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type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending the act of July 2, 1993 (P.L.345, No.48), entitled \"An act empowering the General Counsel or his designee to issue subpoenas for certain licensing board activities; providing for hearing examiners in the Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs; providing additional powers to the Commissioner of Professional and Occupational Affairs; and further providing for civil penalties and license suspension,\" further providing for civil penalties."
description: "An Act amending the act of July 2, 1993 (P.L.345, No.48), entitled \"An act empowering the General Counsel or his designee to issue subpoenas for certain licensing board activities; providing for hearing examiners in the Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs; providing additional powers to the Commissioner of Professional and Occupational Affairs; and further providing for civil penalties and license suspension,\" further providing for civil penalties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 64"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 64 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Readshaw"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 24
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-28T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-11-25T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/914da5d6-83f9-4e9a-a817-1d2d296d3cdb"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=64"
source_hash: "7527a4b84008eec3561233644da22fd742d9106c581208f89fdcc42751b7fdd7"
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 64 (2019-2020) — An Act amending the act of July 2, 1993 (P.L.345, No.48), entitled "An act empowering the General Counsel or his designee to issue subpoenas for certain licensing board activities; providing for hearing examiners in the Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs; providing additional powers to the Commissioner of Professional and Occupational Affairs; and further providing for civil penalties and license suspension," further providing for civil penalties.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Printer's No. 0068** (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=0064&pn=0068)
## Votes
- FINAL PASSAGE — **193–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (CONSUMER PROTECTION AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE): Reported as Committed — **14–0** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Readshaw — primary (person)
- Davidson — cosponsor (person)
- Deasy — cosponsor (person)
- Hill-Evans — cosponsor (person)
- Kinsey — cosponsor (person)
- Kortz — cosponsor (person)
- Longietti — cosponsor (person)
- Neilson — cosponsor (person)
- Schlossberg — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-01-28T05:00:00+00:00** PN 0068 Referred to PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2019-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2019-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2019-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2019-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to CONSUMER PROTECTION AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-12T04:00:00+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`
- **2020-01-28T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2020-04-21T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2020-04-21T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2020-06-10T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table (Pursuant to Senate Rule 9)
- **2020-11-18T05:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2020-11-19T05:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-11-19T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2020-11-19T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2020-11-20T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-11-25T05:00:00+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/914da5d6-83f9-4e9a-a817-1d2d296d3cdb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).