republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2017-2018/hb-1019.md

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Bill	An Act amending Title 9 (Burial Grounds) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in general provisions relating to burial grounds, further providing for definitions; and providing for transfer of ownership of cemeteries and for reasonable access to burial grounds.	An Act amending Title 9 (Burial Grounds) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in general provisions relating to burial grounds, further providing for definitions; and providing for transfer of ownership of cemeteries and for reasonable access to burial grounds.	us/states/pa	Pennsylvania General Assembly	2017-2018	HB 1019	Pennsylvania HB 1019 (2017-2018)	bill		enacted	Gillen	4	19	8	2017-03-30T04:00:00+00:00	2017-12-21T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/b133d016-c793-404a-874a-8da991dcaeab	http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=1019	4a4f933a88c07954c17f6b43c9f27b26ab87fa2a73f728f8385f82e67bd15715	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-pa

Pennsylvania HB 1019 (2017-2018) — An Act amending Title 9 (Burial Grounds) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in general provisions relating to burial grounds, further providing for definitions; and providing for transfer of ownership of cemeteries and for reasonable access to burial grounds.

Version chain

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

1. Printer's No. 1182 (committee substitute) — source
2. Printer's No. 2164 (committee substitute) — source
3. Printer's No. 2202 (committee substitute) — source
4. Printer's No. 2209 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Committee vote (CONSUMER PROTECTION AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE): Reported as Committed — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• HB 1019 PN 2164, 2017 A2556, FREEMAN — 200–0 (pass) · lower
• HB 1019 PN 2164, 2017 A2558, FREEMAN — 200–0 (pass) · lower
• FINAL PASSAGE — 190–0 (pass) · lower
• HB 1019 PN 2164, 2017 A2482, ROTHMAN — 189–11 (pass) · lower
• HB 1019 PN 2202, 2017 A2741, GILLEN — 190–0 (pass) · lower
• HB 1019 PN 2164, 2017 A2500, ROTHMAN — 194–6 (pass) · lower
• FINAL PASSAGE — 49–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Gillen — primary (person)
• A. Harris — cosponsor (person)
• B. Miller — cosponsor (person)
• B. O'Neill — cosponsor (person)
• Barrar — cosponsor (person)
• Caltagirone — cosponsor (person)
• Cox — cosponsor (person)
• D. Costa — cosponsor (person)
• Davis — cosponsor (person)
• Dawkins — cosponsor (person)
• Deluca — cosponsor (person)
• Diamond — cosponsor (person)
• Driscoll — cosponsor (person)
• Emrick — cosponsor (person)
• Farry — cosponsor (person)
• Frankel — cosponsor (person)
• Gabler — cosponsor (person)
• Hickernell — cosponsor (person)
• Jozwiak — cosponsor (person)
• Knowles — cosponsor (person)
• Lawrence — cosponsor (person)
• Mackenzie — cosponsor (person)
• Maher — cosponsor (person)
• Masser — cosponsor (person)
• Mccarter — cosponsor (person)
• Mcginnis — cosponsor (person)
• Mcneill — cosponsor (person)
• Millard — cosponsor (person)
• Moul — cosponsor (person)
• Neilson — cosponsor (person)
• Nelson — cosponsor (person)
• O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
• Pickett — cosponsor (person)
• Quigley — cosponsor (person)
• Rader — cosponsor (person)
• Readshaw — cosponsor (person)
• Reese — cosponsor (person)
• Rozzi — cosponsor (person)
• Saylor — cosponsor (person)
• Staats — cosponsor (person)
• Tallman — cosponsor (person)
• Toohil — cosponsor (person)
• Ward — cosponsor (person)
• Warner — cosponsor (person)
• Warren — cosponsor (person)
• Watson — cosponsor (person)
• Wheeland — cosponsor (person)
• Zimmerman — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 PN 1182 Referred to LOCAL GOVERNMENT referral-committee
• 2017-06-28T04:00:00+00:00 PN 2164 Reported as amended committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2017-06-28T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2017-06-28T04:00:00+00:00 Re-committed to RULES referral-committee
• 2017-06-30T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2017-06-30T04:00:00+00:00 PN 2202 Second consideration, with amendments reading-2
• 2017-06-30T04:00:00+00:00 Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2017-07-07T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2017-07-07T04:00:00+00:00 PN 2209 Third consideration, with amendments reading-3
• 2017-07-07T04:00:00+00:00 Final passage passage
• 2017-07-14T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to CONSUMER PROTECTION AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE referral-committee
• 2017-10-17T04:00:00+00:00 Reported as committed committee-passage
• 2017-10-17T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2017-11-14T05:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2017-11-15T05:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2017-11-20T05:00:00+00:00 Signed in House
• 2017-12-11T05:00:00+00:00 Signed in Senate
• 2017-12-11T05:00:00+00:00 Presented to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2017-12-21T05:00:00+00:00 Approved by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b133d016-c793-404a-874a-8da991dcaeab. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).