---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in public safety, providing for opioid treatment agreements."
description: "An Act amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in public safety, providing for opioid treatment agreements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 572"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 572 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aument"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 22
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-04-18T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-11-27T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9c7529e9-652b-48f0-93c7-801c92511f2c"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=572"
source_hash: "172664e218dbfae3c5b311186138ad74f25bf8f9a14525aa0bd631dbd43a0c3a"
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 572 (2019-2020) — An Act amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in public safety, providing for opioid treatment agreements.

## Version chain

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

1. **House Amendment A03315** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/HA/Public/HaCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sYear=2019&sInd=0&body=S&type=B&bn=0572&pn=0997&aYear=2019&an=03315)
2. **House Amendment A03700** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/HA/Public/HaCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sYear=2019&sInd=0&body=S&type=B&bn=0572&pn=1285&aYear=2019&an=03700)
3. **Printer's No. 0633** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0572&pn=0633)
4. **Printer's No. 0862** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0572&pn=0862)
5. **Printer's No. 0997** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0572&pn=0997)
6. **Printer's No. 1285** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0572&pn=1285)
7. **Printer's No. 1400** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0572&pn=1400)
8. **Senate Amendment A01569** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/HA/Public/HaCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sYear=2019&sInd=0&body=S&type=B&bn=0572&pn=0633&aYear=2019&an=01569)
9. **Senate Amendment A02003** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/HA/Public/HaCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sYear=2019&sInd=0&body=S&type=B&bn=0572&pn=0862&aYear=2019&an=02003)

## Votes

- CONCUR IN HOUSE AMENDMENTS — **28–21** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES): Reported as Amended — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **117–79** (pass) · lower
- SB 572 PN 1285, 2019 A3700, RAPP — **198–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **10–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Aument — primary (person)
- Browne — cosponsor (person)
- Folmer — cosponsor (person)
- Hutchinson — cosponsor (person)
- Killion — cosponsor (person)
- Martin — cosponsor (person)
- Mensch — cosponsor (person)
- Scavello — cosponsor (person)
- Yaw — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** PN 0633 Referred to HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-04T04:00:00+00:00** PN 0862 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-04T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2019-06-05T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2019-06-17T04:00:00+00:00** PN 0997 Amended on third consideration
- **2019-06-18T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2019-10-22T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1285 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2019-10-22T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2019-10-22T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2019-11-18T05:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2019-11-19T05:00:00+00:00** PN 1400 Second consideration, with amendments `reading-2`
- **2019-11-19T05:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-11-20T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-11-20T05:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-11-20T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-11-21T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-11-21T05:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House amendments
- **2019-11-21T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2019-11-21T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2019-11-22T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-11-27T05:00:00+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/9c7529e9-652b-48f0-93c7-801c92511f2c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).