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+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act amending the act of October 5, 1978 (P.L.1109, No.261), known as the Osteopathic Medical Practice Act, further providing for physician assistants."
+description: "An Act amending the act of October 5, 1978 (P.L.1109, No.261), known as the Osteopathic Medical Practice Act, further providing for physician assistants."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
+legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
+session: "2019-2020"
+identifier: "SB 699"
+citation: "Pennsylvania SB 699 (2019-2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Gordner"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 23
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2019-07-02T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9a506fae-06d6-41e0-899c-3b65c97c19c0"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=699"
+source_hash: "a4e5a84752cf7910485af1014e0203cbd53878a8f83f6adab49d80ae75806a9c"
+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 699 (2019-2020) — An Act amending the act of October 5, 1978 (P.L.1109, No.261), known as the Osteopathic Medical Practice Act, further providing for physician assistants.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **House Amendment A02044** (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=0699&pn=0836&aYear=2019&an=02044)
+2. **Printer's No. 0836** (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=0699&pn=0836)
+3. **Printer's No. 1027** (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=0699&pn=1027)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Committee vote (RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **17–0** (pass) · upper
+- CONCUR IN HOUSE AMENDMENTS — **50–0** (pass) · upper
+- FINAL PASSAGE — **50–0** (pass) · upper
+- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **24–0** (pass) · upper
+- FINAL PASSAGE — **201–0** (pass) · lower
+- Committee vote (CONSUMER PROTECTION AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE): Reported as Committed — **14–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Gordner — primary (person)
+- Farnese — cosponsor (person)
+- J. Ward — cosponsor (person)
+- K. Ward — cosponsor (person)
+- Mensch — cosponsor (person)
+- Schwank — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** PN 0836 Referred to CONSUMER PROTECTION AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE `referral-committee`
+- **2019-06-04T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2019-06-04T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
+- **2019-06-10T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
+- **2019-06-10T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
+- **2019-06-11T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2019-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
+- **2019-06-14T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE `referral-committee`
+- **2019-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1027 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
+- **2019-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
+- **2019-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
+- **2019-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
+- **2019-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
+- **2019-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
+- **2019-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2019-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
+- **2019-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS `referral-committee`
+- **2019-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2019-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House amendments
+- **2019-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
+- **2019-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
+- **2019-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-07-02T04:00:00+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/9a506fae-06d6-41e0-899c-3b65c97c19c0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).
+