---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act providing for expedited partner therapy and for liability."
description: "An Act providing for expedited partner therapy and for liability."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "SB 317"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 317 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Browne"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 23
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-03-10T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-11-03T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/20b0625d-343c-482a-9010-70c717f66ac3"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2021&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=317"
source_hash: "7fa2f3dff32fa95efe0815265191a7a0e183297a22bc68270008bfaf9ee0e64d"
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 317 (2021-2022) — An Act providing for expedited partner therapy and for liability.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. 0325** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2021&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0317&pn=0325)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE — **173–26** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES): Reported as Committed — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 317 PN 325, Final Passage — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **24–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Browne — primary (person)
- A. Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Baker — cosponsor (person)
- Boscola — cosponsor (person)
- Brewster — cosponsor (person)
- Brooks — cosponsor (person)
- Cappelletti — cosponsor (person)
- Collett — cosponsor (person)
- Comitta — cosponsor (person)
- Fontana — cosponsor (person)
- Haywood — cosponsor (person)
- Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Kane — cosponsor (person)
- Kearney — cosponsor (person)
- L. Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Muth — cosponsor (person)
- Scavello — cosponsor (person)
- Schwank — cosponsor (person)
- Street — cosponsor (person)
- Tartaglione — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** PN 0325 Referred to HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2021-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2021-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-21T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-26T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2022-04-26T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2022-04-26T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2022-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2022-07-06T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2022-07-06T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2022-10-25T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2022-10-25T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2022-10-26T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2022-10-26T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-10-26T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2022-10-26T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2022-10-27T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-11-03T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-11-03T04:00:00+00:00** Act No. 147 of 2022

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/20b0625d-343c-482a-9010-70c717f66ac3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).