---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending the act of December 20, 1985 (P.L.457, No.112), known as the Medical Practice Act of 1985, further providing for definitions; and abrogating regulations."
description: "An Act amending the act of December 20, 1985 (P.L.457, No.112), known as the Medical Practice Act of 1985, further providing for definitions; and abrogating regulations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 559"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 559 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lisa Baker"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-03-28T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-07-17T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b30f81c2-4f65-40db-9946-ca4efd53ab1e"
source_url: "https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=34&rollcallid=1703&sessYr=2023&sessInd=0"
source_hash: "a048ad7bd30d6284cc8f71bbb5be92dd93320e55da4260304a526c7dce608e22"
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 559 (2023-2024) — An Act amending the act of December 20, 1985 (P.L.457, No.112), known as the Medical Practice Act of 1985, further providing for definitions; and abrogating regulations.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. PN0557** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/SB0559/PN0557)
2. **Printer's No. PN1292** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/SB0559/PN1292)
3. **Senate Amendment A02614** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/amendments/text/2023/0/A02614)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE — **201–1** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Committed — **37–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-Reported as Committed — **23–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **47–1** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Professional Licensure): Report Bill As Committed — **23–2** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Consumer Protection & Professional Licensure): Adopt Amendment — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Consumer Protection & Professional Licensure): Reported as Amended — **14–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lisa Baker — primary (person)
- Amanda Cappelletti — cosponsor (person)
- Camera Bartolotta — cosponsor (person)
- Carolyn Comitta — cosponsor (person)
- Greg Rothman — cosponsor (person)
- Jimmy Dillon — cosponsor (person)
- Judith Schwank — cosponsor (person)
- Katie Muth — cosponsor (person)
- Rosemary Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Steven Santarsiero — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Consumer Protection & Professional Licensure `referral-committee`
- **2023-12-13T05:00:00+00:00** Reported as amended `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2023-12-13T05:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2024-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2024-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Professional Licensure `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2024-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2024-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2024-07-01T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2024-07-08T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2024-07-08T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-07-09T04:00:00+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 Senate
- **2024-07-11T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2024-07-11T04:00:00+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. 83 of 2024

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b30f81c2-4f65-40db-9946-ca4efd53ab1e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).