republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2019-2020/hb-859.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in 911 emergency communication services, further providing for telecommunications management and providing for Nonprofit Security Grant Fund."
description: "An Act amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in 911 emergency communication services, further providing for telecommunications management and providing for Nonprofit Security Grant Fund."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 859"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 859 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barrar"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-03-18T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-11-07T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1419a808-0965-4eaa-8750-0bca98cc4d7f"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=859"
source_hash: "b6abbb863c43a310a4446bc41ecaed7af1069b9c9a198d2499eaf41438d28dcc"
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 859 (2019-2020) — An Act amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in 911 emergency communication services, further providing for telecommunications management and providing for Nonprofit Security Grant Fund.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. 0973** (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=0859&pn=0973)
2. **Printer's No. 2086** (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=0859&pn=2086)
3. **Printer's No. 2766** (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=0859&pn=2766)
4. **Senate Amendment A01507** (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=0859&pn=0973&aYear=2019&an=01507)
5. **Senate Amendment A03330** (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=0859&pn=2086&aYear=2019&an=03330)

## Votes

- Committee vote (VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS): Reported as Amended — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **23–0** (pass) · upper
- HB 859 PN 2766, CONCUR — **192–4** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **198–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barrar — primary (person)
- Boyle — cosponsor (person)
- Delloso — cosponsor (person)
- Deluca — cosponsor (person)
- Farry — cosponsor (person)
- Gillen — cosponsor (person)
- Hill-Evans — cosponsor (person)
- James — cosponsor (person)
- Kortz — cosponsor (person)
- Millard — cosponsor (person)
- Neilson — cosponsor (person)
- Pickett — cosponsor (person)
- Quinn — cosponsor (person)
- Rapp — cosponsor (person)
- Readshaw — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan — cosponsor (person)
- Sainato — cosponsor (person)
- Saylor — cosponsor (person)
- T. Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Wheeland — cosponsor (person)
- Zimmerman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** PN 0973 Referred to VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2019-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2019-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2019-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2019-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-22T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-11T04:00:00+00:00** PN 2086 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-11T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2019-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2019-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-10-21T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-10-22T04:00:00+00:00** PN 2766 Amended on third consideration
- **2019-10-23T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-10-28T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-10-28T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-10-28T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments
- **2019-10-28T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2019-10-29T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2019-10-29T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-11-07T05:00:00+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/1419a808-0965-4eaa-8750-0bca98cc4d7f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).