---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending the act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), known as the Human Services Code, in public assistance, further providing for pharmaceutical and therapeutics committee."
description: "An Act amending the act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), known as the Human Services Code, in public assistance, further providing for pharmaceutical and therapeutics committee."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 942"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 942 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Grove"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 24
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-11-25T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f450e30c-9ad6-4cc9-a439-a1813819c779"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=942"
source_hash: "51536f3b3927c52402d183ab6999c684d791d15881fb45acd330a5405ae8ce6e"
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 942 (2019-2020) — An Act amending the act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), known as the Human Services Code, in public assistance, further providing for pharmaceutical and therapeutics committee.

## Version chain

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

1. **House Amendment A01801** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/HA/Public/HaCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sYear=2019&sInd=0&body=H&type=B&bn=0942&pn=1841&aYear=2019&an=01801)
2. **House Amendment A01813** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/HA/Public/HaCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sYear=2019&sInd=0&body=H&type=B&bn=0942&pn=1841&aYear=2019&an=01813)
3. **Printer's No. 1841** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=0942&pn=1841)
4. **Printer's No. 2088** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=0942&pn=2088)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES): Reported as Committed — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **197–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Grove — primary (person)
- Bernstine — cosponsor (person)
- Burns — cosponsor (person)
- Dush — cosponsor (person)
- Everett — cosponsor (person)
- Gabler — cosponsor (person)
- Gaydos — cosponsor (person)
- Greiner — cosponsor (person)
- Harkins — cosponsor (person)
- Heffley — cosponsor (person)
- Isaacson — cosponsor (person)
- James — cosponsor (person)
- Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Kauffman — cosponsor (person)
- Klunk — cosponsor (person)
- Knowles — cosponsor (person)
- Longietti — cosponsor (person)
- Masser — cosponsor (person)
- Mcneill — cosponsor (person)
- Mullins — cosponsor (person)
- Neilson — cosponsor (person)
- Owlett — cosponsor (person)
- Pyle — cosponsor (person)
- Quinn — cosponsor (person)
- Readshaw — cosponsor (person)
- Rigby — cosponsor (person)
- Saylor — cosponsor (person)
- Schlossberg — cosponsor (person)
- Schmitt — cosponsor (person)
- Struzzi — cosponsor (person)
- T. Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Toohil — cosponsor (person)
- Wentling — cosponsor (person)
- Wheeland — cosponsor (person)
- Williams — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1841 Referred to HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-11T04:00:00+00:00** PN 2088 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-11T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2019-06-11T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-09-17T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-09-17T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2019-10-30T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2019-11-19T05:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2019-11-19T05:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-11-20T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-11-20T05:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-11-22T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2020-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2020-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2020-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-14T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2020-10-20T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2020-10-20T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2020-11-19T05:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-11-19T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2020-11-19T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2020-11-20T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-11-25T05:00:00+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/f450e30c-9ad6-4cc9-a439-a1813819c779`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).