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+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act amending the act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), known as the Human Services Code, in public assistance, providing for medical assistance coverage for doula services; and, in fraud and abuse control, further providing for third"
+description: "An Act amending the act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), known as the Human Services Code, in public assistance, providing for medical assistance coverage for doula services; and, in fraud and abuse control, further providing for third"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
+legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
+session: "2023-2024"
+identifier: "HB 1608"
+citation: "Pennsylvania HB 1608 (2023-2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Morgan Cephas"]
+version_count: 7
+action_count: 26
+vote_count: 12
+first_action: "2023-08-07T04:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2024-10-29T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/182bec17-ea27-4c32-bf85-a22c9c6d6a03"
+source_url: "https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=55&rollcallid=1610&sessYr=2023&sessInd=0"
+source_hash: "115f1aa2ee26576a42d77cf38a120942184d51a47062aea52875fb16196e6dbe"
+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 1608 (2023-2024) — An Act amending the act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), known as the Human Services Code, in public assistance, providing for medical assistance coverage for doula services; and, in fraud and abuse control, further providing for third
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **House Amendment A04048** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/amendments/text/2023/0/A04048)
+2. **House Amendment A04259** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/amendments/text/2023/0/A04259)
+3. **Printer's No. PN1888** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/HB1608/PN1888)
+4. **Printer's No. PN2972** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/HB1608/PN2972)
+5. **Printer's No. PN3038** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/HB1608/PN3038)
+6. **Printer's No. PN3740** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/HB1608/PN3740)
+7. **Senate Amendment A05949** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/amendments/text/2023/0/A05949)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Committee vote (Health): Report Bill As Amended — **14–11** (pass) · lower
+- FINAL PASSAGE — **201–0** (pass) · lower
+- Committee vote (Rules): Re-report Bill As Committed — **33–0** (pass) · lower
+- Committee vote (Health & Human Services): Reported as Committed — **10–0** (pass) · upper
+- FINAL PASSAGE — **49–0** (pass) · upper
+- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-Reported as Committed — **24–0** (pass) · upper
+- CONCURRENCE — **201–1** (pass) · lower
+- A4259 — **116–85** (pass) · lower
+- Committee vote (Rules & Executive Nominations): Re-Reported as Amended — **17–0** (pass) · upper
+- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Committed — **37–0** (pass) · lower
+- Committee vote (Rules & Executive Nominations): Adopt Amendment — **17–0** (pass) · upper
+- Committee vote (Health): Adopt Amendment — **14–11** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Morgan Cephas — primary (person)
+- Abigail Salisbury — cosponsor (person)
+- Benjamin Sanchez — cosponsor (person)
+- Carol Hill-Evans — cosponsor (person)
+- Carol Kazeem — cosponsor (person)
+- Chris Pielli — cosponsor (person)
+- Christopher Rabb — cosponsor (person)
+- Dan Williams — cosponsor (person)
+- Danielle Friel Otten — cosponsor (person)
+- Darisha K. Parker — cosponsor (person)
+- Dave Madsen — cosponsor (person)
+- Donna Bullock — cosponsor (person)
+- Elizabeth Fiedler — cosponsor (person)
+- Emily Kinkead — cosponsor (person)
+- G. Roni Green — cosponsor (person)
+- Gina Curry — cosponsor (person)
+- Heather Boyd — cosponsor (person)
+- Jennifer O'Mara — cosponsor (person)
+- Joe Webster — cosponsor (person)
+- Joseph Hohenstein — cosponsor (person)
+- Justin Fleming — cosponsor (person)
+- Keith Harris — cosponsor (person)
+- La'Tasha Mayes — cosponsor (person)
+- Lindsay Powell — cosponsor (person)
+- Liz Hanbidge — cosponsor (person)
+- Marylouise Isaacson — cosponsor (person)
+- Maureen Madden — cosponsor (person)
+- Melissa Shusterman — cosponsor (person)
+- Michael Schlossberg — cosponsor (person)
+- Nancy Guenst — cosponsor (person)
+- Patty Kim — cosponsor (person)
+- Rick Krajewski — cosponsor (person)
+- Tarik Khan — cosponsor (person)
+- Tina Davis — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-08-07T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Health `referral-committee`
+- **2024-04-17T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as amended `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
+- **2024-04-17T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
+- **2024-04-17T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
+- **2024-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
+- **2024-05-01T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration, with amendments `reading-2`
+- **2024-05-01T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2024-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2024-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
+- **2024-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
+- **2024-10-01T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2024-10-01T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
+- **2024-10-07T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
+- **2024-10-08T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Rules & Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
+- **2024-10-08T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as amended `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
+- **2024-10-09T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2024-10-09T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2024-10-09T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
+- **2024-10-09T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
+- **2024-10-21T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2024-10-21T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments
+- **2024-10-22T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
+- **2024-10-22T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
+- **2024-10-23T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-10-29T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2024-10-29T04:00:00+00:00** Act No. 115 of 2024
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/182bec17-ea27-4c32-bf85-a22c9c6d6a03`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).
+