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type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, in terms and courses of study, providing for flexible instructional days."
description: "An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, in terms and courses of study, providing for flexible instructional days."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 440"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 440 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Phillips-Hill"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2019-03-15T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-07-02T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bf4265e3-a983-403a-9d1b-dc35722caa65"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=440"
source_hash: "1d93441a4c7a78ba66a85827d444ceced3170f68fbfda0a5319c48dc07ef0f35"
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 440 (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 terms and courses of study, providing for flexible instructional days.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **House Amendment A01235** (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=0440&pn=0418&aYear=2019&an=01235)
2. **House Amendment A02164** (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=0440&pn=0984&aYear=2019&an=02164)
3. **Printer's No. 0418** (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=0440&pn=0418)
4. **Printer's No. 0984** (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=0440&pn=0984)
5. **Printer's No. 1029** (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=0440&pn=1029)
## Votes
- Committee vote (RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **17–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **198–1** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR IN HOUSE AMENDMENTS — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 440 PN 984, 2019 A2164, TOPPER — **200–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (EDUCATION): Reported as Committed — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **48–0** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Phillips-Hill — primary (person)
- Aument — cosponsor (person)
- Bartolotta — cosponsor (person)
- Brooks — cosponsor (person)
- Folmer — cosponsor (person)
- Hutchinson — cosponsor (person)
- Martin — cosponsor (person)
- Regan — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** PN 0418 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`
- **2019-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-01T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-17T04:00:00+00:00** PN 0984 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-17T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2019-06-17T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2019-06-18T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2019-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1029 Second consideration, with amendments `reading-2`
- **2019-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-24T04:00:00+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`
- **2019-07-02T04:00:00+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/bf4265e3-a983-403a-9d1b-dc35722caa65`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).