republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2017-2018/hb-564.md

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Bill	An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, in high schools, providing for assessment of civic knowledge.	An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, in high schools, providing for assessment of civic knowledge.	us/states/pa	Pennsylvania General Assembly	2017-2018	HB 564	Pennsylvania HB 564 (2017-2018)	bill		enacted	Boback	3	23	5	2017-02-21T05:00:00+00:00	2018-06-19T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/ef1ac20d-6d49-4ff3-a1e9-951ac62a130a	http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=564	ef6603f58fd7c0d58f0a82e0a95cdb395588a6113d7314d310c23d42d2195f91	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-pa

Pennsylvania HB 564 (2017-2018) — An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, in high schools, providing for assessment of civic knowledge.

Version chain

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

1. Printer's No. 0589 (committee substitute) — source
2. Printer's No. 3298 (committee substitute) — source
3. Printer's No. 3547 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — 26–0 (pass) · upper
• HB 564 PN 3547, CONCUR — 167–27 (pass) · lower
• FINAL PASSAGE — 49–0 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (EDUCATION): Reported as Amended — 12–0 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE — 191–4 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Boback — primary (person)
• Barbin — cosponsor (person)
• Barrar — cosponsor (person)
• Benninghoff — cosponsor (person)
• Bizzarro — cosponsor (person)
• Burns — cosponsor (person)
• C. Quinn — cosponsor (person)
• Cox — cosponsor (person)
• Cutler — cosponsor (person)
• D. Costa — cosponsor (person)
• Daley — cosponsor (person)
• Delissio — cosponsor (person)
• Diamond — cosponsor (person)
• Donatucci — cosponsor (person)
• Dush — cosponsor (person)
• Ellis — cosponsor (person)
• English — cosponsor (person)
• Everett — cosponsor (person)
• Fabrizio — cosponsor (person)
• Freeman — cosponsor (person)
• Gabler — cosponsor (person)
• Goodman — cosponsor (person)
• Hahn — cosponsor (person)
• Harkins — cosponsor (person)
• Helm — cosponsor (person)
• James — cosponsor (person)
• Kauffman — cosponsor (person)
• Kim — cosponsor (person)
• Kortz — cosponsor (person)
• Longietti — cosponsor (person)
• Mackenzie — cosponsor (person)
• Mcneill — cosponsor (person)
• Metcalfe — cosponsor (person)
• Miccarelli — cosponsor (person)
• Millard — cosponsor (person)
• Murt — cosponsor (person)
• Neilson — cosponsor (person)
• Nelson — cosponsor (person)
• O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
• Pashinski — cosponsor (person)
• Pickett — cosponsor (person)
• Pyle — cosponsor (person)
• R. Brown — cosponsor (person)
• Rader — cosponsor (person)
• Rapp — cosponsor (person)
• Ravenstahl — cosponsor (person)
• Readshaw — cosponsor (person)
• Roe — cosponsor (person)
• Roebuck — cosponsor (person)
• Rothman — cosponsor (person)
• Ryan — cosponsor (person)
• Saccone — cosponsor (person)
• Sainato — cosponsor (person)
• Schlegel Culver — cosponsor (person)
• Solomon — cosponsor (person)
• Staats — cosponsor (person)
• Stephens — cosponsor (person)
• Sturla — cosponsor (person)
• Toohil — cosponsor (person)
• V. Brown — cosponsor (person)
• Ward — cosponsor (person)
• Watson — cosponsor (person)
• Youngblood — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-21T05:00:00+00:00 PN 0589 Referred to EDUCATION referral-committee
• 2018-04-09T04:00:00+00:00 PN 3298 Reported as amended committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2018-04-09T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2018-04-09T04:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table
• 2018-04-10T04:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 2018-04-11T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2018-04-11T04:00:00+00:00 Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2018-04-16T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2018-04-16T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2018-04-30T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to EDUCATION referral-committee
• 2018-05-22T04:00:00+00:00 PN 3547 Reported as amended committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2018-05-22T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2018-05-23T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2018-05-23T04:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2018-06-04T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2018-06-05T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2018-06-06T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to RULES referral-committee
• 2018-06-06T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported on concurrence, as committed committee-passage
• 2018-06-06T04:00:00+00:00 House concurred in Senate amendments
• 2018-06-06T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in House
• 2018-06-11T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in Senate
• 2018-06-11T04:00:00+00:00 Presented to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2018-06-19T04:00:00+00:00 Approved by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ef1ac20d-6d49-4ff3-a1e9-951ac62a130a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).