republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2019-2020/sb-863.md

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Bill	An Act amending Title 48 (Lodging and Housing) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in hotels, further providing for definitions, for hotelkeepers, for notice to boarders to lock rooms, for lien, warrant, sale and right of redemption, for liability for property loss or damage, for special arrangements for safe deposit of valuables, for duty of guest, for other liability, for exemption from levy or sale, for baggage, for baggage sale requirements, for sale proceeds, providing for abandoned property and further providing for tourist camp heater safety.	An Act amending Title 48 (Lodging and Housing) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in hotels, further providing for definitions, for hotelkeepers, for notice to boarders to lock rooms, for lien, warrant, sale and right of redemption, for liability for property loss or damage, for special arrangements for safe deposit of valuables, for duty of guest, for other liability, for exemption from levy or sale, for baggage, for baggage sale requirements, for sale proceeds, providing for abandoned property and further providing for tourist camp heater safety.	us/states/pa	Pennsylvania General Assembly	2019-2020	SB 863	Pennsylvania SB 863 (2019-2020)	bill		enacted	Scavello	3	21	4	2019-09-30T04:00:00+00:00	2020-06-05T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/26a80362-66f5-41b6-b841-d39977ec6b88	http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=863	305b942f5863e75752562d20d5fffed20c334552d45d6f3ec8b8037b5031b781	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-pa

Pennsylvania SB 863 (2019-2020) — An Act amending Title 48 (Lodging and Housing) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in hotels, further providing for definitions, for hotelkeepers, for notice to boarders to lock rooms, for lien, warrant, sale and right of redemption, for liability for property loss or damage, for special arrangements for safe deposit of valuables, for duty of guest, for other liability, for exemption from levy or sale, for baggage, for baggage sale requirements, for sale proceeds, providing for abandoned property and further providing for tourist camp heater safety.

Version chain

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

1. Printer's No. 1224 (committee substitute) — source
2. Printer's No. 1660 (committee substitute) — source
3. Senate Amendment A05333 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Committee vote (COMMUNITY, ECONOMIC AND RECREATIONAL DEVELOPMENT): Reported as Committed — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — 24–0 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE — 50–0 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE — 202–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Scavello — primary (person)
• Blake — cosponsor (person)
• Costa — cosponsor (person)
• J. Ward — cosponsor (person)
• Laughlin — cosponsor (person)
• Schwank — cosponsor (person)
• Stefano — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-09-30T04:00:00+00:00 PN 1224 Referred to COMMUNITY, ECONOMIC AND RECREATIONAL DEVELOPMENT referral-committee
• 2020-02-05T05:00:00+00:00 Reported as committed committee-passage
• 2020-02-05T05:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2020-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2020-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2020-04-28T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2020-04-29T04:00:00+00:00 PN 1660 Amended on third consideration
• 2020-04-29T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2020-04-29T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to TOURISM AND RECREATIONAL DEVELOPMENT referral-committee
• 2020-05-05T04:00:00+00:00 Reported as committed committee-passage
• 2020-05-05T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2020-05-05T04:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table
• 2020-05-18T04:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 2020-05-19T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2020-05-19T04:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2020-05-20T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2020-05-20T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2020-05-27T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in Senate
• 2020-05-27T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in House
• 2020-05-28T04:00:00+00:00 Presented to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2020-06-05T04:00:00+00:00 Approved by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/26a80362-66f5-41b6-b841-d39977ec6b88. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).