republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2017-2018/hb-17.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending the act of April 14, 1972 (P.L.221, No.63), known as the Pennsylvania Drug and Alcohol Abuse Control Act, further providing for confidentiality of records and for consent of minor."
description: "An Act amending the act of April 14, 1972 (P.L.221, No.63), known as the Pennsylvania Drug and Alcohol Abuse Control Act, further providing for confidentiality of records and for consent of minor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 17"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 17 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hahn"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-01-23T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-06-28T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ca19405e-5e68-4e29-8b28-d2386bcb7226"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=17"
source_hash: "5704e55d5efc46209346fe17eb3660c1dc38c5364c6caa46438c6a870e5bb2b8"
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 17 (2017-2018) — An Act amending the act of April 14, 1972 (P.L.221, No.63), known as the Pennsylvania Drug and Alcohol Abuse Control Act, further providing for confidentiality of records and for consent of minor.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. 0033** (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=0017&pn=0033)
2. **Printer's No. 0398** (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=0017&pn=0398)
3. **Printer's No. 2003** (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=0017&pn=2003)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- HB 17 PN 33, 2017 A151, HAHN — **200–0** (pass) · lower
- HB 17 PN 33, 2017 A153, HAHN — **200–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **199–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES): Reported as Amended — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- HB 17 PN 2003, CONCUR — **192–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hahn — primary (person)
- Barbin — cosponsor (person)
- Benninghoff — cosponsor (person)
- Bizzarro — cosponsor (person)
- Bullock — cosponsor (person)
- D. Costa — cosponsor (person)
- Davidson — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Dean — cosponsor (person)
- Driscoll — cosponsor (person)
- Gillen — cosponsor (person)
- Heffley — cosponsor (person)
- J. Mcneill — cosponsor (person)
- James — cosponsor (person)
- Kortz — cosponsor (person)
- Longietti — cosponsor (person)
- M. Quinn — cosponsor (person)
- Mackenzie — cosponsor (person)
- Mcneill — cosponsor (person)
- Millard — cosponsor (person)
- Neilson — cosponsor (person)
- Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
- Ortitay — cosponsor (person)
- Phillips-Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Pickett — cosponsor (person)
- R. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Rader — cosponsor (person)
- Rothman — cosponsor (person)
- Saylor — cosponsor (person)
- Schlossberg — cosponsor (person)
- Schweyer — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
- Snyder — cosponsor (person)
- Sturla — cosponsor (person)
- Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Toohil — cosponsor (person)
- Topper — cosponsor (person)
- Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Warner — cosponsor (person)
- Watson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-23T05:00:00+00:00** PN 0033 Referred to HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2017-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2017-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2017-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** PN 0398 Second consideration, with amendments `reading-2`
- **2017-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-13T04:00:00+00:00** PN 2003 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)
- **2018-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2018-06-11T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2018-06-11T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2018-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2018-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to RULES `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments
- **2018-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2018-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2018-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-06-28T04:00:00+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/ca19405e-5e68-4e29-8b28-d2386bcb7226`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).