---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act repealing the act of June 22, 1935 (P.L.449, No.188), referred to as the Sunday Tennis Act."
description: "An Act repealing the act of June 22, 1935 (P.L.449, No.188), referred to as the Sunday Tennis Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1405"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 1405 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hershey"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 24
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-05-06T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-07-01T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/09cfd15a-e1a0-4a48-9679-105bfcb6e68f"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=1405"
source_hash: "97b6cf3c0a4e4b72d585fdf97ac3f48cc16052ba88b985225d8a8f036cd53dd5"
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 1405 (2019-2020) — An Act repealing the act of June 22, 1935 (P.L.449, No.188), referred to as the Sunday Tennis Act.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. 1725** (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=1405&pn=1725)

## Votes

- Committee vote (LOCAL GOVERNMENT): Reported as Committed — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **49–1** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **200–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hershey — primary (person)
- Bernstine — cosponsor (person)
- Gleim — cosponsor (person)
- Grove — cosponsor (person)
- James — cosponsor (person)
- Jozwiak — cosponsor (person)
- Keefer — cosponsor (person)
- Kinsey — cosponsor (person)
- Kortz — cosponsor (person)
- Mackenzie — cosponsor (person)
- Millard — cosponsor (person)
- Neilson — cosponsor (person)
- Oberlander — cosponsor (person)
- Owlett — cosponsor (person)
- Polinchock — cosponsor (person)
- Rabb — cosponsor (person)
- Rothman — cosponsor (person)
- Schmitt — cosponsor (person)
- Zimmerman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1725 Referred to STATE GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2019-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2019-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2019-06-17T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2019-06-17T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-18T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-18T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2019-10-22T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-10-22T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2020-01-28T05:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2020-01-28T05:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2020-01-29T05:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2020-04-21T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2020-04-21T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2020-06-09T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2020-06-09T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2020-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-06-23T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2020-06-23T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2020-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-07-01T04:00:00+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/09cfd15a-e1a0-4a48-9679-105bfcb6e68f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).