republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2017-2018/hb-126.md

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Bill	An Act amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in prescribing opioids to minors, further providing for procedure; providing for reimbursement of patient expenses associated with participation in cancer clinical trials and for duties of the Department of Health; imposing a penalty; providing for the use of epinephrine auto-injectors by certain entities and organizations; and conferring powers and imposing duties on the Department of Health.	An Act amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in prescribing opioids to minors, further providing for procedure; providing for reimbursement of patient expenses associated with participation in cancer clinical trials and for duties of the Department of Health; imposing a penalty; providing for the use of epinephrine auto-injectors by certain entities and organizations; and conferring powers and imposing duties on the Department of Health.	us/states/pa	Pennsylvania General Assembly	2017-2018	HB 126	Pennsylvania HB 126 (2017-2018)	bill		enacted	Warner	4	31	7	2017-01-23T05:00:00+00:00	2018-10-24T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/a74ab156-0bd8-47dc-83e4-2a36c8b9eb2b	http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=126	d9421bf15423a707f02970c860702be7e1fe055fdf3a50b84cf66a5844db1648	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-pa

Pennsylvania HB 126 (2017-2018) — An Act amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in prescribing opioids to minors, further providing for procedure; providing for reimbursement of patient expenses associated with participation in cancer clinical trials and for duties of the Department of Health; imposing a penalty; providing for the use of epinephrine auto-injectors by certain entities and organizations; and conferring powers and imposing duties on the Department of Health.

Version chain

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

1. Printer's No. 0092 (committee substitute) — source
2. Printer's No. 2004 (committee substitute) — source
3. Printer's No. 3814 (committee substitute) — source
4. Printer's No. 4072 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FINAL PASSAGE — 48–0 (pass) · upper
• CONCUR IN HOUSE AMENDMENTS TO SENATE AMENDMENTS — 48–0 (pass) · upper
• HB 126 PN 4072, CONCUR — 195–0 (pass) · lower
• Committee vote (HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES): Reported as Amended — 12–0 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — 25–0 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — 17–0 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE — 191–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Warner — primary (person)
• B. Miller — cosponsor (person)
• Barrar — cosponsor (person)
• D. Costa — cosponsor (person)
• Davis — cosponsor (person)
• Dean — cosponsor (person)
• Driscoll — cosponsor (person)
• Freeman — cosponsor (person)
• Gabler — cosponsor (person)
• Gillen — cosponsor (person)
• Heffley — cosponsor (person)
• Helm — cosponsor (person)
• James — cosponsor (person)
• Kortz — cosponsor (person)
• Lawrence — cosponsor (person)
• Marsico — cosponsor (person)
• Millard — cosponsor (person)
• Moul — cosponsor (person)
• Murt — cosponsor (person)
• Neilson — cosponsor (person)
• O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
• Pashinski — cosponsor (person)
• Phillips-Hill — cosponsor (person)
• Pickett — cosponsor (person)
• Readshaw — cosponsor (person)
• Rozzi — cosponsor (person)
• Saylor — cosponsor (person)
• Staats — cosponsor (person)
• Tallman — cosponsor (person)
• Ward — cosponsor (person)
• Watson — cosponsor (person)
• Zimmerman — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-23T05:00:00+00:00 PN 0092 Referred to HEALTH referral-committee
• 2017-02-08T05:00:00+00:00 Reported as committed committee-passage
• 2017-02-08T05:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2017-02-08T05:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table
• 2017-03-20T04:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 2017-03-21T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2017-03-21T04:00:00+00:00 Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2017-03-22T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2017-03-22T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2017-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES referral-committee
• 2017-06-13T04:00:00+00:00 PN 2004 Reported as amended committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2017-06-13T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2017-07-08T04:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table (Pursuant to Senate Rule 9)
• 2018-03-19T04:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 2018-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2018-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2018-05-22T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2018-06-19T04:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table
• 2018-06-19T04:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 2018-06-22T04:00:00+00:00 PN 3814 Amended on third consideration
• 2018-06-22T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2018-06-25T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to RULES referral-committee
• 2018-09-25T04:00:00+00:00 PN 4072 Re-reported on concurrence, as amended committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2018-09-25T04:00:00+00:00 House concurred in Senate amendments, as amended by the House amendment-passage
• 2018-09-25T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS referral-committee
• 2018-10-01T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported on concurrence, as committed committee-passage
• 2018-10-02T04:00:00+00:00 Senate concurred in House amendments to Senate amendments
• 2018-10-09T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in House
• 2018-10-15T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in Senate
• 2018-10-16T04:00:00+00:00 Presented to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2018-10-24T04:00:00+00:00 Approved by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a74ab156-0bd8-47dc-83e4-2a36c8b9eb2b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).