---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending the act of June 2, 1915 (P.L.736, No.338), known as the Workers' Compensation Act, in additional coverages, further providing for the definition of \"employe\"; and making editorial changes."
description: "An Act amending the act of June 2, 1915 (P.L.736, No.338), known as the Workers' Compensation Act, in additional coverages, further providing for the definition of \"employe\"; and making editorial changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 94"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 94 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Martin"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 25
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2019-01-24T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-11-03T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2964bf4c-d282-403c-bca8-d2868bc58e28"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=94"
source_hash: "28f7d51a500a5b60d09a6fc9f7e743419feb2e0a8dbc79d9c7ffd33943200387"
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 94 (2019-2020) — An Act amending the act of June 2, 1915 (P.L.736, No.338), known as the Workers' Compensation Act, in additional coverages, further providing for the definition of "employe"; and making editorial changes.

## Version chain

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

1. **House Amendment A07368** (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=0094&pn=0940&aYear=2019&an=07368)
2. **House Amendment A07493** (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=0094&pn=2037&aYear=2019&an=07493)
3. **Printer's No. 0069** (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=0094&pn=0069)
4. **Printer's No. 0940** (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=0094&pn=0940)
5. **Printer's No. 2037** (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=0094&pn=2037)
6. **Printer's No. 2101** (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=0094&pn=2101)
7. **Senate Amendment A01842** (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=0094&pn=0069&aYear=2019&an=01842)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **17–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR IN HOUSE AMENDMENTS — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (LABOR AND INDUSTRY): Reported as Amended — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 94 PN 2037, 2019 A7493, HARKINS — **202–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **23–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **202–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Martin — primary (person)
- A. Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Alloway — cosponsor (person)
- Argall — cosponsor (person)
- Baker — cosponsor (person)
- Brewster — cosponsor (person)
- Browne — cosponsor (person)
- Costa — cosponsor (person)
- Dinniman — cosponsor (person)
- Fontana — cosponsor (person)
- Haywood — cosponsor (person)
- Hutchinson — cosponsor (person)
- Iovino — cosponsor (person)
- J. Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Killion — cosponsor (person)
- Mensch — cosponsor (person)
- Phillips-Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Regan — cosponsor (person)
- Santarsiero — cosponsor (person)
- Stefano — cosponsor (person)
- Tartaglione — cosponsor (person)
- Yudichak — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-24T05:00:00+00:00** PN 0069 Referred to LABOR AND INDUSTRY `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-11T04:00:00+00:00** PN 0940 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-11T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2019-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2019-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-10-21T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2020-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2020-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to LABOR AND INDUSTRY `referral-committee`
- **2020-09-29T04:00:00+00:00** PN 2037 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2020-09-29T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2020-09-29T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2020-09-30T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2020-10-19T04:00:00+00:00** PN 2101 Second consideration, with amendments `reading-2`
- **2020-10-19T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2020-10-20T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2020-10-20T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-10-21T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2020-10-21T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
- **2020-10-21T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House amendments
- **2020-10-21T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2020-10-26T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2020-10-26T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-11-03T05:00:00+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/2964bf4c-d282-403c-bca8-d2868bc58e28`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).