---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Title 44 (Law and Justice) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in other officers, codifying provisions relating to sheriffs and deputy sheriffs; further providing for sheriff training requirement and for Sheriff and Deputy Sheriff Education and Training Account; and making editorial changes and a related repeal."
description: "An Act amending Title 44 (Law and Justice) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in other officers, codifying provisions relating to sheriffs and deputy sheriffs; further providing for sheriff training requirement and for Sheriff and Deputy Sheriff Education and Training Account; and making editorial changes and a related repeal."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 1193"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 1193 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Browne"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-06-08T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-11-25T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/06c720f8-ffbf-43bc-b895-aebc29d3c8ee"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=1193"
source_hash: "efcea3ba2a81cda294b073bddb6742b695b808b06cdf65eed8636078ee6aae1b"
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 1193 (2019-2020) — An Act amending Title 44 (Law and Justice) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in other officers, codifying provisions relating to sheriffs and deputy sheriffs; further providing for sheriff training requirement and for Sheriff and Deputy Sheriff Education and Training Account; and making editorial changes and a related repeal.

## Version chain

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

1. **House Amendment A07327** (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=1193&pn=1756&aYear=2019&an=07327)
2. **House Amendment A07371** (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=1193&pn=1756&aYear=2019&an=07371)
3. **Printer's No. 1756** (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=1193&pn=1756)
4. **Printer's No. 2025** (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=1193&pn=2025)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE — **202–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (JUDICIARY): Reported as Committed — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **17–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR IN HOUSE AMENDMENTS — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Browne — primary (person)
- Bartolotta — cosponsor (person)
- Brewster — cosponsor (person)
- Collett — cosponsor (person)
- Costa — cosponsor (person)
- Fontana — cosponsor (person)
- Gordner — cosponsor (person)
- Haywood — cosponsor (person)
- Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Hutchinson — cosponsor (person)
- J. Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Kearney — cosponsor (person)
- Killion — cosponsor (person)
- Mensch — cosponsor (person)
- Muth — cosponsor (person)
- Pittman — cosponsor (person)
- Regan — cosponsor (person)
- Stefano — cosponsor (person)
- Tartaglione — cosponsor (person)
- Vogel — cosponsor (person)
- Yaw — cosponsor (person)
- Yudichak — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-06-08T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1756 Referred to JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-10T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2020-06-10T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2020-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2020-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-23T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2020-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-07-08T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2020-09-29T04:00:00+00:00** PN 2025 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
- **2020-10-20T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2020-10-21T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2020-10-21T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2020-11-19T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2020-11-19T05:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-11-19T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2020-11-20T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
- **2020-11-20T05:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House amendments
- **2020-11-20T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2020-11-20T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2020-11-20T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-11-25T05:00:00+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/06c720f8-ffbf-43bc-b895-aebc29d3c8ee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).