---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, in school health services, providing for administration of epinephrine auto-injectors by school bus drivers and school crossing guards."
description: "An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, in school health services, providing for administration of epinephrine auto-injectors by school bus drivers and school crossing guards."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 224"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 224 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Simmons"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-01-31T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-05-16T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/efd181d5-2b58-4358-a01a-c3d1947bb169"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=224"
source_hash: "73ef9e364f97951d63e99a5bae1427a7e39ae04a3a5f636f7598062e0f4adb35"
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 224 (2017-2018) — An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, in school health services, providing for administration of epinephrine auto-injectors by school bus drivers and school crossing guards.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. 0193** (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=0224&pn=0193)
2. **Printer's No. 0426** (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=0224&pn=0426)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- HB 224 PN 193, 2017 A180, STURLA — **197–2** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **186–1** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (EDUCATION): Reported as Committed — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Simmons — primary (person)
- A. Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Baker — cosponsor (person)
- Barbin — cosponsor (person)
- Benninghoff — cosponsor (person)
- Boback — cosponsor (person)
- Christiana — cosponsor (person)
- Conklin — cosponsor (person)
- Cutler — cosponsor (person)
- D. Costa — cosponsor (person)
- Davidson — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Day — cosponsor (person)
- Dean — cosponsor (person)
- Driscoll — cosponsor (person)
- Evankovich — cosponsor (person)
- Freeman — cosponsor (person)
- Gabler — cosponsor (person)
- Gillen — cosponsor (person)
- Heffley — cosponsor (person)
- Irvin — cosponsor (person)
- J. Harris — cosponsor (person)
- James — cosponsor (person)
- Jozwiak — cosponsor (person)
- Kaufer — cosponsor (person)
- Kortz — cosponsor (person)
- Lewis — cosponsor (person)
- M. Quinn — cosponsor (person)
- Mackenzie — cosponsor (person)
- Mcginnis — cosponsor (person)
- Miccarelli — cosponsor (person)
- Millard — cosponsor (person)
- Moul — cosponsor (person)
- Neilson — cosponsor (person)
- Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Petri — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Roebuck — cosponsor (person)
- Rozzi — cosponsor (person)
- Saccone — cosponsor (person)
- Sankey — cosponsor (person)
- Saylor — cosponsor (person)
- Stephens — cosponsor (person)
- Toepel — cosponsor (person)
- Toohil — cosponsor (person)
- V. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Watson — cosponsor (person)
- Zimmerman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-31T05:00:00+00:00** PN 0193 Referred to EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2017-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2017-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2017-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** PN 0426 Second consideration, with amendments `reading-2`
- **2017-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2017-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2017-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-24T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2017-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2017-05-16T04:00:00+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/efd181d5-2b58-4358-a01a-c3d1947bb169`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).