---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Title 61 (Prisons and Parole) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole, further providing for parole procedure."
description: "An Act amending Title 61 (Prisons and Parole) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole, further providing for parole procedure."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1538"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 1538 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["White"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-06-03T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-11-25T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/566d1101-915e-4159-b905-16ad06f86f09"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=1538"
source_hash: "570bee0bfb9376c388a61eac8c39d88342799af92da0438fc315a9dba733794a"
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 1538 (2019-2020) — An Act amending Title 61 (Prisons and Parole) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole, further providing for parole procedure.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. 1955** (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=1538&pn=1955)
2. **Printer's No. 3666** (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=1538&pn=3666)
3. **Senate Amendment A05296** (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=1538&pn=1955&aYear=2019&an=05296)

## Votes

- Committee vote (JUDICIARY): Reported as Amended — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **194–7** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **46–3** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **21–3** (pass) · upper
- HB 1538 PN 3666, CONCUR — **168–33** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- White — primary (person)
- Bernstine — cosponsor (person)
- Deluca — cosponsor (person)
- Farry — cosponsor (person)
- Gillen — cosponsor (person)
- Irvin — cosponsor (person)
- Kaufer — cosponsor (person)
- Lawrence — cosponsor (person)
- Masser — cosponsor (person)
- Mehaffie — cosponsor (person)
- Moul — cosponsor (person)
- Pickett — cosponsor (person)
- Pyle — cosponsor (person)
- Quinn — cosponsor (person)
- Readshaw — cosponsor (person)
- Struzzi — cosponsor (person)
- T. Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Tomlinson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-03T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1955 Referred to JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-11T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-11T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2019-06-11T04:00:00+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 JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2020-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** PN 3666 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2020-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2020-05-13T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2020-05-13T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-09T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2020-09-09T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2020-10-21T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-10-26T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-11-18T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
- **2020-11-18T05:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments
- **2020-11-18T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2020-11-18T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2020-11-19T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-11-25T05:00:00+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/566d1101-915e-4159-b905-16ad06f86f09`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).