republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2019-2020/sb-842.md

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Bill	An Act amending the act of July 19, 1979 (P.L.130, No.48), known as the Health Care Facilities Act, in licensing of health care facilities, further providing for photo identification tag regulations.	An Act amending the act of July 19, 1979 (P.L.130, No.48), known as the Health Care Facilities Act, in licensing of health care facilities, further providing for photo identification tag regulations.	us/states/pa	Pennsylvania General Assembly	2019-2020	SB 842	Pennsylvania SB 842 (2019-2020)	bill		enacted	Phillips-Hill	1	20	4	2019-09-03T04:00:00+00:00	2020-07-01T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/eba6e1c1-88da-40ef-9707-8644c19067ed	http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=842	5492ebf98521442cff3f1a9c9f29d34894323658089ae3ea6f5b12370bd350c4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-pa

Pennsylvania SB 842 (2019-2020) — An Act amending the act of July 19, 1979 (P.L.130, No.48), known as the Health Care Facilities Act, in licensing of health care facilities, further providing for photo identification tag regulations.

Version chain

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

1. Printer's No. 1152 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Committee vote (HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES): Reported as Committed — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE — 49–0 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE — 201–0 (pass) · lower
• Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — 24–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Phillips-Hill — primary (person)
• Argall — cosponsor (person)
• Bartolotta — cosponsor (person)
• Collett — cosponsor (person)
• Iovino — cosponsor (person)
• J. Ward — cosponsor (person)
• Killion — cosponsor (person)
• Martin — cosponsor (person)
• Mastriano — cosponsor (person)
• Mensch — cosponsor (person)
• Muth — cosponsor (person)
• Regan — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-09-03T04:00:00+00:00 PN 1152 Referred to HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES referral-committee
• 2019-10-22T04:00:00+00:00 Reported as committed committee-passage
• 2019-10-22T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2019-10-28T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2019-10-28T04:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2019-11-18T05:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2019-11-19T05:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2019-11-22T05:00:00+00:00 Referred to HEALTH referral-committee
• 2020-05-18T04:00:00+00:00 Reported as committed committee-passage
• 2020-05-18T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2020-05-18T04:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table
• 2020-05-20T04:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 2020-05-26T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2020-05-26T04:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2020-06-23T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2020-06-23T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2020-06-23T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in Senate
• 2020-06-24T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in House
• 2020-06-24T04:00:00+00:00 Presented to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2020-07-01T04:00:00+00:00 Approved by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/eba6e1c1-88da-40ef-9707-8644c19067ed. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).