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type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending the act of June 29, 1953 (P.L.304, No.66), known as the Vital Statistics Law of 1953, in death and fetal death registration, further providing for information for certificates and for coroner referrals."
description: "An Act amending the act of June 29, 1953 (P.L.304, No.66), known as the Vital Statistics Law of 1953, in death and fetal death registration, further providing for information for certificates and for coroner referrals."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 424"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 424 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Benninghoff"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-10T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-07-07T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d879269c-1c25-459c-93e3-f21be4a71cbd"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=424"
source_hash: "35af4e0b9faf8d5f7e0cd205927497106e6822bf17e44af928657dd09c042547"
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 424 (2017-2018) — An Act amending the act of June 29, 1953 (P.L.304, No.66), known as the Vital Statistics Law of 1953, in death and fetal death registration, further providing for information for certificates and for coroner referrals.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Printer's No. 0440** (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=0424&pn=0440)
## Votes
- FINAL PASSAGE — **500** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES): Reported as Committed — **120** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **1900** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Benninghoff — primary (person)
- A. Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Barrar — cosponsor (person)
- Deasy — cosponsor (person)
- Deluca — cosponsor (person)
- Irvin — cosponsor (person)
- James — cosponsor (person)
- Kinsey — cosponsor (person)
- Knowles — cosponsor (person)
- Mentzer — cosponsor (person)
- Millard — cosponsor (person)
- Moul — cosponsor (person)
- Murt — cosponsor (person)
- Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
- Pickett — cosponsor (person)
- Staats — cosponsor (person)
- Watson — cosponsor (person)
- Zimmerman — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** PN 0440 Referred to HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2017-03-13T04:00:00+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`
- **2017-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2017-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2017-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2017-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2017-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-07-07T04:00:00+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/d879269c-1c25-459c-93e3-f21be4a71cbd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).