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type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Titles 35 (Health and Safety) and 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for the Health Care Cost Containment Council, for its powers and duties, for health care cost containment through the collection and dissemination of data, for public accountability of health care costs and for health care for the indigent; providing for COVID-19 disaster emergency; in local organizations and services, further providing for general authority of political subdivisions; and, in Uniform Unsworn Foreign Declarations Act, further providing for heading of chapter, for short title of chapter, for definitions, for applicability and for form of unsworn declaration."
description: "An Act amending Titles 35 (Health and Safety) and 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for the Health Care Cost Containment Council, for its powers and duties, for health care cost containment through the collection and dissemination of data, for public accountability of health care costs and for health care for the indigent; providing for COVID-19 disaster emergency; in local organizations and services, further providing for general authority of political subdivisions; and, in Uniform Unsworn Foreign Declarations Act, further providing for heading of chapter, for short title of chapter, for definitions, for applicability and for form of unsworn declaration."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 841"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 841 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Martin"]
version_count: 13
action_count: 27
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2019-09-03T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-04-20T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eddeb6e2-f101-4437-b482-75d0fa0188ff"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=841"
source_hash: "a9d55ce6f600882b531e5e0133430f6b6cf68b811de30ee001e9f8dcf90c6b2d"
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 SB 841 (2019-2020) — An Act amending Titles 35 (Health and Safety) and 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for the Health Care Cost Containment Council, for its powers and duties, for health care cost containment through the collection and dissemination of data, for public accountability of health care costs and for health care for the indigent; providing for COVID-19 disaster emergency; in local organizations and services, further providing for general authority of political subdivisions; and, in Uniform Unsworn Foreign Declarations Act, further providing for heading of chapter, for short title of chapter, for definitions, for applicability and for form of unsworn declaration.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **House Amendment A03905** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/HA/Public/HaCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sYear=2019&sInd=0&body=S&type=B&bn=0841&pn=1338&aYear=2019&an=03905)
2. **House Amendment A04067** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/HA/Public/HaCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sYear=2019&sInd=0&body=S&type=B&bn=0841&pn=1397&aYear=2019&an=04067)
3. **Printer's No. 1151** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0841&pn=1151)
4. **Printer's No. 1323** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0841&pn=1323)
5. **Printer's No. 1338** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0841&pn=1338)
6. **Printer's No. 1397** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0841&pn=1397)
7. **Printer's No. 1410** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0841&pn=1410)
8. **Printer's No. 1623** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0841&pn=1623)
9. **Senate Amendment A03149** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/HA/Public/HaCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sYear=2019&sInd=0&body=S&type=B&bn=0841&pn=1151&aYear=2019&an=03149)
10. **Senate Amendment A03503** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/HA/Public/HaCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sYear=2019&sInd=0&body=S&type=B&bn=0841&pn=1151&aYear=2019&an=03503)
11. **Senate Amendment A03603** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/HA/Public/HaCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sYear=2019&sInd=0&body=S&type=B&bn=0841&pn=1323&aYear=2019&an=03603)
12. **Senate Amendment A04962** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/HA/Public/HaCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sYear=2019&sInd=0&body=S&type=B&bn=0841&pn=1410&aYear=2019&an=04962)
13. **Senate Amendment A04964** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/HA/Public/HaCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sYear=2019&sInd=0&body=S&type=B&bn=0841&pn=1410&aYear=2019&an=04964)
## Votes
- Committee vote (RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS): Re-Reported as Amended — **17–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES): Reported as Amended — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 841 PN 1623, CONCUR — **202–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **195–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 841 PN 1397, 2019 A4067, CUTLER — **185–0** (pass) · lower
- CONCURRENCE IN HOUSE AMENDMENTS AS AMENDED — **50–0** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Martin — primary (person)
- Bartolotta — cosponsor (person)
- Costa — cosponsor (person)
- Gordner — cosponsor (person)
- K. Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Killion — cosponsor (person)
- Mastriano — cosponsor (person)
- Mensch — cosponsor (person)
- Yaw — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-09-03T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1151 Referred to HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES `referral-committee`
- **2019-10-28T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1323 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2019-10-28T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2019-10-29T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2019-10-29T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-10-29T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-10-29T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1338 Amended on third consideration
- **2019-10-30T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-10-31T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2019-11-19T05:00:00+00:00** PN 1397 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2019-11-19T05:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2019-11-19T05:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2019-11-20T05:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2019-11-21T05:00:00+00:00** PN 1410 Second consideration, with amendments `reading-2`
- **2019-11-21T05:00:00+00:00** Re-referred 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`
- **2019-12-18T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2020-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1623 Re-reported on concurrence, as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2020-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House amendments, as amended by the Senate `amendment-passage`
- **2020-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
- **2020-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments to House amendments
- **2020-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2020-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2020-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-04-20T04:00:00+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/eddeb6e2-f101-4437-b482-75d0fa0188ff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).
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