---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, in preliminary provisions, providing for career information and recruitment; in terms and courses of study, further providing for Commission for Agricultural Education Excellence; in vocational education, further providing for advisory committees, providing for a workforce development program clearinghouse and for PAsmart online career resource center, further providing for career and technical education equipment grants and providing for utilization of credits; establishing the Schools-to-Work Program and providing for powers and duties of the Department of Labor and Industry; providing for classification of program code; in transfers of credits between institutions of higher education, further providing for definitions, for duties of public institutions of higher education and State-related institutions, for Transfer and Articulation Oversight Committee and for duties of department; replacing references to \"vocational-technical\" with \"career and technical,\" replacing references to \"vocational\" with \"career and technical\" and replacing references to \"vocation\" with \"career and technical\"; deleting references to vocational school districts; and renaming the State Board for Vocational Education as the State Board of Career and Technical Education."
description: "An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, in preliminary provisions, providing for career information and recruitment; in terms and courses of study, further providing for Commission for Agricultural Education Excellence; in vocational education, further providing for advisory committees, providing for a workforce development program clearinghouse and for PAsmart online career resource center, further providing for career and technical education equipment grants and providing for utilization of credits; establishing the Schools-to-Work Program and providing for powers and duties of the Department of Labor and Industry; providing for classification of program code; in transfers of credits between institutions of higher education, further providing for definitions, for duties of public institutions of higher education and State-related institutions, for Transfer and Articulation Oversight Committee and for duties of department; replacing references to \"vocational-technical\" with \"career and technical,\" replacing references to \"vocational\" with \"career and technical\" and replacing references to \"vocation\" with \"career and technical\"; deleting references to vocational school districts; and renaming the State Board for Vocational Education as the State Board of Career and Technical Education."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 265"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 265 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Staats"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 30
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2019-01-29T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-10-30T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3a118317-9676-45d8-b371-b458020c7ee2"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=265"
source_hash: "4d072355afb0703ec613a5e922ffac0df0a52fb09e6d1e3bbf606c2861965440"
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 265 (2019-2020) — An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, in preliminary provisions, providing for career information and recruitment; in terms and courses of study, further providing for Commission for Agricultural Education Excellence; in vocational education, further providing for advisory committees, providing for a workforce development program clearinghouse and for PAsmart online career resource center, further providing for career and technical education equipment grants and providing for utilization of credits; establishing the Schools-to-Work Program and providing for powers and duties of the Department of Labor and Industry; providing for classification of program code; in transfers of credits between institutions of higher education, further providing for definitions, for duties of public institutions of higher education and State-related institutions, for Transfer and Articulation Oversight Committee and for duties of department; replacing references to "vocational-technical" with "career and technical," replacing references to "vocational" with "career and technical" and replacing references to "vocation" with "career and technical"; deleting references to vocational school districts; and renaming the State Board for Vocational Education as the State Board of Career and Technical Education.

## Version chain

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

1. **House Amendment A02629** (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=0265&pn=2241&aYear=2019&an=02629)
2. **Printer's No. 0236** (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=0265&pn=0236)
3. **Printer's No. 2177** (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=0265&pn=2177)
4. **Printer's No. 2241** (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=0265&pn=2241)
5. **Printer's No. 2286** (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=0265&pn=2286)
6. **Printer's No. 2579** (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=0265&pn=2579)
7. **Senate Amendment A02162** (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=0265&pn=0236&aYear=2019&an=02162)
8. **Senate Amendment A02514** (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=0265&pn=2177&aYear=2019&an=02514)
9. **Senate Amendment A02929** (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=0265&pn=2286&aYear=2019&an=02929)

## Votes

- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **23–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (EDUCATION): Reported as Amended — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- HB 265 PN 2241, 2019 A2629, DERMODY — **197–0** (pass) · lower
- HB 265 PN 2241, 2019 A2629, SUSP RULES, DERMODY — **194–3** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS): Re-Reported as Amended — **16–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCURRENCE IN HOUSE AMENDMENTS AS AMENDED — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **195–0** (pass) · lower
- HB 265 PN 2579, CONCUR — **197–0** (pass) · lower
- HB 265 PN 2286, CONCUR — **197–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Staats — primary (person)
- Barrar — cosponsor (person)
- Boback — cosponsor (person)
- Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Carroll — cosponsor (person)
- D. Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Deasy — cosponsor (person)
- Farry — cosponsor (person)
- Fee — cosponsor (person)
- Gabler — cosponsor (person)
- Gleim — cosponsor (person)
- Hill-Evans — cosponsor (person)
- Irvin — cosponsor (person)
- James — cosponsor (person)
- Jozwiak — cosponsor (person)
- Kauffman — cosponsor (person)
- Kenyatta — cosponsor (person)
- Kortz — cosponsor (person)
- Mizgorski — cosponsor (person)
- Moul — cosponsor (person)
- Mullery — cosponsor (person)
- Murt — cosponsor (person)
- Neilson — cosponsor (person)
- Oberlander — cosponsor (person)
- Pashinski — cosponsor (person)
- Pickett — cosponsor (person)
- Polinchock — cosponsor (person)
- Quinn — cosponsor (person)
- Rader — cosponsor (person)
- Rapp — cosponsor (person)
- Roebuck — cosponsor (person)
- Saylor — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
- Solomon — cosponsor (person)
- Struzzi — cosponsor (person)
- T. Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Williams — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-29T05:00:00+00:00** PN 0236 Referred to EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2019-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2019-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2019-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2019-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-18T04:00:00+00:00** PN 2177 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-18T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2019-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2019-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** PN 2241 Amended on third consideration
- **2019-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** PN 2286 House concurred in Senate amendments, as amended by the House `amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-09-24T04:00:00+00:00** PN 2579 Re-reported on concurrence, as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2019-09-25T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House amendments to Senate amendments, as amended by the Senate `amendment-passage`
- **2019-09-25T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-09-25T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-09-25T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments to House amendments, as amended by the Senate `amendment-passage`
- **2019-09-25T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2019-10-21T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2019-10-22T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-10-30T04:00:00+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/3a118317-9676-45d8-b371-b458020c7ee2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).