---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending the act of July 19, 1979 (P.L.130, No.48), known as the Health Care Facilities Act, in licensing of health care facilities, further providing for definitions; and abrogating regulations."
description: "An Act amending the act of July 19, 1979 (P.L.130, No.48), known as the Health Care Facilities Act, in licensing of health care facilities, further providing for definitions; and abrogating regulations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1234"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 1234 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fabrizio"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-04-17T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-12-22T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c19815c4-5324-4f0b-a725-c5772d5b3073"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=1234"
source_hash: "c0fd85a1c9d850d7e5e24ac4984dd5aef138a94d5d8ead561c2b8ff16662d00f"
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 1234 (2017-2018) — An Act amending the act of July 19, 1979 (P.L.130, No.48), known as the Health Care Facilities Act, in licensing of health care facilities, further providing for definitions; and abrogating regulations.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Printer's No. 1461** (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=1234&pn=1461)

## Votes

- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES): Reported as Committed — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **192–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Fabrizio — primary (person)
- Baker — cosponsor (person)
- Barbin — cosponsor (person)
- Boback — cosponsor (person)
- Cox — cosponsor (person)
- D. Costa — cosponsor (person)
- Jozwiak — cosponsor (person)
- Kaufer — cosponsor (person)
- Kinsey — cosponsor (person)
- Kortz — cosponsor (person)
- Matzie — cosponsor (person)
- Mcneill — cosponsor (person)
- Mentzer — cosponsor (person)
- Millard — cosponsor (person)
- Mullery — cosponsor (person)
- O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
- Pashinski — cosponsor (person)
- Phillips-Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Readshaw — cosponsor (person)
- Rozzi — cosponsor (person)
- Schlossberg — cosponsor (person)
- Sonney — cosponsor (person)
- Staats — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Ward — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-04-17T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1461 Referred to HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2017-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to RULES `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2017-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2017-07-07T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-07-07T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-07-14T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES `referral-committee`
- **2017-11-14T05:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-11-14T05:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2017-11-15T05:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2017-11-15T05:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2017-12-11T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-12-12T05:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-12-12T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2017-12-13T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2017-12-13T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-12-22T05:00:00+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/c19815c4-5324-4f0b-a725-c5772d5b3073`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).