republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2019-2020/hb-1459.md

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Bill	An Act amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in general provisions relating to emergency management services, further providing for definitions; providing for emergency responder mental wellness and stress management; establishing the Statewide Critical Incident Stress Management Program; providing for duties of the Secretary of Health and the Department of Health; in miscellaneous provisions, further providing for immunity from civil liability; and, in emergency medical services system, further providing for support of emergency medical services.	An Act amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in general provisions relating to emergency management services, further providing for definitions; providing for emergency responder mental wellness and stress management; establishing the Statewide Critical Incident Stress Management Program; providing for duties of the Secretary of Health and the Department of Health; in miscellaneous provisions, further providing for immunity from civil liability; and, in emergency medical services system, further providing for support of emergency medical services.	us/states/pa	Pennsylvania General Assembly	2019-2020	HB 1459	Pennsylvania HB 1459 (2019-2020)	bill		enacted	Schlossberg	11	24	7	2019-05-14T04:00:00+00:00	2020-07-23T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/2de35706-f0ee-4bec-9a16-b928c440a8f2	http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=1459	f0970704b7daaeac59e976bed777ea97d5a112d53dbe9d5728639e8364030d49	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-pa

Pennsylvania HB 1459 (2019-2020) — An Act amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in general provisions relating to emergency management services, further providing for definitions; providing for emergency responder mental wellness and stress management; establishing the Statewide Critical Incident Stress Management Program; providing for duties of the Secretary of Health and the Department of Health; in miscellaneous provisions, further providing for immunity from civil liability; and, in emergency medical services system, further providing for support of emergency medical services.

Version chain

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

1. House Amendment A02667 (committee substitute) — source
2. House Amendment A02872 (committee substitute) — source
3. House Amendment A03563 (committee substitute) — source
4. Printer's No. 1826 (committee substitute) — source
5. Printer's No. 2569 (committee substitute) — source
6. Printer's No. 2816 (committee substitute) — source
7. Printer's No. 3945 (committee substitute) — source
8. Printer's No. 4149 (committee substitute) — source
9. Senate Amendment A05528 (committee substitute) — source
10. Senate Amendment A06034 (committee substitute) — source
11. Senate Amendment A06705 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FINAL PASSAGE — 198–0 (pass) · lower
• Committee vote (VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS): Reported as Amended — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE — 49–0 (pass) · upper
• HB 1459 PN 2569, 2019 A3563, SCHLOSSBERG — 199–0 (pass) · lower
• HB 1459 PN 2569, 2019 A3563, SUSP RULES, SCHLOSSBERG — 194–6 (pass) · lower
• Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — 24–0 (pass) · upper
• HB 1459 PN 4149, CONCUR — 201–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Schlossberg — primary (person)
• Barrar — cosponsor (person)
• Caltagirone — cosponsor (person)
• Ciresi — cosponsor (person)
• Davidson — cosponsor (person)
• Deluca — cosponsor (person)
• Donatucci — cosponsor (person)
• Farry — cosponsor (person)
• Freeman — cosponsor (person)
• Galloway — cosponsor (person)
• Hanbidge — cosponsor (person)
• Harkins — cosponsor (person)
• Hill-Evans — cosponsor (person)
• Howard — cosponsor (person)
• Innamorato — cosponsor (person)
• Kenyatta — cosponsor (person)
• Kirkland — cosponsor (person)
• Kortz — cosponsor (person)
• Kulik — cosponsor (person)
• Lee — cosponsor (person)
• Madden — cosponsor (person)
• Malagari — cosponsor (person)
• Mcclinton — cosponsor (person)
• Neilson — cosponsor (person)
• O'Mara — cosponsor (person)
• Otten — cosponsor (person)
• Polinchock — cosponsor (person)
• Quinn — cosponsor (person)
• Rabb — cosponsor (person)
• Readshaw — cosponsor (person)
• Sainato — cosponsor (person)
• Samuelson — cosponsor (person)
• Sappey — cosponsor (person)
• Schweyer — cosponsor (person)
• Sims — cosponsor (person)
• Solomon — cosponsor (person)
• T. Davis — cosponsor (person)
• Thomas — cosponsor (person)
• Webster — cosponsor (person)
• Williams — cosponsor (person)
• Youngblood — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-05-14T04:00:00+00:00 PN 1826 Referred to VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS referral-committee
• 2019-09-24T04:00:00+00:00 PN 2569 Reported as amended committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2019-09-24T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2019-09-24T04:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table
• 2019-10-22T04:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 2019-10-29T04:00:00+00:00 PN 2816 Second consideration, with amendments reading-2
• 2019-10-29T04:00:00+00:00 Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2019-10-30T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2019-10-30T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2019-10-31T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS referral-committee
• 2020-06-22T04:00:00+00:00 PN 3945 Reported as amended committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2020-06-22T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2020-06-24T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2020-06-24T04:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2020-06-29T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2020-07-14T04:00:00+00:00 PN 4149 Amended on third consideration
• 2020-07-14T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2020-07-14T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to RULES referral-committee
• 2020-07-14T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported on concurrence, as committed committee-passage
• 2020-07-14T04:00:00+00:00 House concurred in Senate amendments
• 2020-07-14T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in House
• 2020-07-15T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in Senate
• 2020-07-15T04:00:00+00:00 Presented to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2020-07-23T04:00:00+00:00 Approved by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2de35706-f0ee-4bec-9a16-b928c440a8f2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).