---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Title 63 (Professions and Occupations (State Licensed)) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in powers and duties, providing for criminal history background checks."
description: "An Act amending Title 63 (Professions and Occupations (State Licensed)) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in powers and duties, providing for criminal history background checks."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 2200"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 2200 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Frank Burns"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-04-09T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-07-17T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f0a3ed83-9d60-4ddc-8f43-13c2722498d7"
source_url: "https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=34&rollcallid=1564&sessYr=2023&sessInd=0"
source_hash: "37ab3665c42cfd7172a84a6c2dffabd1a959b99d0741fcf2cfe6f684aede5377"
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 2200 (2023-2024) — An Act amending Title 63 (Professions and Occupations (State Licensed)) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in powers and duties, providing for criminal history background checks.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. PN2889** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/HB2200/PN2889)

## Votes

- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Committed — **37–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-Reported as Committed — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Consumer Protection & Professional Licensure): Reported as Committed — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **200–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Professional Licensure): Report Bill As Committed — **25–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Frank Burns — primary (person)
- Aerion Abney — cosponsor (person)
- Arvind Venkat — cosponsor (person)
- Ben Waxman — cosponsor (person)
- Benjamin Sanchez — cosponsor (person)
- Dan Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Ed Neilson — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Webster — cosponsor (person)
- Jose Giral — cosponsor (person)
- Kristin Marcell — cosponsor (person)
- Kyle Donahue — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Rozzi — cosponsor (person)
- Melissa Shusterman — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Schlossberg — cosponsor (person)
- Nancy Guenst — cosponsor (person)
- Tarik Khan — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Brennan — cosponsor (person)
- Tina Davis — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Professional Licensure `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2024-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2024-04-17T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2024-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2024-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Consumer Protection & Professional Licensure `referral-committee`
- **2024-07-01T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2024-07-01T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2024-07-02T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2024-07-02T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-07-02T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2024-07-03T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-07-08T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2024-07-08T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2024-07-09T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-07-17T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-07-17T04:00:00+00:00** Act No. 79 of 2024

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f0a3ed83-9d60-4ddc-8f43-13c2722498d7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).