---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act providing for blood lead assessment and testing of certain children and pregnant women by health care providers; imposing duties on the Department of Health; and requiring certain health insurance policies to cover blood lead tests."
description: "An Act providing for blood lead assessment and testing of certain children and pregnant women by health care providers; imposing duties on the Department of Health; and requiring certain health insurance policies to cover blood lead tests."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "SB 522"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 522 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Baker"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 26
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2021-04-09T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-11-03T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/54785f3d-be43-447f-ba3e-97873b1ac2ac"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2021&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=522"
source_hash: "35a312ffaebaac5cdf0f725394f85763a21ae45c5e1926aaa057c5f2cdca6907"
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 522 (2021-2022) — An Act providing for blood lead assessment and testing of certain children and pregnant women by health care providers; imposing duties on the Department of Health; and requiring certain health insurance policies to cover blood lead tests.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. 0542** (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=0522&pn=0542)
2. **Printer's No. 1275** (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=0522&pn=1275)
3. **Printer's No. 1747** (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=0522&pn=1747)
4. **Printer's No. 1935** (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=0522&pn=1935)
5. **Printer's No. 2009** (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=0522&pn=2009)

## Votes

- SB 522 PN 1747, Final Passage — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **17–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 522 PN 1275, 2021 A4696, BAKER Amendment No. A-4696 — **33–16** (pass) · upper
- SB 522 PN 2009, Concur in House Amendments — **30–18** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **193–6** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES): Reported as Amended — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES): Adopt Amendment A03206 — **10–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Baker — primary (person)
- Comitta — cosponsor (person)
- Costa — cosponsor (person)
- Fontana — cosponsor (person)
- Haywood — cosponsor (person)
- Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Kane — cosponsor (person)
- Santarsiero — cosponsor (person)
- Scavello — cosponsor (person)
- Schwank — cosponsor (person)
- Tartaglione — cosponsor (person)
- Yaw — cosponsor (person)
- Yudichak — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** PN 0542 Referred to HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES `referral-committee`
- **2021-12-14T05:00:00+00:00** PN 1275 Reported as amended `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2021-12-14T05:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2022-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2022-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2022-06-13T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1747 Amended on third consideration
- **2022-06-13T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-06-14T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to CHILDREN AND YOUTH `referral-committee`
- **2022-09-21T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1935 Reported as amended `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2022-09-21T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2022-09-21T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2022-10-24T04:00:00+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** PN 2009 Amended in House Committee on APPROPRIATIONS
- **2022-10-26T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as amended `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2022-10-26T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-10-26T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2022-10-26T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
- **2022-10-26T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House amendments
- **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. 150 of 2022

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/54785f3d-be43-447f-ba3e-97873b1ac2ac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).