---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in emergency medical services system, further providing for basic life support ambulances."
description: "An Act amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in emergency medical services system, further providing for basic life support ambulances."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 2097"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 2097 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hamm"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 24
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-11-23T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-07-11T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fbfa1880-fe42-4731-ad28-2004c96558de"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2021&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=2097"
source_hash: "607cea09bec00675b3dde45d6e416e1ac87b7e849850a6019b9256d3f2be5d40"
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 2097 (2021-2022) — An Act amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in emergency medical services system, further providing for basic life support ambulances.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. 2436** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2021&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=2097&pn=2436)
2. **Printer's No. 3045** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2021&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=2097&pn=3045)
3. **Printer's No. 3191** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2021&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=2097&pn=3191)
4. **Printer's No. 3248** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2021&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=2097&pn=3248)

## Votes

- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- HB 2097 PN 2436, 2021 A3990 — **203–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS): Reported as Amended — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **201–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS): Adopt Amendment A04407 — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- HB 2097 PN 3248, CONCUR — **200–0** (pass) · lower
- HB 2097 PN 3248, Final Passage — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hamm — primary (person)
- Armanini — cosponsor (person)
- Bernstine — cosponsor (person)
- Borowicz — cosponsor (person)
- Causer — cosponsor (person)
- Cox — cosponsor (person)
- E. Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Ecker — cosponsor (person)
- Fritz — cosponsor (person)
- Heffley — cosponsor (person)
- Irvin — cosponsor (person)
- Jozwiak — cosponsor (person)
- M. Mackenzie — cosponsor (person)
- Owlett — cosponsor (person)
- Pennycuick — cosponsor (person)
- Pickett — cosponsor (person)
- Polinchock — cosponsor (person)
- Rader — cosponsor (person)
- Roae — cosponsor (person)
- Rowe — cosponsor (person)
- Sankey — cosponsor (person)
- Saylor — cosponsor (person)
- Schlegel Culver — cosponsor (person)
- Stambaugh — cosponsor (person)
- Wheeland — cosponsor (person)
- Zimmerman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-11-23T05:00:00+00:00** PN 2436 Referred to VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2022-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2022-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2022-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2022-04-26T04:00:00+00:00** PN 3045 Second consideration, with amendments `reading-2`
- **2022-04-26T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2022-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-04-28T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** PN 3191 Reported as amended `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2022-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2022-06-14T04:00:00+00:00** PN 3248 Second consideration, with amendments `reading-2`
- **2022-06-14T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2022-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to RULES `referral-committee`
- **2022-07-01T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
- **2022-07-01T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments
- **2022-07-01T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2022-07-06T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2022-07-07T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-07-11T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-07-11T04:00:00+00:00** Act No. 72 of 2022

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fbfa1880-fe42-4731-ad28-2004c96558de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).