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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 definitions; in school directors, further providing for school director training programs; in intermediate units, providing for school safety and security enhancements; in certification of teachers, further providing for continuing professional development, providing for trauma-informed education and further providing for postbaccalaureate certification and for Pennsylvania school leadership standards; in safe schools, further providing for Office for Safe Schools; in school safety and security, further providing for definitions, for School Safety and Security Committee, for survey of school safety and security, for School Safety and Security Grant Program, for Risk and Vulnerability Assessment Teams, for school safety and security coordinator and for school safety and security training and providing for trauma-informed approach; in Safe2Say Program, further providing for judicial proceeding and for annual report; providing for threat assessment; in school health services, further providing for confidentiality, transference and removal of health records; in early learning programs, further providing for duties of department; providing for the Keystone Telepresence Education Grant Program; in the State Board of Education, further providing for powers and duties of the board and for powers and duties of Council of Basic Education and Council of Higher Education; and providing for references to area career and technical school in statute and regulation.	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 definitions; in school directors, further providing for school director training programs; in intermediate units, providing for school safety and security enhancements; in certification of teachers, further providing for continuing professional development, providing for trauma-informed education and further providing for postbaccalaureate certification and for Pennsylvania school leadership standards; in safe schools, further providing for Office for Safe Schools; in school safety and security, further providing for definitions, for School Safety and Security Committee, for survey of school safety and security, for School Safety and Security Grant Program, for Risk and Vulnerability Assessment Teams, for school safety and security coordinator and for school safety and security training and providing for trauma-informed approach; in Safe2Say Program, further providing for judicial proceeding and for annual report; providing for threat assessment; in school health services, further providing for confidentiality, transference and removal of health records; in early learning programs, further providing for duties of department; providing for the Keystone Telepresence Education Grant Program; in the State Board of Education, further providing for powers and duties of the board and for powers and duties of Council of Basic Education and Council of Higher Education; and providing for references to area career and technical school in statute and regulation.	us/states/pa	Pennsylvania General Assembly	2019-2020	SB 144	Pennsylvania SB 144 (2019-2020)	bill		enacted	Martin	5	26	7	2019-03-04T05:00:00+00:00	2019-06-28T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/f5e7c9fa-6c36-453f-ae31-a103916a0af7	http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=144	ea2d5df8482d9e24aad2c09149290ef1379d6ba880b91898bbe19103bf8f08fe	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-pa

Pennsylvania SB 144 (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 definitions; in school directors, further providing for school director training programs; in intermediate units, providing for school safety and security enhancements; in certification of teachers, further providing for continuing professional development, providing for trauma-informed education and further providing for postbaccalaureate certification and for Pennsylvania school leadership standards; in safe schools, further providing for Office for Safe Schools; in school safety and security, further providing for definitions, for School Safety and Security Committee, for survey of school safety and security, for School Safety and Security Grant Program, for Risk and Vulnerability Assessment Teams, for school safety and security coordinator and for school safety and security training and providing for trauma-informed approach; in Safe2Say Program, further providing for judicial proceeding and for annual report; providing for threat assessment; in school health services, further providing for confidentiality, transference and removal of health records; in early learning programs, further providing for duties of department; providing for the Keystone Telepresence Education Grant Program; in the State Board of Education, further providing for powers and duties of the board and for powers and duties of Council of Basic Education and Council of Higher Education; and providing for references to area career and technical school in statute and regulation.

Version chain

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

1. House Amendment A01700 (committee substitute) — source
2. Printer's No. 0340 (committee substitute) — source
3. Printer's No. 0927 (committee substitute) — source
4. Printer's No. 1078 (committee substitute) — source
5. Senate Amendment A02565 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Committee vote (RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS): Re-Reported as Amended — 17–0 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — 22–0 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE — 47–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 144 PN 1078, CONCUR — 197–0 (pass) · lower
• FINAL PASSAGE — 192–0 (pass) · lower
• CONCURRENCE IN HOUSE AMENDMENTS AS AMENDED — 50–0 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (EDUCATION): Reported as Committed — 11–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Martin — primary (person)
• Aument — cosponsor (person)
• Blake — cosponsor (person)
• Brooks — cosponsor (person)
• Browne — cosponsor (person)
• Costa — cosponsor (person)
• Fontana — cosponsor (person)
• J. Ward — cosponsor (person)
• K. Ward — cosponsor (person)
• Mensch — cosponsor (person)
• Phillips-Hill — cosponsor (person)
• Regan — cosponsor (person)
• Yudichak — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-03-04T05:00:00+00:00 PN 0340 Referred to EDUCATION referral-committee
• 2019-03-19T04:00:00+00:00 Reported as committed committee-passage
• 2019-03-19T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2019-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2019-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2019-04-08T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2019-04-09T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2019-04-10T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to EDUCATION referral-committee
• 2019-06-10T04:00:00+00:00 PN 0927 Reported as amended committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2019-06-10T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2019-06-10T04:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table
• 2019-06-11T04:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 2019-06-12T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2019-06-12T04:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2019-06-20T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2019-06-20T04:00:00+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
• 2019-06-26T04:00:00+00:00 PN 1078 Re-reported on concurrence, as amended committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2019-06-27T04:00:00+00:00 Senate concurred in House amendments, as amended by the Senate amendment-passage
• 2019-06-27T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to RULES referral-committee
• 2019-06-27T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported on concurrence, as committed committee-passage
• 2019-06-28T04:00:00+00:00 House concurred in Senate amendments to House amendments
• 2019-06-28T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in Senate
• 2019-06-28T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in House
• 2019-06-28T04:00:00+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; origin ocd-bill/f5e7c9fa-6c36-453f-ae31-a103916a0af7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).