republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2019-2020/sb-127.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 definitions, for telecommunications management, for counties, for fund, for telephone records, for inventory and for termination of chapter."
description: "An Act amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in 911 emergency communication services, further providing for definitions, for telecommunications management, for counties, for fund, for telephone records, for inventory and for termination of chapter."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 127"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 127 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Regan"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-01-28T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-06-28T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d37d98be-22a8-4489-b056-0c16cc4932e1"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=127"
source_hash: "dacc02c9a62f8e4d2ee008287d99485ebba33a2e6ce3328e29af4f4bc0aa4478"
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 SB 127 (2019-2020) — An Act amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in 911 emergency communication services, further providing for definitions, for telecommunications management, for counties, for fund, for telephone records, for inventory and for termination of chapter.

## Version chain

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

1. **House Amendment A01925** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/HA/Public/HaCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sYear=2019&sInd=0&body=S&type=B&bn=0127&pn=0419&aYear=2019&an=01925)
2. **Printer's No. 0090** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0127&pn=0090)
3. **Printer's No. 0419** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0127&pn=0419)
4. **Printer's No. 0961** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0127&pn=0961)
5. **Senate Amendment A00281** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/HA/Public/HaCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sYear=2019&sInd=0&body=S&type=B&bn=0127&pn=0090&aYear=2019&an=00281)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE — **197–2** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR IN HOUSE AMENDMENTS — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **22–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **17–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS): Reported as Committed — **11–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Regan — primary (person)
- Baker — cosponsor (person)
- Costa — cosponsor (person)
- Gordner — cosponsor (person)
- J. Ward — cosponsor (person)
- K. Ward — cosponsor (person)
- L. Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Phillips-Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Schwank — cosponsor (person)
- Yaw — cosponsor (person)
- Yudichak — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-28T05:00:00+00:00** PN 0090 Referred to VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-29T05:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-01-29T05:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2019-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** PN 0419 Second consideration, with amendments `reading-2`
- **2019-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** PN 0961 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2019-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2019-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2019-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2019-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House amendments
- **2019-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2019-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2019-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-28T04:00:00+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/d37d98be-22a8-4489-b056-0c16cc4932e1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).