---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act establishing the Maternal Mortality Review Committee and providing for its powers and duties; providing for duties of the Department of Health; and imposing a penalty."
description: "An Act establishing the Maternal Mortality Review Committee and providing for its powers and duties; providing for duties of the Department of Health; and imposing a penalty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1869"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 1869 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mackenzie"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-10-17T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-05-09T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1ba2545c-6e01-4848-85f1-68fd0ee883b4"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=1869"
source_hash: "fee7dcb7cf466308c3146f3a3bb51d8743786681706c06b42e98ef3091e603bd"
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 1869 (2017-2018) — An Act establishing the Maternal Mortality Review Committee and providing for its powers and duties; providing for duties of the Department of Health; and imposing a penalty.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. 2592** (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=1869&pn=2592)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE — **191–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES): Reported as Committed — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mackenzie — primary (person)
- Barbin — cosponsor (person)
- Bernstine — cosponsor (person)
- Boback — cosponsor (person)
- Charlton — cosponsor (person)
- Cox — cosponsor (person)
- Daley — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Day — cosponsor (person)
- Dean — cosponsor (person)
- Driscoll — cosponsor (person)
- Gillen — cosponsor (person)
- Harper — cosponsor (person)
- Kaufer — cosponsor (person)
- Miccarelli — cosponsor (person)
- Mullery — cosponsor (person)
- O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
- Phillips-Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Ravenstahl — cosponsor (person)
- Readshaw — cosponsor (person)
- Roe — cosponsor (person)
- Saylor — cosponsor (person)
- Schlossberg — cosponsor (person)
- Stephens — cosponsor (person)
- Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Watson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** PN 2592 Referred to HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2017-12-04T05:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-12-04T05:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2017-12-04T05:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2017-12-05T05:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2017-12-06T05:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2017-12-06T05:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2017-12-11T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-12-11T05:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-01-02T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2018-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2018-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2018-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2018-05-01T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-09T04:00:00+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/1ba2545c-6e01-4848-85f1-68fd0ee883b4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).