---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Title 1 (General Provisions) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in rules of construction, further providing for definitions."
description: "An Act amending Title 1 (General Provisions) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in rules of construction, further providing for definitions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 407"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 407 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Masser"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-02-06T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-11-07T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9dda390d-e6dc-47ef-b459-98a57d2eae87"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=407"
source_hash: "6c33f6d1477e177094377dd0aaa3c0d230e7478302acc137bb5c02f31cf238f3"
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 407 (2019-2020) — An Act amending Title 1 (General Provisions) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in rules of construction, further providing for definitions.

## Version chain

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

1. **House Amendment A00057** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/HA/Public/HaCheck.cfm?txtType=PDF&sYear=2019&sInd=0&body=H&type=B&bn=0407&pn=0382&aYear=2019&an=00057)
2. **House Amendment A00062** (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=0407&pn=0382&aYear=2019&an=00062)
3. **House Amendment A00097** (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=0407&pn=0541&aYear=2019&an=00097)
4. **Printer's No. 0382** (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=0407&pn=0382)
5. **Printer's No. 0541** (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=0407&pn=0541)
6. **Printer's No. 0878** (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=0407&pn=0878)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE — **190–0** (pass) · lower
- HB 407 PN 541, 2019 A97, HOHENSTEIN — **194–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (URBAN AFFAIRS AND HOUSING): Reported as Committed — **11–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Masser — primary (person)
- Bernstine — cosponsor (person)
- Bizzarro — cosponsor (person)
- Caltagirone — cosponsor (person)
- Deluca — cosponsor (person)
- Donatucci — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Heffley — cosponsor (person)
- Helm — cosponsor (person)
- Hohenstein — cosponsor (person)
- Isaacson — cosponsor (person)
- James — cosponsor (person)
- Jozwiak — cosponsor (person)
- Kortz — cosponsor (person)
- Millard — cosponsor (person)
- Neilson — cosponsor (person)
- O'Neal — cosponsor (person)
- Quinn — cosponsor (person)
- Schlossberg — cosponsor (person)
- Schmitt — cosponsor (person)
- T. Davis — cosponsor (person)
- White — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** PN 0382 Referred to URBAN AFFAIRS `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** PN 0541 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2019-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2019-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2019-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2019-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** PN 0878 Second consideration, with amendments `reading-2`
- **2019-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to URBAN AFFAIRS AND HOUSING `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2019-10-23T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2019-10-23T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2019-10-28T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2019-10-29T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-10-30T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2019-10-30T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2019-10-31T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-11-07T05:00:00+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/9dda390d-e6dc-47ef-b459-98a57d2eae87`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).