republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2019-2020/sb-1216.md

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Bill	An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, in preliminary provisions, further providing for Keystone Exams and graduation requirements, for special provisions applicable to the Keystone Exams, graduation requirements and alternative competency assessment and for Special Education Funding Commission; in certification of teachers, further providing for instructional certificate grade spans and age levels and duties of department and providing for special provisions applicable to 2020-2021 school year; in pupils and attendance, providing for nonpublic school transportation for 2020-2021 school year; in terms and courses of study, further providing for pandemic of 2020; and, in educational tax credits, further providing for limitations.	An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, in preliminary provisions, further providing for Keystone Exams and graduation requirements, for special provisions applicable to the Keystone Exams, graduation requirements and alternative competency assessment and for Special Education Funding Commission; in certification of teachers, further providing for instructional certificate grade spans and age levels and duties of department and providing for special provisions applicable to 2020-2021 school year; in pupils and attendance, providing for nonpublic school transportation for 2020-2021 school year; in terms and courses of study, further providing for pandemic of 2020; and, in educational tax credits, further providing for limitations.	us/states/pa	Pennsylvania General Assembly	2019-2020	SB 1216	Pennsylvania SB 1216 (2019-2020)	bill		enacted	Langerholc	12	27	12	2020-06-19T04:00:00+00:00	2020-11-25T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/798577c5-4844-4ed8-a784-1a573eea5607	http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=1216	59789699fb1ea699c05d32fa58216103ac8aba4ec8c2a093c2d972c9cddadca6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-pa

Pennsylvania SB 1216 (2019-2020) — An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, in preliminary provisions, further providing for Keystone Exams and graduation requirements, for special provisions applicable to the Keystone Exams, graduation requirements and alternative competency assessment and for Special Education Funding Commission; in certification of teachers, further providing for instructional certificate grade spans and age levels and duties of department and providing for special provisions applicable to 2020-2021 school year; in pupils and attendance, providing for nonpublic school transportation for 2020-2021 school year; in terms and courses of study, further providing for pandemic of 2020; and, in educational tax credits, further providing for limitations.

Version chain

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

1. House Amendment A06778 (committee substitute) — source
2. House Amendment A06869 (committee substitute) — source
3. House Amendment A06991 (committee substitute) — source
4. House Amendment A07126 (committee substitute) — source
5. House Amendment A07235 (committee substitute) — source
6. Printer's No. 1784 (committee substitute) — source
7. Printer's No. 1899 (committee substitute) — source
8. Printer's No. 1950 (committee substitute) — source
9. Printer's No. 2038 (committee substitute) — source
10. Printer's No. 2126 (committee substitute) — source
11. Senate Amendment A06716 (committee substitute) — source
12. Senate Amendment A07911 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SB 1216 PN 2126, CONCUR — 202–0 (pass) · lower
• SB 1216 PN 1899, 2019 A6869, STEPHENS — 201–1 (pass) · lower
• FINAL PASSAGE — 202–0 (pass) · lower
• SB 1216 PN 1899, 2019 A7126, LAWRENCE — 199–3 (pass) · lower
• CONCURRENCE IN HOUSE AMENDMENTS AS AMENDED — 49–0 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS): Re-Reported as Amended — 17–0 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (EDUCATION): Reported as Committed — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 1216 PN 1950, 2019 A7235, LAWRENCE — 202–0 (pass) · lower
• FINAL PASSAGE — 50–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 1216 PN 1784, A6716, SCHWANK AMENDMENT NO. A-6716 — 23–27 (fail) · upper
• Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — 24–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 1216 PN 1899, 2019 A6991, KAUFFMAN — 199–3 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Langerholc — primary (person)
• Aument — cosponsor (person)
• Baker — cosponsor (person)
• Blake — cosponsor (person)
• Boscola — cosponsor (person)
• Brewster — cosponsor (person)
• Browne — cosponsor (person)
• Collett — cosponsor (person)
• Hughes — cosponsor (person)
• Iovino — cosponsor (person)
• J. Ward — cosponsor (person)
• Killion — cosponsor (person)
• Mastriano — cosponsor (person)
• Mensch — cosponsor (person)
• Muth — cosponsor (person)
• Phillips-Hill — cosponsor (person)
• Pittman — cosponsor (person)
• Regan — cosponsor (person)
• Sabatina — cosponsor (person)
• Santarsiero — cosponsor (person)
• Scavello — cosponsor (person)
• Stefano — cosponsor (person)
• Tartaglione — cosponsor (person)
• Vogel — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-06-19T04:00:00+00:00 PN 1784 Referred to EDUCATION referral-committee
• 2020-06-22T04:00:00+00:00 Reported as committed committee-passage
• 2020-06-22T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2020-06-23T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2020-06-23T04:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2020-07-14T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2020-07-15T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2020-07-30T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to EDUCATION referral-committee
• 2020-08-28T04:00:00+00:00 PN 1899 Reported as amended committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2020-08-28T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2020-08-28T04:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table
• 2020-08-28T04:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 2020-09-16T04:00:00+00:00 PN 1950 Second consideration, with amendments reading-2
• 2020-09-16T04:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2020-09-17T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2020-09-29T04:00:00+00:00 PN 2038 Third consideration, with amendments reading-3
• 2020-09-29T04:00:00+00:00 Final passage passage
• 2020-10-05T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS referral-committee
• 2020-11-18T05:00:00+00:00 PN 2126 Re-reported on concurrence, as amended committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2020-11-18T05:00:00+00:00 Senate concurred in House amendments, as amended by the Senate amendment-passage
• 2020-11-19T05:00:00+00:00 Referred to RULES referral-committee
• 2020-11-20T05:00:00+00:00 Re-reported on concurrence, as committed committee-passage
• 2020-11-20T05:00:00+00:00 House concurred in Senate amendments to House amendments
• 2020-11-20T05:00:00+00:00 Signed in Senate
• 2020-11-20T05:00:00+00:00 Signed in House
• 2020-11-20T05:00:00+00:00 Presented to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2020-11-25T05:00:00+00:00 Approved by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/798577c5-4844-4ed8-a784-1a573eea5607. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).