---
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 health services, providing for sudden cardiac arrest and electrocardiogram testing; and making a repeal."
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 health services, providing for sudden cardiac arrest and electrocardiogram testing; and making a repeal."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 836"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 836 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Regan"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 26
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2019-08-26T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-07-23T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/27ca7679-08ef-481e-b97c-2c3fa646f33b"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=836"
source_hash: "3792e58df63afd813d87a26f8172434bf94783772fce8a84fb4e8fd9db3489a0"
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 836 (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 health services, providing for sudden cardiac arrest and electrocardiogram testing; and making a repeal.

## Version chain

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

1. **House Amendment A05229** (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=0836&pn=1265&aYear=2019&an=05229)
2. **Printer's No. 1145** (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=0836&pn=1145)
3. **Printer's No. 1265** (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=0836&pn=1265)
4. **Printer's No. 1664** (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=0836&pn=1664)
5. **Printer's No. 1844** (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=0836&pn=1844)
6. **Senate Amendment A03275** (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=0836&pn=1145&aYear=2019&an=03275)
7. **Senate Amendment A06635** (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=0836&pn=1664&aYear=2019&an=06635)

## Votes

- SB 836 PN 1844, CONCUR — **201–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **201–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (EDUCATION): Reported as Amended — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCURRENCE IN HOUSE AMENDMENTS AS AMENDED — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS): Re-Reported as Amended — **17–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Regan — primary (person)
- Bartolotta — cosponsor (person)
- Brewster — cosponsor (person)
- Collett — cosponsor (person)
- Folmer — cosponsor (person)
- Killion — cosponsor (person)
- L. Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Martin — cosponsor (person)
- Phillips-Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Pittman — cosponsor (person)
- Tartaglione — cosponsor (person)
- Yaw — cosponsor (person)
- Yudichak — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-08-26T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1145 Referred to EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2019-10-21T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1265 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2019-10-21T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2019-10-22T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2019-10-22T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-10-29T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-10-30T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-10-31T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2020-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1664 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
- **2020-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2020-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2020-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-07T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2020-07-07T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-07-13T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-13T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1844 Re-reported on concurrence, as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2020-07-13T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House amendments, as amended by the Senate `amendment-passage`
- **2020-07-14T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-14T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
- **2020-07-14T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments to House amendments
- **2020-07-15T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2020-07-15T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2020-07-15T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-07-23T04:00:00+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/27ca7679-08ef-481e-b97c-2c3fa646f33b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).