republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2019-2020/hb-81.md

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Bill	An Act providing for certification of central service technicians; imposing continuing education requirements on central service technicians; providing for duties of health care facilities and the Department of Health; and regulating the practice of surgical technology and surgical technologists.	An Act providing for certification of central service technicians; imposing continuing education requirements on central service technicians; providing for duties of health care facilities and the Department of Health; and regulating the practice of surgical technology and surgical technologists.	us/states/pa	Pennsylvania General Assembly	2019-2020	HB 81	Pennsylvania HB 81 (2019-2020)	bill		enacted	Kauffman	8	23	7	2019-01-28T05:00:00+00:00	2020-10-29T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/0b7f5f8c-4d66-4020-8e8a-095a632ae216	http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=81	bee02c43a880d348acd701b24e5beb660e8df6babb3b90ab82397985452f3539	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-pa

Pennsylvania HB 81 (2019-2020) — An Act providing for certification of central service technicians; imposing continuing education requirements on central service technicians; providing for duties of health care facilities and the Department of Health; and regulating the practice of surgical technology and surgical technologists.

Version chain

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

1. House Amendment A00040 (committee substitute) — source
2. House Amendment A00056 (committee substitute) — source
3. House Amendment A00093 (committee substitute) — source
4. Printer's No. 0083 (committee substitute) — source
5. Printer's No. 0358 (committee substitute) — source
6. Printer's No. 0564 (committee substitute) — source
7. Printer's No. 4475 (committee substitute) — source
8. Senate Amendment A07565 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• HB 81 PN 358, 2019 A93, CUTLER — 174–0 (pass) · lower
• Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — 23–0 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES): Reported as Amended — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• HB 81 PN 4475, CONCUR — 201–0 (pass) · lower
• FINAL PASSAGE — 189–0 (pass) · lower
• HB 81 PN 358, 2019 A56, RAPP — 174–0 (pass) · lower
• FINAL PASSAGE — 48–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Kauffman — primary (person)
• Hill-Evans — cosponsor (person)
• Jozwiak — cosponsor (person)
• Kortz — cosponsor (person)
• Mullins — cosponsor (person)
• Murt — cosponsor (person)
• Pyle — cosponsor (person)
• Readshaw — cosponsor (person)
• Zimmerman — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-28T05:00:00+00:00 PN 0083 Referred to HEALTH referral-committee
• 2019-02-05T05:00:00+00:00 PN 0358 Reported as amended committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2019-02-05T05:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2019-02-05T05:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table
• 2019-02-19T05:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 2019-02-20T05:00:00+00:00 PN 0564 Second consideration, with amendments reading-2
• 2019-02-20T05:00:00+00:00 Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2019-02-21T05:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2019-02-21T05:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2019-02-26T05:00:00+00:00 Referred to HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES referral-committee
• 2020-10-06T04:00:00+00:00 PN 4475 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
• 2020-10-20T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2020-10-20T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2020-10-20T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to RULES referral-committee
• 2020-10-21T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported on concurrence, as committed committee-passage
• 2020-10-21T04:00:00+00:00 House concurred in Senate amendments
• 2020-10-21T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in House
• 2020-10-21T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in Senate
• 2020-10-22T04:00:00+00:00 Presented to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2020-10-29T04:00:00+00:00 Approved by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0b7f5f8c-4d66-4020-8e8a-095a632ae216. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).