---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act providing for certification of central service technicians; imposing continuing education requirements on central service technicians; providing for duties of health care facilities and the Department of Health; and regulating the practice of surgical technology and surgical technologists."
description: "An Act providing for certification of central service technicians; imposing continuing education requirements on central service technicians; providing for duties of health care facilities and the Department of Health; and regulating the practice of surgical technology and surgical technologists."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 81"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 81 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kauffman"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 23
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2019-01-28T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-10-29T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0b7f5f8c-4d66-4020-8e8a-095a632ae216"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=81"
source_hash: "bee02c43a880d348acd701b24e5beb660e8df6babb3b90ab82397985452f3539"
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 81 (2019-2020) — An Act providing for certification of central service technicians; imposing continuing education requirements on central service technicians; providing for duties of health care facilities and the Department of Health; and regulating the practice of surgical technology and surgical technologists.

## Version chain

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

1. **House Amendment A00040** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/HA/Public/HaCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sYear=2019&sInd=0&body=H&type=B&bn=0081&pn=0083&aYear=2019&an=00040)
2. **House Amendment A00056** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/HA/Public/HaCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sYear=2019&sInd=0&body=H&type=B&bn=0081&pn=0358&aYear=2019&an=00056)
3. **House Amendment A00093** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/HA/Public/HaCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sYear=2019&sInd=0&body=H&type=B&bn=0081&pn=0358&aYear=2019&an=00093)
4. **Printer's No. 0083** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=0081&pn=0083)
5. **Printer's No. 0358** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=0081&pn=0358)
6. **Printer's No. 0564** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=0081&pn=0564)
7. **Printer's No. 4475** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=0081&pn=4475)
8. **Senate Amendment A07565** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/HA/Public/HaCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sYear=2019&sInd=0&body=H&type=B&bn=0081&pn=0564&aYear=2019&an=07565)

## Votes

- HB 81 PN 358, 2019 A93, CUTLER — **174–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **23–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES): Reported as Amended — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- HB 81 PN 4475, CONCUR — **201–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **189–0** (pass) · lower
- HB 81 PN 358, 2019 A56, RAPP — **174–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kauffman — primary (person)
- Hill-Evans — cosponsor (person)
- Jozwiak — cosponsor (person)
- Kortz — cosponsor (person)
- Mullins — cosponsor (person)
- Murt — cosponsor (person)
- Pyle — cosponsor (person)
- Readshaw — cosponsor (person)
- Zimmerman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-28T05:00:00+00:00** PN 0083 Referred to HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** PN 0358 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2019-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2019-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2019-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2019-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** PN 0564 Second consideration, with amendments `reading-2`
- **2019-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES `referral-committee`
- **2020-10-06T04:00:00+00:00** PN 4475 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2020-10-06T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2020-10-19T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2020-10-19T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2020-10-20T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2020-10-20T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-10-20T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-10-21T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
- **2020-10-21T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments
- **2020-10-21T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2020-10-21T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2020-10-22T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-10-29T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0b7f5f8c-4d66-4020-8e8a-095a632ae216`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).