republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2017-2018/hb-424.md

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Bill	An Act amending the act of June 29, 1953 (P.L.304, No.66), known as the Vital Statistics Law of 1953, in death and fetal death registration, further providing for information for certificates and for coroner referrals.	An Act amending the act of June 29, 1953 (P.L.304, No.66), known as the Vital Statistics Law of 1953, in death and fetal death registration, further providing for information for certificates and for coroner referrals.	us/states/pa	Pennsylvania General Assembly	2017-2018	HB 424	Pennsylvania HB 424 (2017-2018)	bill		enacted	Benninghoff	1	18	3	2017-02-10T05:00:00+00:00	2017-07-07T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/d879269c-1c25-459c-93e3-f21be4a71cbd	http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=424	35af4e0b9faf8d5f7e0cd205927497106e6822bf17e44af928657dd09c042547	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-pa

Pennsylvania HB 424 (2017-2018) — An Act amending the act of June 29, 1953 (P.L.304, No.66), known as the Vital Statistics Law of 1953, in death and fetal death registration, further providing for information for certificates and for coroner referrals.

Version chain

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

1. Printer's No. 0440 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FINAL PASSAGE — 50–0 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES): Reported as Committed — 12–0 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE — 190–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Benninghoff — primary (person)
• A. Harris — cosponsor (person)
• Barrar — cosponsor (person)
• Deasy — cosponsor (person)
• Deluca — cosponsor (person)
• Irvin — cosponsor (person)
• James — cosponsor (person)
• Kinsey — cosponsor (person)
• Knowles — cosponsor (person)
• Mentzer — cosponsor (person)
• Millard — cosponsor (person)
• Moul — cosponsor (person)
• Murt — cosponsor (person)
• Nelson — cosponsor (person)
• O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
• Pickett — cosponsor (person)
• Staats — cosponsor (person)
• Watson — cosponsor (person)
• Zimmerman — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-10T05:00:00+00:00 PN 0440 Referred to HEALTH referral-committee
• 2017-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 Reported as committed committee-passage
• 2017-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2017-03-13T04:00:00+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
• 2017-06-21T04:00:00+00:00 Reported as committed committee-passage
• 2017-06-21T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2017-06-26T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2017-06-29T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2017-06-30T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in House
• 2017-06-30T04:00:00+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/d879269c-1c25-459c-93e3-f21be4a71cbd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).