---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending the act of July 19, 1979 (P.L.130, No.48), known as the Health Care Facilities Act, in licensing of health care facilities, further providing for administration."
description: "An Act amending the act of July 19, 1979 (P.L.130, No.48), known as the Health Care Facilities Act, in licensing of health care facilities, further providing for administration."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1853"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 1853 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Melissa Shusterman"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-11-15T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-07-17T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/57dbc028-a72a-4bde-882b-90dd2c6877aa"
source_url: "https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=55&rollcallid=1293&sessYr=2023&sessInd=0"
source_hash: "2f6d6ab2394ae7493584d591069c08fa227fa9cf41fc66c72d1c65c4749fe920"
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 1853 (2023-2024) — An Act amending the act of July 19, 1979 (P.L.130, No.48), known as the Health Care Facilities Act, in licensing of health care facilities, further providing for administration.

## Version chain

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

1. **House Amendment A03924** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/amendments/text/2023/0/A03924)
2. **Printer's No. PN2325** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/HB1853/PN2325)
3. **Printer's No. PN2921** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/HB1853/PN2921)

## Votes

- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Committed — **37–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-Reported as Committed — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **47–2** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **124–77** (pass) · lower
- A3924 — **200–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Health): Report Bill As Committed — **21–4** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Aging & Youth): Reported as Committed — **11–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Melissa Shusterman — primary (person)
- Benjamin Sanchez — cosponsor (person)
- Carol Hill-Evans — cosponsor (person)
- G. Roni Green — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Emrick — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Webster — cosponsor (person)
- Johanny Cepeda-Freytiz — cosponsor (person)
- Kristin Marcell — cosponsor (person)
- Kyle Mullins — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa Borowski — cosponsor (person)
- Maureen Madden — cosponsor (person)
- Melissa Cerrato — cosponsor (person)
- Tarah Probst — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas Kutz — cosponsor (person)
- Torren Ecker — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-11-15T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Health `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2024-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2024-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2024-04-10T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration, with amendments `reading-2`
- **2024-04-10T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-22T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Aging & Youth `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-04T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2024-06-04T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2024-06-11T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2024-06-11T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-07-02T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2024-07-11T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-07-11T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2024-07-11T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2024-07-12T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-07-17T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-07-17T04:00:00+00:00** Act No. 75 of 2024

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/57dbc028-a72a-4bde-882b-90dd2c6877aa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).