republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2019-2020/hb-716.md

---
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 powers and duties of the Department of Labor and Industry, its departmental administrative and advisory boards and departmental administrative officers, providing for joint task force on misclassification of employees."
description: "An Act amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929, in powers and duties of the Department of Labor and Industry, its departmental administrative and advisory boards and departmental administrative officers, providing for joint task force on misclassification of employees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 716"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 716 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Galloway"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-04-05T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-10-29T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ff5949e-3475-4de1-889b-1f444c02cd2e"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=716"
source_hash: "c44e2b4933d6289577946b2ce75c4ab8067ccf729efeb676d61cf475e617fb4d"
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 716 (2019-2020) — An Act amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929, in powers and duties of the Department of Labor and Industry, its departmental administrative and advisory boards and departmental administrative officers, providing for joint task force on misclassification of employees.

## Version chain

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

1. **House Amendment A01534** (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=0716&pn=1242&aYear=2019&an=01534)
2. **Printer's No. 1242** (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=0716&pn=1242)
3. **Printer's No. 2007** (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=0716&pn=2007)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (LABOR AND INDUSTRY): Reported as Committed — **8–3** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **23–1** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **198–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Galloway — primary (person)
- Caltagirone — cosponsor (person)
- D. Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Daley — cosponsor (person)
- Davidson — cosponsor (person)
- Dawkins — cosponsor (person)
- Deluca — cosponsor (person)
- Farry — cosponsor (person)
- Freeman — cosponsor (person)
- Gainey — cosponsor (person)
- Hill-Evans — cosponsor (person)
- Isaacson — cosponsor (person)
- Kortz — cosponsor (person)
- Krueger — cosponsor (person)
- Mackenzie — cosponsor (person)
- Malagari — cosponsor (person)
- Murt — cosponsor (person)
- Neilson — cosponsor (person)
- Polinchock — cosponsor (person)
- Rabb — cosponsor (person)
- T. Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Warren — cosponsor (person)
- Williams — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1242 Referred to LABOR AND INDUSTRY `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-04T04:00:00+00:00** PN 2007 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-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`
- **2019-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2019-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-17T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-17T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to LABOR AND INDUSTRY `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2019-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2019-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-10-30T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table (Pursuant to Senate Rule 9)
- **2020-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2020-05-13T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2020-05-13T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2020-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2020-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2020-10-06T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2020-10-06T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2020-10-21T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-10-21T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2020-10-21T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2020-10-22T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-10-29T04:00:00+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/8ff5949e-3475-4de1-889b-1f444c02cd2e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).