republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2017-2018/hb-2477.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending the act of April 17, 2016 (P.L.84, No.16), known as the Medical Marijuana Act, in academic clinical research centers, further providing for chapter heading, providing for legislative findings and declaration of policy, further providing for definitions, providing for academic clinical research centers, further providing for clinical registrants and for research study and providing for temporary regulations."
description: "An Act amending the act of April 17, 2016 (P.L.84, No.16), known as the Medical Marijuana Act, in academic clinical research centers, further providing for chapter heading, providing for legislative findings and declaration of policy, further providing for definitions, providing for academic clinical research centers, further providing for clinical registrants and for research study and providing for temporary regulations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2477"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 2477 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Watson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2018-06-11T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-06-22T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/405648be-1ca1-4d3c-b9e5-127e5471c496"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=2477"
source_hash: "dbd23ed377e51125b6ea23397c06e817735d9fd8229ddd9d81fa386046c899d5"
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 2477 (2017-2018) — An Act amending the act of April 17, 2016 (P.L.84, No.16), known as the Medical Marijuana Act, in academic clinical research centers, further providing for chapter heading, providing for legislative findings and declaration of policy, further providing for definitions, providing for academic clinical research centers, further providing for clinical registrants and for research study and providing for temporary regulations.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. 3658** (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=2477&pn=3658)
2. **Printer's No. 3778** (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=2477&pn=3778)
3. **Printer's No. 3804** (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=2477&pn=3804)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE — **32–17** (pass) · upper
- HB 2477 PN 3804, CONCUR — **178–15** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **167–31** (pass) · lower
- HB 2477 PN 3658, 2017 A7579, MULLERY — **34–158** (fail) · lower
- HB 2477 PN 3658, 2017 A7578, MULLERY — **42–150** (fail) · lower
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **24–1** (pass) · upper
- HB 2477 PN 3658, 2017 A7673, SUSP RULES, SCHWEYER — **68–124** (fail) · lower
- HB 2477 PN 3658, 2017 A7577, MULLERY — **35–156** (fail) · lower
- HB 2477 PN 3658, MULLERY, MOT RECOM JUDICIARY — **62–130** (fail) · lower
- Committee vote (STATE GOVERNMENT): Reported as Amended — **8–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Watson — primary (person)
- Marsico — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-06-11T04:00:00+00:00** PN 3658 Referred to CHILDREN AND YOUTH `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2018-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to RULES `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-18T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-06-18T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2018-06-18T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to STATE GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** PN 3778 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2018-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2018-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2018-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** PN 3804 Amended on third consideration
- **2018-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to RULES `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments
- **2018-06-22T04:00:00+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`
- **2018-06-22T04:00:00+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/405648be-1ca1-4d3c-b9e5-127e5471c496`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).