House Bill 299
2023-2024 Regular Session
An Act providing for workplace health and safety standards for public employees; providing for powers and duties of the Secretary of Labor and Industry; establishing the Pennsylvania Occupational Safety and Health Review Board; providing for workplace inspections; and imposing penalties.
Co-Sponsorship Memo
Prime Sponsor
Representative Patrick Harkins
D House District 1
Co-Sponsors
Rep. Stephen Kinsey
D House District 201
Rep. Steve Samuelson
D House District 135
Rep. Joseph Hohenstein
D House District 177
Rep. Brandon Markosek
D House District 25
Rep. MaryLouise Isaacson
D House District 175
Rep. Carol Hill-Evans
D House District 95
Rep. Jeanne McNeill
D House District 133
Rep. Mike Zabel
D House District 163
Rep. Joe Ciresi
D House District 146
Rep. Michael Schlossberg
D House District 132
Rep. Benjamin Sanchez
D House District 153
Rep. Jessica Benham
D House District 36
Rep. Dan Williams
D House District 74
Rep. Nick Pisciottano
D House District 38
Rep. Dan Miller
D House District 42
Rep. David Delloso
D House District 162
Rep. Maureen Madden
D House District 115
Rep. Ed Neilson
D House District 174
Rep. John Galloway
D House District 140
Rep. Elizabeth Fiedler
D House District 184
Rep. Daniel Deasy
D House District 27
Rep. P. Sturla
D House District 96
Rep. Steven Malagari
D House District 53
Rep. Robert Freeman
D House District 136
Rep. Napoleon J. Nelson
D House District 154
Rep. Tim Brennan
D House District 29
Rep. Brian Munroe
D House District 144
Rep. Thomas Mehaffie
R House District 106
Rep. Tarik Khan
D House District 194
Rep. Jim Haddock
D House District 118
Rep. Greg Scott
D House District 54
Rep. Lisa Borowski
D House District 168
Rep. Joe Webster
D House District 150
Rep. G. Roni Green
D House District 190
Rep. Ben Waxman
D House District 182
Rep. Justin Fleming
D House District 105
Rep. Scott Conklin
D House District 77
Rep. Danielle Friel Otten
D House District 155
Rep. Paul Takac
D House District 82
Rep. Manuel Guzman
D House District 127
Rep. Tina Davis
D House District 141
Rep. Perry Warren
D House District 31
Rep. Chris Pielli
D House District 156
Bill Status & History
Last Action: Referred to Intergovernmental Operations, May 17, 2023
Senate
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| 0255 | Referred to Labor & Industry, March 10, 2023 |
| 0962 | Reported as amended, April 24, 2023 |
| First consideration, April 24, 2023 | |
| Laid on the table, April 24, 2023 | |
| Removed from table, April 26, 2023 | |
| Second consideration, May 1, 2023 | |
| Re-committed to Appropriations, May 1, 2023 | |
| (Remarks see House Journal Page 255-268), May 1, 2023 | |
| Re-reported as committed, May 2, 2023 | |
| Third consideration and final passage, May 2, 2023 (116-85) | |
| (Remarks see House Journal Page 306-314), May 2, 2023 | |
| In the Senate | |
| Referred to Intergovernmental Operations, May 17, 2023 |
Printers Numbers
Amendments
House Amendments to Printers Number 255
Votes
Tuesday, May 2, 2023
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Committee Meetings
(informational meeting to consider House Bill No. 299; and the establishment of an OSHA for public sector workers in Pennsylvania)
(informational meeting to consider House Bill No. 299; and the establishment of an OSHA for public sector workers in Pennsylvania)
Voting Meeting - Agenda to be announced.
Voting Meeting - Agenda to be announced.
Voting meeting on HB 299, HB 413, HB 760, HB 930 and any other business that may come before the committee.
Voting meeting on HB 299, HB 413, HB 760, HB 930 and any other business that may come before the committee.
Statute References
There are no statute references for this bill.
House Bill 299
2023-2024 Regular Session
Sponsors
HARKINS, KINSEY, SAMUELSON, HOHENSTEIN, MARKOSEK, ISAACSON, HILL-EVANS, McNEILL, ZABEL, CIRESI, SCHLOSSBERG, SANCHEZ, BENHAM, D. WILLIAMS, PISCIOTTANO, D. MILLER, DELLOSO, MADDEN, NEILSON, GALLOWAY, FIEDLER, DEASY, STURLA, MALAGARI, FREEMAN, N. NELSON, BRENNAN, MUNROE, MEHAFFIE, KHAN, HADDOCK, SCOTT, BOROWSKI, WEBSTER, GREEN, WAXMAN, FLEMING, CONKLIN, OTTEN, TAKAC, GUZMAN, T. DAVIS, WARREN, PIELLI
Short Title
An Act providing for workplace health and safety standards for public employees; providing for powers and duties of the Secretary of Labor and Industry; establishing the Pennsylvania Occupational Safety and Health Review Board; providing for workplace inspections; and imposing penalties.
Memo Subject
The Jake Schwab Worker Safety Bill
Actions
| 0255 | Referred to LABOR AND INDUSTRY, March 10, 2023 |
| 0962 | Reported as amended, April 24, 2023 |
| First consideration, April 24, 2023 | |
| Laid on the table, April 24, 2023 | |
| Removed from table, April 26, 2023 | |
| Second consideration, May 1, 2023 | |
| Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS, May 1, 2023 | |
| (Remarks see House Journal Page 255-268), May 1, 2023 | |
| Re-reported as committed, May 2, 2023 | |
| Third consideration and final passage, May 2, 2023 (116-85) | |
| (Remarks see House Journal Page 306-314), May 2, 2023 | |
| In the Senate | |
| Referred to INTERGOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS, May 17, 2023 |
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