---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending the act of October 24, 2012 (P.L.1209, No.151), known as the Child Labor Act, further providing for minors serving in volunteer emergency service organizations."
description: "An Act amending the act of October 24, 2012 (P.L.1209, No.151), known as the Child Labor Act, further providing for minors serving in volunteer emergency service organizations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1522"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 1522 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ecker"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 22
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-05-21T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7ed23e29-b8c9-4e9c-9ef8-836f5a55cdb4"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=1522"
source_hash: "7156ad538e8d2567155d7510f6dc5e769851a70149db44519c74059640565232"
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 1522 (2019-2020) — An Act amending the act of October 24, 2012 (P.L.1209, No.151), known as the Child Labor Act, further providing for minors serving in volunteer emergency service organizations.

## Version chain

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

1. **House Amendment A02105** (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=1522&pn=1917&aYear=2019&an=02105)
2. **Printer's No. 1917** (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=1522&pn=1917)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE — **200–1** (pass) · lower
- HB 1522 PN 1917, 2019 A2105, D. MILLER — **79–121** (fail) · lower
- Committee vote (LABOR AND INDUSTRY): Reported as Committed — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ecker — primary (person)
- Bernstine — cosponsor (person)
- Causer — cosponsor (person)
- Deluca — cosponsor (person)
- Farry — cosponsor (person)
- Galloway — cosponsor (person)
- Gillen — cosponsor (person)
- Hershey — cosponsor (person)
- James — cosponsor (person)
- Masser — cosponsor (person)
- Mihalek — cosponsor (person)
- Moul — cosponsor (person)
- Owlett — cosponsor (person)
- Pickett — cosponsor (person)
- Polinchock — cosponsor (person)
- Pyle — cosponsor (person)
- Readshaw — cosponsor (person)
- Rothman — cosponsor (person)
- Sainato — cosponsor (person)
- Schlegel Culver — cosponsor (person)
- Schmitt — cosponsor (person)
- Staats — cosponsor (person)
- Zimmerman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1917 Referred to LABOR AND INDUSTRY `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-04T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-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`
- **2019-06-18T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-18T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2019-06-18T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to LABOR AND INDUSTRY `referral-committee`
- **2019-10-29T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-10-29T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2020-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2020-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2020-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2020-05-11T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2020-05-11T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2020-05-13T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2020-05-18T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2020-05-18T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-05-21T04:00:00+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/7ed23e29-b8c9-4e9c-9ef8-836f5a55cdb4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).