republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2017-2018/hb-353.md

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Bill	An Act amending the act of April 14, 1972 (P.L.233, No.64), known as The Controlled Substance, Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act, further providing for definitions and for professional prescription, administration, and dispensing.	An Act amending the act of April 14, 1972 (P.L.233, No.64), known as The Controlled Substance, Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act, further providing for definitions and for professional prescription, administration, and dispensing.	us/states/pa	Pennsylvania General Assembly	2017-2018	HB 353	Pennsylvania HB 353 (2017-2018)	bill		enacted	Nesbit	4	23	7	2017-02-06T05:00:00+00:00	2018-10-24T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/69cc496d-6577-4182-8458-0f468e331824	http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=353	cf0e4bd2535526556d37bfb3a9202283c1820e1f59ecdc09d6d55a423c4257c7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-pa

Pennsylvania HB 353 (2017-2018) — An Act amending the act of April 14, 1972 (P.L.233, No.64), known as The Controlled Substance, Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act, further providing for definitions and for professional prescription, administration, and dispensing.

Version chain

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

1. Printer's No. 0365 (committee substitute) — source
2. Printer's No. 1911 (committee substitute) — source
3. Printer's No. 2066 (committee substitute) — source
4. Printer's No. 3779 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• HB 353 PN 2066, MOT PROCEED WITH BILL, REED — 174–20 (pass) · lower
• Committee vote (HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES): Reported as Amended — 12–0 (pass) · upper
• HB 353 PN 3779, CONCUR — 187–0 (pass) · lower
• FINAL PASSAGE — 194–0 (pass) · lower
• HB 353 PN 1911, 2017 A1830, WARD — 191–0 (pass) · lower
• Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — 26–0 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE — 49–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Nesbit — primary (person)
• A. Harris — cosponsor (person)
• Barrar — cosponsor (person)
• Benninghoff — cosponsor (person)
• Carroll — cosponsor (person)
• Cox — cosponsor (person)
• Cruz — cosponsor (person)
• D. Miller — cosponsor (person)
• Davis — cosponsor (person)
• Dean — cosponsor (person)
• Dowling — cosponsor (person)
• Driscoll — cosponsor (person)
• Gainey — cosponsor (person)
• Hill-Evans — cosponsor (person)
• Irvin — cosponsor (person)
• M. Quinn — cosponsor (person)
• Marsico — cosponsor (person)
• Miccarelli — cosponsor (person)
• Millard — cosponsor (person)
• Murt — cosponsor (person)
• Neilson — cosponsor (person)
• Oberlander — cosponsor (person)
• Phillips-Hill — cosponsor (person)
• Pickett — cosponsor (person)
• Rader — cosponsor (person)
• Rapp — cosponsor (person)
• Solomon — cosponsor (person)
• Stephens — cosponsor (person)
• Ward — cosponsor (person)
• Watson — cosponsor (person)
• Zimmerman — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-06T05:00:00+00:00 PN 0365 Referred to HEALTH referral-committee
• 2017-06-06T04:00:00+00:00 PN 1911 Reported as amended committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2017-06-06T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2017-06-06T04:00:00+00:00 Re-committed to RULES referral-committee
• 2017-06-19T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2017-06-19T04:00:00+00:00 PN 2066 Second consideration, with amendments reading-2
• 2017-06-19T04:00:00+00:00 Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2017-06-20T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2017-06-20T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2017-06-23T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES referral-committee
• 2018-06-20T04:00:00+00:00 PN 3779 Reported as amended committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2018-06-20T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2018-06-21T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2018-06-21T04:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2018-09-24T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2018-10-16T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to RULES referral-committee
• 2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported on concurrence, as committed committee-passage
• 2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00 House concurred in Senate amendments
• 2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in House
• 2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in Senate
• 2018-10-17T04:00:00+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/69cc496d-6577-4182-8458-0f468e331824. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).