---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act establishing the Women, Infants and Children State Advisory Board."
description: "An Act establishing the Women, Infants and Children State Advisory Board."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 721"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 721 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Judith Schwank"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2023-06-02T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-06-10T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6eba73fb-02c2-4cc1-b14d-c6400eee9da0"
source_url: "https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=55&rollcallid=1657&sessYr=2023&sessInd=0"
source_hash: "2a93a89622a2b34bf40cb7150266182c701feee53c2ca694c5c221bbb904681d"
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 721 (2023-2024) — An Act establishing the Women, Infants and Children State Advisory Board.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. PN0808** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/SB0721/PN0808)
2. **Printer's No. PN1147** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/SB0721/PN1147)
3. **Senate Amendment A02270** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/amendments/text/2023/0/A02270)

## Votes

- Committee vote (Human Services): Re-refer Bill To Another Committee — **25–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-Reported as Committed — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Committed — **37–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Health & Human Services): Reported as Amended — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Health): Report Bill As Committed — **17–8** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Health & Human Services): Adopt Amendment — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **119–83** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Judith Schwank — primary (person)
- Amanda Cappelletti — cosponsor (person)
- Art Haywood — cosponsor (person)
- Carolyn Comitta — cosponsor (person)
- Christine Tartaglione — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel Laughlin — cosponsor (person)
- James Brewster — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Costa — cosponsor (person)
- John Kane — cosponsor (person)
- Judy Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Katie Muth — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa Baker — cosponsor (person)
- Maria Collett — cosponsor (person)
- Michele Brooks — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan Aument — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy Kearney — cosponsor (person)
- Vincent Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Wayne Fontana — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-02T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2023-10-03T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as amended `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2023-10-03T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2023-11-13T05:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2023-11-13T05:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-12-12T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2023-12-12T05:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-12-12T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Reported with request to re-refer to Health `committee-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Health `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2024-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2024-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2024-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2024-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-21T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2024-05-21T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-06-03T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2024-06-04T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2024-06-04T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-10T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-06-10T04:00:00+00:00** Act No. 22 of 2024

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6eba73fb-02c2-4cc1-b14d-c6400eee9da0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).