---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act providing for the use of investigational drugs, biological products and medical devices by terminally ill patients."
description: "An Act providing for the use of investigational drugs, biological products and medical devices by terminally ill patients."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 45"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 45 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Godshall"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-01-23T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-10-11T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/59c4ae51-ffc3-422e-bff5-b66a4c40b4ae"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=45"
source_hash: "ca1b3999562b987e39357f8f1dac44ca82cba14847153542738470164baa1c23"
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 45 (2017-2018) — An Act providing for the use of investigational drugs, biological products and medical devices by terminally ill patients.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. 0051** (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=0045&pn=0051)
2. **Printer's No. 1051** (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=0045&pn=1051)
3. **Printer's No. 1264** (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=0045&pn=1264)
4. **Printer's No. 2108** (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=0045&pn=2108)

## Votes

- HB 45 PN 2108, CONCUR — **198–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES): Reported as Amended — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **193–0** (pass) · lower
- HB 45 PN 1051, 2017 A694, GODSHALL — **190–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Godshall — primary (person)
- A. Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Barbin — cosponsor (person)
- Barrar — cosponsor (person)
- Boback — cosponsor (person)
- Caltagirone — cosponsor (person)
- Causer — cosponsor (person)
- Cox — cosponsor (person)
- D. Costa — cosponsor (person)
- D. Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Deluca — cosponsor (person)
- Diamond — cosponsor (person)
- Farry — cosponsor (person)
- Frankel — cosponsor (person)
- Gabler — cosponsor (person)
- Gillespie — cosponsor (person)
- James — cosponsor (person)
- Jozwiak — cosponsor (person)
- Kauffman — cosponsor (person)
- Kinsey — cosponsor (person)
- Kortz — cosponsor (person)
- Longietti — cosponsor (person)
- Marshall — cosponsor (person)
- Millard — cosponsor (person)
- Moul — cosponsor (person)
- Mullery — cosponsor (person)
- Murt — cosponsor (person)
- Neilson — cosponsor (person)
- O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
- Ortitay — cosponsor (person)
- Phillips-Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Pickett — cosponsor (person)
- Quigley — cosponsor (person)
- Ravenstahl — cosponsor (person)
- Readshaw — cosponsor (person)
- Schlossberg — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
- Toepel — cosponsor (person)
- V. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- W. Keller — cosponsor (person)
- Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Warren — cosponsor (person)
- Watson — cosponsor (person)
- Zimmerman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-23T05:00:00+00:00** PN 0051 Referred to HUMAN SERVICES `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1051 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2017-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2017-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2017-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2017-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1264 Second consideration, with amendments `reading-2`
- **2017-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** PN 2108 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2017-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2017-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2017-07-17T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table (Pursuant to Senate Rule 9)
- **2017-07-26T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2017-10-02T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-10-03T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to RULES `referral-committee`
- **2017-10-03T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-10-04T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments
- **2017-10-04T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2017-10-04T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2017-10-05T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-10-11T04:00:00+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/59c4ae51-ffc3-422e-bff5-b66a4c40b4ae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).