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type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending the act of April 14, 1972 (P.L.233, No.64), known as The Controlled Substance, Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act, further providing for schedules of controlled substances."
description: "An Act amending the act of April 14, 1972 (P.L.233, No.64), known as The Controlled Substance, Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act, further providing for schedules of controlled substances."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 616"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 616 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Owlett"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-02-28T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-11-25T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/183f30c2-74bf-44a7-84cc-da2bb4d0a457"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=616"
source_hash: "7cf8e638822b2b4b894a2de4473724fd2a9571cd955a77af2d0bf8ee7d4bdfb5"
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 616 (2019-2020) — An Act amending the act of April 14, 1972 (P.L.233, No.64), known as The Controlled Substance, Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act, further providing for schedules of controlled substances.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **House Amendment A02658** (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=0616&pn=0611&aYear=2019&an=02658)
2. **Printer's No. 0611** (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=0616&pn=0611)
3. **Printer's No. 2760** (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=0616&pn=2760)
4. **Printer's No. 4473** (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=0616&pn=4473)
5. **Senate Amendment A07568** (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=0616&pn=2760&aYear=2019&an=07568)
## Votes
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **22–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **195–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- HB 616 PN 4473, CONCUR — **201–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (JUDICIARY): Reported as Amended — **14–0** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Owlett — primary (person)
- B. Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Bernstine — cosponsor (person)
- Driscoll — cosponsor (person)
- Heffley — cosponsor (person)
- Hershey — cosponsor (person)
- Hill-Evans — cosponsor (person)
- James — cosponsor (person)
- Kaufer — cosponsor (person)
- Kortz — cosponsor (person)
- Longietti — cosponsor (person)
- Mcneill — cosponsor (person)
- Millard — cosponsor (person)
- Neilson — cosponsor (person)
- Pickett — cosponsor (person)
- Readshaw — cosponsor (person)
- Rothman — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan — cosponsor (person)
- Saylor — cosponsor (person)
- Walsh — cosponsor (person)
- Webster — cosponsor (person)
- Zimmerman — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** PN 0611 Referred to JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2019-10-22T04:00:00+00:00** PN 2760 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2019-10-22T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2019-10-22T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2019-11-20T05:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2019-11-21T05:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2019-11-21T05:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-12-16T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-12-16T05:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-12-26T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2020-10-06T04:00:00+00:00** PN 4473 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2020-10-06T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2020-10-19T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2020-10-19T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2020-10-21T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2020-10-21T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-10-26T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-11-18T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
- **2020-11-18T05:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments
- **2020-11-18T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2020-11-18T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2020-11-19T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-11-25T05:00:00+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/183f30c2-74bf-44a7-84cc-da2bb4d0a457`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).