republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2017-2018/hb-239.md

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Bill	An Act establishing the Rare Disease Advisory Council and providing for its powers and duties; and providing for duties of the Department of Health, the Insurance Department, the Department of Human Services and the Department of Education.	An Act establishing the Rare Disease Advisory Council and providing for its powers and duties; and providing for duties of the Department of Health, the Insurance Department, the Department of Human Services and the Department of Education.	us/states/pa	Pennsylvania General Assembly	2017-2018	HB 239	Pennsylvania HB 239 (2017-2018)	bill		enacted	Toepel	2	23	5	2017-02-01T05:00:00+00:00	2017-07-07T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/73b4b856-66be-4065-a1c8-9532c8937798	http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=239	3d66e51dbd7c865cd8528948b173dd5b86b65e092f155dc3c0a4761a450341e6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-pa

Pennsylvania HB 239 (2017-2018) — An Act establishing the Rare Disease Advisory Council and providing for its powers and duties; and providing for duties of the Department of Health, the Insurance Department, the Department of Human Services and the Department of Education.

Version chain

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

1. Printer's No. 0261 (committee substitute) — source
2. Printer's No. 2005 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — 26–0 (pass) · upper
• HB 239 PN 2005, CONCUR — 199–0 (pass) · lower
• Committee vote (HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES): Reported as Amended — 12–0 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE — 196–0 (pass) · lower
• FINAL PASSAGE — 50–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Toepel — primary (person)
• Baker — cosponsor (person)
• Corbin — cosponsor (person)
• D. Costa — cosponsor (person)
• Heffley — cosponsor (person)
• Kortz — cosponsor (person)
• Longietti — cosponsor (person)
• Murt — cosponsor (person)
• O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
• Phillips-Hill — cosponsor (person)
• Schlossberg — cosponsor (person)
• Simmons — cosponsor (person)
• Topper — cosponsor (person)
• V. Brown — cosponsor (person)
• Ward — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-01T05:00:00+00:00 PN 0261 Referred to HEALTH referral-committee
• 2017-04-04T04:00:00+00:00 Reported as committed committee-passage
• 2017-04-04T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2017-04-04T04:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table
• 2017-05-08T04:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 2017-05-09T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2017-05-09T04:00:00+00:00 Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2017-05-10T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2017-05-10T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2017-05-15T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES referral-committee
• 2017-06-13T04:00:00+00:00 PN 2005 Reported as amended committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2017-06-13T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2017-06-21T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2017-06-21T04:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2017-06-26T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2017-06-28T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2017-06-29T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to RULES referral-committee
• 2017-06-29T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported on concurrence, as committed committee-passage
• 2017-06-29T04:00:00+00:00 House concurred in Senate amendments
• 2017-06-29T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in House
• 2017-06-29T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in Senate
• 2017-06-30T04:00:00+00:00 Presented to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2017-07-07T04:00:00+00:00 Approved by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/73b4b856-66be-4065-a1c8-9532c8937798. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).