---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending the act of July 2, 1993 (P.L.345, No.48), entitled \"An act empowering the General Counsel or his designee to issue subpoenas for certain licensing board activities; providing for hearing examiners in the Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs; providing additional powers to the Commissioner of Professional and Occupational Affairs; and further providing for civil penalties and license suspension,\" further providing for definitions; providing for reporting of sanctions and criminal proceedings and for suspension; and further providing for civil penalties."
description: "An Act amending the act of July 2, 1993 (P.L.345, No.48), entitled \"An act empowering the General Counsel or his designee to issue subpoenas for certain licensing board activities; providing for hearing examiners in the Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs; providing additional powers to the Commissioner of Professional and Occupational Affairs; and further providing for civil penalties and license suspension,\" further providing for definitions; providing for reporting of sanctions and criminal proceedings and for suspension; and further providing for civil penalties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 354"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 354 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tomlinson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 27
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2017-02-15T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-02-15T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/25e103ed-0a2a-4a90-9bd7-e881fd397dc4"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=354"
source_hash: "ab0a9470818b715b328fc963bcab3bbe7893742b48b879768aa02dcf79bff33a"
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 SB 354 (2017-2018) — An Act amending the act of July 2, 1993 (P.L.345, No.48), entitled "An act empowering the General Counsel or his designee to issue subpoenas for certain licensing board activities; providing for hearing examiners in the Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs; providing additional powers to the Commissioner of Professional and Occupational Affairs; and further providing for civil penalties and license suspension," further providing for definitions; providing for reporting of sanctions and criminal proceedings and for suspension; and further providing for civil penalties.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. 0348** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0354&pn=0348)
2. **Printer's No. 0710** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0354&pn=0710)
3. **Printer's No. 0992** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0354&pn=0992)
4. **Printer's No. 1373** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0354&pn=1373)
5. **Printer's No. 1426** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0354&pn=1426)

## Votes

- Committee vote (CONSUMER PROTECTION AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE): Reported as Amended — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR IN HOUSE AMENDMENTS TO SENATE AMENDMENTS — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCURRENCE IN HOUSE AMENDMENTS AS AMENDED — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS): Re-Reported as Amended — **18–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 354, MOT PROCEED WITH BILL, CUTLER — **171–13** (pass) · lower
- SB 354 PN 1426, CONCUR — **184–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **198–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **17–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Tomlinson — primary (person)
- Blake — cosponsor (person)
- Boscola — cosponsor (person)
- Browne — cosponsor (person)
- Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Mensch — cosponsor (person)
- Rafferty — cosponsor (person)
- Sabatina — cosponsor (person)
- Schwank — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** PN 0348 Referred to CONSUMER PROTECTION AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** PN 0710 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2017-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2017-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2017-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** PN 0992 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2017-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2017-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2017-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2017-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2017-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2017-12-11T05:00:00+00:00** PN 1373 Re-reported on concurrence, as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2017-12-12T05:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House amendments, as amended by the Senate `amendment-passage`
- **2017-12-12T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to RULES `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-23T05:00:00+00:00** PN 1426 Re-reported on concurrence, as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2018-01-23T05:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments to House amendments, as amended by the House `amendment-passage`
- **2018-01-24T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House amendments to Senate amendments
- **2018-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2018-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2018-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-02-15T05:00:00+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/25e103ed-0a2a-4a90-9bd7-e881fd397dc4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).