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type: "Bill"
title: "An Act repealing the act of May 17, 1929 (P.L.1805, No.598), entitled \"An act authorizing municipalities other than townships to acquire by gift, devise, or bequest, lands, chattels, securities and funds for the establishment and maintenance of a hospital; to appoint trustees of such property and funds, subject to the approval of the orphans' court; to operate and maintain such hospital through and by means of such trustees; and to expend municipal funds to aid in the establishment and maintenance of such hospital.\""
description: "An Act repealing the act of May 17, 1929 (P.L.1805, No.598), entitled \"An act authorizing municipalities other than townships to acquire by gift, devise, or bequest, lands, chattels, securities and funds for the establishment and maintenance of a hospital; to appoint trustees of such property and funds, subject to the approval of the orphans' court; to operate and maintain such hospital through and by means of such trustees; and to expend municipal funds to aid in the establishment and maintenance of such hospital.\""
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 917"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 917 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Schmitt"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-03-25T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-11-27T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/91164b2b-8c7d-4b8d-9ced-a6d87fa6de8f"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=917"
source_hash: "763d3d304cf89611e10e089f2f9399b7b20404aa9f049074bbae37db27435cec"
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 917 (2019-2020) — An Act repealing the act of May 17, 1929 (P.L.1805, No.598), entitled "An act authorizing municipalities other than townships to acquire by gift, devise, or bequest, lands, chattels, securities and funds for the establishment and maintenance of a hospital; to appoint trustees of such property and funds, subject to the approval of the orphans' court; to operate and maintain such hospital through and by means of such trustees; and to expend municipal funds to aid in the establishment and maintenance of such hospital."
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Printer's No. 1055** (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=0917&pn=1055)
## Votes
- Committee vote (LOCAL GOVERNMENT): Reported as Committed — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **199–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **48–1** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Schmitt — primary (person)
- Diamond — cosponsor (person)
- Gillen — cosponsor (person)
- Grove — cosponsor (person)
- Irvin — cosponsor (person)
- Kauffman — cosponsor (person)
- Keefer — cosponsor (person)
- Masser — cosponsor (person)
- Neilson — cosponsor (person)
- Pickett — cosponsor (person)
- Rigby — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan — cosponsor (person)
- Zimmerman — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1055 Referred to LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2019-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2019-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2019-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2019-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-13T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-13T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2019-10-22T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-10-22T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2019-11-20T05:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2019-11-21T05:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-11-21T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2019-11-21T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2019-11-22T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-11-27T05:00:00+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/91164b2b-8c7d-4b8d-9ced-a6d87fa6de8f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).