republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2017-2018/hb-45.md

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Bill	An Act providing for the use of investigational drugs, biological products and medical devices by terminally ill patients.	An Act providing for the use of investigational drugs, biological products and medical devices by terminally ill patients.	us/states/pa	Pennsylvania General Assembly	2017-2018	HB 45	Pennsylvania HB 45 (2017-2018)	bill		enacted	Godshall	4	23	5	2017-01-23T05:00:00+00:00	2017-10-11T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/59c4ae51-ffc3-422e-bff5-b66a4c40b4ae	http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=45	ca1b3999562b987e39357f8f1dac44ca82cba14847153542738470164baa1c23	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-pa

Pennsylvania HB 45 (2017-2018) — An Act providing for the use of investigational drugs, biological products and medical devices by terminally ill patients.

Version chain

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

1. Printer's No. 0051 (committee substitute) — source
2. Printer's No. 1051 (committee substitute) — source
3. Printer's No. 1264 (committee substitute) — source
4. Printer's No. 2108 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• HB 45 PN 2108, CONCUR — 198–0 (pass) · lower
• Committee vote (HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES): Reported as Amended — 12–0 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE — 193–0 (pass) · lower
• HB 45 PN 1051, 2017 A694, GODSHALL — 190–0 (pass) · lower
• FINAL PASSAGE — 49–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Godshall — primary (person)
• A. Harris — cosponsor (person)
• Barbin — cosponsor (person)
• Barrar — cosponsor (person)
• Boback — cosponsor (person)
• Caltagirone — cosponsor (person)
• Causer — cosponsor (person)
• Cox — cosponsor (person)
• D. Costa — cosponsor (person)
• D. Miller — cosponsor (person)
• Deluca — cosponsor (person)
• Diamond — cosponsor (person)
• Farry — cosponsor (person)
• Frankel — cosponsor (person)
• Gabler — cosponsor (person)
• Gillespie — cosponsor (person)
• James — cosponsor (person)
• Jozwiak — cosponsor (person)
• Kauffman — cosponsor (person)
• Kinsey — cosponsor (person)
• Kortz — cosponsor (person)
• Longietti — cosponsor (person)
• Marshall — cosponsor (person)
• Millard — cosponsor (person)
• Moul — cosponsor (person)
• Mullery — cosponsor (person)
• Murt — cosponsor (person)
• Neilson — cosponsor (person)
• O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
• Ortitay — cosponsor (person)
• Phillips-Hill — cosponsor (person)
• Pickett — cosponsor (person)
• Quigley — cosponsor (person)
• Ravenstahl — cosponsor (person)
• Readshaw — cosponsor (person)
• Schlossberg — cosponsor (person)
• Simmons — cosponsor (person)
• Toepel — cosponsor (person)
• V. Brown — cosponsor (person)
• W. Keller — cosponsor (person)
• Ward — cosponsor (person)
• Warren — 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 0051 Referred to HUMAN SERVICES referral-committee
• 2017-03-22T04:00:00+00:00 PN 1051 Reported as amended committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2017-03-22T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2017-03-22T04:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table
• 2017-04-04T04:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 2017-04-05T04:00:00+00:00 PN 1264 Second consideration, with amendments reading-2
• 2017-04-05T04:00:00+00:00 Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2017-04-18T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2017-04-18T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2017-04-20T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES referral-committee
• 2017-06-21T04:00:00+00:00 PN 2108 Reported as amended committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2017-06-21T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2017-06-30T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2017-07-17T04:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table (Pursuant to Senate Rule 9)
• 2017-07-26T04:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 2017-10-02T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2017-10-03T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to RULES referral-committee
• 2017-10-03T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported on concurrence, as committed committee-passage
• 2017-10-04T04:00:00+00:00 House concurred in Senate amendments
• 2017-10-04T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in House
• 2017-10-04T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in Senate
• 2017-10-05T04:00:00+00:00 Presented to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2017-10-11T04:00:00+00:00 Approved by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/59c4ae51-ffc3-422e-bff5-b66a4c40b4ae. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).