---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Title 66 (Public Utilities) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in general provisions, further providing for definitions; in powers and duties, further providing for power of commission to order acquisition of small water and sewer utilities; in procedure on complaints, further providing for service of complaints on parties; and, in rates and distribution systems, further providing for computation of income tax expense for ratemaking purposes."
description: "An Act amending Title 66 (Public Utilities) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in general provisions, further providing for definitions; in powers and duties, further providing for power of commission to order acquisition of small water and sewer utilities; in procedure on complaints, further providing for service of complaints on parties; and, in rates and distribution systems, further providing for computation of income tax expense for ratemaking purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 751"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 751 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Roae"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-03-08T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-07-02T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/68357d44-61ab-4ff5-b648-f044d30e64ba"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=751"
source_hash: "519c8603215c3f2e6ac4460cd37731e0f6d893f7cec00b59ff5186785be35316"
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 751 (2019-2020) — An Act amending Title 66 (Public Utilities) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in general provisions, further providing for definitions; in powers and duties, further providing for power of commission to order acquisition of small water and sewer utilities; in procedure on complaints, further providing for service of complaints on parties; and, in rates and distribution systems, further providing for computation of income tax expense for ratemaking purposes.

## Version chain

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

1. **House Amendment A00175** (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=0751&pn=0801&aYear=2019&an=00175)
2. **Printer's No. 0801** (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=0751&pn=0801)
3. **Printer's No. 0876** (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=0751&pn=0876)

## Votes

- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **195–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (CONSUMER PROTECTION AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE): Reported as Committed — **14–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Roae — primary (person)
- Delozier — cosponsor (person)
- Kortz — cosponsor (person)
- Turzai — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** PN 0801 Referred to CONSUMER AFFAIRS `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** PN 0876 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2019-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2019-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2019-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2019-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to CONSUMER PROTECTION AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2019-06-17T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2019-06-17T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-18T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2019-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2019-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-02T04:00:00+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/68357d44-61ab-4ff5-b648-f044d30e64ba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).