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type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in prescribing opioids to minors, further providing for procedure; providing for reimbursement of patient expenses associated with participation in cancer clinical trials and for duties of the Department of Health; imposing a penalty; providing for the use of epinephrine auto-injectors by certain entities and organizations; and conferring powers and imposing duties on the Department of Health."
description: "An Act amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in prescribing opioids to minors, further providing for procedure; providing for reimbursement of patient expenses associated with participation in cancer clinical trials and for duties of the Department of Health; imposing a penalty; providing for the use of epinephrine auto-injectors by certain entities and organizations; and conferring powers and imposing duties on the Department of Health."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 126"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 126 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Warner"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 31
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2017-01-23T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-10-24T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a74ab156-0bd8-47dc-83e4-2a36c8b9eb2b"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=126"
source_hash: "d9421bf15423a707f02970c860702be7e1fe055fdf3a50b84cf66a5844db1648"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-pa"]
---
# Pennsylvania HB 126 (2017-2018) — An Act amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in prescribing opioids to minors, further providing for procedure; providing for reimbursement of patient expenses associated with participation in cancer clinical trials and for duties of the Department of Health; imposing a penalty; providing for the use of epinephrine auto-injectors by certain entities and organizations; and conferring powers and imposing duties on the Department of Health.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Printer's No. 0092** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=0126&pn=0092)
2. **Printer's No. 2004** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=0126&pn=2004)
3. **Printer's No. 3814** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=0126&pn=3814)
4. **Printer's No. 4072** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=0126&pn=4072)
## Votes
- FINAL PASSAGE — **480** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR IN HOUSE AMENDMENTS TO SENATE AMENDMENTS — **480** (pass) · upper
- HB 126 PN 4072, CONCUR — **1950** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES): Reported as Amended — **120** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **250** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **170** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **1910** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Warner — primary (person)
- B. Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Barrar — cosponsor (person)
- D. Costa — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Dean — cosponsor (person)
- Driscoll — cosponsor (person)
- Freeman — cosponsor (person)
- Gabler — cosponsor (person)
- Gillen — cosponsor (person)
- Heffley — cosponsor (person)
- Helm — cosponsor (person)
- James — cosponsor (person)
- Kortz — cosponsor (person)
- Lawrence — cosponsor (person)
- Marsico — cosponsor (person)
- Millard — cosponsor (person)
- Moul — cosponsor (person)
- Murt — cosponsor (person)
- Neilson — cosponsor (person)
- O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
- Pashinski — cosponsor (person)
- Phillips-Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Pickett — cosponsor (person)
- Readshaw — cosponsor (person)
- Rozzi — cosponsor (person)
- Saylor — cosponsor (person)
- Staats — cosponsor (person)
- Tallman — cosponsor (person)
- Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Watson — cosponsor (person)
- Zimmerman — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-01-23T05:00:00+00:00** PN 0092 Referred to HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2017-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2017-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2017-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2017-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-13T04:00:00+00:00** PN 2004 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2017-06-13T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2017-07-08T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table (Pursuant to Senate Rule 9)
- **2018-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2018-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2018-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2018-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2018-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** PN 3814 Amended on third consideration
- **2018-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to RULES `referral-committee`
- **2018-09-25T04:00:00+00:00** PN 4072 Re-reported on concurrence, as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2018-09-25T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments, as amended by the House `amendment-passage`
- **2018-09-25T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2018-10-01T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-10-02T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House amendments to Senate amendments
- **2018-10-09T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2018-10-15T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2018-10-16T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-10-24T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a74ab156-0bd8-47dc-83e4-2a36c8b9eb2b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).