republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2019-2020/sb-983.md

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Bill	An Act amending the act of September 9, 1965 (P.L.497, No.251), known as the Newborn Child Testing Act, further providing for definitions and for Newborn Child Screening and Follow-up Program; and providing for mandated screening and follow-up.	An Act amending the act of September 9, 1965 (P.L.497, No.251), known as the Newborn Child Testing Act, further providing for definitions and for Newborn Child Screening and Follow-up Program; and providing for mandated screening and follow-up.	us/states/pa	Pennsylvania General Assembly	2019-2020	SB 983	Pennsylvania SB 983 (2019-2020)	bill		enacted	Disanto	3	20	4	2020-01-15T05:00:00+00:00	2020-11-25T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/0a5b6dc2-c355-404c-84dd-2db436047647	http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=983	5608c9b21f2f07cadbb67396b5276552f2b5fbb2c3d3c918ae46a8f5ea2f983a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-pa

Pennsylvania SB 983 (2019-2020) — An Act amending the act of September 9, 1965 (P.L.497, No.251), known as the Newborn Child Testing Act, further providing for definitions and for Newborn Child Screening and Follow-up Program; and providing for mandated screening and follow-up.

Version chain

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

1. Printer's No. 1448 (committee substitute) — source
2. Printer's No. 2000 (committee substitute) — source
3. Senate Amendment A07276 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — 24–0 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE — 202–0 (pass) · lower
• Committee vote (AGING AND YOUTH): Reported as Amended — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE — 50–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Disanto — primary (person)
• Arnold — cosponsor (person)
• Browne — cosponsor (person)
• Collett — cosponsor (person)
• Fontana — cosponsor (person)
• Laughlin — cosponsor (person)
• Leach — cosponsor (person)
• Martin — cosponsor (person)
• Mastriano — cosponsor (person)
• Mensch — cosponsor (person)
• Phillips-Hill — cosponsor (person)
• Pittman — cosponsor (person)
• Santarsiero — cosponsor (person)
• Stefano — cosponsor (person)
• Tartaglione — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-15T05:00:00+00:00 PN 1448 Referred to AGING AND YOUTH referral-committee
• 2020-09-21T04:00:00+00:00 PN 2000 Reported as amended committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2020-09-21T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2020-09-22T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2020-09-22T04:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2020-10-05T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2020-10-06T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2020-10-08T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to HUMAN SERVICES referral-committee
• 2020-10-20T04:00:00+00:00 Reported as committed committee-passage
• 2020-10-20T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2020-10-20T04:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table
• 2020-10-21T04:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 2020-11-18T05:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2020-11-18T05:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2020-11-19T05:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2020-11-19T05:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2020-11-19T05:00:00+00:00 Signed in Senate
• 2020-11-20T05:00:00+00:00 Signed in House
• 2020-11-20T05:00:00+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/0a5b6dc2-c355-404c-84dd-2db436047647. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).