republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2019-2020/hb-97.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses) and 53 (Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in minors, further providing for the offense of sale of tobacco and for the offense of use of tobacco in schools; and, in preemptions relating to municipalities, further providing for tobacco."
description: "An Act amending Titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses) and 53 (Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in minors, further providing for the offense of sale of tobacco and for the offense of use of tobacco in schools; and, in preemptions relating to municipalities, further providing for tobacco."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 97"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 97 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rapp"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-01-28T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-11-27T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7a942e80-c4cd-445f-8753-c98a5307b998"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=97"
source_hash: "bd1cc4b63dbd25049f97a0bb5b085d084aa059b65c21ad96d5cb1c9b82fc74db"
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 97 (2019-2020) — An Act amending Titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses) and 53 (Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in minors, further providing for the offense of sale of tobacco and for the offense of use of tobacco in schools; and, in preemptions relating to municipalities, further providing for tobacco.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. 0099** (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=0097&pn=0099)
2. **Printer's No. 2890** (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=0097&pn=2890)
3. **Senate Amendment A03756** (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=0097&pn=0099&aYear=2019&an=03756)

## Votes

- Committee vote (JUDICIARY): Reported as Amended — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **23–1** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **48–1** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **196–0** (pass) · lower
- HB 97 PN 2890, CONCUR — **185–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rapp — primary (person)
- Briggs — cosponsor (person)
- Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Ciresi — cosponsor (person)
- Deluca — cosponsor (person)
- Dush — cosponsor (person)
- Freeman — cosponsor (person)
- Hahn — cosponsor (person)
- Hershey — cosponsor (person)
- Hill-Evans — cosponsor (person)
- Howard — cosponsor (person)
- Irvin — cosponsor (person)
- Kauffman — cosponsor (person)
- Lawrence — cosponsor (person)
- Marshall — cosponsor (person)
- Mccarter — cosponsor (person)
- Millard — cosponsor (person)
- Mizgorski — cosponsor (person)
- Mullery — cosponsor (person)
- Neilson — cosponsor (person)
- Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Ortitay — cosponsor (person)
- Pickett — cosponsor (person)
- Quinn — cosponsor (person)
- Reese — cosponsor (person)
- Sims — cosponsor (person)
- Staats — cosponsor (person)
- Stephens — cosponsor (person)
- Struzzi — cosponsor (person)
- Toepel — cosponsor (person)
- Warren — cosponsor (person)
- Webster — cosponsor (person)
- Wheeland — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-28T05:00:00+00:00** PN 0099 Referred to JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2019-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2019-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2019-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2019-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2019-11-18T05:00:00+00:00** PN 2890 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2019-11-18T05:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2019-11-19T05:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2019-11-19T05:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-11-19T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-11-21T05:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-11-21T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-11-21T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-11-21T05:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments
- **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/7a942e80-c4cd-445f-8753-c98a5307b998`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).