---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending the act of September 26, 1951 (P.L.1539, No.389), known as The Clinical Laboratory Act, further providing for definitions and for exemptions."
description: "An Act amending the act of September 26, 1951 (P.L.1539, No.389), known as The Clinical Laboratory Act, further providing for definitions and for exemptions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1795"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 1795 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Matthew Gergely"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-10-25T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-04-15T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5481a78b-6468-4f10-8c22-e0b096b05008"
source_url: "https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=55&rollcallid=1037&sessYr=2023&sessInd=0"
source_hash: "3a9bfa0698d1fca3540e616a58c16b328e2e7be1f55db293c9ea150878aa559e"
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 1795 (2023-2024) — An Act amending the act of September 26, 1951 (P.L.1539, No.389), known as The Clinical Laboratory Act, further providing for definitions and for exemptions.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. PN2211** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/HB1795/PN2211)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Health): Report Bill As Committed — **25–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Committed — **37–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **203–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-Reported as Committed — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Health & Human Services): Reported as Committed — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Matthew Gergely — primary (person)
- Benjamin Sanchez — cosponsor (person)
- Carol Hill-Evans — cosponsor (person)
- Dan Frankel — cosponsor (person)
- David Zimmerman — cosponsor (person)
- G. Roni Green — cosponsor (person)
- Jose Giral — cosponsor (person)
- Kyle Donahue — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Rozzi — cosponsor (person)
- Mary Jo Daley — cosponsor (person)
- Maureen Madden — cosponsor (person)
- Melissa Cerrato — cosponsor (person)
- Tarik Khan — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Brennan — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Briggs — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-10-25T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Health `referral-committee`
- **2023-10-30T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2023-10-30T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2023-10-30T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2023-11-14T05:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2023-11-15T05:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2023-11-15T05:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-12-11T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2023-12-11T05:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-01-02T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2024-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2024-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-10T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2024-04-10T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2024-04-10T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Act No. 6 of 2024

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5481a78b-6468-4f10-8c22-e0b096b05008`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).