

- HB 1170 PN 2009, 2019 A1895, INNAMORATO — **87–109** (fail) · lower
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **22–2** (pass) · upper
- HB 1170 PN 2009, 2019 A1905, HOHENSTEIN — **87–109** (fail) · lower
- HB 1170 PN 2009, 2019 A1891, DONATUCCI — **85–111** (fail) · lower
- HB 1170 PN 2009, 2019 A1879, BRADFORD — **86–110** (fail) · lower
- HB 1170 PN 2009, 2019 A1896, ISAACSON — **86–110** (fail) · lower
- HB 1170 PN 2129, A2909, MUTH AMENDMENT NO. A-2909 — **7–42** (fail) · upper
- HB 1170 PN 2009, 2019 A1881, D. MILLER — **91–106** (fail) · lower
- HB 1170 PN 2009, 2019 A1843, MACKENZIE — **195–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **46–3** (pass) · upper
- HB 1170 PN 2009, 2019 A1900, RABB — **90–106** (fail) · lower
- HB 1170 PN 2009, 2019 A1897, RABB — **90–106** (fail) · lower
- HB 1170 PN 2009, 2019 A1904, FIEDLER — **89–106** (fail) · lower
- HB 1170 PN 2009, 2019 A1909, MOT APPEAL CHAIR, DERMODY — **107–89** (pass) · lower
- HB 1170 PN 2009, 2019 A1878, BRADFORD — **85–111** (fail) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **170–28** (pass) · lower
- HB 1170 PN 2009, 2019 A1903, DONATUCCI — **90–106** (fail) · lower
- Committee vote (LABOR AND INDUSTRY): Reported as Committed — **9–2** (pass) · upper
- HB 1170 PN 2009, 2019 A1907, HOHENSTEIN — **87–109** (fail) · lower
- HB 1170 PN 2009, 2019 A1908, KRUEGER — **86–110** (fail) · lower
- HB 1170 PN 2009, 2019 A1888, DEASY — **90–106** (fail) · lower
- HB 1170 PN 2009, 2019 A1880, D. MILLER — **89–107** (fail) · lower
- HB 1170 PN 2009, 2019 A1894, DELLOSO — **90–106** (fail) · lower
- HB 1170 PN 2009, 2019 A1910, KENYATTA — **86–110** (fail) · lower
- HB 1170 PN 2009, 2019 A1893, KRUEGER — **86–110** (fail) · lower
- HB 1170 PN 2009, 2019 A1912, RAVENSTAHL — **90–106** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mackenzie — primary (person)
- Barrar — cosponsor (person)
- Burns — cosponsor (person)
- Cox — cosponsor (person)
- Emrick — cosponsor (person)
- Farry — cosponsor (person)
- Galloway — cosponsor (person)
- Keefer — cosponsor (person)
- Kortz — cosponsor (person)
- Mentzer — cosponsor (person)
- Metcalfe — cosponsor (person)
- Millard — cosponsor (person)
- Neilson — cosponsor (person)
- Polinchock — cosponsor (person)
- Readshaw — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1348 Referred to LABOR AND INDUSTRY `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-04T04:00:00+00:00** PN 2009 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-04T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2019-06-04T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** PN 2129 Second consideration, with amendments `reading-2`
- **2019-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-17T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-17T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to LABOR AND INDUSTRY `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2019-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2019-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-09-25T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-09-25T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2019-09-25T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2019-09-26T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-10-07T04:00:00+00:00** Became Law without Governor's signature `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/07571b93-0fa5-4639-ba8a-3e1b00b17a18`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).