republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2019-2020/sb-976.md

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Bill	An Act amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in jurisdiction of appellate courts, providing for commerce court program; and, in organization and jurisdiction of courts of common pleas, further providing for problem-solving courts and providing for commerce courts.	An Act amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in jurisdiction of appellate courts, providing for commerce court program; and, in organization and jurisdiction of courts of common pleas, further providing for problem-solving courts and providing for commerce courts.	us/states/pa	Pennsylvania General Assembly	2019-2020	SB 976	Pennsylvania SB 976 (2019-2020)	bill		enacted	Regan	6	23	7	2019-12-12T05:00:00+00:00	2020-11-03T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/2d7d24a8-9a18-490b-980a-a0142f656f1b	http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=976	3a981d438ed4ca6729aa0c9d854deca6a1a21eabbe76a76d92ed5e2994ac575a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-pa

Pennsylvania SB 976 (2019-2020) — An Act amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in jurisdiction of appellate courts, providing for commerce court program; and, in organization and jurisdiction of courts of common pleas, further providing for problem-solving courts and providing for commerce courts.

Version chain

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

1. House Amendment A06831 (committee substitute) — source
2. Printer's No. 1425 (committee substitute) — source
3. Printer's No. 1481 (committee substitute) — source
4. Printer's No. 2023 (committee substitute) — source
5. Senate Amendment A04569 (committee substitute) — source
6. Senate Amendment A05557 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SB 976 PN 1481, A5557, HUGHES AMENDMENT NO. A-5557 — 20–29 (fail) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE — 201–0 (pass) · lower
• Committee vote (RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — 17–0 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (JUDICIARY): Reported as Amended — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• CONCUR IN HOUSE AMENDMENTS — 47–0 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE — 49–0 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — 24–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Regan — primary (person)
• Argall — cosponsor (person)
• Arnold — cosponsor (person)
• Aument — cosponsor (person)
• Baker — cosponsor (person)
• Bartolotta — cosponsor (person)
• Brewster — cosponsor (person)
• Brooks — cosponsor (person)
• Browne — cosponsor (person)
• Costa — cosponsor (person)
• Dinniman — cosponsor (person)
• Farnese — cosponsor (person)
• J. Ward — cosponsor (person)
• K. Ward — cosponsor (person)
• Killion — cosponsor (person)
• Martin — cosponsor (person)
• Mastriano — cosponsor (person)
• Mensch — cosponsor (person)
• Phillips-Hill — cosponsor (person)
• Stefano — cosponsor (person)
• Street — cosponsor (person)
• Yudichak — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-12-12T05:00:00+00:00 PN 1425 Referred to JUDICIARY referral-committee
• 2020-01-29T05:00:00+00:00 PN 1481 Reported as amended committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2020-01-29T05:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2020-02-04T05:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2020-02-04T05:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2020-04-21T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2020-05-12T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2020-05-13T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to JUDICIARY referral-committee
• 2020-09-29T04:00:00+00:00 PN 2023 Reported as amended committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2020-09-29T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2020-09-29T04:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table
• 2020-09-30T04:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 2020-10-20T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2020-10-20T04:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2020-10-21T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2020-10-21T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2020-10-21T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS referral-committee
• 2020-10-21T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported on concurrence, as committed committee-passage
• 2020-10-21T04:00:00+00:00 Senate concurred in House amendments
• 2020-10-21T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in Senate
• 2020-10-26T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in House
• 2020-10-26T04:00:00+00:00 Presented to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2020-11-03T05:00:00+00:00 Approved by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2d7d24a8-9a18-490b-980a-a0142f656f1b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).