republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2019-2020/hb-448.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending the act of June 12, 2018 (P.L.136, No.28), known as the Pennsylvania Commission for the United States Semiquincentennial Act, further providing for definitions, for establishment, for composition and for report to the Governor and the General Assembly."
description: "An Act amending the act of June 12, 2018 (P.L.136, No.28), known as the Pennsylvania Commission for the United States Semiquincentennial Act, further providing for definitions, for establishment, for composition and for report to the Governor and the General Assembly."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 448"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 448 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kaufer"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-02-11T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-07-02T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2f6e6399-97f8-40e4-a08d-7cbc588f8338"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=448"
source_hash: "2440720cc9a3cfcb4d2dc15259343176ce75ab1864305e217fd4fa7f7ffc8f41"
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 448 (2019-2020) — An Act amending the act of June 12, 2018 (P.L.136, No.28), known as the Pennsylvania Commission for the United States Semiquincentennial Act, further providing for definitions, for establishment, for composition and for report to the Governor and the General Assembly.

## Version chain

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

1. **House Amendment A01742** (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=0448&pn=0433&aYear=2019&an=01742)
2. **Printer's No. 0433** (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=0448&pn=0433)
3. **Printer's No. 2105** (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=0448&pn=2105)
4. **Printer's No. 2181** (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=0448&pn=2181)
5. **Senate Amendment A02135** (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=0448&pn=2105&aYear=2019&an=02135)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE — **196–0** (pass) · lower
- HB 448 PN 433, 2019 A1742, KAUFER — **200–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (STATE GOVERNMENT): Reported as Amended — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **48–1** (pass) · upper
- HB 448 PN 2181, CONCUR — **201–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kaufer — primary (person)
- B. Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Bernstine — cosponsor (person)
- Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Deluca — cosponsor (person)
- Digirolamo — cosponsor (person)
- Dush — cosponsor (person)
- Freeman — cosponsor (person)
- Fritz — cosponsor (person)
- Gillen — cosponsor (person)
- Heffley — cosponsor (person)
- Hennessey — cosponsor (person)
- Hill-Evans — cosponsor (person)
- Klunk — cosponsor (person)
- Longietti — cosponsor (person)
- Millard — cosponsor (person)
- Mullins — cosponsor (person)
- Murt — cosponsor (person)
- Neilson — cosponsor (person)
- Pashinski — cosponsor (person)
- Pickett — cosponsor (person)
- Rader — cosponsor (person)
- Readshaw — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan — cosponsor (person)
- Sainato — cosponsor (person)
- Saylor — cosponsor (person)
- Schlegel Culver — cosponsor (person)
- Schlossberg — cosponsor (person)
- Solomon — cosponsor (person)
- T. Davis — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** PN 0433 Referred to TOURISM AND RECREATIONAL DEVELOPMENT `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2019-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2019-06-10T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2019-06-11T04:00:00+00:00** PN 2105 Second consideration, with amendments `reading-2`
- **2019-06-11T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-12T04:00:00+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** PN 2181 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-18T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2019-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2019-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments
- **2019-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2019-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2019-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-02T04:00:00+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/2f6e6399-97f8-40e4-a08d-7cbc588f8338`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).