republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2017-2018/hb-478.md

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Bill	An Act providing for outpatient psychiatric oversight.	An Act providing for outpatient psychiatric oversight.	us/states/pa	Pennsylvania General Assembly	2017-2018	HB 478	Pennsylvania HB 478 (2017-2018)	bill		enacted	Pickett	3	26	5	2017-02-14T05:00:00+00:00	2018-05-31T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/5f0d5353-6ee1-47c8-bc15-d91838e2b15b	http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=478	b039b125ef20b873caf8f9c9112726b1761ff19952bec5a9d97b24bffed7595a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-pa

Pennsylvania HB 478 (2017-2018) — An Act providing for outpatient psychiatric oversight.

Version chain

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

1. Printer's No. 0502 (committee substitute) — source
2. Printer's No. 2699 (committee substitute) — source
3. Printer's No. 3434 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• HB 478 PN 3434, CONCUR — 190–0 (pass) · lower
• Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — 23–0 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE — 190–0 (pass) · lower
• FINAL PASSAGE — 49–0 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES): Reported as Amended — 12–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Pickett — primary (person)
• Baker — cosponsor (person)
• Caltagirone — cosponsor (person)
• D. Costa — cosponsor (person)
• Davis — cosponsor (person)
• Kortz — cosponsor (person)
• Millard — cosponsor (person)
• Milne — cosponsor (person)
• Watson — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-14T05:00:00+00:00 PN 0502 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
• 2017-11-14T05:00:00+00:00 PN 2699 Reported as amended committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2017-11-14T05:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2017-12-13T05:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table
• 2018-03-19T04:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 2018-03-20T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2018-03-20T04:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2018-04-23T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2018-04-24T04:00:00+00:00 PN 3434 Amended on third consideration
• 2018-04-25T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2018-04-30T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to RULES referral-committee
• 2018-05-01T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported on concurrence, as committed committee-passage
• 2018-05-01T04:00:00+00:00 House concurred in Senate amendments
• 2018-05-01T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in House
• 2018-05-21T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in Senate
• 2018-05-21T04:00:00+00:00 Presented to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2018-05-31T04:00:00+00:00 Approved by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5f0d5353-6ee1-47c8-bc15-d91838e2b15b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).