---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending the act of July 2, 1993 (P.L.345, No.48), entitled \"An act empowering the General Counsel or his designee to issue subpoenas for certain licensing board activities; providing for hearing examiners in the Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs; providing additional powers to the Commissioner of Professional and Occupational Affairs; and further providing for civil penalties and license suspension,\" providing for licensure by endorsement."
description: "An Act amending the act of July 2, 1993 (P.L.345, No.48), entitled \"An act empowering the General Counsel or his designee to issue subpoenas for certain licensing board activities; providing for hearing examiners in the Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs; providing additional powers to the Commissioner of Professional and Occupational Affairs; and further providing for civil penalties and license suspension,\" providing for licensure by endorsement."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1172"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 1172 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hickernell"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-04-10T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-07-01T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c4b87517-0549-4d09-817c-502b225ff42e"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=1172"
source_hash: "9f4cfa660b9de5ade1c89492f1894048eab8ddf3ac80c2bb1b5e2b5288c19b21"
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 1172 (2019-2020) — An Act amending the act of July 2, 1993 (P.L.345, No.48), entitled "An act empowering the General Counsel or his designee to issue subpoenas for certain licensing board activities; providing for hearing examiners in the Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs; providing additional powers to the Commissioner of Professional and Occupational Affairs; and further providing for civil penalties and license suspension," providing for licensure by endorsement.

## Version chain

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

1. **House Amendment A00870** (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=1172&pn=1358&aYear=2019&an=00870)
2. **Printer's No. 1358** (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=1172&pn=1358)
3. **Printer's No. 1781** (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=1172&pn=1781)
4. **Printer's No. 1989** (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=1172&pn=1989)
5. **Senate Amendment A01471** (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=1172&pn=1781&aYear=2019&an=01471)
6. **Senate Amendment A02101** (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=1172&pn=1989&aYear=2019&an=02101)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE — **188–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **23–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (CONSUMER PROTECTION AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE): Reported as Amended — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- HB 1172 PN 1989, CONCUR — **201–0** (pass) · lower
- HB 1172 PN 1989, A2101, MUTH AMENDMENT NO. A-2101 — **23–26** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hickernell — primary (person)
- B. Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Barrar — cosponsor (person)
- Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Burgos — cosponsor (person)
- Causer — cosponsor (person)
- Ciresi — cosponsor (person)
- Deluca — cosponsor (person)
- Gillen — cosponsor (person)
- Hill-Evans — cosponsor (person)
- Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Keefer — cosponsor (person)
- Kortz — cosponsor (person)
- Marshall — cosponsor (person)
- Mcneill — cosponsor (person)
- Mentzer — cosponsor (person)
- Mihalek — cosponsor (person)
- Millard — cosponsor (person)
- Pickett — cosponsor (person)
- Ravenstahl — cosponsor (person)
- Readshaw — cosponsor (person)
- Rothman — cosponsor (person)
- Sainato — cosponsor (person)
- Schlegel Culver — cosponsor (person)
- Schlossberg — cosponsor (person)
- T. Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Webster — cosponsor (person)
- Zimmerman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-10T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1358 Referred to PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1781 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2019-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2019-05-13T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2019-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2019-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to CONSUMER PROTECTION AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-04T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1989 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-04T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2019-06-10T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2019-06-10T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments
- **2019-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2019-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2019-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-01T04:00:00+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/c4b87517-0549-4d09-817c-502b225ff42e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).