republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2019-2020/hb-1342.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, in school health services, further providing for health services and providing for vision screening and examinations."
description: "An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, in school health services, further providing for health services and providing for vision screening and examinations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1342"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 1342 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brown"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-04-29T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-11-25T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/df1a5241-78d7-4adf-8d7a-57871d1f8ac8"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=1342"
source_hash: "88032b3265c92a84f7b32f23c32108a83a2bffd00fc4f113ac62d4c57537f12e"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-pa"]
---

# Pennsylvania HB 1342 (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 health services, further providing for health services and providing for vision screening and examinations.

## Version chain

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

1. **House Amendment A07502** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/HA/Public/HaCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sYear=2019&sInd=0&body=H&type=B&bn=1342&pn=1605&aYear=2019&an=07502)
2. **House Amendment A07650** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/HA/Public/HaCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sYear=2019&sInd=0&body=H&type=B&bn=1342&pn=4465&aYear=2019&an=07650)
3. **House Amendment A07733** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/HA/Public/HaCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sYear=2019&sInd=0&body=H&type=B&bn=1342&pn=4465&aYear=2019&an=07733)
4. **Printer's No. 1605** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=1342&pn=1605)
5. **Printer's No. 4465** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=1342&pn=4465)
6. **Printer's No. 4576** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=1342&pn=4576)

## Votes

- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **23–0** (pass) · upper
- HB 1342 PN 4465, 2019 A7733, APPEAL CHAIR, A. DAVIS — **109–93** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **201–0** (pass) · lower
- HB 1342 PN 4465, 2019 A7650, BROWN — **202–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (EDUCATION): Reported as Committed — **11–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brown — primary (person)
- Barrar — cosponsor (person)
- Boback — cosponsor (person)
- Ciresi — cosponsor (person)
- D. Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Deasy — cosponsor (person)
- Deluca — cosponsor (person)
- Kauffman — cosponsor (person)
- Kinsey — cosponsor (person)
- Kortz — cosponsor (person)
- Mackenzie — cosponsor (person)
- Mehaffie — cosponsor (person)
- Millard — cosponsor (person)
- Murt — cosponsor (person)
- Pickett — cosponsor (person)
- Rader — cosponsor (person)
- Readshaw — cosponsor (person)
- Schlegel Culver — cosponsor (person)
- Schlossberg — cosponsor (person)
- Schweyer — cosponsor (person)
- Struzzi — cosponsor (person)
- Sturla — cosponsor (person)
- T. Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Toohil — cosponsor (person)
- Youngblood — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1605 Referred to EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2020-10-01T04:00:00+00:00** PN 4465 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2020-10-01T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2020-10-01T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2020-10-19T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2020-10-20T04:00:00+00:00** PN 4576 Second consideration, with amendments `reading-2`
- **2020-10-20T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed 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`
- **2020-10-26T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2020-11-16T05:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2020-11-16T05:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2020-11-17T05:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2020-11-17T05:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2020-11-18T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2020-11-18T05:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-11-19T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2020-11-19T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2020-11-19T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-11-25T05:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/df1a5241-78d7-4adf-8d7a-57871d1f8ac8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).