---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, in school directors, providing for publication of e-mail addresses for school directors; and, in charter schools, providing for publication of e-mail addresses for board of trustees and further providing for applicability of other provisions of this act and of other acts and regulations."
description: "An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, in school directors, providing for publication of e-mail addresses for school directors; and, in charter schools, providing for publication of e-mail addresses for board of trustees and further providing for applicability of other provisions of this act and of other acts and regulations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 703"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 703 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brown"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-03-05T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-10-29T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7688b135-9b0c-433f-b61b-86869fea9e78"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=703"
source_hash: "babb519138c3627ce03af4f45d921c2821889dd21b2ea6099a4dbfdc6e058ad8"
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 703 (2019-2020) — An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, in school directors, providing for publication of e-mail addresses for school directors; and, in charter schools, providing for publication of e-mail addresses for board of trustees and further providing for applicability of other provisions of this act and of other acts and regulations.

## Version chain

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

1. **House Amendment A04792** (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=0703&pn=0729&aYear=2019&an=04792)
2. **Printer's No. 0729** (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=0703&pn=0729)
3. **Printer's No. 3670** (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=0703&pn=3670)

## Votes

- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **23–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (EDUCATION): Reported as Committed — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **200–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brown — primary (person)
- Bernstine — cosponsor (person)
- Dunbar — cosponsor (person)
- Hill-Evans — cosponsor (person)
- Kortz — cosponsor (person)
- Masser — cosponsor (person)
- Millard — cosponsor (person)
- Neilson — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan — cosponsor (person)
- Saylor — cosponsor (person)
- Schlegel Culver — cosponsor (person)
- Staats — cosponsor (person)
- Toohil — cosponsor (person)
- Wheeland — cosponsor (person)
- Zimmerman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** PN 0729 Referred to EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2020-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** PN 3670 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2020-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2020-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2020-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2020-05-05T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2020-05-05T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-18T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2020-05-18T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2020-09-22T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-22T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2020-10-05T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2020-10-05T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2020-10-19T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2020-10-21T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-10-21T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2020-10-21T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2020-10-22T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-10-29T04:00:00+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/7688b135-9b0c-433f-b61b-86869fea9e78`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).