---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending the act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), known as the Human Services Code, in public assistance, further providing for definitions, for general assistance-related categorically needy and medically needy only medical assistance programs, for the medically needy and determination of eligibility and for medical assistance payments for institutional care; in hospital assessments, further providing for definitions, for authorization, for administration, for no hold harmless, for tax exemption and for time period; and, in Statewide quality care assessment, further providing for definitions."
description: "An Act amending the act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), known as the Human Services Code, in public assistance, further providing for definitions, for general assistance-related categorically needy and medically needy only medical assistance programs, for the medically needy and determination of eligibility and for medical assistance payments for institutional care; in hospital assessments, further providing for definitions, for authorization, for administration, for no hold harmless, for tax exemption and for time period; and, in Statewide quality care assessment, further providing for definitions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 33"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 33 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dunbar"]
version_count: 30
action_count: 20
vote_count: 13
first_action: "2019-01-28T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-06-28T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0c976027-2c9a-4486-b193-37e5549b6c15"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=33"
source_hash: "d8395f8042fb35d9f10f070c0d2cb7a3f73f7ce3a2bf291e094045ffaa001af4"
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 33 (2019-2020) — An Act amending the act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), known as the Human Services Code, in public assistance, further providing for definitions, for general assistance-related categorically needy and medically needy only medical assistance programs, for the medically needy and determination of eligibility and for medical assistance payments for institutional care; in hospital assessments, further providing for definitions, for authorization, for administration, for no hold harmless, for tax exemption and for time period; and, in Statewide quality care assessment, further providing for definitions.

## Version chain

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

1. **House Amendment A00531** (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=0033&pn=0047&aYear=2019&an=00531)
2. **House Amendment A00533** (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=0033&pn=0047&aYear=2019&an=00533)
3. **House Amendment A00535** (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=0033&pn=0047&aYear=2019&an=00535)
4. **House Amendment A00536** (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=0033&pn=0047&aYear=2019&an=00536)
5. **House Amendment A00543** (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=0033&pn=0047&aYear=2019&an=00543)
6. **House Amendment A00624** (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=0033&pn=0047&aYear=2019&an=00624)
7. **House Amendment A02102** (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=0033&pn=0047&aYear=2019&an=02102)
8. **Printer's No. 0047** (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=0033&pn=0047)
9. **Printer's No. 2182** (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=0033&pn=2182)
10. **Senate Amendment A02260** (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=0033&pn=2182&aYear=2019&an=02260)
11. **Senate Amendment A02261** (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=0033&pn=2182&aYear=2019&an=02261)
12. **Senate Amendment A02262** (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=0033&pn=2182&aYear=2019&an=02262)
13. **Senate Amendment A02263** (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=0033&pn=2182&aYear=2019&an=02263)
14. **Senate Amendment A02264** (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=0033&pn=2182&aYear=2019&an=02264)
15. **Senate Amendment A02265** (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=0033&pn=2182&aYear=2019&an=02265)
16. **Senate Amendment A02266** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/HA/Public/HaCheck.cfm?txtType=DOC&sYear=2019&sInd=0&body=H&type=B&bn=0033&pn=2182&aYear=2019&an=02266)
17. **Senate Amendment A02267** (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=0033&pn=2182&aYear=2019&an=02267)
18. **Senate Amendment A02268** (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=0033&pn=2182&aYear=2019&an=02268)
19. **Senate Amendment A02316** (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=0033&pn=2182&aYear=2019&an=02316)
20. **Senate Amendment A02317** (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=0033&pn=2182&aYear=2019&an=02317)
21. **Senate Amendment A02364** (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=0033&pn=2182&aYear=2019&an=02364)
22. **Senate Amendment A02366** (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=0033&pn=2182&aYear=2019&an=02366)
23. **Senate Amendment A02369** (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=0033&pn=2182&aYear=2019&an=02369)
24. **Senate Amendment A02506** (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=0033&pn=2182&aYear=2019&an=02506)
25. **Senate Amendment A02507** (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=0033&pn=2182&aYear=2019&an=02507)
26. **Senate Amendment A02508** (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=0033&pn=2182&aYear=2019&an=02508)
27. **Senate Amendment A02509** (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=0033&pn=2182&aYear=2019&an=02509)
28. **Senate Amendment A02510** (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=0033&pn=2182&aYear=2019&an=02510)
29. **Senate Amendment A02511** (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=0033&pn=2182&aYear=2019&an=02511)
30. **Senate Amendment A02512** (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=0033&pn=2182&aYear=2019&an=02512)

## Votes

- HB 33 PN 2182, 2019 A2194, SUSP RULES, DELISSIO — **91–110** (fail) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **106–95** (pass) · lower
- HB 33 PN 47, 2019 A536, DELISSIO — **88–103** (fail) · lower
- HB 33 PN 2182, MOTION FOR THE PREVIOUS QUESTION — **28–22** (pass) · upper
- HB 33 PN 47, 2019 A624, ULLMAN — **87–104** (fail) · lower
- HB 33 PN 47, 2019 A533, FRANKEL — **87–104** (fail) · lower
- Committee vote (HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES): Reported as Committed — **7–4** (pass) · upper
- HB 33 PN 47, 2019 A535, DAWKINS — **87–104** (fail) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **26–24** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **15–9** (pass) · upper
- HB 33 PN 47, 2019 A543, KENYATTA — **87–104** (fail) · lower
- HB 33 PN 2182, A2506, HUGHES AMENDMENT NO. A-2506 — **22–28** (fail) · upper
- HB 33 PN 47, 2019 A531, FIEDLER — **87–104** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dunbar — primary (person)
- Barrar — cosponsor (person)
- Benninghoff — cosponsor (person)
- Bernstine — cosponsor (person)
- Diamond — cosponsor (person)
- Gleim — cosponsor (person)
- Gregory — cosponsor (person)
- Greiner — cosponsor (person)
- Grove — cosponsor (person)
- James — cosponsor (person)
- Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Kauffman — cosponsor (person)
- Keefer — cosponsor (person)
- Mackenzie — cosponsor (person)
- Masser — cosponsor (person)
- Millard — cosponsor (person)
- Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Oberlander — cosponsor (person)
- Pickett — cosponsor (person)
- Pyle — cosponsor (person)
- Reese — cosponsor (person)
- Roae — cosponsor (person)
- Rothman — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan — cosponsor (person)
- Saylor — cosponsor (person)
- Warner — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-28T05:00:00+00:00** PN 0047 Referred to HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2019-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2019-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2019-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2019-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-18T04:00:00+00:00** PN 2182 Re-reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-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 HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2019-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2019-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2019-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2019-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-28T04:00:00+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/0c976027-2c9a-4486-b193-37e5549b6c15`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).