republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2019-2020/sb-530.md

---
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 pupils and attendance, providing for students convicted or adjudicated delinquent of sexual assault; in safe schools, further providing for safe schools advocate in school districts of the first class; and, in educational tax credits, further providing for school"
description: "An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, in pupils and attendance, providing for students convicted or adjudicated delinquent of sexual assault; in safe schools, further providing for safe schools advocate in school districts of the first class; and, in educational tax credits, further providing for school"
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 530"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 530 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Martin"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 25
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-04-05T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-11-03T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f8b74585-56a8-4129-8212-3bd4ba23f93f"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=530"
source_hash: "cf8371f00417d1864930c6ebdddcd89b6786e9b5a9be3c3a2080bc7a122d08b2"
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 530 (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 pupils and attendance, providing for students convicted or adjudicated delinquent of sexual assault; in safe schools, further providing for safe schools advocate in school districts of the first class; and, in educational tax credits, further providing for school

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. 0565** (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=0530&pn=0565)
2. **Printer's No. 1331** (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=0530&pn=1331)
3. **Printer's No. 1940** (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=0530&pn=1940)
4. **Senate Amendment A03546** (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=0530&pn=0565&aYear=2019&an=03546)
5. **Senate Amendment A07086** (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=0530&pn=1331&aYear=2019&an=07086)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE — **201–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (EDUCATION): Reported as Amended — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **16–8** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Martin — primary (person)
- Arnold — cosponsor (person)
- Browne — cosponsor (person)
- K. Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Killion — cosponsor (person)
- Muth — cosponsor (person)
- Santarsiero — cosponsor (person)
- Schwank — cosponsor (person)
- Tartaglione — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** PN 0565 Referred to EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2019-10-29T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1331 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2019-10-29T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2019-10-30T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2019-10-30T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2020-04-21T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2020-06-09T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2020-06-09T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2020-09-04T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table (Pursuant to Senate Rule 9)
- **2020-09-08T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2020-09-08T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1940 Amended on third consideration
- **2020-09-09T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-09-14T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2020-10-01T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2020-10-01T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2020-10-01T04:00:00+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** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2020-10-21T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **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/f8b74585-56a8-4129-8212-3bd4ba23f93f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).