---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act establishing the Alzheimer's, Dementia and Related Disorders Office and the Alzheimer's, Dementia and Related Disorders Advisory Committee."
description: "An Act establishing the Alzheimer's, Dementia and Related Disorders Office and the Alzheimer's, Dementia and Related Disorders Advisory Committee."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 840"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 840 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rosemary Brown"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-07-11T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-10-16T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a6694933-5cb1-46d1-a097-6cda9a47d601"
source_url: "https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=55&rollcallid=2474&sessYr=2023&sessInd=0"
source_hash: "3c27c8fa6928a9c527594b73c18f7bd04f18c484fa3189eb115fdfa4ec992239"
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 840 (2023-2024) — An Act establishing the Alzheimer's, Dementia and Related Disorders Office and the Alzheimer's, Dementia and Related Disorders Advisory Committee.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. PN1015** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/SB0840/PN1015)
2. **Printer's No. PN1676** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/SB0840/PN1676)
3. **Senate Amendment A04709** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/amendments/text/2023/0/A04709)

## Votes

- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Committed — **37–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Health): Report Bill As Committed — **24–1** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **195–6** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-Reported as Committed — **23–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Aging & Youth): Reported as Amended — **11–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rosemary Brown — primary (person)
- Amanda Cappelletti — cosponsor (person)
- Art Haywood — cosponsor (person)
- Carolyn Comitta — cosponsor (person)
- Christine Tartaglione — cosponsor (person)
- David Argall — cosponsor (person)
- Frank Farry — cosponsor (person)
- James Brewster — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Costa — cosponsor (person)
- Judith Schwank — cosponsor (person)
- Katie Muth — cosponsor (person)
- Lindsey Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa Baker — cosponsor (person)
- Lynda Schlegel Culver — cosponsor (person)
- Maria Collett — cosponsor (person)
- Marty Flynn — cosponsor (person)
- Nick Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Steven Santarsiero — cosponsor (person)
- Tracy Pennycuick — cosponsor (person)
- Wayne Langerholc — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-07-11T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Aging & Youth `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-04T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as amended `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2024-06-04T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2024-06-11T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2024-06-11T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2024-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Health `referral-committee`
- **2024-10-02T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2024-10-02T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2024-10-02T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2024-10-02T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2024-10-07T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2024-10-07T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-10-08T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2024-10-08T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-10-09T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2024-10-09T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2024-10-10T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-10-16T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-10-16T04:00:00+00:00** Act No. 111 of 2024

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a6694933-5cb1-46d1-a097-6cda9a47d601`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).