---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending the act of April 17, 2016 (P.L.84, No.16), known as the Medical Marijuana Act, in preliminary provisions, further providing for definitions; in medical marijuana organizations, further providing for application and issuance, for limitations on permits and providing for additional dispensary and grower/processor permits authorized, for application and issuance of additional permits and for limitations on other additional permits or licenses; and, in academic clinical research centers and clinical registrants, further providing for definitions."
description: "An Act amending the act of April 17, 2016 (P.L.84, No.16), known as the Medical Marijuana Act, in preliminary provisions, further providing for definitions; in medical marijuana organizations, further providing for application and issuance, for limitations on permits and providing for additional dispensary and grower/processor permits authorized, for application and issuance of additional permits and for limitations on other additional permits or licenses; and, in academic clinical research centers and clinical registrants, further providing for definitions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 773"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 773 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chris Gebhard"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 25
vote_count: 13
first_action: "2023-06-08T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-12-14T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a1cd9289-86f6-4b84-94e9-4cba382c903c"
source_url: "https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=55&rollcallid=1038&sessYr=2023&sessInd=0"
source_hash: "16aac36194ac2f1ba5d91f11542d8629897bd0125497a6eb5e5a5a4bb84b6259"
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 773 (2023-2024) — An Act amending the act of April 17, 2016 (P.L.84, No.16), known as the Medical Marijuana Act, in preliminary provisions, further providing for definitions; in medical marijuana organizations, further providing for application and issuance, for limitations on permits and providing for additional dispensary and grower/processor permits authorized, for application and issuance of additional permits and for limitations on other additional permits or licenses; and, in academic clinical research centers and clinical registrants, further providing for definitions.

## Version chain

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

1. **House Amendment A02792** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/amendments/text/2023/0/A02792)
2. **House Amendment A02829** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/amendments/text/2023/0/A02829)
3. **House Amendment A02830** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/amendments/text/2023/0/A02830)
4. **House Amendment A02914** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/amendments/text/2023/0/A02914)
5. **Printer's No. PN0860** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/SB0773/PN0860)
6. **Printer's No. PN1105** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/SB0773/PN1105)
7. **Printer's No. PN1191** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/SB0773/PN1191)
8. **Printer's No. PN1229** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/SB0773/PN1229)
9. **Senate Amendment A02014** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/amendments/text/2023/0/A02014)

## Votes

- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Committed — **37–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Rules & Executive Nominations): Re-Reported as Committed — **15–2** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **114–89** (pass) · lower
- A2830 — **101–102** (fail) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **44–3** (pass) · upper
- A2829 — **101–102** (fail) · lower
- A2914 — **103–100** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Health): Report Bill As Amended — **20–5** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Law & Justice): Reported as Committed — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-Reported as Committed — **20–2** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR IN HOUSE AMENDMENTS — **44–6** (pass) · upper
- GEBHARD AMENDMENT NO. A-2014 — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Health): Adopt Amendment — **20–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chris Gebhard — primary (person)
- Camera Bartolotta — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel Laughlin — cosponsor (person)
- Devlin Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Costa — cosponsor (person)
- Lynda Schlegel Culver — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick Stefano — cosponsor (person)
- Wayne Langerholc — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-08T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Law & Justice `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2023-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2023-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2023-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-09-18T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2023-09-19T04:00:00+00:00** Amended on third consideration `amendment-passage`
- **2023-09-20T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-09-21T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Health `referral-committee`
- **2023-10-30T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as amended `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2023-10-30T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2023-10-30T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2023-10-31T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2023-11-14T05:00:00+00:00** Second consideration, with amendments `reading-2`
- **2023-11-14T05:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-11-15T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2023-11-15T05:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-12-11T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules & Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2023-12-12T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
- **2023-12-12T05:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House amendments
- **2023-12-12T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2023-12-12T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2023-12-13T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-12-14T05:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-12-14T05:00:00+00:00** Act No. 63 of 2023

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a1cd9289-86f6-4b84-94e9-4cba382c903c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).