republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2019-2020/hb-616.md

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Bill	An Act amending the act of April 14, 1972 (P.L.233, No.64), known as The Controlled Substance, Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act, further providing for schedules of controlled substances.	An Act amending the act of April 14, 1972 (P.L.233, No.64), known as The Controlled Substance, Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act, further providing for schedules of controlled substances.	us/states/pa	Pennsylvania General Assembly	2019-2020	HB 616	Pennsylvania HB 616 (2019-2020)	bill		enacted	Owlett	5	23	5	2019-02-28T05:00:00+00:00	2020-11-25T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/183f30c2-74bf-44a7-84cc-da2bb4d0a457	http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=616	7cf8e638822b2b4b894a2de4473724fd2a9571cd955a77af2d0bf8ee7d4bdfb5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-pa

Pennsylvania HB 616 (2019-2020) — An Act amending the act of April 14, 1972 (P.L.233, No.64), known as The Controlled Substance, Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act, further providing for schedules of controlled substances.

Version chain

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

1. House Amendment A02658 (committee substitute) — source
2. Printer's No. 0611 (committee substitute) — source
3. Printer's No. 2760 (committee substitute) — source
4. Printer's No. 4473 (committee substitute) — source
5. Senate Amendment A07568 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — 22–0 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE — 195–0 (pass) · lower
• FINAL PASSAGE — 49–0 (pass) · upper
• HB 616 PN 4473, CONCUR — 201–0 (pass) · lower
• Committee vote (JUDICIARY): Reported as Amended — 14–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Owlett — primary (person)
• B. Miller — cosponsor (person)
• Bernstine — cosponsor (person)
• Driscoll — cosponsor (person)
• Heffley — cosponsor (person)
• Hershey — cosponsor (person)
• Hill-Evans — cosponsor (person)
• James — cosponsor (person)
• Kaufer — cosponsor (person)
• Kortz — cosponsor (person)
• Longietti — cosponsor (person)
• Mcneill — cosponsor (person)
• Millard — cosponsor (person)
• Neilson — cosponsor (person)
• Pickett — cosponsor (person)
• Readshaw — cosponsor (person)
• Rothman — cosponsor (person)
• Ryan — cosponsor (person)
• Saylor — cosponsor (person)
• Walsh — cosponsor (person)
• Webster — cosponsor (person)
• Zimmerman — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-28T05:00:00+00:00 PN 0611 Referred to JUDICIARY referral-committee
• 2019-10-22T04:00:00+00:00 PN 2760 Reported as amended committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2019-10-22T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2019-10-22T04:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table
• 2019-11-20T05:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 2019-11-21T05:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2019-11-21T05:00:00+00:00 Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2019-12-16T05:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2019-12-16T05:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2019-12-26T05:00:00+00:00 Referred to JUDICIARY referral-committee
• 2020-10-06T04:00:00+00:00 PN 4473 Reported as amended committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2020-10-06T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2020-10-19T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2020-10-19T04:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2020-10-21T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2020-10-21T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2020-10-26T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to RULES referral-committee
• 2020-11-18T05:00:00+00:00 Re-reported on concurrence, as committed committee-passage
• 2020-11-18T05:00:00+00:00 House concurred in Senate amendments
• 2020-11-18T05:00:00+00:00 Signed in House
• 2020-11-18T05:00:00+00:00 Signed in Senate
• 2020-11-19T05:00:00+00:00 Presented to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2020-11-25T05:00:00+00:00 Approved by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/183f30c2-74bf-44a7-84cc-da2bb4d0a457. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).