republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2017-2018/sb-542.md

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Bill	An Act amending the act of September 27, 1961 (P.L.1700, No.699), known as the Pharmacy Act, further defining unlawful acts concerning emergency prescriptions.	An Act amending the act of September 27, 1961 (P.L.1700, No.699), known as the Pharmacy Act, further defining unlawful acts concerning emergency prescriptions.	us/states/pa	Pennsylvania General Assembly	2017-2018	SB 542	Pennsylvania SB 542 (2017-2018)	bill		enacted	Browne	2	20	3	2017-03-24T04:00:00+00:00	2018-02-15T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/009c5ee0-63e3-487a-977a-5f4c90db1358	http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=542	fad10689d6e96276164747671d829be2d93f2948489c286c3acd06ab453654d0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-pa

Pennsylvania SB 542 (2017-2018) — An Act amending the act of September 27, 1961 (P.L.1700, No.699), known as the Pharmacy Act, further defining unlawful acts concerning emergency prescriptions.

Version chain

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

1. Printer's No. 0581 (committee substitute) — source
2. Printer's No. 1263 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FINAL PASSAGE — 187–0 (pass) · lower
• Committee vote (CONSUMER PROTECTION AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE): Reported as Committed — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE — 50–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Browne — primary (person)
• Bartolotta — cosponsor (person)
• Brewster — cosponsor (person)
• Costa — cosponsor (person)
• Eichelberger — cosponsor (person)
• Folmer — cosponsor (person)
• Greenleaf — cosponsor (person)
• Mensch — cosponsor (person)
• Rafferty — cosponsor (person)
• Reschenthaler — cosponsor (person)
• Scavello — cosponsor (person)
• Stefano — cosponsor (person)
• Vulakovich — cosponsor (person)
• Ward — cosponsor (person)
• Yudichak — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 PN 0581 Referred to CONSUMER PROTECTION AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE referral-committee
• 2017-06-14T04:00:00+00:00 Reported as committed committee-passage
• 2017-06-14T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2017-07-09T04:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table (Pursuant to Senate Rule 9)
• 2017-09-18T04:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 2017-10-17T04:00:00+00:00 PN 1263 Second consideration, with amendments reading-2
• 2017-10-23T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2017-10-25T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to HEALTH referral-committee
• 2017-12-11T05:00:00+00:00 Reported as committed committee-passage
• 2017-12-11T05:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2017-12-11T05:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table
• 2018-01-22T05:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 2018-01-23T05:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2018-01-23T05:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2018-01-24T05:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2018-01-24T05:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2018-01-24T05:00:00+00:00 Signed in Senate
• 2018-02-05T05:00:00+00:00 Signed in House
• 2018-02-05T05:00:00+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/009c5ee0-63e3-487a-977a-5f4c90db1358. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).