---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929, providing for access to public records during disaster declaration."
description: "An Act amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929, providing for access to public records during disaster declaration."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 2463"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 2463 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Grove"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 18
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-04-29T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-07-27T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/24e9a14a-03ca-4a43-b847-9786685da672"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=2463"
source_hash: "d402cbf83ff975a153ebdf7e67bbd19db0f3165fe7d74f5c22bfb3e0c177ab68"
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 2463 (2019-2020) — An Act amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929, providing for access to public records during disaster declaration.

## Version chain

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

1. **House Amendment A05379** (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=2463&pn=3662&aYear=2019&an=05379)
2. **House Amendment A05455** (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=2463&pn=3699&aYear=2019&an=05455)
3. **Printer's No. 3662** (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=2463&pn=3662)
4. **Printer's No. 3699** (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=2463&pn=3699)
5. **Printer's No. 3713** (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=2463&pn=3713)
6. **Senate Amendment A06688** (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=2463&pn=3713&aYear=2019&an=06688)

## Votes

- HB 2463 PN 3713, A6688, MUTH AMENDMENT NO. A-6688 — **21–29** (fail) · upper
- Committee vote (STATE GOVERNMENT): Reported as Committed — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **202–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- HB 2463 PN 3662, 2019 A5379, GROVE — **162–40** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Grove — primary (person)
- B. Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Barrar — cosponsor (person)
- Bernstine — cosponsor (person)
- Dush — cosponsor (person)
- Gleim — cosponsor (person)
- Jozwiak — cosponsor (person)
- Kauffman — cosponsor (person)
- Keefer — cosponsor (person)
- Kortz — cosponsor (person)
- M. K. Keller — cosponsor (person)
- Mackenzie — cosponsor (person)
- Mentzer — cosponsor (person)
- Moul — cosponsor (person)
- O'Neal — cosponsor (person)
- Owlett — cosponsor (person)
- Pickett — cosponsor (person)
- Roae — cosponsor (person)
- Rothman — cosponsor (person)
- Rowe — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan — cosponsor (person)
- Sonney — cosponsor (person)
- Staats — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Tomlinson — cosponsor (person)
- Zimmerman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** PN 3662 Referred to STATE GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2020-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2020-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2020-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2020-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2020-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** PN 3699 Second consideration, with amendments `reading-2`
- **2020-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-05T04:00:00+00:00** PN 3713 Re-reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2020-05-05T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to STATE GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-13T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2020-07-13T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2020-07-14T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2020-07-15T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-07-15T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2020-07-15T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2020-07-16T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-07-27T04:00:00+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/24e9a14a-03ca-4a43-b847-9786685da672`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).