republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2019-2020/sb-395.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending the act of March 4, 1970 (P.L.128, No.49), entitled \"An act granting to the Governor of the Commonwealth the sole authority for regulating the display of the flag of the United States from any public ground or building and from any ground or building of certain other institutions,\" further providing for display of flag."
description: "An Act amending the act of March 4, 1970 (P.L.128, No.49), entitled \"An act granting to the Governor of the Commonwealth the sole authority for regulating the display of the flag of the United States from any public ground or building and from any ground or building of certain other institutions,\" further providing for display of flag."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 395"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 395 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brooks"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-03-05T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-11-03T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ef1d26c9-4920-423b-8e1e-1225211f97cc"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=395"
source_hash: "11944eac1691a5492b7c7194605c6b2cd608bc2fed5931e93bc7192a3d0fa38f"
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 395 (2019-2020) — An Act amending the act of March 4, 1970 (P.L.128, No.49), entitled "An act granting to the Governor of the Commonwealth the sole authority for regulating the display of the flag of the United States from any public ground or building and from any ground or building of certain other institutions," further providing for display of flag.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. 0376** (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=0395&pn=0376)
2. **Printer's No. 1824** (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=0395&pn=1824)
3. **Printer's No. 2111** (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=0395&pn=2111)
4. **Senate Amendment A06402** (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=0395&pn=0376&aYear=2019&an=06402)
5. **Senate Amendment A06491** (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=0395&pn=0376&aYear=2019&an=06491)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE — **201–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **17–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **23–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR IN HOUSE AMENDMENTS — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (STATE GOVERNMENT): Reported as Committed — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brooks — primary (person)
- Aument — cosponsor (person)
- Bartolotta — cosponsor (person)
- Brewster — cosponsor (person)
- Browne — cosponsor (person)
- Costa — cosponsor (person)
- Gordner — cosponsor (person)
- K. Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Killion — cosponsor (person)
- Mensch — cosponsor (person)
- Scarnati — cosponsor (person)
- Street — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** PN 0376 Referred to STATE GOVERNMENT `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`
- **2020-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1824 Amended on second consideration
- **2020-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2020-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2020-09-21T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-22T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-09-23T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to STATE GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2020-09-30T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-30T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2020-09-30T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2020-10-19T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2020-10-20T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2020-10-20T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2020-10-21T04:00:00+00:00** PN 2111 Re-reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2020-10-21T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-10-21T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2020-10-21T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
- **2020-10-21T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House amendments
- **2020-10-21T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2020-10-26T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2020-10-26T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-11-03T05:00:00+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/ef1d26c9-4920-423b-8e1e-1225211f97cc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).