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type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending the act of June 3, 1937 (P.L.1333, No.320), known as the Pennsylvania Election Code, in nomination of candidates, further providing for number of signers required for nomination petitions of candidates at primaries; in ballots, further providing for form of ballots, printing"
description: "An Act amending the act of June 3, 1937 (P.L.1333, No.320), known as the Pennsylvania Election Code, in nomination of candidates, further providing for number of signers required for nomination petitions of candidates at primaries; in ballots, further providing for form of ballots, printing"
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 227"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 227 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gabler"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-01-28T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-11-27T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7b3c514e-2ee2-44d3-9adb-282397c597e4"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=227"
source_hash: "85079f9e3ea90a745632f76f327ce60cd6dffd11f2472895a1d06da87ea03488"
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 227 (2019-2020) — An Act amending the act of June 3, 1937 (P.L.1333, No.320), known as the Pennsylvania Election Code, in nomination of candidates, further providing for number of signers required for nomination petitions of candidates at primaries; in ballots, further providing for form of ballots, printing
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Printer's No. 0197** (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=0227&pn=0197)
2. **Printer's No. 2925** (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=0227&pn=2925)
3. **Senate Amendment A03810** (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=0227&pn=0197&aYear=2019&an=03810)
## Votes
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **23–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (STATE GOVERNMENT): Reported as Committed — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **193–0** (pass) · lower
- HB 227 PN 2925, CONCUR — **187–0** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Gabler — primary (person)
- Caltagirone — cosponsor (person)
- Ciresi — cosponsor (person)
- Dush — cosponsor (person)
- Freeman — cosponsor (person)
- Fritz — cosponsor (person)
- Gillen — cosponsor (person)
- James — cosponsor (person)
- Kortz — cosponsor (person)
- Marshall — cosponsor (person)
- Millard — cosponsor (person)
- Webster — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-01-28T05:00:00+00:00** PN 0197 Referred to STATE GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2019-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2019-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2019-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2019-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to STATE GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2019-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2019-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-10-21T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-11-19T05:00:00+00:00** PN 2925 Amended on third consideration
- **2019-11-20T05:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-11-21T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-11-21T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-11-21T05:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments
- **2019-11-21T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2019-11-21T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2019-11-22T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-11-27T05:00:00+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/7b3c514e-2ee2-44d3-9adb-282397c597e4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).