---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in public safety, providing for urine drug screening requirement and for xylazine awareness education."
description: "An Act amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in public safety, providing for urine drug screening requirement and for xylazine awareness education."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 683"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 683 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Doug Mastriano"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2023-05-15T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-12-14T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5abbecd7-e432-487b-8aef-02992aff60e1"
source_url: "https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=55&rollcallid=1181&sessYr=2023&sessInd=0"
source_hash: "f7405205878e231e8ec2da199964c8f429f8c4126bc1d2a7465e5fa3eb0161ac"
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 683 (2023-2024) — An Act amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in public safety, providing for urine drug screening requirement and for xylazine awareness education.

## Version chain

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

1. **House Amendment A03182** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/amendments/text/2023/0/A03182)
2. **House Amendment A03214** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/amendments/text/2023/0/A03214)
3. **Printer's No. PN0752** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/SB0683/PN0752)
4. **Printer's No. PN0929** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/SB0683/PN0929)
5. **Printer's No. PN1286** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/SB0683/PN1286)
6. **Senate Amendment A00732** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/amendments/text/2023/0/A00732)

## Votes

- Committee vote (Rules & Executive Nominations): Re-Reported as Committed — **17–0** (pass) · upper
- A3182 — **202–1** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-Reported as Committed — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- A3214 — **135–68** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **166–37** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR IN HOUSE AMENDMENTS — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Health & Human Services): Reported as Amended — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Health): Report Bill As Committed — **22–3** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Health & Human Services): Adopt Amendment — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Committed — **37–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Doug Mastriano — primary (person)
- Camera Bartolotta — cosponsor (person)
- Michele Brooks — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as amended `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2023-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2023-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2023-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2023-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Health `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`
- **2023-12-11T05:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2023-12-11T05:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2023-12-12T05:00:00+00:00** Second consideration, with amendments `reading-2`
- **2023-12-12T05:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-12-13T05:00:00+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** Referred to Rules & Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2023-12-13T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
- **2023-12-13T05:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House amendments
- **2023-12-13T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2023-12-13T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **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. 43 of 2023

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5abbecd7-e432-487b-8aef-02992aff60e1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).