---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act providing for cytomegalovirus education and newborn screening."
description: "An Act providing for cytomegalovirus education and newborn screening."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "SB 709"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 709 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tomlinson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-05-25T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-06-27T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7c904f9d-a4c1-47df-91e7-ecd003f8a8fb"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2021&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=709"
source_hash: "bcbc0898745dc00b4d5cba271132eda5e5874a354609544aaacd878480f55ba3"
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 709 (2021-2022) — An Act providing for cytomegalovirus education and newborn screening.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. 0812** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2021&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0709&pn=0812)
2. **Printer's No. 1088** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2021&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0709&pn=1088)
3. **Printer's No. 1761** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2021&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0709&pn=1761)

## Votes

- SB 709 PN 1088, 2021 A4577 — **111–89** (pass) · lower
- SB 709 PN 1088, Final Passage — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **23–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **200–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES): Reported as Committed — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **17–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 709 PN 1761, Concur in House Amendments — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Tomlinson — primary (person)
- Aument — cosponsor (person)
- Collett — cosponsor (person)
- Comitta — cosponsor (person)
- Costa — cosponsor (person)
- Disanto — cosponsor (person)
- Fontana — cosponsor (person)
- Haywood — cosponsor (person)
- Kearney — cosponsor (person)
- L. Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Martin — cosponsor (person)
- Mensch — cosponsor (person)
- Sabatina — cosponsor (person)
- Santarsiero — cosponsor (person)
- Stefano — cosponsor (person)
- Tartaglione — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** PN 0812 Referred to HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2021-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2021-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2021-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2021-09-21T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2021-09-21T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1088 Amended on third consideration
- **2021-09-22T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-09-23T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2022-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2022-06-14T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1761 Second consideration, with amendments `reading-2`
- **2022-06-14T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-15T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2022-06-15T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
- **2022-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House amendments
- **2022-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2022-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2022-06-23T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Act No. 29 of 2022

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7c904f9d-a4c1-47df-91e7-ecd003f8a8fb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).