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type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Titles 35 (Health and Safety) and 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in emergency medical services system, further providing for support of emergency medical services; in general provisions, further providing for EMS costs; and, in driving after imbibing alcohol or utilizing drugs, further providing for Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition."
description: "An Act amending Titles 35 (Health and Safety) and 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in emergency medical services system, further providing for support of emergency medical services; in general provisions, further providing for EMS costs; and, in driving after imbibing alcohol or utilizing drugs, further providing for Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1838"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 1838 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Causer"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-09-19T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-10-29T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/51f1e0db-ede2-439c-bfb2-6518f4fc5a40"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=1838"
source_hash: "350c1d7dcaf9c9c7ca3ea2fc07afcc0ad59d483c4a27bf26c80af4d7c7c285ac"
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 1838 (2019-2020) — An Act amending Titles 35 (Health and Safety) and 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in emergency medical services system, further providing for support of emergency medical services; in general provisions, further providing for EMS costs; and, in driving after imbibing alcohol or utilizing drugs, further providing for Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **House Amendment A03162** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/HA/Public/HaCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sYear=2019&sInd=0&body=H&type=B&bn=1838&pn=2523&aYear=2019&an=03162)
2. **Printer's No. 2523** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=1838&pn=2523)
3. **Printer's No. 2781** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=1838&pn=2781)
4. **Printer's No. 3590** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=1838&pn=3590)
5. **Senate Amendment A05135** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/HA/Public/HaCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sYear=2019&sInd=0&body=H&type=B&bn=1838&pn=2781&aYear=2019&an=05135)
## Votes
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Reported as Committed — **23–0** (pass) · upper
- HB 1838 PN 3590, CONCUR — **202–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS): Reported as Amended — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- HB 1838 PN 2523, 2019 A3162, CAUSER — **196–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **195–0** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Causer — primary (person)
- Barrar — cosponsor (person)
- Ciresi — cosponsor (person)
- Farry — cosponsor (person)
- Gaydos — cosponsor (person)
- Kortz — cosponsor (person)
- Owlett — cosponsor (person)
- Pickett — cosponsor (person)
- Polinchock — cosponsor (person)
- Pyle — cosponsor (person)
- Rapp — cosponsor (person)
- Sainato — cosponsor (person)
- Sappey — cosponsor (person)
- Schlegel Culver — cosponsor (person)
- Snyder — cosponsor (person)
- Warner — cosponsor (person)
- Warren — cosponsor (person)
- Zimmerman — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-09-19T04:00:00+00:00** PN 2523 Referred to VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS `referral-committee`
- **2019-09-24T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-09-24T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2019-09-24T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2019-10-22T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2019-10-23T04:00:00+00:00** PN 2781 Second consideration, with amendments `reading-2`
- **2019-10-23T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-10-28T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-10-28T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-10-31T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS `referral-committee`
- **2020-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** PN 3590 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2020-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2020-04-21T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2020-04-21T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2020-09-21T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2020-10-19T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-10-20T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-10-20T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
- **2020-10-20T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments
- **2020-10-20T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2020-10-21T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2020-10-21T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-10-29T04:00:00+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/51f1e0db-ede2-439c-bfb2-6518f4fc5a40`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).