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type: "Bill"
title: "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."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1461"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 1461 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fee"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-05-14T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-06-28T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/66b5cc9f-6347-4e22-8754-d4a66d12bd38"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=1461"
source_hash: "a24552629ac8e9ba298b873c7eb5e0e4434f433a2ede052a919097f540da2943"
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 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](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/HA/Public/HaCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sYear=2019&sInd=0&body=H&type=B&bn=1461&pn=1828&aYear=2019&an=01629)
2. **Printer's No. 1828** (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=1461&pn=1828)
3. **Printer's No. 2064** (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=1461&pn=2064)
4. **Printer's No. 2267** (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=1461&pn=2267)
5. **Senate Amendment A02578** (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=1461&pn=2064&aYear=2019&an=02578)
## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/66b5cc9f-6347-4e22-8754-d4a66d12bd38`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).