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Bill An Act amending the act of June 3, 1937 (P.L.1333, No.320), known as the Pennsylvania Election Code, in preliminary provisions, further providing for definitions; in the Secretary of the Commonwealth, providing for requirements for disapproval or decertification of voting apparatuses and for census outreach; in district election officers, further providing for compensation of district election officers; in election districts and polling places, further providing for restrictions on alteration; in nomination of candidates, further providing for petition may consist of several sheets and affidavit of circulator, for manner of signing nomination petitions and time of circulating and for nominations by political bodies; in ballots, further providing for form of official primary ballot, for form of official election ballot, for number of ballots to be printed and specimen ballots and for forms of ballots on file and open to public inspection and ballots and diagrams to be furnished to candidates and parties; in voting machines, further providing for requirements of voting machines and for form of ballot labels on voting machines; in electronic voting systems, further providing for requirements of electronic voting systems, for forms, for election day procedures and the process of voting and for post election procedures; providing for voting apparatus bonds; in preparation for and conduct of primaries and elections, further providing for manner of applying to vote and persons entitled to vote and voter's certificates and entries to be made in district register and numbered lists of voters and challenges, for method of marking ballots and depositing same in districts in which ballots are used, for instructions of voters and manner of voting in districts in which voting machines are used, for count and return of votes in districts in which ballots are used, for what ballots shall be counted, manner of counting and defective ballots and for canvass and return of votes in districts in which voting machines are used and providing for deadline for receipt of valid voter registration application, for appeals and for appeals to court of common pleas; in voting by qualified absentee electors, further providing for applications for official absentee ballots, for date of application for absentee ballot, for approval of application for absentee ballot, for absentee electors files and lists, for official absentee voters ballots, for delivering or mailing ballots, for voting by absentee electors, for canvassing of official absentee ballots and for public records; providing for voting by qualified mail-in electors; in returns of primaries and elections, further providing for manner of computing irregular ballots; providing for dissemination of information and for jurisdiction; removing references to the Traffic Court of Philadelphia; and making related repeals. An Act amending the act of June 3, 1937 (P.L.1333, No.320), known as the Pennsylvania Election Code, in preliminary provisions, further providing for definitions; in the Secretary of the Commonwealth, providing for requirements for disapproval or decertification of voting apparatuses and for census outreach; in district election officers, further providing for compensation of district election officers; in election districts and polling places, further providing for restrictions on alteration; in nomination of candidates, further providing for petition may consist of several sheets and affidavit of circulator, for manner of signing nomination petitions and time of circulating and for nominations by political bodies; in ballots, further providing for form of official primary ballot, for form of official election ballot, for number of ballots to be printed and specimen ballots and for forms of ballots on file and open to public inspection and ballots and diagrams to be furnished to candidates and parties; in voting machines, further providing for requirements of voting machines and for form of ballot labels on voting machines; in electronic voting systems, further providing for requirements of electronic voting systems, for forms, for election day procedures and the process of voting and for post election procedures; providing for voting apparatus bonds; in preparation for and conduct of primaries and elections, further providing for manner of applying to vote and persons entitled to vote and voter's certificates and entries to be made in district register and numbered lists of voters and challenges, for method of marking ballots and depositing same in districts in which ballots are used, for instructions of voters and manner of voting in districts in which voting machines are used, for count and return of votes in districts in which ballots are used, for what ballots shall be counted, manner of counting and defective ballots and for canvass and return of votes in districts in which voting machines are used and providing for deadline for receipt of valid voter registration application, for appeals and for appeals to court of common pleas; in voting by qualified absentee electors, further providing for applications for official absentee ballots, for date of application for absentee ballot, for approval of application for absentee ballot, for absentee electors files and lists, for official absentee voters ballots, for delivering or mailing ballots, for voting by absentee electors, for canvassing of official absentee ballots and for public records; providing for voting by qualified mail-in electors; in returns of primaries and elections, further providing for manner of computing irregular ballots; providing for dissemination of information and for jurisdiction; removing references to the Traffic Court of Philadelphia; and making related repeals. us/states/pa Pennsylvania General Assembly 2019-2020 SB 421 Pennsylvania SB 421 (2019-2020)
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Pennsylvania SB 421 (2019-2020) — An Act amending the act of June 3, 1937 (P.L.1333, No.320), known as the Pennsylvania Election Code, in preliminary provisions, further providing for definitions; in the Secretary of the Commonwealth, providing for requirements for disapproval or decertification of voting apparatuses and for census outreach; in district election officers, further providing for compensation of district election officers; in election districts and polling places, further providing for restrictions on alteration; in nomination of candidates, further providing for petition may consist of several sheets and affidavit of circulator, for manner of signing nomination petitions and time of circulating and for nominations by political bodies; in ballots, further providing for form of official primary ballot, for form of official election ballot, for number of ballots to be printed and specimen ballots and for forms of ballots on file and open to public inspection and ballots and diagrams to be furnished to candidates and parties; in voting machines, further providing for requirements of voting machines and for form of ballot labels on voting machines; in electronic voting systems, further providing for requirements of electronic voting systems, for forms, for election day procedures and the process of voting and for post election procedures; providing for voting apparatus bonds; in preparation for and conduct of primaries and elections, further providing for manner of applying to vote and persons entitled to vote and voter's certificates and entries to be made in district register and numbered lists of voters and challenges, for method of marking ballots and depositing same in districts in which ballots are used, for instructions of voters and manner of voting in districts in which voting machines are used, for count and return of votes in districts in which ballots are used, for what ballots shall be counted, manner of counting and defective ballots and for canvass and return of votes in districts in which voting machines are used and providing for deadline for receipt of valid voter registration application, for appeals and for appeals to court of common pleas; in voting by qualified absentee electors, further providing for applications for official absentee ballots, for date of application for absentee ballot, for approval of application for absentee ballot, for absentee electors files and lists, for official absentee voters ballots, for delivering or mailing ballots, for voting by absentee electors, for canvassing of official absentee ballots and for public records; providing for voting by qualified mail-in electors; in returns of primaries and elections, further providing for manner of computing irregular ballots; providing for dissemination of information and for jurisdiction; removing references to the Traffic Court of Philadelphia; and making related repeals.

Version chain

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

  1. House Amendment A03300 (committee substitute) — source
  2. House Amendment A03386 (committee substitute) — source
  3. House Amendment A03392 (committee substitute) — source
  4. House Amendment A03393 (committee substitute) — source
  5. House Amendment A03394 (committee substitute) — source
  6. House Amendment A03396 (committee substitute) — source
  7. House Amendment A03398 (committee substitute) — source
  8. House Amendment A03403 (committee substitute) — source
  9. House Amendment A03410 (committee substitute) — source
  10. House Amendment A03415 (committee substitute) — source
  11. House Amendment A03419 (committee substitute) — source
  12. House Amendment A03421 (committee substitute) — source
  13. House Amendment A03422 (committee substitute) — source
  14. House Amendment A03423 (committee substitute) — source
  15. House Amendment A03433 (committee substitute) — source
  16. House Amendment A03551 (committee substitute) — source
  17. House Amendment A03568 (committee substitute) — source
  18. Printer's No. 0481 (committee substitute) — source
  19. Printer's No. 1015 (committee substitute) — source
  20. Printer's No. 1292 (committee substitute) — source
  21. Printer's No. 1328 (committee substitute) — source
  22. Printer's No. 1330 (committee substitute) — source
  23. Senate Amendment A01865 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • SB 421 PN 1292, 2019 A3410, BOYLE — 91–104 (fail) · lower
  • SB 421 PN 1292, 2019 A3423, DELISSIO — 196–0 (pass) · lower
  • SB 421 PN 1292, 2019 A3415, SOLOMON — 196–0 (pass) · lower
  • Committee vote (RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — 12–4 (pass) · upper
  • SB 421 PN 1292, 2019 A3419, EVERETT — 196–0 (pass) · lower
  • SB 421 PN 1292, 2019 A3421, MALAGARI — 87–108 (fail) · lower
  • SB 421 PN 1292, 2019 A3433, SOLOMON — 195–0 (pass) · lower
  • SB 421 PN 1292, 2019 A3422, KENYATTA — 86–109 (fail) · lower
  • FINAL PASSAGE — 138–61 (pass) · lower
  • SB 421 PN 1292, 2019 A3393, D. MILLER — 91–105 (fail) · lower
  • SB 421 PN 1292, 2019 A3398, HANBIDGE — 90–105 (fail) · lower
  • SB 421 PN 1292, 2019 A3392, MARKOSEK — 90–106 (fail) · lower
  • SB 421 PN 1292, 2019 A3394, HOHENSTEIN — 91–104 (fail) · lower
  • CONCUR IN HOUSE AMENDMENTS — 35–14 (pass) · upper
  • SB 421 PN 1292, 2019 A3403, BOYLE — 88–107 (fail) · lower
  • SB 421 PN 1292, 2019 A3551, SUSP RULES, KENYATTA — 88–107 (fail) · lower
  • Committee vote (STATE GOVERNMENT): Reported as Amended — 11–0 (pass) · upper
  • FINAL PASSAGE — 30–20 (pass) · upper
  • Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — 14–9 (pass) · upper
  • SB 421 PN 1292, 2019 A3386, DIAMOND — 196–0 (pass) · lower
  • SB 421 PN 1292, 2019 A3396, CALTAGIRONE — 196–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Boscola — primary (person)
  • Bartolotta — cosponsor (person)
  • Browne — cosponsor (person)
  • Killion — cosponsor (person)
  • Laughlin — cosponsor (person)
  • Mensch — cosponsor (person)
  • Phillips-Hill — cosponsor (person)
  • Scavello — cosponsor (person)
  • Stefano — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2019-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 PN 0481 Referred to STATE GOVERNMENT referral-committee
  • 2019-06-18T04:00:00+00:00 PN 1015 Reported as amended committee-passage, amendment-passage
  • 2019-06-18T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
  • 2019-06-19T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
  • 2019-06-19T04:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
  • 2019-06-24T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
  • 2019-06-25T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
  • 2019-06-26T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to STATE GOVERNMENT referral-committee
  • 2019-10-22T04:00:00+00:00 PN 1292 Reported as amended committee-passage, amendment-passage
  • 2019-10-22T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
  • 2019-10-22T04:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table
  • 2019-10-28T04:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
  • 2019-10-28T04:00:00+00:00 PN 1328 Second consideration, with amendments reading-2
  • 2019-10-28T04:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
  • 2019-10-28T04:00:00+00:00 PN 1330 Amended in House Committee on APPROPRIATIONS
  • 2019-10-29T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as amended committee-passage, amendment-passage
  • 2019-10-29T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
  • 2019-10-29T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS referral-committee
  • 2019-10-29T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported on concurrence, as committed committee-passage
  • 2019-10-29T04:00:00+00:00 Senate concurred in House amendments
  • 2019-10-29T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in Senate
  • 2019-10-30T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in House
  • 2019-10-30T04:00:00+00:00 Presented to the Governor executive-receipt
  • 2019-10-31T04:00:00+00:00 Approved by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a8df0a90-67dc-4eac-a244-bbc0e33016f3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).

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