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---
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type: "Bill"
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title: "An Act providing for the disposal of hospice or home health care patient medication."
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description: "An Act providing for the disposal of hospice or home health care patient medication."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
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legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
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session: "2017-2018"
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identifier: "SB 978"
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citation: "Pennsylvania SB 978 (2017-2018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Baker"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 21
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2017-12-06T05:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2018-06-28T04:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6c598aff-835e-4483-8fee-458c69d22d4e"
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source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=978"
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source_hash: "10bbfcbccd802148a0b528ec9ea97510c629ec31bc721202218771a6c6e57b6f"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-pa"]
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---
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# Pennsylvania SB 978 (2017-2018) — An Act providing for the disposal of hospice or home health care patient medication.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Printer's No. 1367** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0978&pn=1367)
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2. **Printer's No. 1860** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0978&pn=1860)
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## Votes
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- CONCUR IN HOUSE AMENDMENTS — **49–0** (pass) · upper
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- FINAL PASSAGE — **50–0** (pass) · upper
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- Committee vote (HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES): Reported as Committed — **12–0** (pass) · upper
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- Committee vote (RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **18–0** (pass) · upper
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- FINAL PASSAGE — **198–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Baker — primary (person)
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- Argall — cosponsor (person)
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- Aument — cosponsor (person)
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- Fontana — cosponsor (person)
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- Gordner — cosponsor (person)
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- Killion — cosponsor (person)
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- Rafferty — cosponsor (person)
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- Reschenthaler — cosponsor (person)
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- Scarnati — cosponsor (person)
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- Stefano — cosponsor (person)
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- Vogel — cosponsor (person)
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- Vulakovich — cosponsor (person)
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- Wagner — cosponsor (person)
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- Ward — cosponsor (person)
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- Yaw — cosponsor (person)
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- Yudichak — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-12-06T05:00:00+00:00** PN 1367 Referred to HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES `referral-committee`
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- **2017-12-12T05:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
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- **2017-12-12T05:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
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- **2018-01-22T05:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
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- **2018-01-23T05:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
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- **2018-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to HEALTH `referral-committee`
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- **2018-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1860 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
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- **2018-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
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- **2018-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
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- **2018-06-13T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
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- **2018-06-18T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
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- **2018-06-18T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
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- **2018-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
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- **2018-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
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- **2018-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS `referral-committee`
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- **2018-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
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- **2018-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House amendments
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- **2018-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
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- **2018-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
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- **2018-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2018-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6c598aff-835e-4483-8fee-458c69d22d4e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).
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