---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act abolishing numerous State authorities, boards, commissions, committees, councils and representatives; and making related repeals."
description: "An Act abolishing numerous State authorities, boards, commissions, committees, councils and representatives; and making related repeals."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 57"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 57 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fritz"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-03-14T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-11-27T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6f431c83-3424-4ded-9ca0-97e77a4ebd37"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=57"
source_hash: "57714d6d2e6f1ca47b4185ffad7f9f7e9646fed3f7d8007a4b5dcfb664719bdf"
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 57 (2019-2020) — An Act abolishing numerous State authorities, boards, commissions, committees, councils and representatives; and making related repeals.

## Version chain

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

1. **House Amendment A00756** (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=0057&pn=0913&aYear=2019&an=00756)
2. **House Amendment A00808** (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=0057&pn=1452&aYear=2019&an=00808)
3. **Printer's No. 0913** (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=0057&pn=0913)
4. **Printer's No. 1452** (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=0057&pn=1452)
5. **Printer's No. 1678** (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=0057&pn=1678)

## Votes

- HB 57 PN 1452, 2019 A808, FRITZ — **191–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (STATE GOVERNMENT): Reported as Committed — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **46–3** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **114–77** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Fritz — primary (person)
- B. Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Bernstine — cosponsor (person)
- Cook — cosponsor (person)
- Dowling — cosponsor (person)
- Gaydos — cosponsor (person)
- Grove — cosponsor (person)
- Helm — cosponsor (person)
- Irvin — cosponsor (person)
- Kauffman — cosponsor (person)
- Millard — cosponsor (person)
- Ortitay — cosponsor (person)
- Rothman — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan — cosponsor (person)
- Schemel — cosponsor (person)
- Walsh — cosponsor (person)
- Wheeland — cosponsor (person)
- Zimmerman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** PN 0913 Referred to STATE GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1452 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2019-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2019-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2019-05-01T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1678 Second consideration, with amendments `reading-2`
- **2019-05-01T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to STATE GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2019-10-29T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-10-29T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2019-11-18T05:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2019-11-19T05:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-11-20T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2019-11-20T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2019-11-20T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-11-27T05:00:00+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/6f431c83-3424-4ded-9ca0-97e77a4ebd37`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).