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+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in prescribing opioids to minors, further providing for procedure; providing for reimbursement of patient expenses associated with participation in cancer clinical trials and for duties of the Department of Health; imposing a penalty; providing for the use of epinephrine auto-injectors by certain entities and organizations; and conferring powers and imposing duties on the Department of Health."
+description: "An Act amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in prescribing opioids to minors, further providing for procedure; providing for reimbursement of patient expenses associated with participation in cancer clinical trials and for duties of the Department of Health; imposing a penalty; providing for the use of epinephrine auto-injectors by certain entities and organizations; and conferring powers and imposing duties on the Department of Health."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
+legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
+session: "2017-2018"
+identifier: "HB 126"
+citation: "Pennsylvania HB 126 (2017-2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Warner"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 31
+vote_count: 7
+first_action: "2017-01-23T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2018-10-24T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a74ab156-0bd8-47dc-83e4-2a36c8b9eb2b"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=126"
+source_hash: "d9421bf15423a707f02970c860702be7e1fe055fdf3a50b84cf66a5844db1648"
+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 HB 126 (2017-2018) — An Act amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in prescribing opioids to minors, further providing for procedure; providing for reimbursement of patient expenses associated with participation in cancer clinical trials and for duties of the Department of Health; imposing a penalty; providing for the use of epinephrine auto-injectors by certain entities and organizations; and conferring powers and imposing duties on the Department of Health.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Printer's No. 0092** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=0126&pn=0092)
+2. **Printer's No. 2004** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=0126&pn=2004)
+3. **Printer's No. 3814** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=0126&pn=3814)
+4. **Printer's No. 4072** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=0126&pn=4072)
+
+## Votes
+
+- FINAL PASSAGE — **48–0** (pass) · upper
+- CONCUR IN HOUSE AMENDMENTS TO SENATE AMENDMENTS — **48–0** (pass) · upper
+- HB 126 PN 4072, CONCUR — **195–0** (pass) · lower
+- Committee vote (HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES): Reported as Amended — **12–0** (pass) · upper
+- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **25–0** (pass) · upper
+- Committee vote (RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **17–0** (pass) · upper
+- FINAL PASSAGE — **191–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Warner — primary (person)
+- B. Miller — cosponsor (person)
+- Barrar — cosponsor (person)
+- D. Costa — cosponsor (person)
+- Davis — cosponsor (person)
+- Dean — cosponsor (person)
+- Driscoll — cosponsor (person)
+- Freeman — cosponsor (person)
+- Gabler — cosponsor (person)
+- Gillen — cosponsor (person)
+- Heffley — cosponsor (person)
+- Helm — cosponsor (person)
+- James — cosponsor (person)
+- Kortz — cosponsor (person)
+- Lawrence — cosponsor (person)
+- Marsico — cosponsor (person)
+- Millard — cosponsor (person)
+- Moul — cosponsor (person)
+- Murt — cosponsor (person)
+- Neilson — cosponsor (person)
+- O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
+- Pashinski — cosponsor (person)
+- Phillips-Hill — cosponsor (person)
+- Pickett — cosponsor (person)
+- Readshaw — cosponsor (person)
+- Rozzi — cosponsor (person)
+- Saylor — cosponsor (person)
+- Staats — cosponsor (person)
+- Tallman — cosponsor (person)
+- Ward — cosponsor (person)
+- Watson — cosponsor (person)
+- Zimmerman — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-01-23T05:00:00+00:00** PN 0092 Referred to HEALTH `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2017-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
+- **2017-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
+- **2017-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
+- **2017-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
+- **2017-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
+- **2017-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2017-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES `referral-committee`
+- **2017-06-13T04:00:00+00:00** PN 2004 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
+- **2017-06-13T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
+- **2017-07-08T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table (Pursuant to Senate Rule 9)
+- **2018-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
+- **2018-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
+- **2018-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
+- **2018-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2018-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
+- **2018-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
+- **2018-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** PN 3814 Amended on third consideration
+- **2018-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
+- **2018-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to RULES `referral-committee`
+- **2018-09-25T04:00:00+00:00** PN 4072 Re-reported on concurrence, as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
+- **2018-09-25T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments, as amended by the House `amendment-passage`
+- **2018-09-25T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS `referral-committee`
+- **2018-10-01T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2018-10-02T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House amendments to Senate amendments
+- **2018-10-09T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
+- **2018-10-15T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
+- **2018-10-16T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2018-10-24T04:00:00+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/a74ab156-0bd8-47dc-83e4-2a36c8b9eb2b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).
+