republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2017-2018/sb-354.md

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Bill	An Act amending the act of July 2, 1993 (P.L.345, No.48), entitled "An act empowering the General Counsel or his designee to issue subpoenas for certain licensing board activities; providing for hearing examiners in the Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs; providing additional powers to the Commissioner of Professional and Occupational Affairs; and further providing for civil penalties and license suspension," further providing for definitions; providing for reporting of sanctions and criminal proceedings and for suspension; and further providing for civil penalties.	An Act amending the act of July 2, 1993 (P.L.345, No.48), entitled "An act empowering the General Counsel or his designee to issue subpoenas for certain licensing board activities; providing for hearing examiners in the Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs; providing additional powers to the Commissioner of Professional and Occupational Affairs; and further providing for civil penalties and license suspension," further providing for definitions; providing for reporting of sanctions and criminal proceedings and for suspension; and further providing for civil penalties.	us/states/pa	Pennsylvania General Assembly	2017-2018	SB 354	Pennsylvania SB 354 (2017-2018)	bill		enacted	Tomlinson	5	27	9	2017-02-15T05:00:00+00:00	2018-02-15T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/25e103ed-0a2a-4a90-9bd7-e881fd397dc4	http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=354	ab0a9470818b715b328fc963bcab3bbe7893742b48b879768aa02dcf79bff33a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-pa

Pennsylvania SB 354 (2017-2018) — An Act amending the act of July 2, 1993 (P.L.345, No.48), entitled "An act empowering the General Counsel or his designee to issue subpoenas for certain licensing board activities; providing for hearing examiners in the Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs; providing additional powers to the Commissioner of Professional and Occupational Affairs; and further providing for civil penalties and license suspension," further providing for definitions; providing for reporting of sanctions and criminal proceedings and for suspension; and further providing for civil penalties.

Version chain

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

1. Printer's No. 0348 (committee substitute) — source
2. Printer's No. 0710 (committee substitute) — source
3. Printer's No. 0992 (committee substitute) — source
4. Printer's No. 1373 (committee substitute) — source
5. Printer's No. 1426 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Committee vote (CONSUMER PROTECTION AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE): Reported as Amended — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• CONCUR IN HOUSE AMENDMENTS TO SENATE AMENDMENTS — 49–0 (pass) · upper
• CONCURRENCE IN HOUSE AMENDMENTS AS AMENDED — 50–0 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS): Re-Reported as Amended — 18–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 354, MOT PROCEED WITH BILL, CUTLER — 171–13 (pass) · lower
• SB 354 PN 1426, CONCUR — 184–0 (pass) · lower
• FINAL PASSAGE — 47–0 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE — 198–0 (pass) · lower
• Committee vote (RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — 17–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Tomlinson — primary (person)
• Blake — cosponsor (person)
• Boscola — cosponsor (person)
• Browne — cosponsor (person)
• Hughes — cosponsor (person)
• Mensch — cosponsor (person)
• Rafferty — cosponsor (person)
• Sabatina — cosponsor (person)
• Schwank — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-15T05:00:00+00:00 PN 0348 Referred to CONSUMER PROTECTION AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE referral-committee
• 2017-04-18T04:00:00+00:00 PN 0710 Reported as amended committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2017-04-18T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2017-04-25T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2017-05-08T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2017-05-09T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE referral-committee
• 2017-06-21T04:00:00+00:00 PN 0992 Reported as amended committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2017-06-21T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2017-06-21T04:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table
• 2017-06-26T04:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 2017-06-27T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2017-06-27T04:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2017-06-28T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2017-06-28T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2017-06-28T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS referral-committee
• 2017-12-11T05:00:00+00:00 PN 1373 Re-reported on concurrence, as amended committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2017-12-12T05:00:00+00:00 Senate concurred in House amendments, as amended by the Senate amendment-passage
• 2017-12-12T05:00:00+00:00 Referred to RULES referral-committee
• 2018-01-23T05:00:00+00:00 PN 1426 Re-reported on concurrence, as amended committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2018-01-23T05:00:00+00:00 House concurred in Senate amendments to House amendments, as amended by the House amendment-passage
• 2018-01-24T05:00:00+00:00 Referred to RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS referral-committee
• 2018-02-05T05:00:00+00:00 Re-reported on concurrence, as committed committee-passage
• 2018-02-06T05:00:00+00:00 Senate concurred in House amendments to Senate amendments
• 2018-02-06T05:00:00+00:00 Signed in Senate
• 2018-02-06T05:00:00+00:00 Signed in House
• 2018-02-09T05:00:00+00:00 Presented to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2018-02-15T05:00:00+00:00 Approved by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/25e103ed-0a2a-4a90-9bd7-e881fd397dc4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).