---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in particular rights and immunities, further providing for rescue from motor vehicle."
description: "An Act amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in particular rights and immunities, further providing for rescue from motor vehicle."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 279"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 279 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Boback"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-29T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c439fce6-b26c-4acc-b822-cefcaa45deed"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=279"
source_hash: "0192aef3f5024cf9d60946ab70d37ad174f04f57f0d597cae546baa1c7306287"
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 279 (2019-2020) — An Act amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in particular rights and immunities, further providing for rescue from motor vehicle.

## Version chain

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

1. **House Amendment A00274** (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=0279&pn=0247&aYear=2019&an=00274)
2. **Printer's No. 0247** (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=0279&pn=0247)
3. **Printer's No. 1330** (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=0279&pn=1330)

## Votes

- Committee vote (JUDICIARY): Reported as Committed — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- HB 279 PN 247, 2019 A274, BOBACK — **198–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **197–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Boback — primary (person)
- Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Ciresi — cosponsor (person)
- Diamond — cosponsor (person)
- Dowling — cosponsor (person)
- Farry — cosponsor (person)
- Gillen — cosponsor (person)
- Greiner — cosponsor (person)
- Hill-Evans — cosponsor (person)
- Irvin — cosponsor (person)
- Isaacson — cosponsor (person)
- Jozwiak — cosponsor (person)
- Kaufer — cosponsor (person)
- Kortz — cosponsor (person)
- Mcneill — cosponsor (person)
- Millard — cosponsor (person)
- Murt — cosponsor (person)
- Neilson — cosponsor (person)
- Otten — cosponsor (person)
- Owlett — cosponsor (person)
- Pickett — cosponsor (person)
- Readshaw — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan — cosponsor (person)
- Struzzi — cosponsor (person)
- Toohil — cosponsor (person)
- Warren — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-29T05:00:00+00:00** PN 0247 Referred to JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2019-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2019-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2019-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1330 Second consideration, with amendments `reading-2`
- **2019-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-22T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-01T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-01T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2019-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2019-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2019-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2019-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+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/c439fce6-b26c-4acc-b822-cefcaa45deed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).