---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act providing for the annual designation and holiday observance June 19 as \"Juneteenth National Freedom Day\" in this Commonwealth."
description: "An Act providing for the annual designation and holiday observance June 19 as \"Juneteenth National Freedom Day\" in this Commonwealth."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 619"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 619 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Helm"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-02-28T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-06-19T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3a14c32e-d53e-40d4-9ca6-9170b1287d2a"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=619"
source_hash: "794f330f12c2fecb0fbf9bba26a96aaa5297422efa30034e43ea589f280721c3"
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 619 (2019-2020) — An Act providing for the annual designation and holiday observance June 19 as "Juneteenth National Freedom Day" in this Commonwealth.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. 0614** (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=0619&pn=0614)

## Votes

- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **191–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (STATE GOVERNMENT): Reported as Committed — **10–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Helm — primary (person)
- Bernstine — cosponsor (person)
- Bizzarro — cosponsor (person)
- Boback — cosponsor (person)
- Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Burns — cosponsor (person)
- Caltagirone — cosponsor (person)
- Davidson — cosponsor (person)
- Digirolamo — cosponsor (person)
- Freeman — cosponsor (person)
- Gillen — cosponsor (person)
- Hennessey — cosponsor (person)
- Hill-Evans — cosponsor (person)
- Kenyatta — cosponsor (person)
- Kinsey — cosponsor (person)
- Kortz — cosponsor (person)
- Kulik — cosponsor (person)
- Longietti — cosponsor (person)
- Mehaffie — cosponsor (person)
- Millard — cosponsor (person)
- Neilson — cosponsor (person)
- Oberlander — cosponsor (person)
- Rabb — cosponsor (person)
- Readshaw — cosponsor (person)
- Rothman — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan — cosponsor (person)
- Sainato — cosponsor (person)
- Saylor — cosponsor (person)
- Schlossberg — cosponsor (person)
- Schweyer — cosponsor (person)
- Sonney — cosponsor (person)
- T. Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Webster — cosponsor (person)
- Wheeland — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** PN 0614 Referred to STATE GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-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** Second consideration `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`
- **2019-06-05T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-05T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2019-06-10T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2019-06-10T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-11T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-17T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2019-06-17T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2019-06-18T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-19T04:00:00+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/3a14c32e-d53e-40d4-9ca6-9170b1287d2a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).