republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2019-2020/hb-49.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 school security, further providing for definitions, for school police officers, for training, for powers and duties, for school resource officers and for school security guards; in high schools, further providing for courses of study; in miscellaneous provisions relating to institutions of higher education, further providing for Public Higher Education Funding Commission; and, in fostering independence through education, further providing for fostering independence waiver program.	An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, in school security, further providing for definitions, for school police officers, for training, for powers and duties, for school resource officers and for school security guards; in high schools, further providing for courses of study; in miscellaneous provisions relating to institutions of higher education, further providing for Public Higher Education Funding Commission; and, in fostering independence through education, further providing for fostering independence waiver program.	us/states/pa	Pennsylvania General Assembly	2019-2020	HB 49	Pennsylvania HB 49 (2019-2020)	bill		enacted	Brown	12	26	11	2019-01-28T05:00:00+00:00	2019-11-27T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/b38d89d0-a123-4061-a2fd-606f3833da94	http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=49	51ca0db89073e3bd75cc473f12e0d49be4b08f2bb7433bbb474d1896f8ee0d2f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-pa

Pennsylvania HB 49 (2019-2020) — An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, in school security, further providing for definitions, for school police officers, for training, for powers and duties, for school resource officers and for school security guards; in high schools, further providing for courses of study; in miscellaneous provisions relating to institutions of higher education, further providing for Public Higher Education Funding Commission; and, in fostering independence through education, further providing for fostering independence waiver program.

Version chain

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

1. House Amendment A00821 (committee substitute) — source
2. House Amendment A00891 (committee substitute) — source
3. House Amendment A03809 (committee substitute) — source
4. Printer's No. 0061 (committee substitute) — source
5. Printer's No. 1610 (committee substitute) — source
6. Printer's No. 1972 (committee substitute) — source
7. Printer's No. 2740 (committee substitute) — source
8. Printer's No. 2893 (committee substitute) — source
9. Senate Amendment A03271 (committee substitute) — source
10. Senate Amendment A03335 (committee substitute) — source
11. Senate Amendment A03339 (committee substitute) — source
12. Senate Amendment A03378 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• HB 49 PN 1610, 2019 A891, BROWN — 192–0 (pass) · lower
• Committee vote (EDUCATION): Reported as Amended — 8–2 (pass) · upper
• HB 49 PN 2740, A3339, MOTION TO TABLE SANTARSIERO AMENDMENT NO. A-3339 — 27–21 (pass) · upper
• HB 49 PN 2893, CONCUR — 161–37 (pass) · lower
• Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — 14–8 (pass) · upper
• HB 49 PN 2740, A3335, WILLIAMS, LINDSEY AMENDMENT NO. A-3335 — 20–28 (fail) · upper
• Committee vote (RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — 14–2 (pass) · upper
• CONCUR IN HOUSE AMENDMENTS TO SENATE AMENDMENTS — 35–14 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE — 200–0 (pass) · lower
• FINAL PASSAGE — 28–20 (pass) · upper
• HB 49 PN 2740, A3378, WILLIAMS, LINDSEY AMENDMENT NO. A-3378 — 21–27 (fail) · upper

Sponsors

• Brown — primary (person)
• Bernstine — cosponsor (person)
• Freeman — cosponsor (person)
• Gaydos — cosponsor (person)
• Hahn — cosponsor (person)
• Kauffman — cosponsor (person)
• Kinsey — cosponsor (person)
• Kortz — cosponsor (person)
• Longietti — cosponsor (person)
• Mackenzie — cosponsor (person)
• Mentzer — cosponsor (person)
• Millard — cosponsor (person)
• Mullins — cosponsor (person)
• Murt — cosponsor (person)
• Neilson — cosponsor (person)
• Pickett — cosponsor (person)
• Rothman — cosponsor (person)
• Ryan — cosponsor (person)
• Sainato — cosponsor (person)
• Saylor — cosponsor (person)
• Schweyer — cosponsor (person)
• Staats — cosponsor (person)
• Struzzi — cosponsor (person)
• Sturla — cosponsor (person)
• T. Davis — cosponsor (person)
• Toohil — cosponsor (person)
• Wheeland — cosponsor (person)
• Youngblood — cosponsor (person)
• Zimmerman — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-28T05:00:00+00:00 PN 0061 Referred to EDUCATION referral-committee
• 2019-04-29T04:00:00+00:00 PN 1610 Reported as amended committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2019-04-29T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2019-04-29T04:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table
• 2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 2019-06-03T04:00:00+00:00 PN 1972 Second consideration, with amendments reading-2
• 2019-06-03T04:00:00+00:00 Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2019-06-27T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2019-06-27T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2019-07-08T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to EDUCATION referral-committee
• 2019-10-21T04:00:00+00:00 PN 2740 Reported as amended committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2019-10-21T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2019-10-22T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2019-10-22T04:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2019-10-23T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2019-10-23T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2019-10-28T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to RULES referral-committee
• 2019-11-18T05:00:00+00:00 PN 2893 Re-reported on concurrence, as amended committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2019-11-19T05:00:00+00:00 House concurred in Senate amendments, as amended by the House amendment-passage
• 2019-11-19T05:00:00+00:00 Referred to RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS referral-committee
• 2019-11-21T05:00:00+00:00 Re-reported on concurrence, as committed committee-passage
• 2019-11-21T05:00:00+00:00 Senate concurred in House amendments to Senate amendments
• 2019-11-21T05:00:00+00:00 Signed in House
• 2019-11-21T05:00:00+00:00 Signed in Senate
• 2019-11-22T05:00:00+00:00 Presented to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2019-11-27T05:00:00+00:00 Approved by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b38d89d0-a123-4061-a2fd-606f3833da94. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).