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+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act providing for the use of investigational drugs, biological products and medical devices by terminally ill patients."
+description: "An Act providing for the use of investigational drugs, biological products and medical devices by terminally ill patients."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
+legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
+session: "2017-2018"
+identifier: "HB 45"
+citation: "Pennsylvania HB 45 (2017-2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Godshall"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 23
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2017-01-23T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2017-10-11T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/59c4ae51-ffc3-422e-bff5-b66a4c40b4ae"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=45"
+source_hash: "ca1b3999562b987e39357f8f1dac44ca82cba14847153542738470164baa1c23"
+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 45 (2017-2018) — An Act providing for the use of investigational drugs, biological products and medical devices by terminally ill patients.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Printer's No. 0051** (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=0045&pn=0051)
+2. **Printer's No. 1051** (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=0045&pn=1051)
+3. **Printer's No. 1264** (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=0045&pn=1264)
+4. **Printer's No. 2108** (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=0045&pn=2108)
+
+## Votes
+
+- HB 45 PN 2108, CONCUR — **198–0** (pass) · lower
+- Committee vote (HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES): Reported as Amended — **12–0** (pass) · upper
+- FINAL PASSAGE — **193–0** (pass) · lower
+- HB 45 PN 1051, 2017 A694, GODSHALL — **190–0** (pass) · lower
+- FINAL PASSAGE — **49–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Godshall — primary (person)
+- A. Harris — cosponsor (person)
+- Barbin — cosponsor (person)
+- Barrar — cosponsor (person)
+- Boback — cosponsor (person)
+- Caltagirone — cosponsor (person)
+- Causer — cosponsor (person)
+- Cox — cosponsor (person)
+- D. Costa — cosponsor (person)
+- D. Miller — cosponsor (person)
+- Deluca — cosponsor (person)
+- Diamond — cosponsor (person)
+- Farry — cosponsor (person)
+- Frankel — cosponsor (person)
+- Gabler — cosponsor (person)
+- Gillespie — cosponsor (person)
+- James — cosponsor (person)
+- Jozwiak — cosponsor (person)
+- Kauffman — cosponsor (person)
+- Kinsey — cosponsor (person)
+- Kortz — cosponsor (person)
+- Longietti — cosponsor (person)
+- Marshall — cosponsor (person)
+- Millard — cosponsor (person)
+- Moul — cosponsor (person)
+- Mullery — cosponsor (person)
+- Murt — cosponsor (person)
+- Neilson — cosponsor (person)
+- O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
+- Ortitay — cosponsor (person)
+- Phillips-Hill — cosponsor (person)
+- Pickett — cosponsor (person)
+- Quigley — cosponsor (person)
+- Ravenstahl — cosponsor (person)
+- Readshaw — cosponsor (person)
+- Schlossberg — cosponsor (person)
+- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
+- Toepel — cosponsor (person)
+- V. Brown — cosponsor (person)
+- W. Keller — cosponsor (person)
+- Ward — cosponsor (person)
+- Warren — 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 0051 Referred to HUMAN SERVICES `referral-committee`
+- **2017-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1051 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
+- **2017-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
+- **2017-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
+- **2017-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
+- **2017-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1264 Second consideration, with amendments `reading-2`
+- **2017-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
+- **2017-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2017-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES `referral-committee`
+- **2017-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** PN 2108 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
+- **2017-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
+- **2017-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
+- **2017-07-17T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table (Pursuant to Senate Rule 9)
+- **2017-07-26T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
+- **2017-10-02T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-10-03T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to RULES `referral-committee`
+- **2017-10-03T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2017-10-04T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments
+- **2017-10-04T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
+- **2017-10-04T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
+- **2017-10-05T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2017-10-11T04:00:00+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/59c4ae51-ffc3-422e-bff5-b66a4c40b4ae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).
+