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type: "Bill"
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title: "An Act amending the act of June 6, 1980 (P.L.197, No.57), known as the Optometric Practice and Licensure Act, further providing for definitions, for approval of drugs, for exemptions and exceptions and for violations and penalties."
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description: "An Act amending the act of June 6, 1980 (P.L.197, No.57), known as the Optometric Practice and Licensure Act, further providing for definitions, for approval of drugs, for exemptions and exceptions and for violations and penalties."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
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legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
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session: "2019-2020"
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identifier: "HB 2561"
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citation: "Pennsylvania HB 2561 (2019-2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Schlegel Culver"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 20
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2020-06-08T04:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2020-10-29T04:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2547df3b-ec62-4a30-bece-fedae214d58d"
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source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=2561"
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source_hash: "0e57e11dd6256b4913fee0b9ee6f9437e71de2171db6f019eecfcace6dfe523c"
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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 HB 2561 (2019-2020) — An Act amending the act of June 6, 1980 (P.L.197, No.57), known as the Optometric Practice and Licensure Act, further providing for definitions, for approval of drugs, for exemptions and exceptions and for violations and penalties.
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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. **House Amendment A07134** (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=2561&pn=3883&aYear=2019&an=07134)
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2. **Printer's No. 3883** (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=2561&pn=3883)
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3. **Printer's No. 4373** (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=2561&pn=4373)
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## Votes
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- Committee vote (CONSUMER PROTECTION AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE): Reported as Committed — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- FINAL PASSAGE — **48–0** (pass) · upper
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- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **23–0** (pass) · upper
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- FINAL PASSAGE — **202–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Schlegel Culver — primary (person)
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- Barrar — cosponsor (person)
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- Boback — cosponsor (person)
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- Deluca — cosponsor (person)
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- Fritz — cosponsor (person)
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- Hickernell — cosponsor (person)
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- Irvin — cosponsor (person)
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- James — cosponsor (person)
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- Kortz — cosponsor (person)
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- Kulik — cosponsor (person)
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- M. K. Keller — cosponsor (person)
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- Mizgorski — cosponsor (person)
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- Mullery — cosponsor (person)
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- Pickett — cosponsor (person)
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- Readshaw — cosponsor (person)
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- Schemel — cosponsor (person)
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- Schmitt — cosponsor (person)
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- Toohil — cosponsor (person)
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- Ullman — cosponsor (person)
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- Youngblood — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-06-08T04:00:00+00:00** PN 3883 Referred to PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE `referral-committee`
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- **2020-09-15T04:00:00+00:00** PN 4373 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
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- **2020-09-15T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
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- **2020-09-15T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
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- **2020-09-16T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
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- **2020-09-17T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
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- **2020-09-17T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
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- **2020-09-29T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
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- **2020-09-29T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
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- **2020-10-02T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to CONSUMER PROTECTION AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE `referral-committee`
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- **2020-10-06T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
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- **2020-10-06T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
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- **2020-10-19T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
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- **2020-10-19T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
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- **2020-10-20T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
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- **2020-10-20T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
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- **2020-10-20T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
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- **2020-10-21T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
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- **2020-10-21T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2020-10-29T04:00:00+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/2547df3b-ec62-4a30-bece-fedae214d58d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).
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