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, providing for career information and recruitment; in terms and courses of study, further providing for Commission for Agricultural Education Excellence; in vocational education, further providing for advisory committees, providing for a workforce development program clearinghouse and for PAsmart online career resource center, further providing for career and technical education equipment grants and providing for utilization of credits; establishing the Schools-to-Work Program and providing for powers and duties of the Department of Labor and Industry; providing for classification of program code; in transfers of credits between institutions of higher education, further providing for definitions, for duties of public institutions of higher education and State-related institutions, for Transfer and Articulation Oversight Committee and for duties of department; replacing references to "vocational-technical" with "career and technical," replacing references to "vocational" with "career and technical" and replacing references to "vocation" with "career and technical"; deleting references to vocational school districts; and renaming the State Board for Vocational Education as the State Board of Career and Technical Education.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2019
Committee Review
Sep 2019
House Passage
Mar 2019
Senate Passage
Jun 2019
Signed into Law
Oct 2019
Introduced Jan 29, 2019
Signed Oct 30, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Jun 27, 2019 · House Mar 19, 2019
How they voted
30–0
Passed
Total votes 30
Jun 27, 2019
D
Democratic13
100% Yea
R
Republican17
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
30
Key actions
13
Committee
14
Amendments
4
Oct 30, 2019
Signed into law
Approved by the Governor
lower
Sep 25, 2019
Lower · Passed
House concurred in Senate amendments to House amendments, as amended by the Senate
lower
Sep 25, 2019
Lower · Passed
Re-reported on concurrence, as committed
lower
Sep 25, 2019
Committee
Referred to RULES
lower
Sep 25, 2019
Upper · Passed
Senate concurred in House amendments to Senate amendments, as amended by the Senate
upper
Sep 24, 2019
Upper · Passed
PN 2579 Re-reported on concurrence, as amended
upper
Jun 28, 2019
Committee
Referred to RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS
upper
Jun 28, 2019
Lower · Passed
PN 2286 House concurred in Senate amendments, as amended by the House
lower
Jun 27, 2019
Lower · Passed
Re-reported on concurrence, as committed
lower
Jun 27, 2019
Committee
Referred to RULES
lower
Jun 27, 2019
Upper · Passed
Third consideration and final passage
upper
Jun 25, 2019
Introduced
PN 2241 Amended on third consideration
upper
Jun 24, 2019
Upper · Passed
Re-reported as committed
upper
Jun 19, 2019
Committee
Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS
upper
Jun 18, 2019
Upper · Passed
PN 2177 Reported as amended
upper
Mar 28, 2019
Committee
Referred to EDUCATION
upper
Mar 19, 2019
Lower · Passed
Third consideration and final passage
lower
Mar 19, 2019
Lower · Passed
Re-reported as committed
lower
Mar 18, 2019
Committee
Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS
lower
Mar 11, 2019
Lower · Passed
Reported as committed
lower
Jan 29, 2019
Committee
PN 0236 Referred to EDUCATION
lower
1 primary · 30 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Craig Staats
RRepublican
Co
Barb Gleim
RRepublican
Co
Barry Jozwiak
RRepublican
Co
Carol Hill-Evans
DDemocratic
Co
Dan Deasy
DDemocratic
Co
Dan Moul
RRepublican
Co
Donna Oberlander
RRepublican
Co
Ed Neilson
DDemocratic
Co
Eddie Pashinski
DDemocratic
Co
F. Todd Polinchock
RRepublican
Co
Frank Farry
RRepublican
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