---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in Commonwealth services, providing for online training for firefighters; and making a related repeal."
description: "An Act amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in Commonwealth services, providing for online training for firefighters; and making a related repeal."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 146"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 146 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brooks"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-01-31T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-11-27T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/59738f02-7881-421e-a0a3-eb68df74f31e"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=146"
source_hash: "72c4db2b149b33b8d86eaaf147703e1a62085b48255032d8f91cca84d7a232ed"
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 SB 146 (2019-2020) — An Act amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in Commonwealth services, providing for online training for firefighters; and making a related repeal.

## Version chain

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

1. **House Amendment A02737** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/HA/Public/HaCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sYear=2019&sInd=0&body=S&type=B&bn=0146&pn=0680&aYear=2019&an=02737)
2. **Printer's No. 0120** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0146&pn=0120)
3. **Printer's No. 0426** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0146&pn=0426)
4. **Printer's No. 0680** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0146&pn=0680)
5. **Printer's No. 1160** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0146&pn=1160)
6. **Senate Amendment A00272** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/HA/Public/HaCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sYear=2019&sInd=0&body=S&type=B&bn=0146&pn=0120&aYear=2019&an=00272)
7. **Senate Amendment A00951** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/HA/Public/HaCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sYear=2019&sInd=0&body=S&type=B&bn=0146&pn=0426&aYear=2019&an=00951)

## Votes

- Committee vote (VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS): Reported as Amended — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **196–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **16–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR IN HOUSE AMENDMENTS — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **24–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brooks — primary (person)
- Alloway — cosponsor (person)
- Argall — cosponsor (person)
- Aument — cosponsor (person)
- Browne — cosponsor (person)
- Costa — cosponsor (person)
- Dinniman — cosponsor (person)
- Folmer — cosponsor (person)
- Gordner — cosponsor (person)
- Hutchinson — cosponsor (person)
- Iovino — cosponsor (person)
- J. Ward — cosponsor (person)
- K. Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Kearney — cosponsor (person)
- Killion — cosponsor (person)
- Martin — cosponsor (person)
- Mensch — cosponsor (person)
- Muth — cosponsor (person)
- Phillips-Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Regan — cosponsor (person)
- Santarsiero — cosponsor (person)
- Scarnati — cosponsor (person)
- Schwank — cosponsor (person)
- Tartaglione — cosponsor (person)
- Vogel — cosponsor (person)
- Yaw — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-31T05:00:00+00:00** PN 0120 Referred to VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** PN 0426 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2019-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2019-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** PN 0680 Amended on third consideration
- **2019-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS `referral-committee`
- **2019-09-18T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1160 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2019-09-18T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2019-09-18T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2019-09-24T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2019-10-22T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2019-10-22T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-10-23T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-10-23T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-10-28T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-11-18T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-11-18T05:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House amendments
- **2019-11-18T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2019-11-19T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2019-11-19T05:00:00+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/59738f02-7881-421e-a0a3-eb68df74f31e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).