---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending the act of April 27, 1905 (P.L.312, No.218), entitled \"An act creating a Department of Health, and defining its powers and duties,\" further providing for State health centers; and making editorial changes."
description: "An Act amending the act of April 27, 1905 (P.L.312, No.218), entitled \"An act creating a Department of Health, and defining its powers and duties,\" further providing for State health centers; and making editorial changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1131"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 1131 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lisa Borowski"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 21
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-05-05T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-12-14T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4aea7972-b8c9-4d44-9d52-87a68bce27ff"
source_url: "https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=55&rollcallid=175&sessYr=2023&sessInd=0"
source_hash: "6f7919b30d568ce60800837f81e0db8b54f7607143a6fb569cd69a7b7e7e59a2"
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 1131 (2023-2024) — An Act amending the act of April 27, 1905 (P.L.312, No.218), entitled "An act creating a Department of Health, and defining its powers and duties," further providing for State health centers; and making editorial changes.

## Version chain

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

1. **House Amendment A00782** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/amendments/text/2023/0/A00782)
2. **Printer's No. PN1186** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/HB1131/PN1186)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-Reported as Committed — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **199–4** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Health): Report Bill As Committed — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- A782 — **101–102** (fail) · lower
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Committed — **37–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Health & Human Services): Reported as Committed — **10–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lisa Borowski — primary (person)
- Benjamin Sanchez — cosponsor (person)
- Dan Frankel — cosponsor (person)
- G. Roni Green — cosponsor (person)
- Gina Curry — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer O'Mara — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Webster — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Gillen — cosponsor (person)
- Maureen Madden — cosponsor (person)
- Tarah Probst — cosponsor (person)
- Tina Davis — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-05T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Health `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2023-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2023-06-07T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2023-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2023-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-13T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2023-06-13T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2023-12-11T05:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2023-12-11T05:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2023-12-12T05:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2023-12-12T05:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-12-12T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2023-12-13T05:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-12-13T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2023-12-13T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2023-12-14T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-12-14T05:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-12-14T05:00:00+00:00** Act No. 50 of 2023

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4aea7972-b8c9-4d44-9d52-87a68bce27ff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).