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Bill	An Act amending the act of December 5, 1936 (2nd Sp.Sess., 1937 P.L.2897, No.1), known as the Unemployment Compensation Law, in administration of act, providing for unemployment compensation benefit notification by employers, in contributions by employers and employees, further providing for relief from charges; and providing for emergency provisions related to COVID-19.	An Act amending the act of December 5, 1936 (2nd Sp.Sess., 1937 P.L.2897, No.1), known as the Unemployment Compensation Law, in administration of act, providing for unemployment compensation benefit notification by employers, in contributions by employers and employees, further providing for relief from charges; and providing for emergency provisions related to COVID-19.	us/states/pa	Pennsylvania General Assembly	2019-2020	HB 68	Pennsylvania HB 68 (2019-2020)	bill		enacted	Ryan	7	23	7	2019-01-28T05:00:00+00:00	2020-03-27T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/35c7b78c-9058-40bb-b2c2-d14a496be1a7	http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=68	abc50fb006e68fa2804226b2d1d561db3f03dd6b00c708c1ebdd973a9617c37d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-pa

Pennsylvania HB 68 (2019-2020) — An Act amending the act of December 5, 1936 (2nd Sp.Sess., 1937 P.L.2897, No.1), known as the Unemployment Compensation Law, in administration of act, providing for unemployment compensation benefit notification by employers, in contributions by employers and employees, further providing for relief from charges; and providing for emergency provisions related to COVID-19.

Version chain

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

1. House Amendment A00672 (committee substitute) — source
2. House Amendment A00792 (committee substitute) — source
3. Printer's No. 0072 (committee substitute) — source
4. Printer's No. 1454 (committee substitute) — source
5. Printer's No. 1757 (committee substitute) — source
6. Printer's No. 3499 (committee substitute) — source
7. Senate Amendment A04878 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FINAL PASSAGE — 193–2 (pass) · lower
• Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Amended — 24–0 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (LABOR AND INDUSTRY): Reported as Committed — 10–0 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE — 50–0 (pass) · upper
• HB 68 PN 1454, 2019 A792, RYAN — 197–0 (pass) · lower
• HB 68 PN 3499, CONCUR — 198–0 (pass) · lower
• HB 68, CUTLER, MOT PROCEED WITH BILL — 193–5 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Ryan — primary (person)
• Cox — cosponsor (person)
• Grove — cosponsor (person)
• Keefer — cosponsor (person)
• Lewis — cosponsor (person)
• Mackenzie — cosponsor (person)
• Pickett — cosponsor (person)
• Polinchock — cosponsor (person)
• Rowe — cosponsor (person)
• T. Davis — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-28T05:00:00+00:00 PN 0072 Referred to LABOR AND INDUSTRY referral-committee
• 2019-04-16T04:00:00+00:00 PN 1454 Reported as amended committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2019-04-16T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2019-04-16T04:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table
• 2019-05-06T04:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 2019-05-07T04:00:00+00:00 PN 1757 Second consideration, with amendments reading-2
• 2019-05-07T04:00:00+00:00 Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2019-05-08T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2019-05-14T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2019-05-24T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to LABOR AND INDUSTRY referral-committee
• 2019-10-29T04:00:00+00:00 Reported as committed committee-passage
• 2019-10-29T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2019-11-18T05:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2019-11-18T05:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2020-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 PN 3499 Re-reported as amended committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2020-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2020-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to RULES referral-committee
• 2020-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported on concurrence, as committed committee-passage
• 2020-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 House concurred in Senate amendments
• 2020-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in House
• 2020-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in Senate
• 2020-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 Presented to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2020-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 Approved by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/35c7b78c-9058-40bb-b2c2-d14a496be1a7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).