republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2019-2020/sb-698.md

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Bill	An Act amending the act of December 20, 1985 (P.L.457, No.112), known as the Medical Practice Act of 1985, further providing for definitions, for physician assistants and for physician assistant license.	An Act amending the act of December 20, 1985 (P.L.457, No.112), known as the Medical Practice Act of 1985, further providing for definitions, for physician assistants and for physician assistant license.	us/states/pa	Pennsylvania General Assembly	2019-2020	SB 698	Pennsylvania SB 698 (2019-2020)	bill		enacted	Gordner	3	23	6	2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00	2019-07-02T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/7ada046f-aeba-43f5-a9fb-97e6aee2cb59	http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=698	09ef5b93a203f84160f59943a0216e877b04e7c0b49d8de0cf00fd21f356379b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-pa

Pennsylvania SB 698 (2019-2020) — An Act amending the act of December 20, 1985 (P.L.457, No.112), known as the Medical Practice Act of 1985, further providing for definitions, for physician assistants and for physician assistant license.

Version chain

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

1. House Amendment A02043 (committee substitute) — source
2. Printer's No. 0835 (committee substitute) — source
3. Printer's No. 1026 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Committee vote (CONSUMER PROTECTION AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE): Reported as Committed — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE — 50–0 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE — 201–0 (pass) · lower
• Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — 24–0 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — 17–0 (pass) · upper
• CONCUR IN HOUSE AMENDMENTS — 50–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Gordner — primary (person)
• Farnese — cosponsor (person)
• J. Ward — cosponsor (person)
• K. Ward — cosponsor (person)
• Mensch — cosponsor (person)
• Schwank — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00 PN 0835 Referred to CONSUMER PROTECTION AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE referral-committee
• 2019-06-04T04:00:00+00:00 Reported as committed committee-passage
• 2019-06-04T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2019-06-10T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2019-06-10T04:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2019-06-11T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2019-06-12T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2019-06-14T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE referral-committee
• 2019-06-19T04:00:00+00:00 PN 1026 Reported as amended committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2019-06-19T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2019-06-19T04:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table
• 2019-06-20T04:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 2019-06-24T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2019-06-24T04:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2019-06-25T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2019-06-25T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2019-06-26T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS referral-committee
• 2019-06-26T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported on concurrence, as committed committee-passage
• 2019-06-26T04:00:00+00:00 Senate concurred in House amendments
• 2019-06-26T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in Senate
• 2019-06-26T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in House
• 2019-06-27T04:00:00+00:00 Presented to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2019-07-02T04:00:00+00:00 Approved by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7ada046f-aeba-43f5-a9fb-97e6aee2cb59. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).