---
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 visiting team physician."
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 visiting team physician."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 184"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 184 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joe Picozzi"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 18
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2025-01-24T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-02-06T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/376c7df7-a36e-45fb-8076-07c6c1f54a12"
source_url: "https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=34&rollcallid=33&sessYr=2025&sessInd=0"
source_hash: "267d30163273b81a41ecf989ea4bef11274a0c80b40b10c5d3a56848ee64155b"
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 184 (2025-2026) — 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 visiting team physician.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. PN0124** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2025/0/SB0184/PN0124)
2. **Printer's No. PN0128** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2025/0/SB0184/PN0128)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- MOTION TO CONSIDER BILL ON SECOND CONSIDERATION — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Professional Licensure): Report Bill As Committed — **26–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Committed — **37–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Consumer Protection & Professional Licensure): Reported as Amended — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Consumer Protection & Professional Licensure): Adopt Amendment — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **202–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Joe Picozzi — primary (person)
- Chris Gebhard — cosponsor (person)
- Doug Mastriano — cosponsor (person)
- Frank Farry — cosponsor (person)
- Kristin Phillips-Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa Baker — cosponsor (person)
- Nick Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Nick Pisciottano — cosponsor (person)
- Nikil Saval — cosponsor (person)
- Rosemary Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Tracy Pennycuick — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-24T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Consumer Protection & Professional Licensure `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** Reported as amended `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2025-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2025-01-29T05:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-01-29T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Professional Licensure `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2025-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2025-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2025-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2025-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2025-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2025-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** Act No. 2 of 2025

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/376c7df7-a36e-45fb-8076-07c6c1f54a12`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).