republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2019-2020/hb-1461.md

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Bill	An Act amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929, in administrative organization, repealing provisions relating to employees with access to Federal tax information and providing for criminal history background checks of employees and contractors with access to Federal tax information; in organization of independent administrative boards and commissions, providing for Center for Rural Pennsylvania; in Office of State Inspector General, further providing for powers, purpose and duties and for criminal charges; in Commonwealth budget procedures, further providing for submission of budget to General Assembly; in Commonwealth agency fees, further providing for Department of State; in Independent Fiscal Office, further providing for revenue estimates; providing for Joint Underwriting Association accountability; in powers and duties of the Department of Labor and Industry, its departmental administrative and advisory boards and departmental administrative officers, providing for Bureau of Occupational and Industrial Safety; providing for legislative agencies and the continuation of Pennsylvania Commission on Sentencing; and making editorial changes and related repeals.	An Act amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929, in administrative organization, repealing provisions relating to employees with access to Federal tax information and providing for criminal history background checks of employees and contractors with access to Federal tax information; in organization of independent administrative boards and commissions, providing for Center for Rural Pennsylvania; in Office of State Inspector General, further providing for powers, purpose and duties and for criminal charges; in Commonwealth budget procedures, further providing for submission of budget to General Assembly; in Commonwealth agency fees, further providing for Department of State; in Independent Fiscal Office, further providing for revenue estimates; providing for Joint Underwriting Association accountability; in powers and duties of the Department of Labor and Industry, its departmental administrative and advisory boards and departmental administrative officers, providing for Bureau of Occupational and Industrial Safety; providing for legislative agencies and the continuation of Pennsylvania Commission on Sentencing; and making editorial changes and related repeals.	us/states/pa	Pennsylvania General Assembly	2019-2020	HB 1461	Pennsylvania HB 1461 (2019-2020)	bill		enacted	Fee	5	23	6	2019-05-14T04:00:00+00:00	2019-06-28T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/66b5cc9f-6347-4e22-8754-d4a66d12bd38	http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=1461	a24552629ac8e9ba298b873c7eb5e0e4434f433a2ede052a919097f540da2943	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-pa

Pennsylvania HB 1461 (2019-2020) — An Act amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929, in administrative organization, repealing provisions relating to employees with access to Federal tax information and providing for criminal history background checks of employees and contractors with access to Federal tax information; in organization of independent administrative boards and commissions, providing for Center for Rural Pennsylvania; in Office of State Inspector General, further providing for powers, purpose and duties and for criminal charges; in Commonwealth budget procedures, further providing for submission of budget to General Assembly; in Commonwealth agency fees, further providing for Department of State; in Independent Fiscal Office, further providing for revenue estimates; providing for Joint Underwriting Association accountability; in powers and duties of the Department of Labor and Industry, its departmental administrative and advisory boards and departmental administrative officers, providing for Bureau of Occupational and Industrial Safety; providing for legislative agencies and the continuation of Pennsylvania Commission on Sentencing; and making editorial changes and related repeals.

Version chain

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

1. House Amendment A01629 (committee substitute) — source
2. Printer's No. 1828 (committee substitute) — source
3. Printer's No. 2064 (committee substitute) — source
4. Printer's No. 2267 (committee substitute) — source
5. Senate Amendment A02578 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• HB 1461 PN 1828, 2019 A1629, SNYDER — 197–0 (pass) · lower
• FINAL PASSAGE — 200–0 (pass) · lower
• FINAL PASSAGE — 29–21 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (STATE GOVERNMENT): Reported as Committed — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• HB 1461 PN 2267, CONCUR — 181–16 (pass) · lower
• Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Amended — 14–10 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Fee — primary (person)
• B. Miller — cosponsor (person)
• Gillen — cosponsor (person)
• Greiner — cosponsor (person)
• Grove — cosponsor (person)
• Hickernell — cosponsor (person)
• Jozwiak — cosponsor (person)
• Klunk — cosponsor (person)
• Mentzer — cosponsor (person)
• Millard — cosponsor (person)
• Moul — cosponsor (person)
• Oberlander — cosponsor (person)
• Pyle — cosponsor (person)
• Ryan — cosponsor (person)
• Snyder — cosponsor (person)
• Solomon — cosponsor (person)
• Zimmerman — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-05-14T04:00:00+00:00 PN 1828 Referred to HEALTH referral-committee
• 2019-06-04T04:00:00+00:00 Reported as committed committee-passage
• 2019-06-04T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2019-06-04T04:00:00+00:00 Re-committed to RULES referral-committee
• 2019-06-10T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2019-06-10T04:00:00+00:00 PN 2064 Second consideration, with amendments reading-2
• 2019-06-10T04:00:00+00:00 Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2019-06-11T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2019-06-11T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2019-06-14T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to STATE GOVERNMENT referral-committee
• 2019-06-18T04:00:00+00:00 Reported as committed committee-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
• 2019-06-26T04:00:00+00:00 PN 2267 Re-reported as amended committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2019-06-27T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2019-06-27T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to RULES referral-committee
• 2019-06-27T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported on concurrence, as committed committee-passage
• 2019-06-28T04:00:00+00:00 House concurred in Senate amendments
• 2019-06-28T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in House
• 2019-06-28T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in Senate
• 2019-06-28T04:00:00+00:00 Presented to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2019-06-28T04:00:00+00:00 Approved by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/66b5cc9f-6347-4e22-8754-d4a66d12bd38. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).